How They Stole Your Future 100 Years Ago
Stream Summary
This stream explores the manipulation of public opinion and the orchestration of major historical events by powerful banking interests, focusing on the sinking of the Lusitania as a false flag that led the United States into World War I. The host details how media, government, and financial elites have repeatedly shaped history for profit, and warns that similar tactics continue to threaten freedom and prosperity today.
- Media manipulation by bankers and corporations
- The Lusitania false flag and its role in World War I
- War profiteering and the military-industrial complex
- Long-term consequences of elite decisions on society
- Calls for awareness and resistance to manipulation
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Key Points of Wisdom
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“Media manipulation by bankers with money, interests and governments beholden to those bankers is not the exception. It's the rule.”
On the pervasiveness of elite influence over information.
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“Morgan hired a committee that identified the 25 most influential newspapers. He then installed editors at each of the papers and paid them off to run stories that were pro war.”
On the deliberate shaping of public opinion.
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[00:07:53]
“People who don't know their history are damned to repeat it.”
On the importance of historical awareness.
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[00:09:49]
“The truth is, we live in a system that rewards sociopaths. And sociopaths do what's good for them.”
On the dangers of unchecked power.
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[00:10:01]
“Nationalism is their enemy. Populism is their enemy. Because it gets in the way of their balance sheets.”
On the conflict between popular will and elite interests.
Hyperchat Summary
- Audience discussed historical false flags and media manipulation.
- Questions about other examples of elite-driven events and their impact.
- Suggestions for further reading on banking and war profiteering.
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