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Allan Connal's avatar

I quite like the long form article as you can expand and cover in more detail. In saying that your shorter articles are also good.

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Don't you love living in a time where people openly brag about having ADHD pea brains? "Muh, Too long. Didn't read. Went back to watching my favorite youtube vlogger yell at me to smash that like button."

PROTECT & SURVIVE's avatar

LOL - judging by the number of readers who follow up on a link - you are dead right GC! You can take a horse to the water.....but you can't get him to click a link!

Bianca Kennedy's avatar

If it comes from you, Iain, I don't care what length it is. I know it will be highly valuable, often witty, and always worthwhile!

The Grumpy Old Man's avatar

Both witty and concise in your breakdown of this nonsense spouted by some quarters. It seems to be spreading everywhere.

Any length article, without fluff, is a good article.

Charlotte Ruse's avatar

"Disinformation and social media correspondent, hmm, Orwell would be proud to know his novel "1984" is such a prescient paradigm of 2023.

Is Marianna Spring the British version of Nina Jankowicz. If she is, does she prefer bellowing out Broadway melodies or perhaps operettas. Maybe, she can't carry a tune and will just be relegated to MI6 slapstick. Words are shamelessly being redefined like when gene therapy treatments were sudden known as vaccines.

And a critical thinking person was dubbed a right-wing fascist, however, someone who trusted big pharma was viewed as a believer in science, even though Pfizer and multiple other pharmaceutical companies lost billions in lawsuits just prior to the scamdemic.

That being said, a favorite of the security state is the term "conspiracy theory" which they latched onto decades ago to dismiss and humilate opponents who carried some influence. It's now regularly used in a derogatory way to dismiss those who are brazen enough to mock the security state's official version of historical events. Which if truth be told, is more mythology than history.

The distorted depiction of reality by intelligence agencies is certainly cult-like. And that explains why the spooks on MSNBC drink a ton of Kool-aid during each broadcast. I'm sure it doesn't effect their sleep as greedy socipath careerists are apathetic about how their lies and misinformation destroy millions of lives.

Wasn't this the case during the scamdemic when mainstream media news commentators operated in military synchronization telling viewers the toxic experimental mRNA jab was safe and effective. Will the BBC now explain why there's thousands of excess deaths in Britain, maybe it's connected to the clot shot. Anyhow, these scoundrels never admit they're wrong because they consider it a sign of weakness which could possibly deter their long planned nefarious agenda designed to turn every existing nation-state into an authoritarian technocratic transhumanist biosecurity surveillance nightmare via digitalizing medical records and attaching them to a central bank digital currency. This unfortunately, will be as prescient as 1984.

https://www.enjuris.com/blog/resources/largest-pharmaceutical-settlements-lawsuits/

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Charlotte Ruse's avatar

The best way to discredit state-run mainstream media news is to mock them by citing actual facts proving they're only capable of spewing idiotic propaganda. Unfortunately, "spook commentators" still have a lot of power as millions continue to lap up the bullshit without gagging.

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Charlotte Ruse's avatar

There's no doubt that the predator psycho ruling elites are sadists, however, I'm not convinced the proles are masochistic as most of them are ignorant PTSD victims of vicious psychological warfare campaigns and are brutally economically exploited. If you're powerless and don't have any other realistic options, are you a masochistic or a war-torn prisoner? πŸ€”

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Charlotte Ruse's avatar

There is most likely a cabal of wealthy who

historically are interconnected, and that same network controls the security state hence MSM. And if you don't think propaganda is not a significant tool, then you should also "think deeper" as it's the lifeblood of the ruling elite for it sustains the status quo. That being said, a book was written a few years back saying a sociopath lurks in each group of 100 people. So I would guess, that most of these deviants know how to charm their way to the top of the heap. Thus, also explaining why societies are a dysfunctional mess.

thinking-turtle's avatar

I like both long and short blogs. For example, I'd love a short blog about one of the SDGs: what it appears to mean, why it is not what it appears to be, and what it really is.

Frances Leader's avatar

I wrote an interpretation of the 17 SDGs in 2015. Since then I have edited and added to it. Here is the latest version:

https://francesleader.substack.com/p/agenda-2030-no-escape-no-objections

PROTECT & SURVIVE's avatar

I like fun blogs too TT, because satire is a potent weapon IMHO and I use it often. I found a Substack a while ago which specialises in ridicule:

https://jamesroguski.substack.com/p/sarcasm-and-satire?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=746475&post_id=101917149&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

And my own Alma Mater does a good weekly job: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2023/05/27/government-media-ridicule-470/

They are a wonderful resource for my work - for example, the King Charles pictures here offered a great leg-pulling opportunity (with truthful characteristics): https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/coronation-special-rules-for-rulers?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=762792&post_id=119659638&isFreemail=false&utm_medium=email

LAUGH AT THEM AND DO NOT COMPLY

Astrid Nordness's avatar

I have over 100 emails I go through every day. Short articles are a blessing. I really enjoy your long posts also. Hope you do both.

PROTECT & SURVIVE's avatar

Moi aussie, AN - Substack is a hard but pleasant occupation. I published my work ethic this week: https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/tiktok-man-carbon-crap-boat-people

Lynda H's avatar

Hi Iain! I enjoy all of your articles, but the long ones take me all day to read between interruptions. Sometimes it takes me a week to get to the end. I got through this one with no interruptions! Yay! I know some topics need a long, thorough investigation, and you excel at it. Keep doing what you do, but if you can; please toss in a few shorties for us who are genuinely short on time.

Iain Davis's avatar

Very helpful. Thank you.

Stuart Macindoe's avatar

I love both the long and the short of it, no problem. Appreciate all ur writing mate so please keep putting pen to paper.

Nicholas Ashton's avatar

Love your tldr stuff. Don't stop but do the short stuff as well. Keep up the good work. Quality journalism from a gentleman who knows what's what. Bravo.

Grasshopper Kaplan's avatar

My comment is, it depends.

The shorter the article about the way we're being manipulated, the easier to read. But the more we know , the worse I feel.

Is it worth feeling bad about?

Needlerape, war, yes.

Viruganda? Maybe, will it help change the minds of the poor brainwashed masses?

Susan Creed's avatar

Short or long I love reading your work! Sorry I’m not much help am I 🀭

FreedomWarriorWoman's avatar

Love Everything and Anything you write! I Love listening to you as well. Since the Substack phone App AI lady reads everything to me, the length doesn't matter. Write as you like: don't self-censor!

Simoon Tempest's avatar

Truth is never a copious government commodity.

PROTECT & SURVIVE's avatar

"copious?" Simoon. I haven't yet found even one sincere, authentic, genuine, or honest example emanating from HMG - if you find one I should be delighted to hear it.

It is accepted that telling the truth in politics is a certain death sentence and there are many examples both past and present. Andrew Bridgen MP is a recent living example. I was once advised by one of my board directors back in the 1970s (as a sprog FD) that "Politics is the art of the possible":

"The β€œart of the possible” was about recognizing the options that were available and turning those to one's advantage. Further refining the set of options to only include β€œthe attainable,” places focus on those options that have a high likelihood of success."

So reviewing HMG progress over 13 years it seems they have run out of options having attained nothing positive?

Rob (c137)'s avatar

I like the concise articles for topics that don't require excruciating detail.

Some things need more, but that's up to you.

When I saw this imbecile explain her genius show, I just had to laugh.

Who turns on BBC to get any truth, especially with controversial censored topics?

Only the stupidest of people who still believe the BBC after decades of bullshit.

Mariana reminds me of a child that still hasn't realized that she works for a top purveyor of disinformation, the British bullshit corporation. I bet she still thinks the Iraq war was just and legal...

Glenn O'Connor's avatar

I enjoy reading your material Iain so if it's a long form piece I'll set aside the time to read it but shorter items are easier to share amongst the not-so-awake. There's value in both.