The Magic of Controlling Perspectives via MSM Framing
Bret Weinstein has just put out so much fantastic stuff in the last few days. I’m back talking about the Darkhorse Podcast, but a part of me wishes I hadn’t even mentioned it in the last couple posts, because this one blows those out of the water.
Perspective Framing is a Magic Trick
The beginning discussion is focused on how the confirmation hearings are like a magic show. Bret even points out that it is the opposite of anamorphic art which requires the viewer to occupy a specific vantage point to view the recognizable image. You can see some illustrations of that art in the following video. You’ll see how if you’re in the exact correct position you can see the artwork, but if you’re in a different perspective you cannot.
The confirmation hearings were made for TV to show a projection of what was someone decided they wanted the public to see. Various corporate media stations were a part of this. They all curate what they want us, as viewers, to see.
Those of you reading this realize it’s a show. I think you’ll find the magic trick discussion useful in describing it. There is even mention of the Wizard of Oz and how Toto pulls back the curtain, like RFK did to Bernie’s act. Bernie was visually disturbed because he didn’t think that would happen. Democrats are not used to having their backstage antics shown to the world. They’re not used to pushback and they’ve gotten weak.
Whenever the Democrats complain about what Trump & DOGE is doing and what RFK may do to help the citizens of the US not have their taxes stolen to pay for things they object to and to become healthier, they (the Democrats), know that they need to dazzle the viewer.
They don’t want to be viewed as “persecutors” harming the public. This exposure would be very damaging. So they decide that they are going to paint a picture by spinning the story. It’s DARVO, where you deny, attack, reverse victim and offender. They attempt to paint the person who would possible feel harmed by vaccines, into a victim in another story.
I believe there are plenty of people who are pro-vaccines, that are also vaccine injured (or know others who are), but would never want to consciously become aware of that (because of motivated reasoning). Democrats would like to claim that these people will become victims if RFK Jr. is confirmed because Big Pharma companies might get sued and vaccines might be taken off the market.
For those who had tax payer money funneled through U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S. A.I.D.), they could be viewing themselves as victims of tax theft, but Democrats try to paint Elon as a Persecutor who could be stealing their data. Rather than being upset at USAID, they get upset with Elon/DOGE.
This is the trick, the re-direction. They know someone may feel like a victim, and they try to spin a story so the person gets upset at a different “persecutor” on a different story. And, it often works.
Stockholm Syndrome
Bret also discusses around an hour into the interview how many citizens have Stockholm Syndrome in connection with the government. I had previously written about how so many people seemed like they were fawning over their persecutors because they were afraid of what might happen if they disagreed.
Bret’s explanation made so much sense. Bret said:
…the public finds itself, most of the time prior to this election… the public is basically in a Stockholm syndrome relationship with government, which is to the extent that you recognize that your entire government has been captured by forces that are hostile to your well-being, it doesn't tell you what to do about it.
In fact there probably isn't anything to do about it in your average year. And I speak as somebody who's been trying to do something about it for decades. There is nothing to do. The only thing you can do is make your antipathy obvious to your very powerful enemies.
So I would argue that part of what keeps people from recognizing the full extent to which they are being deceived is that…knowing isn't helpful and not knowing, playing along with the deception, allows you to actually negotiate within the parameters, get a little bit… greater ration here, or you know a little bit more immunity to the terror there.
So it's a reasonable… I don't like it but it's a reasonable thing to do and the problem though is I don't think the public, who may be persuaded to continue to humor the theater of the senate in this case… I don't think the public understands that this is the moment at which you should turn on the terrible people who've been parasitizing you because this is the moment at which they are actually back on their heels.
And to the extent that you recognize that this is theater or magic or whatever the appropriate analogy is, this is the moment in which there's a tremendous amount to be done. In other words an uprising on behalf of Bobby Kennedy, Tulsi Gabard, Kash Patel at this moment could turn the tide. It could put the fear of God into the people, into the Senators who would otherwise vote against them, so that they would elect not to. The game theory says this is the moment at which it makes sense to be aware of the full extent to which you're being fooled. And I don't think people get that. They're just sort of habitually used to pretending that the theater is real.
People are Lazy And Enjoy The Show
I would add that this goes back to what I just wrote about germ theory. People often choose the impossible task to focus on, rather than the uncomfortable but effective task. Because of laziness, people are more than willing to be fooled by the magic show and focus on the “persecutor” that the TV tells them to focus on.
Because of the media’s framing techniques they are able to get readers/viewers to hate a “persecutor” that may or may not be doing something wrong. Even if the person is doing something wrong, they may blow it out of proportion and turn the “persecutor” into a pure evil villain like many do with Trump. He’s not perfect, but he’s not the pure evil many think he is, solely because of the media’s framing (omitted context) and outright lies.
If you missed it, I wrote a guest article on Holly’s Substack called, Fake Journalists and Presstitutes. James Lindsay shared it on Twitter and called the drama triangle a great example of wizard’s circle which brings us back to the start of this. It’s like magic. These are illusions based on your perspective.
A Shift In Perspective Ruins The Trick
When you shift your perspective, outside of the Drama Triangle, you can see multiple perspectives around it and the story starts to dissolve like walking away from anamorphic art.
The mainstream corporate media frames what’s going on in politics in the perspective they want you to see. Some media comes at it from a more corporate right-leaning perspective, most from the left-leaning perspective, but it’s usually all from the pro-Big Pharma perspective and never the libertarian (leave us alone) perspective. You have to listen to multiple people and differing perspectives to view what’s going on from multiple angles and try to come close to the reality.
That was not as possible in the past as it is today. I thank God for that, regardless of how heart-breaking it is to see what’s actually going on (as much as we can see). It makes it difficult to have relationships with those who still only see through one, single perspective. I call them one-dimensional thinkers.
We should all strive to take in multiple perspectives to see the reality. But I think many do not want to see reality because it feels overwhelming. Like Bret said, if you think1 there is nothing you can do to change the tyrannical government, people will think, “Why bother?” They’ll just fawn over them to protect themselves. Part of that fawning is to feign hatred at the current persecutor by supporting the current thing. Although their hatred may be real (being terrorized leads to fear which leads to hatred), the hatred is redirected through the magic show by the media’s framing towards a different “persecutor.”
People like the theater of it all. They like the easiness of being told what to think and do. They don’t want to take the responsibility of checking other sources, listening to other logical arguments, and questioning their beliefs. They don’t want to try to figure out who the actual persecutor is. They’re in fight-or-flight mode constantly. What would you do if you were running from one person or trying to fight another and someone said, “You’re on the wrong side”? If they listen to you, and you’re lying, they may be hurt or killed. It feels easier to stay with the thoughts that have momentum, the ones that they’ve lived with their whole lives.
In the middle of a battle is not the time to start wondering if you’re on the wrong side. And, that can be why, in a perverse incentive sort of way, media tends to want to keep us in fight or flight mode. If you turn off the TV, radio, or newspaper or magazine subscription, you might relax and start thinking clearly and ponder those questions…
“What if they’re lying to me?”
“What if I’m the baddie?”
“What if I’m on the wrong side?”
I hope you’ll check out his interview. I think it’s worth watching and sharing. If you like this article, feel free to share it with others as well. It helps us all.
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This is why I suggest you question your beliefs. Questioning your beliefs is powerful. Focusing on your internal locus of control helps you to feel more powerful as well.
I haven’t listened to Bret in a while but I will check him out again.