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Allison Gustavson's avatar

This was absolutely phenomenal. A master class, really. And not only on the subject at hand, but as a concrete portrait of a long-term psyops that people can actually wrap their heads around. The leap from that insight to the broader innundation is incalculably shortened. THANK YOU - sharing widely!

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Stay Slick's avatar

Thank you--it took a while to research and write (always longer than I expect), but sounds like it was worth it!

And I very much appreciate you sharing. We need to spread the word, and it helps this author a lot 🙏

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Allison Gustavson's avatar

Yes! It definitely shows! Amazing work. Keep it coming. I pay for too many Substacks but as soon as I can, I’d like to support yours.

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Ugo Bardi's avatar

Good essay, Slick. You are saying all the things that cannot be said. Can I reproduce parts of your post on my blog: livingearth.substack.com?

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Stay Slick's avatar

Thank you!

And yes, if you add a link for attribution I'm all for it. Spreading the word is what we need!

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Stefano's avatar

Slick, I fancy "The Illusion of Progress" could be a title for a miniseries!

Great read as always!

What gets me is the whole shifting responsibilities, the PR (lip service through corporate social responsibility whitewashing) and constant gaslighting/psyops. The things we do to ourselves!

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Stay Slick's avatar

Ah, you may read minds, Stefano. At least mine. I've been thinking of a few pieces on technology for some time, the promises and the warnings, beyond the recent AI panic.

The fears are not new (or unwarranted); we just didn't listen.

But "we" can be quite deceiving, in this or your last sentence. Though yes--it's always "we".

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Chaitanya Diwadkar's avatar

Brilliant piece! As always!

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Rugnarldo's avatar

Yes. Corporate psyop from america. Dupont is a trillion dollar corporation responsible for the historic anti hemp racism fake news scandal which as a result crushed millions of souls. American psyop. Shameful. What a foul offensive this nation has foistered onto us all.

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Eternitybound's avatar

Excellent article. Finally, someone addressing the truth. Many moons ago, my Grandma was guilted into recycling. She told me she had rats coming to her front porch. Never had before. Looked into it, she was unable to see to clean the jars properly. Some things she just tossed in the blue bin. Thar was the last time she recycled. I never did. Big scam.

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Mark Whitson's avatar

Stay Slick, VERY informative article.

Here’s a link to Buckminister Fuller: he wrote a lot about resources etc.

https://www.bfi.org/about-fuller/everything-i-know/section-3/

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