Social Media Derangement Syndrome. This is absolutely the problem of our times, for those who love and want to preserve liberal democracy, responsible government, critical thinking skills, and a world based on international order and security, trade, and peace.
Cenk was like this for a long time. He’s just been waiting for the right moment to come out of the closet. He already had this stuff in his mind ready to go, Epstein gave him the excuse to be open about it.
He wants to openly rant about Jews because he hates Israel and has wanted this for a long time, that’s what he’ll do. He’ll sit around pretending it just came to him now, but he’s totally anticipated this march towards the Elders of Zion.
Why analyse the collapse of narrative from single case studies (as if the condition can be disproven)?
Simple: Humans can't decipher events from narratives, it's folk science/psychology. Nothing causally explanatory emerges from narratives, they expose nothing of the events. This is known to followers of Aristotle, Kant, Hume, Leibniz.
We're at the functional end of news, history, narratives. The web and AI disprove them by accelerating their illusions. How is this not visible to people with PhDs when children tell us this on YouTube?
This essay is a strong example of how real scandals get converted into sprawling “everything is connected” narratives, and how rhetorical moves—evidence collages, cui bono pivots, preemptive dismissal of critics—turn distrust into a posture that feels reasonable. Any full account also has to grapple more directly with the structural failures and elite impunity that prime people to distrust institutions in the first place. But as an effort to re-anchor debate in evidence and critical thinking, this is well worth the read.
I enjoy your writing and views, Renee -- and I agree with Cenk's takes on most issues. I hope this gets you a spot as a guest on TYT -- would be a great discussion. You'd crush it!
He's correct in spirit about not trusting the government obvi, but I think he's off base with 9/11 because weird stuff happens. A passport surviving a building collapse and fire sounds to me very believable because it's so random, like our world. 9/11 was full of stories of randomness where someone went for a break at a quirky time and they lived, while someone else didn't, and so on.
Also, in fairness to Cenk, he's discussed the Epstein story plenty.
One wonders to what extent Cenk and Ana have been 'audience captured' sadly. The fact is that the 'Epstein Files', a heterogenous and un-contextualized mess as intended by the Trump DOJ, have come from Government you might say, where else?
Every member of Congress bar one voted for it. The Democrats displaying a high level of stupidity leaving it in the hands of the Trump DOJ to edit or something more sinister? Maybe they felt forced into it by the all round pearl clutching that developed around it? Having no real political strategy at a time when we really need it.
All of MSM are onto it all the time and have been for years too; this is the first grand conspiracy to 'cross party lines' in my view and is interesting from that point of view.
So what does 'mistrusting Government' mean in this context, you being a philosopher as it were? Really I would like your views. Seems to me that Cenk is all in on what Government says, selectively releases and, in my view, has even manipulated.
"Anomaly hunting" by 911Truthers is pretty old news, I am surprised by Cenk's lack of insight here and frankly not worth commenting on, you are right of course I think. And as Renee points out the real point is "It tells followers that this isn’t embarrassing—it’s brave".
What was interesting about the passport, given that the US went on to attack Iraq, is that the passport was a Saudi one. How remiss of the deep state.
Bravo. It is like the Cliff's Notes to your fine book Invisible Rulers.
Cenk and Ana are both heavily afflicted with social media derangement syndrome.
Social Media Derangement Syndrome. This is absolutely the problem of our times, for those who love and want to preserve liberal democracy, responsible government, critical thinking skills, and a world based on international order and security, trade, and peace.
“Going down some 9/11 rabbit hole takes the legitimate rage the Epstein case should produce…”
Have you read Michael Tracey on Epstein? I don’t see much evidence of victimization.
Cenk was like this for a long time. He’s just been waiting for the right moment to come out of the closet. He already had this stuff in his mind ready to go, Epstein gave him the excuse to be open about it.
He wants to openly rant about Jews because he hates Israel and has wanted this for a long time, that’s what he’ll do. He’ll sit around pretending it just came to him now, but he’s totally anticipated this march towards the Elders of Zion.
Calling Shellenberger a “nut job” was 🧑🍳😘
Why analyse the collapse of narrative from single case studies (as if the condition can be disproven)?
Simple: Humans can't decipher events from narratives, it's folk science/psychology. Nothing causally explanatory emerges from narratives, they expose nothing of the events. This is known to followers of Aristotle, Kant, Hume, Leibniz.
We're at the functional end of news, history, narratives. The web and AI disprove them by accelerating their illusions. How is this not visible to people with PhDs when children tell us this on YouTube?
This essay is a strong example of how real scandals get converted into sprawling “everything is connected” narratives, and how rhetorical moves—evidence collages, cui bono pivots, preemptive dismissal of critics—turn distrust into a posture that feels reasonable. Any full account also has to grapple more directly with the structural failures and elite impunity that prime people to distrust institutions in the first place. But as an effort to re-anchor debate in evidence and critical thinking, this is well worth the read.
I enjoy your writing and views, Renee -- and I agree with Cenk's takes on most issues. I hope this gets you a spot as a guest on TYT -- would be a great discussion. You'd crush it!
He's correct in spirit about not trusting the government obvi, but I think he's off base with 9/11 because weird stuff happens. A passport surviving a building collapse and fire sounds to me very believable because it's so random, like our world. 9/11 was full of stories of randomness where someone went for a break at a quirky time and they lived, while someone else didn't, and so on.
Also, in fairness to Cenk, he's discussed the Epstein story plenty.
One wonders to what extent Cenk and Ana have been 'audience captured' sadly. The fact is that the 'Epstein Files', a heterogenous and un-contextualized mess as intended by the Trump DOJ, have come from Government you might say, where else?
Every member of Congress bar one voted for it. The Democrats displaying a high level of stupidity leaving it in the hands of the Trump DOJ to edit or something more sinister? Maybe they felt forced into it by the all round pearl clutching that developed around it? Having no real political strategy at a time when we really need it.
All of MSM are onto it all the time and have been for years too; this is the first grand conspiracy to 'cross party lines' in my view and is interesting from that point of view.
So what does 'mistrusting Government' mean in this context, you being a philosopher as it were? Really I would like your views. Seems to me that Cenk is all in on what Government says, selectively releases and, in my view, has even manipulated.
"Anomaly hunting" by 911Truthers is pretty old news, I am surprised by Cenk's lack of insight here and frankly not worth commenting on, you are right of course I think. And as Renee points out the real point is "It tells followers that this isn’t embarrassing—it’s brave".
What was interesting about the passport, given that the US went on to attack Iraq, is that the passport was a Saudi one. How remiss of the deep state.