Thread by @AgathoniaMedia

#History: "... A combination of rationality, a superior culture and richer public sensibility provided the soil in which #democracy, uniquely, could flourish. But what if that is #nonsense? What if we have the story all wrong?"

jonathancook.substack.com/p/dont-be-fool…

"There are differences between open & closed societies, to be sure. One of the most notable is that, in the west, closed minds are not imposed on the populace, as they have to be in authoritarian regimes. Instead, they are cultivated and nurtured ...

... through #consumption of the establishment #media."

"An interview with Volodymr #Zelenskiy, the hero-president of “democratic” #Ukraine, the leader so beloved of the western establishment #media, is a case in point. He now admits that, throughout Moscow’s build-up ...

... of soldiers on #Ukraine’s borders early this year, his government lied both to its own people and to western publics. Kyiv said #Russia would not invade, even as Ukrainian officials knew full well it was about to....

... He preferred that his population remain ignorant of the threat of war both so Kyiv would not come under pressure to change course and, as he says in the interview, so #Ukraine’s economy would not suffer as people evacuated to safer areas & investors pulled out their money...

... The interview has gained no traction with the western #media – and for good reason. In the interview, #Zelenskiy has publicly revived the idea of the 'noble lie'."

"Why did #Zelenskiy ignore all the warning signs from #Russia and lie to his people about invasion? Because, in the same way he deceived his people to maintain a cosy relationship with #Nato and the #EU, one designed to enrich and empower #Ukraine’s elite, ...

... #Nato deceived Zelenskiy that it would have #Ukraine’s back if #Russia attacked."

"... Most notoriously, the New York Post revealed that a laptop belonging to Joe #Biden’s son Hunter had been hacked and that it contained evidence of corruption, including ...

... the family’s financial ties to #Ukraine and #China. Mention of the story was quickly crushed by social #media outlets – not least so there would be no pressure to debate the significance of the allegations in the wider corporate #media. The story was effectively blacked ...

... out just as American voters were deciding which of the two candidates was best qualified to lead the country. It was interference in the electoral process by #SiliconValley far more gross than any supposed 'Russian disinformation'."

"Yes, through struggle, the wider public eventually won for itself a vote. But establishment #power adapted to guard itself from the popular will... Only those prepared to maintain the system to the ruling elite’s best advantage were ever supposed to be elected."

"The 'noble lie' cannot save #democracy. A more urgent question is whether the #democracies we have will be worth saving."

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