An East German friend was seventeen years old when the Berlin Wall came down. He said that the actual reason the Soviet Union collapsed was simply because there was no one left who believed anything the government media said. They collapsed under the weight of their own lies.

Those who presume to feed us propaganda and propel this current narrative have, in their hubris, overplayed their hand. This is a good thing, the silver lining. These lies become unsustainable.Every push of ridiculous lies wakes a up a few more. People get red-pilled. No one ever gets blue-pilled.

I read recently a quote, something along the lines of: it’s not necessary to make people believe the propaganda. The purpose of the propaganda is to demoralize and destabilize so no one can agree what is true. So, now that their narrative is showing its weaknesses, it becomes increasingly important to anchor our own narratives of truth and ethics, and join with others in the work.