My recent writings share a common theme — that we are divided today because we are living in two different realities. I see it over and over again, from our recent insurrection, to the disputed elections, to the pandemic, to the lock-downs, and to the economic distress and displacement.

But I was wrong.  We aren’t living in two different realities at all.

We really have just one reality — “consensus reality.”

If you follow it, you’ll be rewarded.  And if you don’t, as recent events reveal, you will be punished. You’ll be ostracized, shadow banned, de-platformed, you’ll lose your job, your government subsidies, and your ability to travel. You may even die or go to prison.

On the other side of consensus reality, is any belief that diverges from it. This is true whether the belief is held by you, or any of the other people on the planet.  This is what makes consensus reality so dangerous.  Once it attains critical mass, it marginalizes all other voices.

What exactly is consensus reality?  It’s whatever the powers that be decide it to be.

So while my liberal friends may today feel that the ends justify the means, they may not like it as much when the powers that be decide on a new, darker consensus reality.

For me, I’m a seeker of truth.  I notice the stories that are being suppressed, and I know that their suppression is preventing a better reality.

I also believe that every individual has their own truth, one based on their unique life journey.  To surrender the expression of these unique souls to any collective, is to surrender our future … and our humanity.

I hope we come to our senses soon.

I love the movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” and here’s my favorite scene:

25 hours earlier, he had just taken over the senate floor in a filibuster to prove his innocence, and reveal the extensive corruption that existed in the senate. He did it to a room full of rotating senators and reporters.

It’s the moment in the film when now Senator Smith realizes that his messages aren’t getting out. It’s the moment he realizes that everything he has said has either been misrepresented, distorted or ignored.

Never in America would I believe I’d see a day like that day.

But today is that day, and Bobulinski is that Mr. Smith.

He’s one of Hunter Biden’s former business partners referenced in email found in Hunter Biden’s laptop. You may have heard that this laptop is somehow Russian.  It is not.  It was this allegation that forced Bobulinski to step forward to clear his name.

Since that time, Bobulinski has held a well attended (and barely reported) press conference, confirmed his evidence on Tucker Carlson, produced multiple electronic communication devices that corroborate his disclosures, and provided copies to the FBI.

Since that time, the FBI has revealed that there is an open investigation into contents on the laptop, and a senate committee has verified Bobulinski’s evidence.

Despite all of this, this story has been blacked out of almost all media outlets.

If you don’t the know about this news story, you need a new news source.

You’re missing the show …

When I was growing up, we didn’t have the Internet. We didn’t have hundreds of TV stations, movies on demand, or video games. What we did have were board games, some that even tried to teach life lessons about the real world.

And two succeeded …

One was called “The Game of Life.”  In it, you go to school, get a job, get married, raise a family, and eventually retire.  The person who ends up with the most money wins.

Will you go to college?  What career will you choose?  How many kids will you have?  With every turn, you get to “spin the wheel” of life to determine the next set of choices available to you.

The other game was called “Monopoly.”  In it, everyone starts off with the same amount of cash, and earns the same salary as they travel around the board.  With each “roll of the dice,” opportunities and challenges come your way, including options to buy land, houses and apartments. Your goal is to accumulate wealth, while avoiding taxes, the police, and greedy landlords along the way.

When playing Monopoly, wealth tends to accumulate in the hands of fewer and fewer players.  One by one, people are driven out of the game via bankruptcy, until just one person remains.

The Game of Life is a friendly game. Everyone starts out together, faces common life questions and challenges, and everyone finishes together.  The game of Monopoly, not so much.  While everyone starts out the same, one by one, people are forced out of the game when they can no longer pay their bills.

Life Lessons

People are divided today, because we are playing different games!

If you believe everything the media is telling you, and all of the “authorities” and “experts” they amplify, then you are probably playing the Game of Life. With every “spin the wheel,” you choose from life options as they are laid out for you.

If you have already lost your job, your home, or your business — or you are about to — you probably recognize the game as Monopoly. With every “roll of the dice,” you get closer and closer to wealth … or elimination.

We are divided today because people in the first group can’t see the world through the eyes of those in the second.  They can’t see the cheating that’s going on. They can’t see the corruption. They can’t see that the game is fixed. They can’t see the hopelessness.

They can’t see the remaining contenders are sociopath monopolists who will stop at nothing to “win” this game.  They will lie, they will cheat, they will kill … they will do whatever it takes to accumulate control over all of the world’s resources.

Whether your game is life or monopoly, our true adversaries are the forces of consolidation and control.

As always, thoughtful comments welcome.

Today, we live in a world that is interconnected at an historic rate.  We can directly interact with billions of people via phone, text, and email, as well as assorted online platforms.  News is also abundantly available through traditional TV, radio and print, as well as newer venues like youtube and other online websites.

But what appears to be robust and permanent, is actually fragile and under attack.  Messages that differ from the accepted narratives are being deleted at an alarming rate, while those responsible for those message are being demonetized and de-platformed.  People are also being shadow-banned, resulting in their messages getting reduced visibility and circulation, all without anyone’s knowledge.

And it’s not just the private networks either.  We know from governments like China and revelations from Edward Snowden, that even more draconian measures are possible.  Websites can be de-indexed from the search engines, taken offline, or even replaced with fake versions.  Phone numbers and text can be blocked, as well as entire cellular and Internet networks.

To circumvent these measures, here are a few options:

• For shadow-banning, instead of relying on your platform to provide messages on your wall, visit your subscribed pages directly.
• For de-platforming, make sure you have more than one way to reach your subscribed pages.  If you subscribe to someone on facebook, twitter or youtube, make sure you subscribe to at least one other venue, preferably their main website.
• For de-indexing, you’ll want to make sure you have bookmarked your subscribed websites directly in your browser.

For the more draconian measures (like entire cell phone or Internet networks being shut down), you’ll want to go old-school.  For less than $30, you can get a hand-held HAM radio that allows you speak directly to others.

These offer point-to-point communications with no monthly fees, and no-one in the middle to block your messages.  They have a direct range of dozens of miles, and much further with amplifiers and repeaters.  With these devices, people can also form networks to relay messages to each other … just like in the old days.

Please note that, in normal times, you will need a HAM license (cheap and easy) to broadcast on these devices.  In an emergency, however, you’ll be grateful you have one, license or not.

Until next time.

After weeks of sheltering in place together, I think I’m getting on my wife’s nerves.

And who could blame her. As my friends can attest, I can be a little … intense.

My problem is, I live in a different reality from most people. It’s not the one you see on TV. I first noticed it when I was younger, when it was more subtle and difficult to detect. Over the years it has gotten worse, as those responsible for fake versions of reality have consolidated their power and control.

Now they are merging it with technology in a most frightening way.

Recently, facebook, youtube, and twitter have announced that only approved messages will be allowed on their networks. As an example, a press conference held by two doctors was just removed for providing opinions that differ from the approved narrative. Now we are being told of forced vaccinations, contact tracing, and immunization passports. All in addition to lock-downs on demand.

It paints a future that we will not like, and it’s getting closer by the day.

And yet, not everyone can see it coming.

So every night, I watch the evening news to better understand the fake narrative. And every night my wife has to hear me yell at the TV set, as our nation inches closer towards its demise.

—
Jay Fenello
770-516-6922

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