The Prisoner

“We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche…. As long as we go out and buy stuff, we’re at their mercy… We all live in a little Village. Your Village may be different from other people’s Villages, but we are all prisoners.”   – Patrick McGoohan, from the TV series The Prisoner

 

This from John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute:

It’s all “…part of a long-running, elaborate scam intended to persuade us that, despite all appearances to the contrary, we live in a constitutional republic…

the rise of a police state, the loss of freedom, round-the-clock surveillance, the corruption of government, totalitarianism, weaponization, group think, mass marketing…

Terrorist attacks, pandemics, civil unrest: these are all manipulated crises that add to the sense of urgency and help us feel invested in the outcome of the various elections. No matter who wins this election, we’ll all still be prisoners of the Deep State…”

 

We only have the illusion of democracy.  The ruling elite have made sure of that. The kings have long since disappeared from the scene but basically the same group of people still control the planet. That’s why virtually every U.S. president is from the same family tree (descended from European and English royalty). Even Barack Obama.

 

“The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself, or be ruled by a small elite.” – Thomas Jefferson