This is a lecture Mike Benz gave on the history of what he calls "the blob." Much of this I wasn't aware of like rigging an Italian election in 1948 was the CIA's first mission or that the government legalized propagandizing its own citizens during the Obama administration.
142 sats \ 1 reply \ @konstantin21 26 Sep
great share! i didnt even realize it but he was at bitcoin 2024 and did a talk with preston pysh.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 26 Sep
Yep, it was back in the lounge though. And Marty didn’t show. And they cut it short.
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131 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 26 Sep
I just started listening, but this seems like a great history. Sort of a more measured version of Whitney Webb's book.
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43 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 26 Sep
I might be the wrong judge, but he seems super lucid to me. It's not like he's no one either - he worked in the state department and cites the government's own public documents for nearly everything. Still, it all feels too crazy to be true, public, and underreported.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 26 Sep
I kept listening after my initial reaction. He seems very lucid, which is scary. I don't know whether or not you have checked out Whitney Webb's book One Nation Under Blackmail https://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Under-Blackmail-Intelligence/dp/1634243013
but she covers a lot of this stuff, along with a lot more. Her book is abundantly referenced. I'm pretty sure what he says here is mostly accurate.
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43 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 26 Sep
I haven’t read it. She tends to make me more paranoid than I want. Benz doesn’t for some reason. But maybe in t written word she’s more comforting.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 26 Sep
I know what you mean. Even the book got to be too much at times.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 26 Sep
k00b, you have been on a role today.
Youre posting a bunch of content lately!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE 26 Sep
It's great to have people like him. All his takes on free speech are worth listening and reading.
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