Propaganda in Plain Sight: Pretty, blond ‘influencers and the Pro-Genocide Crowd.

 

OPINION. 

One should consider the amount of on-line opinion that is rampaging throughout the internet. Strangely, many of what we used to call ‘opinion leaders’ are now ‘influencers’ who, in many cases, have millions of followers. On a cursory glance, many of these on-line personalities are 20 something women, usually blond, pretty in the conventional sense, and wholly confident in their content about world affairs and geopolitics. The substance of their commentary is superficial, misinformed though highly controversial. On their social media accounts, an Israeli flag is placed prominently next to their anonymous user- name, like MAGA Girl or IDF Babe 241. These accounts are suspicious, particularly if they have hundreds of thousands of followers and attract thousands of ‘likes’ on their posts. One must ask, are people generally this gullible or stupid to follow this nonsense? The answer is rightly no, because as we have recently discovered, many of these accounts are computer generated or financed by political entities for the purposes of pushing a political agenda.  

We know from reliable reports that the Israeli government is on a mission to control the narrative generally and across the board with the younger crowd. It is said that the Israeli government has offered $7000 to young influencers for a single pro-Israel post. This is absurd. Since this lucrative offer, I have seen posts on X with merely the Israeli flag posted 25 times with a smiley emoji at the end. An easy $7000 indeed.  

What is more troubling is the recent American network CBS (Paramount) has been purchased by the multi-billionaire, Larry Ellison, (a strident Israel supporter and Zionist) who has appointed the fanatical Zionist journalist, Bari Weiss, to be editor and Chief of CBS News. I’ve read some of her work, and listened to her interviewed, and the woman is not the sharpest tool in the box. This mediocre journalist wasn’t hired based on her merits but her fanatical Zionist and pro-Israeli position to sway the narrative towards a more positive light for genocidal Israel.  

As of this writing, a USA/Israel peace plan has been set in motion. This ‘plan’ is wholly one-sided and reeks of 20th century neo colonialism. Again, there is no two-state solution, the Palestinians receive no substantial concessions, and the US president is intent on turning Gaza into casino/resort for the elites around the world. Of course, any peace plan or cease fire is welcome, but at what price? Added to this absurdity, the UK war criminal, Tony Blair, is the person proposed to lead Gaza towards its new ‘modern look’ in the middle east!  

The US support for Israel’s mass murder of the Palestinians over the last two years, makes them complicit in this genocide. To deny this is insane. Despite this obvious fact, young ‘influencers’ on social media, usually young and pretty, push the Israeli justifications for mass murder. Perhaps some of these accounts are real, but many if not most of them are computer generated. We’ve come to call them “bots.” What I imagine is rooms full of IDF women in front of computer screens, wearing camouflage and sitting on their fat asses, following and clicking on pro-Israel liars that continue to justify the on-going destruction of Gaza and its people. From a moral standpoint, I simply cannot accept that there are so many people online justifying and promoting this mass murder.  

Propaganda is a necessary tool in war time. Some of the lies are blatant, many were covert in their style and delivery. All sides of a ‘conflict’ use misinformation to push their Cause. What is interesting today, and a product of social media, the propaganda is in plain sight. Wealthy Zionists are buying up the media, paying internet influencers ridiculous amounts of money to push their agenda. “We now own the media, and you will believe our narrative or be algorithm(ed) out of existence.” This is censorship on a grand scale.  

The cornerstone of western democracy is the freedom to express one’s opinion in the public square. Currently the ‘public square’ is the internet. Those who own the public square can exclude certain opinions that ‘they’ deem a threat to their own. In Nazi Germany censorship took the form of book burning in the public square, now it is those who control the algorithm ensuring dissident voices are lost in the cybersphere.  

To be fair, I don’t know where this censorship behavior by our governments and elites is headed. To flood the cybersphere with pro-mass slaughter, justifying a genocide of a people in plain sight, should cause many with a conscience to at least sit back, and ask why?  

E. Che Guevara – The Motorcycle Diaries – Comment.

 

Che Guevara (1928-1967) is likely the most famous or infamous Latin American revolutionary in the modern era. Argentinian born, a trained physician, his specialty was leprosy, a Marxist scholar, author and a military strategist focusing on guerilla warfare; in 1951, he set off with his friend and colleague, Alberto Granado, a fellow physician, on a 500cc Norton to see the places on the continent he dreamed about as a young lad.  

The Motorcycle Diaries is slightly a misnomer because at around page 40 in the text, La Poderosa, (The Powerful One), nickname for the bike, breaks down beyond repair, forcing the young lads to walk and hitchhike along the rest of their journey.  

Much of the text describes the boy’s hardships while negotiating their way across borders, seeking out dry places to sleep and acquiring their next meal. The people they meet are friendly and generous with what little food they own. There is one “con” that Che uses to obtain a meal that is quite harmless. Most people will offer wine, local alcohol, beer etc., though are reluctant to share a meal. After one drink, Che would remark that in Argentina, the consumption of alcohol should always include a full meal. This ploy often worked, their hosts sharing what food they had.  

Che describes the massive mining in Peru at the time. These mines are US owned and run, and the obvious exploitation of the Indian workers, and most resources and profits taken by their American masters. This was the beginning of Che’s revolutionary mission that ended in his assassination years later.  

As mentioned, Che and Alberto’s special study was leprosy. In the diary, he mentioned visiting a few leprosy hospitals, consulting with the resident physicians, and commenting on their debilitated conditions. One scene in the text was quite moving, where the lad’s sat and drank with the patients, all at different stages of the disease. As permanent outcasts, this simple act of kindness and respect significantly raised morale, a bright spot in an otherwise suffering existence.  

Guevara writes of his disgust with imperialist exploitation of these various Latin American countries, primarily by the United States, and one can see this growing dismay in The Motorcycle Diaries. We witness his revolutionary spirit begin in this text after his experiences on the road.  

Many are aware of Che Guevara’s meeting with the Castro brothers in Mexico, and the subsequent overthrow of the US backed Batista regime in Cuba.  

The Motorcycle Diaries is well worth the read for anyone interested in the young mind of the 20th centuries most symbolic activist, dissident and colorful revolutionaries.  

Comment on Young Love

 

It was late afternoon last week when sitting outside writing in my journal at an attempt to describe those people and objects around me. The afternoon had been very hot and a cool change, a soft wind, soon made the area more comfortable. It seemed I had been writing a long time, looking at the sky turn crimson, when I noticed two young people half laying on the grass and gazing into each other's eyes. 

 

There is no doubt that I was observing "young love", reminding me of a sentimental scene from some forty's film. 

As a writing exercise, I tried to describe both their emotions and body language. 

Then, the boy appeared to say something to the young woman, who promptly stood up, turned away, and walked in the opposite direction. The young man called after her, but she did not respond to his apologies and exited through the door. 

The boy appeared upset and followed her as she walked away. 

Oh, the games we play in love! 

What I found interesting was how sudden their mood changed from a love scene to a "lover's spat." 

Sometimes I miss how intense young love feels but quickly recall the pain it brings. Is it worth it? Sometimes I don't think so; other times, the passion makes me wonder if the trouble was justified. 

"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." as the saying goes. 
 
Looking back, for me at least, it was worth the trouble, because thankfully, the heart is a resilient muscle.