by Justin Deschamps,
The powers that be know if you tell a lie enough times, and enough people repeat it, most will accept it as true without question. But a lie doesn’t become true because a lot of people believe it.
Does the popular belief that cancer hasn’t been cured change the fact cancer cures exist? Just because something seems true, doesn’t mean it is. Evidence is required to prove a claim.
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If I tell you John is a bad person, then I tell you John is connected to Amy in some way, you’ll be tempted to think Amy must be a bad person too. But this is a false guilt by association allusion—a syllogistic deception—immature animalistic thinking.
If I tell you John stole from Amy, and I use as proof the fact John stole something when he was a teenager, this is also a false argument. To prove something as true, you need evidence that clearly describes and supports the claim in hand, not allusions to past crimes, not groupthink echo chamber belief.
The deep state use character assassination as one of their primary weapons because they know most people don’t know how to properly analyze a claim to see if the argument and evidence used to prove it is valid and true. They know most people don’t know how to discern, and most don’t want to learn because it costs them social standing to go against the grain.
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Don’t let yourself be deceived. Don’t let peer pressure and groupthink (the echo chamber effect) overcome your discernment and logic. Don’t become another cog in the machine of misinformation by spreading an unsubstantiated claim as a proven fact. You can still share, just be sure to say you’re uncertain.
Just because something “feels” true doesn’t mean it is. Dishonorable and dishonest people know how to manipulate your emotions, especially through social pressure.
We will see a day when truth, justice, and freedom return again. I think this day will come because each of us, in our own way, will embody the truth, through learning how to think wisely and feel in harmony with a mind and heart guided by discernment.
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Justin Deschamps has been a truth seeker all his life. He studies physics, psychology, law, philosophy, and spirituality, working to weave these seemingly separate bodies of information into a holistic tapestry of ever-expanding knowledge. Justin is a student of all and a teacher to some. He humbly seeks those who are willing to take responsibility for making themselves and the world a better place. The goal of his work is to help himself and others become better truth-seekers, and in doing so, form a community of holistically minded individuals capable of creating world healing projects for the benefit of all life—what has been called The Great Work. Check out his project Stillness in the Storm to find some of his work. Follow on Twitter @sitsshow, Facebook Stillness in the Storm, and minds.com.
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The Deep State agenda requires total control of your sense of reality, what I have termed reality management. This is founded on the psychological principle that the environment affects behavior more than direct force. If you want to control someone so perfectly that they don’t know it and actually do what you want thinking it was their own choice, you need to control what someone thinks. Propaganda is a tool for the mass manipulation of perception, values, and life choices. The aim of propaganda is to use subtle techniques to influence your sense of reality, and by extension, your life choices. Lawfully, when a person or people refuse to discuss ideas and work with others, subtle techniques can be used to manage their behavior. Benevolent use of propaganda works to raise the individual up so that they can engage in worldly affair management as a direct agent. Malevolent propaganda seeks to dumb down the individual so they lack the competence to participate. The Deep State uses propaganda in the latter fashion. Understanding that biggest danger to the powers that be is your own mind, your ability to think critically, investigate honestly, and bravely consider new ideas without prejudice, empowers you to be a warrior for truth and justice. Our world needs active thinkers. Learning about these truths can be difficult to accept, but once you let your resentment for the imperfection of this world die, you can embrace the adulthood desire to make things better through your influence. That is the work we are all here to do. With this knowledge in hand, specifically knowledge of how the Deep State use propaganda against the people, you can develop the self-mastery skills needed to not only transcend such efforts but use them to train your warrior spirit. And once trained, you can join the ranks of well informed and educated world healers working tirelessly to free humanity and make the world a better place.
– Justin
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