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jbt1980's avatar

If they were not fearful, they would not insist on such unprecedented crack-down on freedom of speech, alternative media, whistleblowers etc. None of those are signs of confidence. Maybe they know something we don't - massive instability may be in the books and better to secure all the bases and undermine any future possible centers of dissent or opposition.

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Latouche's avatar

Crackdowns on freedom of speech, alternative media, whistleblowers unprecedented? Hardly. I would argue that today’s elite are operating at high levels of confidence. It’s the level of confidence that’s unprecedented. It’s ok to sweat a little, but let’s make certain we’re sweating about the right thing....

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jbt1980's avatar

We shall see, the elites had an amazing sense of confidence in 1913 too, "Belle Epoque" was almost the Panglossian best of of all worlds, and then...

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