{"id":6189,"date":"2024-01-17T08:29:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=6189"},"modified":"2024-01-17T08:29:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:29:30","slug":"freedom-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/17\/freedom-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom is a &#8216;Threat to Our Democracy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a nice recap below of some propaganda floating around. There are a lot of people that get caught up in this type of lunacy which shows a lack of capacity for deductive reasoning. And even better is WEF Klaus Schwab going on about how we don&#8217;t need elections because we can use artificial intelligence, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/slaynews.com\/news\/wef-calls-ai-replace-voters-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WEF Calls for AI to Replace Voters: \u2018Why Do We Need Elections?\u2019<\/a><\/em>. And WEF consultant who is also a transhumanist has been saying <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/11\/wef-calls-for-ai-to-rewrite-bible-create-religions-that-are-actually-correct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI can replace God and religion<\/a> with ideas that are actually correct, and he thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v473sc9-wef-mastermind-yuval-noah-harari-says-trump-reelection-would-be-death-blow-.html\">Trump&#8217;s election will deal a death blow to globalism<\/a> and the world order they&#8217;re trying to create. Consequently, Trump is one of the OCGFC and a perfect controlled opposition candidate (daughter is a WEF YGL) not to mention he gave us Operation Warp Speed and the mRNA vaccines, and didn&#8217;t really do much as president contrary to his many words. He actually filled his administration with swamp creatures creating the illusion they were responsible for his lack of reforms, but it was only theater. Also, Trump setup the Jan. 6th protestors at just the right moment to run afoul of a federal election law guaranteeing their incarceration awaiting trial against the weaponized government. So I say what democracy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump-schwab-ivanka-3-1024x731.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump-schwab-ivanka-3-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump-schwab-ivanka-3-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump-schwab-ivanka-3-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/trump-schwab-ivanka-3.png 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igor-chudov.com\/p\/freedom-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy\">https:\/\/www.igor-chudov.com\/p\/freedom-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_93830cba-399d-4d55-bc2a-f7217b92c3c7\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maximalist Thinking at Its Finest<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>By Igor Chudov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should academic freedom of speech be replaced with \u201cjustice\u201d? <em>Are elections a danger to our democracy<\/em>? Some people think so!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb0aae9c0-e2db-48cc-bed5-cb6f6d4abbcd_969x478.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb0aae9c0-e2db-48cc-bed5-cb6f6d4abbcd_969x478.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/column\/the-red-line\/article\/2014\/2\/18\/academic-freedom-justice\/?page=single\">https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/column\/the-red-line\/article\/2014\/2\/18\/academic-freedom-justice\/?page=single<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The author of the above, Sandra Korn, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/column\/the-red-line\/article\/2014\/2\/18\/academic-freedom-justice\/?page=single\">explains<\/a> that we need to <em>give up on academic freedom in favor of academic justice:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Instead, I would like to propose a more rigorous standard: one of \u201cacademic justice.\u201d <strong>When an academic community observes research promoting or justifying oppression, it should ensure that this research does not continue.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandra Korn did not achieve eminence after graduation from Harvard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25c0a894-feae-4148-8e7e-6321bccef18a_842x786.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25c0a894-feae-4148-8e7e-6321bccef18a_842x786.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wgs.fas.harvard.edu\/people\/sandra-korn\">https:\/\/wgs.fas.harvard.edu\/people\/sandra-korn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, her idea took on a life of its own. For example, to some people, it is not enough that two-thirds of teenagers agree with them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/jan\/16\/third-of-uk-teenagers-believe-climate-change-exaggerated-report-shows?CMP=share_btn_tw\">Consider this Guardian article<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe989483b-0a19-4631-9d03-c5bd392f6415_994x1045.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe989483b-0a19-4631-9d03-c5bd392f6415_994x1045.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone of a more optimistic disposition could be happy that TWO-THIRDS of teenagers do not believe climate change is exaggerated. Instead, the author is <em>fuming about one-third of teenagers<\/em> who have doubts and concerns about an important issue they are facing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed solution is to <em>stop platforming climate denial<\/em>. <strong>The definition of climate denial is ever-changing and constantly expanding.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even content <em>agreeing with global warming<\/em> but <em>questioning specific climate solutions<\/em> is now considered harmful misinformation. Imran Ahmed from CCDH <a href=\"https:\/\/counterhate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CCDH-The-New-Climate-Denial_FINAL.pdf\">explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In this report, for the first time, researchers at the Center for Countering Digital Hate have quantified the startling and important rise over the past five years in what we call \u201cNew Denial\u201d \u2014 the departure from rejection of anthropogenic climate change, to attacks on climate science and scientists, and <em>rhetoric seeking to undermine confidence in solutions to climate change<\/em>. \u201cNew Denial\u201d claims now constitute 70% of all climate denial claims made on YouTube, up from 35% six years ago.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elections are a Threat<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2024-01-07\/2024-elections-in-taiwan-eu-uk-us-and-elsewhere-threaten-democracy?sref=4y73sNmN\">This<\/a> piece explains that elections in 2024 are a threat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F124ef800-6601-45f2-9d5f-f0213eeffb93_1338x531.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F124ef800-6601-45f2-9d5f-f0213eeffb93_1338x531.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fe5b0cc-5e0e-495d-98f7-0a12728bab1e_801x420.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6fe5b0cc-5e0e-495d-98f7-0a12728bab1e_801x420.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You may recall that the WEF agenda contributor and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation adviser Adam Grant concluded that elections are bad for our democracy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igor-chudov.com\/p\/elections-are-bad-for-our-democracy?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_campaign=post_embed&amp;utm_medium=web\">The World Economic Forum has been on a tear lately! A recent article in the New York Times (paywall-free link) by a senior WEF agenda contributor, Adam Grant, a Wharton management expert and an adviser to Bill Gates, says, \u201cElections are Bad for Democracy\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ec0fa6c-e42d-4a01-84db-96860ca4c0e4_861x668.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ec0fa6c-e42d-4a01-84db-96860ca4c0e4_861x668.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Should we feel sorry about doubting official stories, believing in freedom of speech, or questioning anything that does not make sense to us? Are we a danger to ourselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should we be thankful to maximalist ideologues, demanding total obedience and refusing even an iota of questioning?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a nice recap below of some propaganda floating around. There are a lot of people that get caught up in this type of lunacy which shows a lack of capacity for deductive reasoning. And even better is WEF Klaus Schwab going on about how we don&#8217;t need elections because we can use artificial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6190,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189\/revisions\/6190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}