“Do as I say, silence your mind and submit. I know the domain of my thinking, I own the providence of mind, submit to my ways and you will find my truth, you will surrender your own.”
“With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation….”
I’m inclined to find this a very curious and provocative statement. Frightening when one considers it to be from the President of the Untied States. If one requires a slightly different perspective, The President went on to say,
“…some of the craziest claims can quickly claim traction.” And that, “All of this is not only putting new pressures on you,…it is putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy.”
Why would a President make such a statement? Clearly, Mr. Obama has demonstrated near unequalled oratory skills so he has no need for harlequin-like ramblings or influential subtleties. He also has become quite well known for his fuming tantrums and thin-skinned temperament. So then, again, why assail such a topic?
I believe the answer lies in the fundamental devise of tyrannical bias: When one shapes the discussion, implicit too is the context of its meaning which also conceals its intent. For example:
“If you tell a lie big enough (The Big Lie) and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” – Dr. Paul J. Goebbels
There is also one other possible filter from which to tease ones query:
“Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy’s will to be imposed on him.” – Sun Tsu
From the philosophical perspective, Sun Tsu’s comment is quit telling. It is, in fact, the organic nature of the tyrant, the biased nature and mechanical devise of pure strategy. Control the environment by controlling both access to and content of the discussion. The truth of this is neither a revolutionary discovery nor an evolutionary article of conquest. It is, this strategy, as old as adversarial-politics. It was the intent of the Constitution, to bar its practices. We seem to have forgotten this was the case.
As the public is quickly discovering, the presidential agenda is quite different from the concepts of “change” that were originally tendered. The truth of the matter is this, if one reviews Mr. Obama’s history and his allegiances, his agenda-in-practice was well imprinted within his past record and not at all unexpected. Vox Nero!
And so: It has long been indiscreet and unmistakable – The Sound of a Tyrant
Curtis C. Greco, Founder
