Forget the division of Left and Right. We are entering the age of the New Obscurantism: politics fused with magical solutions, superstition, an aura of spirituality and the cultivation of fear
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/trump-populist-conspiracism-autocracy-rfk-jr/681088/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK39h5wzR--PdEbMVMB5FR5Xs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/trump-populist-conspiracism-autocracy-rfk-jr/681088/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK39h5wzR--PdEbMVMB5FR5Xs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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When words and actions can no longer be taken as face value and all trust is lost.
Conversely there is a large swathe of the population afflicted w normalcy bias. The belief that things will remain "normal" as they have always been.
That applies to both mystic realms and science based inquiry.
Coming soon He’s being attacked by ‘demon witches in the night.’ It’s a witch hunt! Single, older women, or “cat ladies” (or any woman who doesn’t submit) are shapeshifters attacking him.
Reading this just minutes after reading about Facebook dropping 3rd party fact-checking has certainly given me a lot to think about.
The sci-fi author and futurist Arthur Clarke stated “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Data harvested from social media.
Social media that in turn is becoming increasingly tabloid.
These themes are pure tabloid garbage & yet it’s proven it sells & captures an audience.
Wealth disparity has aggravated this.
Viz Musk, now Zuck
Wiki on 16th C tech: "magic.. became more complex and tied to the idea of hidden knowledge that could be explored through books and rituals."
beware Jewish Space Lasers!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_magic
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https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/conservative-pro-trump-witches-are-flocking-to-facebook/
The key is to destabilize their financial assets. Everything is precariously balanced on their tax schemes. Hit them with property taxes and income tax at the same time. They’ll immediately fall apart when they have to admit it’s all about money and not helping people.
I have a nephew in Oslo, Norway. Should I apply there for political asylum?
Are the Nordic countries a refuge from the New Obscurantism?
Amazing. Really rings of Look Around You and "Birds. What are they? We just don't know."
Silo.
Just an extension of where we are today.
https://bsky.app/profile/cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social/post/3ldlbg2u54z2i
but I also enjoyed 'Dumb & dumber'
How do you see the future about 1000 years from now, Madame?
Sanity still seems to reign there 🤞🏼💙😃
Innovations like the printing press & social media can do more harm than good.
A 21st C version of the Malleus Malificarum...
On the topic, I highly recommend the conspirituality-podcast diving deep into exactly these intersections. #conspirituality
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