John Pilger - Obama and Empire

Author, journalist, film maker John Pilger speaks at Socialism 2009.



Remember when John Pilger warned in 2009 about Obama being massive stooge for crooked establishment interests? Rather than look into the facts, the facts were ignored and Pilger was dumped. The same thing happened with Assange. He was celebrated until his work continued after Bush left office where he criticised Obama. This is a key problem.

And rather than the public waking up when Pilger and Assange were dumped they continued to suck in the MSM accounts that covered up reality. There is an objective truth that overrides left-right politics that points directly at a corrupt system. People ignore this in favour of taking political sides.

It seems that a lot of people only believe narratives that fit into their world view ones that are shaped by the left-right political dichotomy. And so con men and other propagandists only need to spout rhetoric that appeals to a divided audience. In the case of Obama people bought into his 'holding hands' world view while he (the Washington system) did the opposite (as usual). Only the rhetoric seemed to matter. This is how people are being played and why things don't change -or get worse- for ordinary people.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, May 7, 2022.]