[*Quotes/highlights:*] “America & the world were evolving as needed in the 60s if we were to sustain life, freedom, democracy, & the planet. For we discovered all were under attack.” []
[] “It is these stories of the Filthy Rich—told & written by suck-ups, the words lubricated with the largesse & patronage of higher ups—that indeed we call our history.” []
[] “What we get [in our history] are the reactions of ordinary folks to these events not of their choosing as well as the story of their movements & suffering under the purview of the Filthy Rich of all time.”[]
[] “…in the Sixties, as a result of a natural evolution of parenting & childcaring making for less traumatized adults, there was a massive worldwide coming to consciousness.” []
[]“This [worldwide coming to consciousness] was a powerful upsurge by ordinary folks of the repressed impulses of the ages for peace, freedom, happiness, & a say in the events & circumstances of their lives—democracy.”[]
[] “This natural evolution [in the 60s, this massive worldwide coming to consciousness,] was a threat to the powers-that-be as it meant an end to their controlling of the populace for their own ends of power-gaming, profits, & warring.”[]
[] “We saw that the World War II Generation was the generation most threatened by such a leap in consciousness, for such an evolution would seem to undermine the world in which they were familiar &…” []
[] “…[the World War II Generation was the generation most threatened by such a leap in consciousness, for such an evolution would seem] to challenge some of their cherished, however harmful & errant, beliefs.” []
[] “Consequently, with a moneyed elite feeling threatened it was losing control of the people’s minds, orchestrating the sentiments of a generation confronted with social & cultural change on a scale unheard of,..” []
[] “…[with a moneyed elite feeling threatened it was losing control of the people’s minds,] a fierce counterattack to virtually *all* the necessary changes, a Class War, which they would disguise as a Class War, was initiated & waged.” []
[] “…[in this book,] we were able to address the elements of that Class War & to see how its waging led to the abortion of the cultural rebirth that was happening, worldwide.” []
[] “It was a worldwide natural evolution of consciousness gestating in the minds & cultures of the masses during the Sixties, quashed—in the Seventies & beyond—by a global elite of Wealthies who would have none of such “nonsense.” []
[] “All higher ups were acting in collusion, consciously or not, to undermine the rising forces of renewal & to create & foster, to take its place, an abomination of thoughts, untrue ideas, & policies.”[]
[] “The result of that abomination of reality, concocted to pacify & control the masses, was a Matrix so encompassing that, over time, & especially with money raining hard on the media to make it comply, it was virtually invisible.”[]
[] “This Matrix could be seen by worthy & clear-sighted observers, yet the words of those seers, prophets, & truth-tellers were buried in an avalanche of untruths, opposite truths,..”[]
[] “…[the words of those seers, prophets, & truth-tellers were buried in an avalanche of untruths, opposite truths,] made up & fantastical concoctions, insane conspiratorial narratives, & bald-faced lies.” []
[] “The progress & processes of this Matrix of misinformation, this cultural overlay of untruth, we followed, & we noticed it reached a crescendo under George W. Bush.” []
[] “Which peak of mind-fuckedness [during the terms of W. Bush] was followed by an eruption of truth, reality, & facts with the presidency of Barrack Obama.” []
[] “With [the presidency of Barrack Obama,] the world experienced widespread hope, albeit amid increasing obstruction & illegality from the threatened right-wing wealthy interests, from 2008 on.” []
[] “& the people of the world, led again by developments in America [during Obama's terms], one more time, attempted that cultural evolution denied it in previous decades.” []
[] “Yet the forces under attack were dripping with money, which equaled unparalleled power. The moneyed interests gathered more wealth to itself, & it created such a disparity in wealth among the classes, unparalleled in history.” []
[] “Indeed, the forces of the wealthy have never been more powerful. Their media hegemony at this time is nearly total, with some small outliers like MSNBC & PBS.” []
]“This [media control by the Wealthies], at a time, when the fight for democracy & to save the world’s environment & its lifeforms is at a tipping point. The fork in the road we see directly before us. It is the midterm elections in the US.”[
[] “Class War [currently] is anything but covert, as things once avoided as being too overtly criminal & treasonous are proposed, as though reasonable, & are hammered through with all the power money can provide;” []
[] “& outright Civil War & secession from the Union are [right now] being proposed & pushed forward by the endless faces...bought...and brought forth to bring about our enslavement.” []
[] “The time is now. You are the person you have been waiting for. This is either the end of days or the beginning of the end & the rebirth of something new & longed for...” []
“…[This is either the end of days or the beginning of the end & the rebirth of something new & longed for] by righteous & good-hearted folks for sixty-plus years. The beginning is nigh!” []
[] “November 2022 will no doubt determine the fate of American democracy. It could be the death knell for democracy & the Earth with all its lifeforms within our lifetimes.” []
[] “[Midterms 2022] could leave us under an ominous cloud of dystopian doom—to live out our lives, enslaved, toiling away our time, until the environmental collapse [the Filthy Rich] will assuredly speed along brings it all to an end.” []
[] “For this election [this midterm election in the United States of 2022] might also be the bellwether for democracy around the world & the beginning of the rebirth of Earth itself.” []
[] “Perhaps [this midterm election in the U.S. of 2022] is the most consequential election of all time. America’s voters must vote wisely. The fate of the world, of all its lifeforms, & the freedom of its people hang in the balance.” []
I guarantee you. If Democrats don't win MASSIVELY the Ukraine war will not be limited there, for we will be fighting Putin here, in a civil war, when the party working for him, Republicans, get power.
“[*Chapter 27 text begins:*] So, we have these Big Lies, these “obvious truths,” which are actually not true, & they are all-pervasive. It makes it virtually impossible to know what is actually going on.”
“To this end—specifically, increased control of society’s mechanisms by the Right even as it goes against public opinion—the stealing by Republicans of 3 more seats on the Supreme Court & the overturning of Roe V. Wade come to mind.”
“The reversal of Roe V. Wade is instructive on many levels. Amy Coney Barret’s seat was stolen by rushing through her nomination process just prior to the 2020 election; it was the seat held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”
“[*Chapter 28 text begins:*] In this book we have shared a journey through America’s past & present. We have looked into the minds of the participants in these tumultuous events.”
“We have seen that America & the world were evolving as needed in the Sixties if we were to sustain life, freedom, democracy, & the planet. For we discovered all were under attack.”
[*Quotes/highlights:*] “America & the world were evolving as needed in the 60s if we were to sustain life, freedom, democracy, & the planet. For we discovered all were under attack.” []
[*Chapter 18 text begins:*] This is the second of three sections detailing the history of the Republican Party’s incredibly disciplined, relentlessly persistent, & amazingly cohesive nearly fifty-year campaign to gain advantage & wealth..."
“…[the Republican Party’s incredibly disciplined, relentlessly persistent, & amazingly cohesive nearly 50-year campaign to gain advantage & wealth] for their benefactors, the corporations & the Filthy Rich, through totally concocted untruths.”