TIME TO PANIC
"Unless we do something drastic, we are in danger of populations becoming ungovernable."
NATO is freaked out by the current general lack of enthusiasm for war.
Concerns have been raised in the corridors of power that the Elite are losing grip on the ability to govern the people.
“Many people are being highly irresponsible- Focussing on things like joy, contentment, health, freedom, and the outdoors.” said Jens Stoltenberg head of NATO speaking from his headquarters in Brussels today. “The best place for people to be is in front of a TV or radio, or failing that, on the internet looking at the mainstream news, or on alternative media- much of which is controlled by us- also helps maintain panic. We are working hard day and night pumping out stories of death and destruction- but no matter what gore we put in front of them there are those who seem to be just tuning out. There’s a f*cking huge war going on in Ukraine- As big as we could make it without going full-on nuclear- but seemingly it’s just not good enough. On top of that the mass of people seem to be getting bored. They would prefer to talk about gardening or football. It’s really quite worrying. In the past 30 years we’ve had wars in the Balkans, Afghanistan, 2 in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, and Syria, yet people just don’t seem to care any more. We need fresh ideas. One of our latest ideas was to introduce art competitions in children’s schools based on the topics of war and death, but it turns out that teachers are just too conservative. They would rather protect children than focus on what’s important.”
The cracks in public enthusiasm for war have been a concern ever since the First World War, when the great armies of Europe and America introduced heavy machine guns, tanks, massive bombs, barbed wire, trenches and poisonous gas. Western populations were unhappy about the loss and injury of so many young men, but again they’re just incapable of seeing the bigger picture. In 1935 Major General Smedley Butler published his utterly reprehensible book (whose name we won’t mention) in which he simply dismissed war as a means of profiteering. While he’s right to point out that industrialists make war-time profits, Butler’s critiques were blithely ignorant of the Elite’s need to herd the ignorant masses through panic and fear. Thankfully most people have never heard of the guy. And let’s not mention Yuri Bezmenov. Thankfully he died of a heart attack in 1993.
People love to dig up stories like the US provoking Japan to start the Pacific war through naval blockades, or the USS Liberty incident or the 9/11 attacks as examples of how wars are surreptitiously provoked. Again, they just don’t appreciate the hard work we put into orchestrating war. Is it sneaky? Absolutely, but as Sun Tzu wrote: “All war is deception.” That’s why panic is so important for our society to function.
Inducing fear is a complex business. You have to tailor your strategies depending on the region you’re talking about. For example in shitholes like Sudan or Israel-Palestine we can afford to use full-on death and destruction, but back in the supposedly peaceful and wealthy Western countries we have to use more subtle measures. That’s why Coronavirus was so brilliant: An invisible enemy that you are told can kill you. People started shouting and fighting with each other in the street. You could keep them indoors and even get them to strap pointless things to their faces; and- the coup de gras- take experimental medical treatments. Even I didn’t think we could pull that off- Genius.
Other Western strategies include street signage; Flying gay flags everywhere instead of local or national ones. All the ground troops in the world couldn’t competeyet we’re still not there.
If anyone has more ideas for inducing panic, please contact Jens on twitter