Two thoughts on dealing with friends and family who are still stuck in the Orwellian psyop.
Even though the CIA claims otherwise project Mockingbird and MK Ultra are still being used and are powerful tools being used to normalize evil. Asheville, LA fires, millions of illegals flooding in, Ukrainian money laundering, Anthony Fauci being deified instead of guillotined etc are ok to someone who’s firehosed by a constant barrage of propaganda. Toss in critical thinking that’s been ruptured by a PC driven school system and we have lies being elevated as facts.
If I were in your shoes I’d be angry over the failure to honor your brother Ricky too. I guess I’d try to shift to trying to understand what happened to them. Not to excuse it but explain it.
We’re all going to face a righteous God on judgement day. Jesus calls us to forgive lest we be unforgiven. Matt 6:14. Pray for forgiveness which will provide peace.
Good points, Henry. This article in nearly three years old, and I accept my family for what they are. Pretty much emblematic of the typical American family. Thanks.
This article just kills me in its truth. I was raised in that family Utopia you mention and now great sadness and disappointment overcomes me. I don't know any way to begin to fix it. I vow NOT to die in a "nursing" home.
Great piece Don! I believe that all families are dysfunctional. In my experience no one comes from a completely functional family. That's why we are here, to work out our own dysfunction. Maybe families have different degrees of dysfunction, some are worse than others.
One of the reasons I started following you and continue to this day is your love for your brother Ricky. The way you discussed him during his Covid illness and death, always touched me. I knew you were my kind of person! Bless you and keep believing!
People are dysfunctional and, yes, most do suck. Speaking for myself, anyone who I can spiritually connect with is "family". The rest I throw to the curb.
I am not bound by blood to anyone. Rude people I decide if its worth fighting them. Mostly no. Why get worked up about things you can't change. Life is too short, Don. There is much in this world to be ever so grateful for.
I would argue the decline of a traditional (i.e., authentic) family life began with the introduction of the TV into the family living room. And it’s completely ironic, as the image of the family with a TV has always been that of a cohesive unit all happily sitting around enjoying the viewings together “as a family.” Instead, the mesmerizing flashing images took people decidedly AWAY from each other and off into an impermanent realm of the TV-directed "imagination," an unreal world that is always exciting because always new and changing (but which I would call “virtual chaos”). The TV presents a world with no continuity and no ultimate connection to real life. Worse perhaps, the technological medium alone stupefies the cognitive faculties and turns one anti-social. The result: to the simple minded and media addicted, the images on the screen become more interesting (more real even?) than do the in-the-flesh father/mother, brother/sister, who themselves have become brainwashed and deadened by the device.
Thus, 1950 or so was when the seeds were planted for the destruction of the family and the zombification of humanity.
Henry David Thoreau had predicted in his "Walden; or, Life in the Woods" (1854) that the newly emerging media age would bring with it all kinds of meaningless trivia that people would invariably glom onto. And to think that he was referring only to the telegraph (!) when he wrote: “We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate...We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the old world some weeks nearer to the new; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad flapping American ear will be that Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.”
I tried for decades to wean my parents off the TV (yes, the relationship in that regard was completely reversed). Never succeeded with my dad. But it’s possible I’m making some headway with my widowed mother, as (she claims!) she’s down to just three programs a day. (Unfortunately, one of those abominations is PBS NewsHour.)
Good point, Rob. The introduction of TV does pretty much coincide with the beginning of the dissolution of the nuclear family. Hollywood films played a role as well. Think of the whole "Rebel Without a Cause" mindset, which helped poison untold numbers of teenagers against their parents. Teenage "angst" was invented by Hollywood, with films like that, and a novel like "Catcher in the Rye." I didn't remember that quote from Thoreau, who has always been one of my favorites. Thanks!
That's pretty incredible that you've made enough headway to get your mom down to three. Old folks are notoriously set in their ways. After arguing with my dad my entire life...he started coming around the last couple of years of his life. The scamdemic was so blatant, folks on the edge of seeing the truth, got pushed over the edge. The last year of his life, he said he was going to throw out his tv...but I knew his wife would never agree. She nagged him into the vax, when he didn't want it. He died eight months later of rapid-onset CJD. It was a nightmare for myself and my siblings because she refused all of our five offers to care for him. She made sure he died alone in a care home. Now SHE is in a care home. I thought for sure she would be dead by now.
Truly tragic, Kris, that your dad was forced to take the vax by, of all his people, his wife. I guess the man of the house no longer calls the shots in America 2.0, nor the adult children, even when it comes to matters of life and death. Such is the case when a commissar infiltrates the family. Sorry about your dad.
My father was also vaxxed, although I DO remember hearing him say at the start of the plandemic that the whole thing seemed a bit of an “overaction” (and thus temporary progress, it would seem, on the critical thinking front). The vaccine, I believe, exacerbated his maladies (mild case of cancer and a bad case of sleep apnea) that ultimately landed him in the hospital. There, he was subjected to the infamous Covid protocol, including nine straight days without food and being placed on a ventilator, and died on Dec. 12, 2022.
I guess we’re all ultimately victims of some form of stupidity if not outright evil (where the two are often indistinguishable), whether that of ourselves (the usual case) or someone else.
Yes, my mother also took the vax (M&D were a “unit” in all matters behavioral and intellectual), but she will quickly dismiss any suggestion that it has any effect on subsequent maladies, my dad’s or her own. As “vaccines” are miracles of modern science (!), I don’t believe she’ll ever think it was a mistake.
Thought I was reading my biography there DJ. So many points are the story of my life too! I never have felt close to my parents. Both my sister and I were adopted and the parents split when I was about 6. My mom ended up moving back to Ohio around her family(my dad was from there too) and my dad stayed in So Cal to make his fortune. It wasn’t until I was in my late 40’s when things started to make sense. I had them both over for chow in Az. My dad is married but his wife wasn’t allowed at my house anymore….thats a story in itself, oh brother. Well my folks are at one end of the table chatting away when they brought up what their biggest regret of their marriage was…..get this, they both agreed it was not having their own kids!! Man a light bulb went off for me! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest! The other point you made about nursing homes really was a bullseye. Before covid I did a Bible study a couple days a week at one near my house plus had several elderly I got to know that I would visit each time. I’d usually spend a good half the day there. It was so sad to see some that never got a visitor, but what I thought was one of the most cruelest things ever is when covid hit they were keeping loved ones from seeing their family member when dying. There was so many that died alone. One of the biggest atrocities I’d ever witnessed. As Scripture tells us though…in the end love will grow cold. Thanks again DJ, you are so gifted at putting your thoughts into words. Peace be with ya!
Has been a long and painful journey thus far….lonely and punishing in the disbelief….but hard to deny the obvious in the aftermath….there will be no accounting, no transparency, no justice….just stories laced with lies. How does a family hope to recover? Trust once lost is not easily restored….and no one saw the attack incoming on all our senses. Fear got the better of most…but no one has immunity to being human. Hard to remember this, but maybe it is how we find our way back.
"One of my good friends used to have a very simple philosophy; “People suck.”"
I know the feeling. Reading your post I am reminded of Samuel Johnson's observation that he "never ceased to be amazed at man's propensity to stoop to meet the situation."
My own family was very disfuctional as were my parents' families. Siblings weren't close. Major troubles between parents and children. Mucho drama.
I lived for over a decade in Eastern Asia, specifically Mainland China, Taiwan and Thailand. every family I knew of was filled with major drama in some form.
Somehow though they usually stayed in contact and were more likely to help each other even if they could barely stand to be in the same room.
Eastern Asians do venerate their Elders but don't see old people as being their equals. At 35 most people cannot get a good job if unemployed because they are considered too old. Asians venerate youth in non family members.
I would add that in White countries real friends who stick with you through thick and thin area largely a thing of the past, if they every existed.
I am lucky that I have a wonderful wife and son I can depend on like they can depend on me. Outside of them I find people are better appreciated in very small doses.
Well Donald, I guess you didn't end up cancelling anyone, for good. You told your readers that your extended family celebrated Christmas together, and a good time was had by all.
"Can two walk together, except they be agreed? " (Amos 3:3) The wizards of mass manipulation know how to "stampede the herd", and manufactured consent is a simple thing for those "consent factories" that need not bother with facts. It is child's play for those who can rationalize any absurdity and gain followers of vain people. But when all is said and done, Each and every one of us are isolated by either our actions or inaction's. Silence is not in reality "implied consent" any more than others seeking affirmation of their "theories" makes their dealing true. When I assert, "God Knows" it is only because I am cognitive of my own frailties as an individual, but also aware there are more witness's than myself as to what dwells in my flesh and mind. It is the one who dwells in my heart (1st John 4:4) that keeps my hopes aflame.
Thank you for the post Donald! There are many walking wounded in our world, but I would prefer to not feed the fires of hate, which comes naturally, but to forgive and hopefully one day forget the former tribulations that have so easily beset me.
Two thoughts on dealing with friends and family who are still stuck in the Orwellian psyop.
Even though the CIA claims otherwise project Mockingbird and MK Ultra are still being used and are powerful tools being used to normalize evil. Asheville, LA fires, millions of illegals flooding in, Ukrainian money laundering, Anthony Fauci being deified instead of guillotined etc are ok to someone who’s firehosed by a constant barrage of propaganda. Toss in critical thinking that’s been ruptured by a PC driven school system and we have lies being elevated as facts.
If I were in your shoes I’d be angry over the failure to honor your brother Ricky too. I guess I’d try to shift to trying to understand what happened to them. Not to excuse it but explain it.
We’re all going to face a righteous God on judgement day. Jesus calls us to forgive lest we be unforgiven. Matt 6:14. Pray for forgiveness which will provide peace.
Good points, Henry. This article in nearly three years old, and I accept my family for what they are. Pretty much emblematic of the typical American family. Thanks.
This article just kills me in its truth. I was raised in that family Utopia you mention and now great sadness and disappointment overcomes me. I don't know any way to begin to fix it. I vow NOT to die in a "nursing" home.
Great piece Don! I believe that all families are dysfunctional. In my experience no one comes from a completely functional family. That's why we are here, to work out our own dysfunction. Maybe families have different degrees of dysfunction, some are worse than others.
One of the reasons I started following you and continue to this day is your love for your brother Ricky. The way you discussed him during his Covid illness and death, always touched me. I knew you were my kind of person! Bless you and keep believing!
I very much appreciate your kind words, Robin. Thanks!
People are dysfunctional and, yes, most do suck. Speaking for myself, anyone who I can spiritually connect with is "family". The rest I throw to the curb.
I am not bound by blood to anyone. Rude people I decide if its worth fighting them. Mostly no. Why get worked up about things you can't change. Life is too short, Don. There is much in this world to be ever so grateful for.
Good advice, Fran, but it's a shame that's the way it is. Thanks.
I would argue the decline of a traditional (i.e., authentic) family life began with the introduction of the TV into the family living room. And it’s completely ironic, as the image of the family with a TV has always been that of a cohesive unit all happily sitting around enjoying the viewings together “as a family.” Instead, the mesmerizing flashing images took people decidedly AWAY from each other and off into an impermanent realm of the TV-directed "imagination," an unreal world that is always exciting because always new and changing (but which I would call “virtual chaos”). The TV presents a world with no continuity and no ultimate connection to real life. Worse perhaps, the technological medium alone stupefies the cognitive faculties and turns one anti-social. The result: to the simple minded and media addicted, the images on the screen become more interesting (more real even?) than do the in-the-flesh father/mother, brother/sister, who themselves have become brainwashed and deadened by the device.
Thus, 1950 or so was when the seeds were planted for the destruction of the family and the zombification of humanity.
Henry David Thoreau had predicted in his "Walden; or, Life in the Woods" (1854) that the newly emerging media age would bring with it all kinds of meaningless trivia that people would invariably glom onto. And to think that he was referring only to the telegraph (!) when he wrote: “We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate...We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the old world some weeks nearer to the new; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad flapping American ear will be that Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.”
I tried for decades to wean my parents off the TV (yes, the relationship in that regard was completely reversed). Never succeeded with my dad. But it’s possible I’m making some headway with my widowed mother, as (she claims!) she’s down to just three programs a day. (Unfortunately, one of those abominations is PBS NewsHour.)
Good point, Rob. The introduction of TV does pretty much coincide with the beginning of the dissolution of the nuclear family. Hollywood films played a role as well. Think of the whole "Rebel Without a Cause" mindset, which helped poison untold numbers of teenagers against their parents. Teenage "angst" was invented by Hollywood, with films like that, and a novel like "Catcher in the Rye." I didn't remember that quote from Thoreau, who has always been one of my favorites. Thanks!
That's pretty incredible that you've made enough headway to get your mom down to three. Old folks are notoriously set in their ways. After arguing with my dad my entire life...he started coming around the last couple of years of his life. The scamdemic was so blatant, folks on the edge of seeing the truth, got pushed over the edge. The last year of his life, he said he was going to throw out his tv...but I knew his wife would never agree. She nagged him into the vax, when he didn't want it. He died eight months later of rapid-onset CJD. It was a nightmare for myself and my siblings because she refused all of our five offers to care for him. She made sure he died alone in a care home. Now SHE is in a care home. I thought for sure she would be dead by now.
Truly tragic, Kris, that your dad was forced to take the vax by, of all his people, his wife. I guess the man of the house no longer calls the shots in America 2.0, nor the adult children, even when it comes to matters of life and death. Such is the case when a commissar infiltrates the family. Sorry about your dad.
My father was also vaxxed, although I DO remember hearing him say at the start of the plandemic that the whole thing seemed a bit of an “overaction” (and thus temporary progress, it would seem, on the critical thinking front). The vaccine, I believe, exacerbated his maladies (mild case of cancer and a bad case of sleep apnea) that ultimately landed him in the hospital. There, he was subjected to the infamous Covid protocol, including nine straight days without food and being placed on a ventilator, and died on Dec. 12, 2022.
I guess we’re all ultimately victims of some form of stupidity if not outright evil (where the two are often indistinguishable), whether that of ourselves (the usual case) or someone else.
Did your mom take it, and if so, does she now realize it was a terrible mistake?
Yes, my mother also took the vax (M&D were a “unit” in all matters behavioral and intellectual), but she will quickly dismiss any suggestion that it has any effect on subsequent maladies, my dad’s or her own. As “vaccines” are miracles of modern science (!), I don’t believe she’ll ever think it was a mistake.
Thought I was reading my biography there DJ. So many points are the story of my life too! I never have felt close to my parents. Both my sister and I were adopted and the parents split when I was about 6. My mom ended up moving back to Ohio around her family(my dad was from there too) and my dad stayed in So Cal to make his fortune. It wasn’t until I was in my late 40’s when things started to make sense. I had them both over for chow in Az. My dad is married but his wife wasn’t allowed at my house anymore….thats a story in itself, oh brother. Well my folks are at one end of the table chatting away when they brought up what their biggest regret of their marriage was…..get this, they both agreed it was not having their own kids!! Man a light bulb went off for me! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest! The other point you made about nursing homes really was a bullseye. Before covid I did a Bible study a couple days a week at one near my house plus had several elderly I got to know that I would visit each time. I’d usually spend a good half the day there. It was so sad to see some that never got a visitor, but what I thought was one of the most cruelest things ever is when covid hit they were keeping loved ones from seeing their family member when dying. There was so many that died alone. One of the biggest atrocities I’d ever witnessed. As Scripture tells us though…in the end love will grow cold. Thanks again DJ, you are so gifted at putting your thoughts into words. Peace be with ya!
I appreciate the kind words, Brad. As you know, your situation is pretty common. But you obviously turned out pretty well. Thanks!
Unfortunately it is all too common! Thanks for your kind words, appreciate that!
That was a very interesting story, Brad. Thanks for sharing.
What an incredibly touching and beautiful piece! Thank you.
Thank you, Helen!
Has been a long and painful journey thus far….lonely and punishing in the disbelief….but hard to deny the obvious in the aftermath….there will be no accounting, no transparency, no justice….just stories laced with lies. How does a family hope to recover? Trust once lost is not easily restored….and no one saw the attack incoming on all our senses. Fear got the better of most…but no one has immunity to being human. Hard to remember this, but maybe it is how we find our way back.
"One of my good friends used to have a very simple philosophy; “People suck.”"
I know the feeling. Reading your post I am reminded of Samuel Johnson's observation that he "never ceased to be amazed at man's propensity to stoop to meet the situation."
My own family was very disfuctional as were my parents' families. Siblings weren't close. Major troubles between parents and children. Mucho drama.
I lived for over a decade in Eastern Asia, specifically Mainland China, Taiwan and Thailand. every family I knew of was filled with major drama in some form.
Somehow though they usually stayed in contact and were more likely to help each other even if they could barely stand to be in the same room.
Eastern Asians do venerate their Elders but don't see old people as being their equals. At 35 most people cannot get a good job if unemployed because they are considered too old. Asians venerate youth in non family members.
I would add that in White countries real friends who stick with you through thick and thin area largely a thing of the past, if they every existed.
I am lucky that I have a wonderful wife and son I can depend on like they can depend on me. Outside of them I find people are better appreciated in very small doses.
Well Donald, I guess you didn't end up cancelling anyone, for good. You told your readers that your extended family celebrated Christmas together, and a good time was had by all.
No, I didn't, Kris. Sometimes I can follow the Golden Rule. Thanks.
Dividing people has become a work of art that goes well beyond political:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/divide-and-rule-is-working-in-mysterious
The (s)election of Trump has been a great psyop!
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/the-maga-psyop
As physical battle is out of the question, it's all spiritual.
No "consensus" can exist with evil...
"Can two walk together, except they be agreed? " (Amos 3:3) The wizards of mass manipulation know how to "stampede the herd", and manufactured consent is a simple thing for those "consent factories" that need not bother with facts. It is child's play for those who can rationalize any absurdity and gain followers of vain people. But when all is said and done, Each and every one of us are isolated by either our actions or inaction's. Silence is not in reality "implied consent" any more than others seeking affirmation of their "theories" makes their dealing true. When I assert, "God Knows" it is only because I am cognitive of my own frailties as an individual, but also aware there are more witness's than myself as to what dwells in my flesh and mind. It is the one who dwells in my heart (1st John 4:4) that keeps my hopes aflame.
Good point, Clyde. Thanks.
Thank you for the post Donald! There are many walking wounded in our world, but I would prefer to not feed the fires of hate, which comes naturally, but to forgive and hopefully one day forget the former tribulations that have so easily beset me.
But it is thicker than the River of DOGE.
I appreciate you sharing that, Dennis. Your family is unfortunately the norm. Any non- dysfunctional families at this point are outliers. Thanks!
I am glad you ignored him; he deserved it. You did not.