That was a riot Ned B. It actually took me a few seconds for my brain to shift out of 1st gear, of course it’s 228 AM. Thanks!! I think they’ll be back, at least Trump is saying that. Everything today seems to be connected inside, in other words, whoever is interested in buying Tik Tok has an inside line with Trump and Trump will keep up the pressure until it’s sold to wherever Trump wants to end up buying it. It’s such a corrupt world today I look at everything with pessimism. Wholesome integrity is a very rare trait today.
You are so right, James, Wholesome integrity is indeed rare these days. I haven't quite reached the point of looking at everything with pessimism, But I do regard most official pronouncements with skepticism.
Can't say this often enough and reiterating for the sake of newbies and to support this post.
I am a FREE SPEECH absolutist! All the censorship out there is pure evil!
Without freedom of speech and expression, there is nothing but a 'boot stamping on your face forever', total tyranny and slavery! Free speech must be protected and preserved at all costs!
The monsters in human skin suits who rule the world get a sadistic vampiric thrill and boost from perpetrating the vilest most demonic crimes against the most vulnerable (babies and small children) and then corrupting the system to get away with it scot free! We the People must stop them, there are a lot more of us than them!
Divide and rule! Agents provocateurs anyone, FALSE FLAGS, propaganda social engineering psyops? Keeping us proles at each others' throats while the globalist technocrat predators laugh all the way to the BIS and The Bank of Rothschild's!
This horrifying Governor 'Gruesome Newscum', 'Lone Scum', Soros, 'Benedict' Biden and Harris and even Trump, Vance, and 'Ramaswampy' et al are blatant fully owned and operated puppets of their globalist technocrat parasite masters same as other numerous 'PUBLIC SERPENTS' infesting by design from above, the bureaucratic apparatus.
BURN BACK BETTER!
CREATIVITY! ARTISTRY! IMAGINATION! SPIRITUALITY! HUMOR! LOVING KINDNESS! These are the best ways to fight THEM!
Life everywhere is being assaulted by THE TECHNOCRATIC OMNIWAR! RESIST! DO NOT CONSENT TO ALL THINGS DIGITAL, 'SMART', AI, 5G, NO CASH - ALL OF IT! dhughes.substack.com Technocrat ruling class psychos get a sadistic thrill from their powers over life and death and hurting all who stand in their way and they need the resources worldwide to build their digital total slavery control grids (herd survivors into 15 minute city digital prisons)!
AI is designed to be anti-human/anti-life programmed by technocrat control freak psychos - garbage in = garbage out. Everyone got along just fine without all these absurd and downright satanic electronic gadgets that did not exist until recently. NOBODY NEEDS THIS AI CRAP!
i have friends including my cousin who only read my poetry on substack, or that Vetscapade post i just did. i am successfully censored by those i know!
Understood, Yolanda, which is why I use different platforms for different audiences. I am far more "radicalized" than any of my family or friends, so I rarely share my political perspectives with them. On Substack, I find a far more philosophically aligned community.
Donald Trump’s handling of the TikTok ban is a textbook example of psychological manipulation targeting Gen Z. Here’s how the strategy worked:
1. Manufactured Crisis
By framing TikTok as a national security threat, Trump exploited the illusory truth effect—repeating a claim until it felt true. Targeting TikTok, a Gen Z cultural hub, triggered reactance psychology, where restrictions fuel rebellion, making his eventual reversal more impactful.
2. Perception of Power
Trump’s decision to lift the ban created the illusion he was more powerful than Congress. This leveraged the halo effect, positioning him as an independent disruptor, resonating with Gen Z’s distrust of traditional institutions.
3. Oversimplified Narratives
The ban boiled down to “Trump vs. Congress,” exploiting Gen Z’s reliance on quick, surface-level content. This relied on heuristics—mental shortcuts that simplified the issue, obscuring the deeper manipulation at play.
Takeaway for Gen Z
Trump’s TikTok manoeuvre reveals how easily emotional triggers and oversimplified narratives can be used to manipulate even the most skeptical generation. The solution? Stay critical, dig deeper, and question who benefits from the spectacle.
That was a riot Ned B. It actually took me a few seconds for my brain to shift out of 1st gear, of course it’s 228 AM. Thanks!! I think they’ll be back, at least Trump is saying that. Everything today seems to be connected inside, in other words, whoever is interested in buying Tik Tok has an inside line with Trump and Trump will keep up the pressure until it’s sold to wherever Trump wants to end up buying it. It’s such a corrupt world today I look at everything with pessimism. Wholesome integrity is a very rare trait today.
You are so right, James, Wholesome integrity is indeed rare these days. I haven't quite reached the point of looking at everything with pessimism, But I do regard most official pronouncements with skepticism.
SWEET! I was one of the OG tree huggers!
Can't say this often enough and reiterating for the sake of newbies and to support this post.
I am a FREE SPEECH absolutist! All the censorship out there is pure evil!
Without freedom of speech and expression, there is nothing but a 'boot stamping on your face forever', total tyranny and slavery! Free speech must be protected and preserved at all costs!
citizensforfreespeech.org
thefire.org
PSYCHOPATHS! MEGALOMANIACS!
The monsters in human skin suits who rule the world get a sadistic vampiric thrill and boost from perpetrating the vilest most demonic crimes against the most vulnerable (babies and small children) and then corrupting the system to get away with it scot free! We the People must stop them, there are a lot more of us than them!
Divide and rule! Agents provocateurs anyone, FALSE FLAGS, propaganda social engineering psyops? Keeping us proles at each others' throats while the globalist technocrat predators laugh all the way to the BIS and The Bank of Rothschild's!
This horrifying Governor 'Gruesome Newscum', 'Lone Scum', Soros, 'Benedict' Biden and Harris and even Trump, Vance, and 'Ramaswampy' et al are blatant fully owned and operated puppets of their globalist technocrat parasite masters same as other numerous 'PUBLIC SERPENTS' infesting by design from above, the bureaucratic apparatus.
BURN BACK BETTER!
CREATIVITY! ARTISTRY! IMAGINATION! SPIRITUALITY! HUMOR! LOVING KINDNESS! These are the best ways to fight THEM!
Life everywhere is being assaulted by THE TECHNOCRATIC OMNIWAR! RESIST! DO NOT CONSENT TO ALL THINGS DIGITAL, 'SMART', AI, 5G, NO CASH - ALL OF IT! dhughes.substack.com Technocrat ruling class psychos get a sadistic thrill from their powers over life and death and hurting all who stand in their way and they need the resources worldwide to build their digital total slavery control grids (herd survivors into 15 minute city digital prisons)!
AI is designed to be anti-human/anti-life programmed by technocrat control freak psychos - garbage in = garbage out. Everyone got along just fine without all these absurd and downright satanic electronic gadgets that did not exist until recently. NOBODY NEEDS THIS AI CRAP!
Bless and thank you for doing what you do!
Thank you, Amy. The oak tree pictured in the video is more than 150 years old. It is magnificent.
Of course, non-controversial videos like this would never be censored. Censorship is a crude but effective tool for mind control.
i have friends including my cousin who only read my poetry on substack, or that Vetscapade post i just did. i am successfully censored by those i know!
Understood, Yolanda, which is why I use different platforms for different audiences. I am far more "radicalized" than any of my family or friends, so I rarely share my political perspectives with them. On Substack, I find a far more philosophically aligned community.
yeah, we got some fierce and fuzzy friends here, for sure
The TikTok Ban: A Psychological Power Play
Donald Trump’s handling of the TikTok ban is a textbook example of psychological manipulation targeting Gen Z. Here’s how the strategy worked:
1. Manufactured Crisis
By framing TikTok as a national security threat, Trump exploited the illusory truth effect—repeating a claim until it felt true. Targeting TikTok, a Gen Z cultural hub, triggered reactance psychology, where restrictions fuel rebellion, making his eventual reversal more impactful.
2. Perception of Power
Trump’s decision to lift the ban created the illusion he was more powerful than Congress. This leveraged the halo effect, positioning him as an independent disruptor, resonating with Gen Z’s distrust of traditional institutions.
3. Oversimplified Narratives
The ban boiled down to “Trump vs. Congress,” exploiting Gen Z’s reliance on quick, surface-level content. This relied on heuristics—mental shortcuts that simplified the issue, obscuring the deeper manipulation at play.
Takeaway for Gen Z
Trump’s TikTok manoeuvre reveals how easily emotional triggers and oversimplified narratives can be used to manipulate even the most skeptical generation. The solution? Stay critical, dig deeper, and question who benefits from the spectacle.
GQ
Bingo, Adam, this analysis rings true for me. We (the public) are manipulated so adroitly.
For some reason I am reminded of the wise sage in the movie "Mystery Men"...
And yes. Also recommended is tree hugging. Although ridiculed, the trees figure out who is hugging them.
Sentient beings can communicate at subliminal levels.
how good that you have these skills.
Anybody out there notice the increasing takeover by chinese platforms?
China, with its population of 1.4 billion is economically and technologically ascendant while US hegemony is in decline.
if we won't give it to them, they'll just take it. that's what i think of them