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Thank you David for exposing the darkness enveloping Brazil. It appears to be the same playbook in every "Democracy" that Open Society globalists take over: Brazil, Ireland, Spain, Poland, Germany, and the 5 Eyes USA/CAN/UK/AUS/NZ. The new NPR CEO is worth looking into. Her resume screams coordination with shadowy "stakeholders" like the WEF, CFR, and "US State Department": https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/commissar-npr-ceo-katherine-maher-she-her

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Those who donate to Wikipedia should know that the money goes to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), where the new NPR CEO was CEO for seven years.

"In 2014, Jimmy Wales was confronted with allegations that WMF had a poor cost/benefit ratio for "a miserable cost/benefit ratio and for years now has spent millions on software development without producing anything that actually works". He acknowledged that he had "been frustrated as well about the endless controversies about the rollout of inadequate software not developed with sufficient community consultation and without proper incremental rollout to catch show-stopping bugs".[203]

During the 2015 fundraising campaign, some members of the community voiced their concerns about the fundraising banners. They argued that they were obtrusive and could *deceive potential donors by giving the impression that Wikipedia had immediate financial problems* , which was not true. The Wikimedia Foundation vowed to improve wording on further fundraising campaigns to avoid these issues.[204] Despite this, the Foundation has continued to come under criticism for running campaigns seemingly designed to "make[] its readers feel guilty." Such campaigns have additionally been condemned for, in 2021, being run in countries that had been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as Argentina and Brazil,[205] as well as for sparking fears in India that Wikipedia might be "dying".[206] This is despite the Foundation being in ownership of "vast money reserves", in 2021 reaching its 10-year goal of compiling a $100 million endowment fund in only 5 years.[205]" - Wikipedia

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Those who donate to Wikipedia should know that as Matt Taibbi exposed on Christmas Eve 2022, the CIA was sitting in on meetings with the Wikimedia Foundation.

The articles on the 30 Years War and Pufferfish are safe, but assume any hot-button issue post-2014 is compromised.

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Jokes on them, I only care about the 30 Years War and pufferfish

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But the hot-button article on the 30 years war *among* the pufferfish hasn't appeared. Apparently it was a religious disagreement about whether whatever pufferfish eat transubstaniates into after ingestion.

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Great work!

This just may be the most important story of our era (which is why you'll never see it in the MSM): the counter-revolution in response to the Peasants' Rebellions of 2016 and the globalist oligarchy's frantic campaign to smother dissent and to sideline (if not entirely outlaw) any politicians or political parties not under their control.

What's happening in Brazil is also happening in Poland, Germany, the UK, Canada, etc, wherever the American Deep State and the NGOocracy can infiltrate: the same charges of "disinformation", "Russian interference", "hate speech" and the same solution being demanded: total control of discourse, total control of politics and elections, all in the name of "saving Democracy" lolol.

This for me is one of the saddest, most infuriating, aspects:

"Brazil’s news media have promoted and defended censorship for several reasons. They view social media and independent journalism as an economic competitor. They are culturally and institutionally aligned with the government’s counterpopulism."

Talk about treason of the intellectuals! Turns out all the people who never stop preening about their devotion to tolerance and freedom only mean that they support these things as far as they control them. So much for the open society!

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The Pathocracy in action.

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Exactly. All pretenses have been dropped.

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Yep. It's a global security state apparatus that looks to prevent another Brexit and Trump 2016.

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It’s so incredibly evil and insidious. They’ve debased every word that could describe their actions, simply by throwing them as invective against every tiny act of resistance - everyone is a Nazi, a fascist, etc. These people are truly hell-bent on the destruction of civilization.

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A simple person here interested in maximizing our federal resources and eliminating waste and duplication. What if the FBI was not allowed to conduct operations outside the country and the CIA was not allowed to conduct operations inside our country. Or is that already in statute or regulation? Yes I suppose the FBIers are only "giving advice" or "sharing expertise" but conceivably that could be done (as with other feds) via Zoom, thereby saving travel funds and carbon.

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I always thought those were supposed to be their legal realms of activity. But “legal” means nothing these days, if you have the right connections.

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If Congress cared about trust in government, there would be a bipartisan Congressional review of whether the two agencies are following these important statutes and regs.

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Bipartisan?

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So True. Even Manchin sold out.

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At present, South Africa & Brazil are (in the eyes of 'Davos Man' & Friends) the weak spot of Multipolarity, which is why they will be hounded down using all the various organs of the 'Elite' & Deep State Cabal. In 2024 (& beyond) such Vile attacks will only Escalate:

Davos Man is Cornered by the Populist waves across the world, & being a cornered animal, he will fight back with every ounce of his being in order to prevent his Abolishment by the People.

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(For those interested)

If you wish to read (& listen!) to more of My commentary, here is my Main Stack:

https://thefallofthewest.substack.com

Thank You Kindly to everyone!

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So the FBI is running foreign psyops while the CIA runs domestic psyops.

Glad everyone is branching out to not only abuse their stated purposes, but also cause destabilization completely outside what the organizations are supposed to be doing.

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The more people look, the more it seems there is no end to this corruption and influence. Thank you for diving into this! Wow.

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Soros appears to be not all that intelligent based on the word salad descriptions he uses when speaking about speech he doesn't like and issues he wants to suppress in social media and the news. The lack of cogent analysis is so evident that while listening to him, I sort of glaze over at the banality and complete pointlessness of his words. The good news here is that groups like Public will continue to expose him and his organization, the FBI, CIA and DOJ involvment in censoring people and organizations here and abroad. Now it's only a matter of how many uncaptured minds will believe any of it. Liberals of today are so suspicious of anything not dogmatically left that it's hard to reach them. In fact it's nearly impossible even as they witness the infighting that is inevitable in a system that values groups and feeling over people and reason.

Has anyone at Public watched the Death of Stalin? That send-up beautifully captures the absurdity of authoritarian regimes and their pretense at truth telling all the while knowing that the game is whoever gains the most power controls everything.

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Article after article after article regarding worldwide censorship programs. Most, if not all, tied to Soros and US 3-letter agencies. Do we really stand a chance? Or is it evidence that common sense is gaining traction and they’re in desperation mode?

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We have a chance. Google open-sourced the Transformer Architecture in 2017, what all AI is effectively built on. Meta’s open source AI just beat GPT-4 in coding capabilities. In the end, it all comes down to who controls AI, and the Western elite establishment lost control of AI in 2017, although they didn’t know it.

If everyone has access to powerful AI, no top down control will be possible, no matter their flailing about.

As long as the semiconductor fabrication plants remain under American stewardship, the totalitarians will lose, in the end.

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Not sure about that?

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It gets complicated but basically what the builders of AI have done is make it practically impossible to centralize AI built in the West, and in the AI race, even China is open-sourcing much of their AI to catch up.

It’s a race, and those in power know it (who aren’t insane and/or psychopathic). That’s why Taiwan is so important. It’s the advanced chips for AI building, specifically the race for Artificial General Intelligence.

The censorship regime will collapse, likely soon, in the end, the fate of the future rests on who controls the semiconductor fabrication plants in Taiwan; Us, or Xi Jinping.

I like to be an optimist, but if Xi moves on them and seizes them, he will control 90% of semiconductor production and effectively rule the world. But, the Taiwanese could detonate them to prevent that and plunge humanity back 20 years.

Above all things, even the attempt to create a parallel of the social credit system in the West, in the end, it all comes down to Taiwan.

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Reporting the names and tactics of the censorship mechanisms is very important to the fight for free speech, but more effort needs to be invested in combat.

- There needs to be a clearinghouse where those censored can report what was censored and where it was censored.

- For those punished for censorship, their stories need to be told and publicized.

- What are the media with the heaviest censorship? Facebook?

- Are there media in Brazil currently escaping censorship? Substack?

- Are technologies like shortwave used to bypass censorship? Does Rumble need a shortwave offering?

- I'm sure there are many more potential tactics? Anyone have additional ideas?

- What are the narratives that Brazil's mainstream media are currently curating?

- Who are the biggest liars in government and media? Does Brazil have a Rachel Maddow?

Just brainstorming here. More?

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It's so frustrating to keep reading about the undue influence of the Soros foundation that is wreaking havoc on our society and others throughout the world. Can nothing be done to stop Soros? It's like a real life Dr. No trying to take over the world. Where is James Bond when you need him?

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To be fair, some people are very sensitive about being criticized. Sure they do sneaky, bad stuff, but they think so highly of themselves that changing their behavior is off the table. What's left? Silencing those who say critical, emotionally hurtful, true remarks. When you get your fani in a sling for your behavior, pretend that the statements are about your group even though it was only you who hired your inexperienced boyfriend as special prosecutor and went on trips he paid for. And it's difficult to be one of the 1% without a little shady business that you pretty much had to do to get out of the 99%. Say that people who are saying bad things about you are just prejudiced against your group. Put them on no-hire lists and watch lists and other lists. Don't change, just stop people talking about it. Because free speech is so especially hurtful when it's you.

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This is great reporting, I wonder how Glenn Greenwald is doing to keep System Update afloat from Brazil? I would think Glenn would be a primary target of censorship.

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The irony ?

Not a single one of the idiots at Soros' foundation has actually read Karl Popper's seminal work "Open Society and its Enemies". OR if they did read it they decided to side with the enemies part.

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These are the concerns of the Church commission run amok. I grew up democrat and this was a fear the Democratic Party talked about post-Vietnam by Senator Church. Why does the FBI have any place in another country? This is like the CIA choosing governments back in the 50s & 60s. Maybe a practice run for those of us on Substack?

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