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allegiance is to the gun lobby.</p><p id="f434">You’re a sucker if you stay stupid. You’re a sucker if you don’t follow the money.</p><p id="20d0">The gun lobby spends millions to convince you to vote for their candidate who will keep the dollars rolling in for their industry. Neither they nor the candidate gives a f*ck about you. But you will vote for them time and time and time again. Maybe until your kids get their heads blown off. Literally.</p><p id="98d8">They will offer you their thoughts and prayers though.</p><p id="03e9">Racism, in much the same way, is big business too. It always has been. In the modern era, Ronald Reagan opened the 100 million dollar door for anyone willing to advance its cause by working the machinery.</p><p id="d824">What did Reagan do?</p><p id="d2c0">In June 1987, Reagan vetoed legislation to codify the Fairness Doctrine into federal law and in August of the same year, the Reagan administrations FCC voted to abolish the doctrine altogether.</p><h2 id="c916">Why is this important?</h2><p id="543d">The Fairness Doctrine required that broadcasters cover controversial issues in a fair and balanced manner.</p><div id="52e4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fairness-Doctrine"> <div> <div> <h2>fairness doctrine | History, Provisions, Repeal, &amp; Facts</h2> <div><h3>fairness doctrine, U.S. communications policy (1949-87) formulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that…</h3></div> <div><p>www.britannica.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*RPhQL1RKCMiLEkVi)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="89f2">Abolishing this doctrine gave rise to, ahem, “conservative” talk radio Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, and Sean Hannity among others. Fox “News” soon followed. The “News” is in quotes because their lawsuit defense told a judge that their broadcasts should be seen as entertainment and not actual news.</p><p id="b451">Did you know that? Fox News does not consider its programming to have any journalistic value beyond just mere entertainment.</p><p id="dca9"><i>And you thought they were actual news.</i></p><p id="d2e6">Follow the damn money.</p><p id="afc1"><b>When the Reagan administration eliminated the Fairness Doctrine, broadcasters could now lie to the general public without accountability and certainly without an opposing perspective.</b></p><p id="4fb2">This is when the dumbing down of America <i>accelerated </i>and 35 years later, we see the generational result:</p><div id="d216" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/does-qanon-mean-were-having-another-orson-welles-moment-d65e67868abc"> <div> <div> <h2>Does QAnon mean we’re having another Orson Welles Moment?</h2> <div><h3>Eighty-one years ago, at 8 p.m. on October 30, 1938</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*RavEolaaLvHTD7QjvtsR6Q.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="ec93">Trump’s been working the con too.</p><p id="3664">He knows what buttons to push. The same paradigms. The same constructs. The same time-worn strategy.</p><p id="1a56">How bout <i>“replacement theory?” </i>How bout <i>“there’s fine people on both sides?”</i> The man just made <b><i>250,000,000</i></b> (yes, that’s two-hundred and fifty million dollars) conning his supporters into sending him “political contributions” after convincing them that the election was somehow stolen:</p><div id="8ce2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fundraising-scam-jan-6-hearing-1367359/"> <div> <div> <h2>Trump Scammed Supporters Out of $250 Million for Nonexistent Fraud Fund</h2> <div><h3>"Not only was there the Big Lie, there was the Big Ripoff," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) near the end of the Jan. 6…</h3></div> <div><p>www.rollingstone.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image

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: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*V2C15nOz9BJCu2RI)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="9987">Even Trump’s attorney, Sidney Powell said “no reasonable person” believes that her claims of election fraud were “truly statements of fact.”</p><div id="375e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/23/pro-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-election-theft-claims-not-statements-of-fact.html"> <div> <div> <h2>Pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell says 'no reasonable person' believes election claims were…</h2> <div><h3>Lawyers for pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell said that "no reasonable person" would believe that her false claims and…</h3></div> <div><p>www.cnbc.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*aANYnXHTyLr8L0US)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="7433">But its not the first time he’s conned his adoring public.</h2><p id="8045">Remember Trump University? He did the same thing. Being President only gave him a larger platform to work the con:</p><div id="374a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/04/10/trump-university-settlement-judge-finalized/502387002/"> <div> <div> <h2>Judge finalizes 25 million Trump University settlement for students of 'sham university'</h2> <div><h3>A federal judge finalized the 25 million settlement between President Trump and students of his now shuttered Trump…</h3></div> <div><p>www.usatoday.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*6oXeoY3J9NZiHGEg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="a4e0">And he’s still doing it.</h2><p id="fc9e">You vote for the gun lobby time and time again and they murder your children. You vote for the immoral candidate who stated “just grab them by the pussy” and you expect he’s going to “clean the swamp.”</p><p id="388f">Racism is big business and the public has been programmed to sustain its profitability by various means and strategies, constructs and paradigms. All neatly packaged and delivered to your daily feed.</p><h2 id="b73c">The ongoing con is when people are made to believe that their whiteness, and preserving it, is all that matters.</h2> <figure id="5b4a"> <div> <div> <img class="ratio" src="http://placehold.it/16x9"> <iframe class="" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FFPnzNej9tuI%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFPnzNej9tuI&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FFPnzNej9tuI%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" width="640"> </div> </div> </figure></iframe></div></div></figure><h1 id="e356">Old Jim Crow Lyrics</h1><p id="7560">Old Jim Crow Where you been baby Down Mississippi and back again Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over now</p><p id="2c1c">Old Jim Crow What’s wrong with you It ain’t your name It’s the things you do Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over now Old Jim Crow You’ve been around too long Gotta work the devil ’Til your dead and gone Old Jim Crow Yes, don’t you know It’s all over now It’s all over now</p><p id="662c">Old Jim Crow You know it’s true When you hurt my brother You hurt me too Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over now</p><p id="339e">Old Jim Crow I thought I had you beat Now I see you walkin’ And talkin’ up and down my street Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over now</p><p id="ef5a">Old Jim Crow You’ve been around too long Gotta work the devil ’Til your dead and gone Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over All over Oh Lord, it’s all over All over It’s all over It’s all over It’s all over now</p><p id="27e0"><i>Thank you for reading</i></p><p id="9c7a"><i>© 2022 Andrew P. Brown III, PhD. All rights reserved.</i></p></article></body>

The Business of Racism

When people believe that preserving their whiteness is all that matters, they become subject to the con.

Olia Danilevich. Pexels.

In this capitalistic amalgamation to which we are all subject to, one must “follow the money” in order to acquire an understanding of the working framework for any business enterprise.

The creation of “race” as a manufactured social construct represents the advent of sustained aristocrat profitability from human skin color and a human Racial Hierarchy. And as pointed out in succinct fashion by Johnny Silvercloud, Black people can indulge the strategies of racism and sell the con as well, if not better than, the opaque vanguards of white preservation media itself:

False paradigms and artificial social constructs are the talking points that work to sustain the con.

And in a capitalistic society, the con is only as good as its profit margin.

But paradigms and social constructs serve a purpose; they distract you from following the money. They distract you from the ongoing con.

In order for the machine to stay profitable, the lie of the Racial Hierarchy must remain in place for this is the identity you must incorporate in order to be a most loyal subject of the con.

This machine cannot make money if racism ends. So, in order to keep the machine well-oiled and working, the public must be convinced that schools must teach their children American lies instead of American history.

Because a true education of American history results in a generation that eradicates racism, while teaching lies keeps the con going by creating subsequent generations of loyal suckers whose defense of the con is vociferous to the point that they will lay down their lives for it. This is what happens when one adopts an identity devoid of humanity. That’s what makes it pathological, yes, a pathological identity.

The con can only work if you adopt a pathological identity.

And that’s the goal; keep a particular segment of the population uninformed, uneducated, bigoted, prejudiced, racist, and just downright stupid.

It’s intentional. It’s designed to be pathological. It’s pathological by design.

You’re a sucker if you don’t follow the money.

Here’s the latest bunch of suckers (capitalists somewhere are making a ton of money off their stupidity):

A capitalist capitalizes off stupidity, ignorance and arrogance, to wit, a lack of knowledge. Money is made by feeding misinformation.

For example, would you knowingly vote for someone who uses their political power to murder your children?

But that’s exactly what happens when you vote for someone whose allegiance is to the gun lobby.

You’re a sucker if you stay stupid. You’re a sucker if you don’t follow the money.

The gun lobby spends millions to convince you to vote for their candidate who will keep the dollars rolling in for their industry. Neither they nor the candidate gives a f*ck about you. But you will vote for them time and time and time again. Maybe until your kids get their heads blown off. Literally.

They will offer you their thoughts and prayers though.

Racism, in much the same way, is big business too. It always has been. In the modern era, Ronald Reagan opened the $100 million dollar door for anyone willing to advance its cause by working the machinery.

What did Reagan do?

In June 1987, Reagan vetoed legislation to codify the Fairness Doctrine into federal law and in August of the same year, the Reagan administrations FCC voted to abolish the doctrine altogether.

Why is this important?

The Fairness Doctrine required that broadcasters cover controversial issues in a fair and balanced manner.

Abolishing this doctrine gave rise to, ahem, “conservative” talk radio Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, and Sean Hannity among others. Fox “News” soon followed. The “News” is in quotes because their lawsuit defense told a judge that their broadcasts should be seen as entertainment and not actual news.

Did you know that? Fox News does not consider its programming to have any journalistic value beyond just mere entertainment.

And you thought they were actual news.

Follow the damn money.

When the Reagan administration eliminated the Fairness Doctrine, broadcasters could now lie to the general public without accountability and certainly without an opposing perspective.

This is when the dumbing down of America accelerated and 35 years later, we see the generational result:

Trump’s been working the con too.

He knows what buttons to push. The same paradigms. The same constructs. The same time-worn strategy.

How bout “replacement theory?” How bout “there’s fine people on both sides?” The man just made $250,000,000 (yes, that’s two-hundred and fifty million dollars) conning his supporters into sending him “political contributions” after convincing them that the election was somehow stolen:

Even Trump’s attorney, Sidney Powell said “no reasonable person” believes that her claims of election fraud were “truly statements of fact.”

But its not the first time he’s conned his adoring public.

Remember Trump University? He did the same thing. Being President only gave him a larger platform to work the con:

And he’s still doing it.

You vote for the gun lobby time and time again and they murder your children. You vote for the immoral candidate who stated “just grab them by the pussy” and you expect he’s going to “clean the swamp.”

Racism is big business and the public has been programmed to sustain its profitability by various means and strategies, constructs and paradigms. All neatly packaged and delivered to your daily feed.

The ongoing con is when people are made to believe that their whiteness, and preserving it, is all that matters.

Old Jim Crow Lyrics

Old Jim Crow Where you been baby Down Mississippi and back again Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over now

Old Jim Crow What’s wrong with you It ain’t your name It’s the things you do Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over now Old Jim Crow You’ve been around too long Gotta work the devil ’Til your dead and gone Old Jim Crow Yes, don’t you know It’s all over now It’s all over now

Old Jim Crow You know it’s true When you hurt my brother You hurt me too Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over now

Old Jim Crow I thought I had you beat Now I see you walkin’ And talkin’ up and down my street Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over now

Old Jim Crow You’ve been around too long Gotta work the devil ’Til your dead and gone Old Jim Crow don’t you know It’s all over All over Oh Lord, it’s all over All over It’s all over It’s all over It’s all over now

Thank you for reading

© 2022 Andrew P. Brown III, PhD. All rights reserved.

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