Why concerned citizens should focus on sourcing data, not consuming propaganda
Trust not what they say, trust rather the data/evidence that is presented
Like most people, I was born trusting and innocent. Unlike most people, I learned young that life just wasn’t that simple. For whatever reason, I could see the dissonance between what I was told and what reality actually was. That’s very unchild-like and very depressing now.
Unlike most people of my generation, I left my home country aged 17 and lived abroad for a year. There was no internet, there were no mobile phones and so you could be completely free of the pressures of the home land. I learned more about propaganda through not being exposed to it for a year than I could ever learn in college, because I saw the effect that not being exposed to it had on my mindset, my performance levels and my optimism and enthusiasm.
The next 15 years weren’t easy. But what I did learn was to distinguish between the words of supposedly senior people and the facts that I could determine through primary data collection, retrieval and analysis.
Now, in a world where propaganda has almost entirely replaced facts in the ‘Mainstream Media’, within Government circles and in the world of financial salesmanship, it seems the right time to start providing guideposts as to how to find primary data, how to determine its reliability and trustworthiness.
Building a community where data analysis is critical may not build the largest community on earth. Many, many people just want to be told the facts.
The problem is that it’s much more profitable to tell lies than to tell the truth.
So if you don’t have the time, the energy or the skills to dissect all the reams of propaganda doing the rounds, then your best bet is to withdraw from the MSM altogether and seek out grass roots information sources, maybe not all in one place, which will short-circuit all the Establishment propaganda.
There’s a lot of people who write about many topics, so I will stick with a few that I know I can write well about. The weather and the climate. Growing vegetables organically. The difference between healthy living and curing illnesses. The difference between ‘being musical’ and having talent for a particular instrument, genre etc.
The test of a substack is in the feedback. If it’s rubbish, it won’t last long. If people find it valuable, it may continue.
I believe in fewer, more valuable articles. I can’t be inspired on a daily basis, then it becomes churn and a daily grind. Others do better there.
I do best making sure that each posting I make says something new. Or at the very least, says it in a different way to other more prominent posters.
So read, enjoy or don’t enjoy, the choice is yours!
Rhys
How do you Englishmen put it so nicely? The proof of the pudding is in the eating? Looking forward to reading your articles. Btw, came here because of your comment on Sasha Latypova's post. Somehow got my intrest. ;-) https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/katalin-karikos-history-as-a-spy/comments?utm_source=substack%2Csubstack&publication_id=870364&post_id=137626119&utm_medium=email%2Cemail&isFreemail=true&comments=true&utm_campaign=email-half-magic-comments