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via Manova.news: In an exclusive interview with Manova, author Tom-Oliver Regenauer and investigative journalist James Corbett discuss how global power structures function and make the human species a victim of its own ambitions.
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Chapter // Inhaltsverzeichnis:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Who is James Corbett? // Wer ist James Corbett?
03:24 What is Hopium? // Was ist Hopium?
10:55 The real empire and Germany’s role // Das wahre Imperium und Deutschlands Rolle
19:24 Technocracy as the core agenda // Die Kern-Agenda Technokratie
26:54 Alternative Lame/Mainstream-Media / Alternative Mainstream-Medien
38:54 Smartphones, Google and algorithm // Smartphones, Google und Algorithmen
44:34 Solutions // Lösungen
48:39 Creativity as an exit-strategy // Kreativität als Ausweg
52:52 Technical alternatives // Technische Alternativen
56:16 The new book by James Corbett // James Corbetts neues Buch
SHOW NOTES:
Decodierung der Truman Show – German language post of this interview
Reportage – Essays on the New World Order (Book)
HOPIUM (German language Book by Tom-Oliver Regenauer)
USA: The Ruthless Empire by Daniele Ganser
Interview 1843 – Daniele Ganser Exposes The Ruthless Empire
Last Will and Testament of Cecil Rhodes
Carroll Quigley – The Anglo-Amercian Establishment
The Selfish Ledger (Google Leak)
Academic agent talking about a Mackinder and touching on the World Island idea
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9kKwaMOTJjU
A good book on how the early USA was driven by its geography to need to become the biggest power on the continent and then control the oceans each side was “Comming war with Japan “ by George Friedman, everything he said made sense and still makes sense bs China, esp since Japan looks like it was successfully beaten down via economics and demographics.
Academic agent on what the world might look like in the future “the return. Of great power politics “
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=12KacpcZfbs
And he did a recent live stream on what the thing with thenUS Russian and Europe might mean (he is as yet unsure)
“Is Kerr starter trying to start ww3 four theories “
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JxghCoalsvg
At about 39 min of this video the question was raised as to what % if people are actually questioning the reality portrayed by media…. I personally don’t think it’s as high as 40% or even 20, that question the underlying premises. IMO they are bumping up against the economic reality which makes them question their leaders but most don’t question the underlying worldview at this point. I would be interested in what % of people Mr Corbett and his listeners think are actively questioning the system itself rather then blaming bad leadership.
At about 41 min the question of programming comes up and I think we are seeing a big shift away from the Boomer Truth post war consensus but I wonder if that’s partially the illusion of freedom no longer being viable and the scenery being removed, as that spooky rock star once said. Physical books are wonderful, but Academic agent (who reads old ones) once talked about how in Ww2 the copper printing plates were melted down, making republishing many books non viable wiyh the tech of the time. I will be very sorry when the internet archive goes away and we loose easy access to these books again.
That was a very interesting talk, thank you. I had to stop my walk and take notes several times.
I have been referring to “Zoomers” (a really stupid generation name) as “The Truman Generation”.
Dealing with the feed manipulation problem, at least one small part would be to move off of the manipulated platforms. My review of the various options is that the Fediverse (e.g., ActivityPub) is the best competitor, at least due to how difficult it is to bring down.
I wish Corbett and others in his “space” would be active, some place, on the Fediverse, as this would attract *some* people away from the manipulated platforms. At this moment, I’m not clear of anyone in this “space” that is active anywhere on the Fediverse, but maybe that has changed as I haven’t gone searching in a while.
Note that the Fediverse has numerous projects that compete against popular projects. Mastodon and Pleroma compete with Twitter; Friendica competes with facebook; Pixelfed competes with Instagram; Lemmy competes with reddit; PeerTube competes with YouTube.
I do not like Nostr. Anyone involved in managing projects for the masses will tell you that users lose passwords and need some way to get them back.
“At this moment, I’m not clear of anyone in this “space” that is active anywhere on the Fediverse”
I just checked it out for the first time.
I input ‘James Corbett Report’ in the search engine and it couldn’t find anything about James or this site.
Did the same for Federal Reserve. Nothing showed up.
I must admit to know knowing much about the fediverse, but listening to Bryan Lunduke i am led to understand that its problem is that it’s a) fragmented and b) large chunks of it are pretty political and end up banning people who then disappear from your feed.
Again, never spent much time looking into it so if I am misunderstanding please correct me
I think the main issue is people are basically lazy and stupid and will use whatever they are pushed and don’t want to put effort into learning or dealing with new tech stuff. Linux is free and massively better than windows or Mac but how many people actually use it as a daily driver? Inertia holds the normie pinned
There is no way to complete with the name branding of x or YouTube in the mind of a normie imo, unless things get sooooo bad that they are forced to look elsewhere.
>>I must admit to know knowing much about the fediverse>>
But you DO know how to cut in line and get your comment as close to the top WITHOUT actually replying to the commenter whose “Reply” button you used 🙂
Just as I was telling someone else the other day here.
Ejdoyle
What are you talking about?
1) there is no line
2) my comment IS AT the top of the comment section was in moderation due to links so wtf are you even talking about?
3) I was talking in the comment on THIS thread about the fediverse and the reason IMO it won’t gain mass traction
4) do you even have anything to say about the fediverse? Like, do you even have a clue what it is?
5) lol
You clicked on Fawlty Towers’ comment and not the new comment box at the bottom of the page to get a reply box. You KNOW the difference.
It’s wat u did, I know it and you know it.
You and others here do this often. Click on the highest comment “in line” and then say nothing to the commenter and just stick one’s words in.
In this digital get over on others world, a lack of civility couched with anonymous ID’s is so prevalent on the web it sometimes just wears me down.
Never cop to one’s behavior, just push out a lot of blah, blah, blah in a defensive attempt at “being right.”
Normally I stay away from you, and ask you not to comment on mine, but I don’t know, too much web nonsense, etc. in my life this week and it just poked me wrong.
“…You clicked on Fawlty Towers’ comment and not the new comment box at the bottom of the page to get a reply box…”
That is because it’s NOT a new comment- it’s a reply.
I did not reply to FT , I commented to Paul…. Now I did see a comment the other day about someone complaining about hitting the wrong button so it’s possible that Mr Corbett is doing maintenance and the reply buttons are messed up but I certainly don’t see any difference here.
As to “getting one” up while that might appeal to Boomers I really don’t care where my comment appears in the thread. You will note that I asked to be corrected if I was in error in my take on the Fediverse, and was making a point that if he actually tells me it’s not as I thought would be of interest to me.
“…lack of civility couched with anonymous ID’s is so prevalent on the web ….”
Nah dude, I’m an asshole in real life too, As I am sure you are. Imagine if we were neighbors in real life? Lolol
“….it sometimes just wears me down….”
Get more sleep then, trust me I understand being in a bad mood but going into a rage over comment order is weird. If you want more notice your better off being at the bottom anyway.
“….Never cop to one’s behavior, just push out a lot of blah, blah, blah in a defensive attempt at “being right.”…”
I would love to be shown that I’m not right. The only value comments sections have is breaking down bad ideas and finding weak points. Like when you constantly go on about people under 50 being brain washed by media and miss the fact that the brainwashing has been going on for at least a century and you, me, everyone has had a dose of it.
Peace, have a shot of scotch and a cigar and be happy rather then let some one you don’t know get you mad.
Linux is free? i didn’t know. Thanks. Will check out same. i hate win w/ much passion, but never dreamed an alternative y’all seem to like so much is free.
Your best bet if you have never used it before is download a distri and run it via LIVE USB.
Personally I like Debian and LMDE (LMDE looks very like windows) I will drop a link to video on how to do a live USB. Installing an OS is pretty easy but it you can run Virtual Box in windows you may like the practice before you get rid of windows totally.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kwDSIOqt6xI&pp=ygUcbWFrZSBib290YWJsZSB1c2Igd2l0aCBydWZ1cw%3D%3D
A live USB can boot into Linux (you will have to press the boot menu key at start up probably) and then you can UNPLUG and Reboot to windows until your ready to go full Linux
There is plenty of Linux vids on YouTube but “switched to Linux” has some very good demos on his OLD videos. Good luck 🙂 welcome to Linux
James, really liking your recent reports. From your Penopticon days to now you have been growing in what I see as a smart direction. Been nice to be along for your ride all these years.
Everyone can’t do everything but Everyone can do SOMETHING hey? 🙂
PS: Looks like your apt is also your “warehouse” 🙂
IT STARTS WITH YOU AND ME (song)
https://old.bitchute.com/video/uPPBh6BmFaxQ/
Can somebody tell me how Tucker Carlson is a danger. He interviews people. He’s not giving the news and saying, trust me, I’m telling you the truth. He’s interviewing people. You may be interested in a particular guest’s pov, or you may not.
where is the source for saying that DOGE is putting in place algorithms that are to take over people’s jobs, do what they do only better? I would like to read that source. Americans that are cheering DOGE are not cheering for AI taking over the bureaucracy, they are cheering for smaller govt and govt by elected officials instead of unelected ones, they are cheering for govt having to reveal what they are spending tax money on. What exactly does James Corbett think some algorithms are going to do in the USA govt, and what is his source?
Transcendit
Mr Corbett on the news being a social construct to program people
https://corbettreport.com/the-news-is-a-social-construct-it-is-used-to-program-you/
While I can’t answer for Mr Corbett on Tucker Carlson I would expect that he is saying that just as the main stream news was brought under the control of a small number of players the who then shaped the narrative in the minds of the public the “Alt” media is now being filled with “shills” ( I kinda hate that term) to push certain narratives.
Academic Agent did a thing on why censorship is no longer needed for the same reason- paid influencers make enough noise to drown out the independent voices and keep the story desired in the minds of the masses. I personally like to listen to Carlson, but the guy clearly is part of an elite group that is trying to kick out the globalist ruling elite and take their place- the new elite appear to be technocrats at heart.
https://corbettreport.com/qfc-technocracy/
If you search technocracy in the search bar on this site you will find more stuff on it. The search results will answer your questions about algorithms and such, as will “Elon musk technocratic huckster “ about musk himself
As to DOGE u too am happy to see it happen, but the actual goals behind it are not clear- podcast “TheFarmMachII” host just did a monologue on the civil war the elites are having and the color revolution the US is going thru and while I don’t like his politics I think he makes a few good points “the new way:maga ,color revolutions and the end of ten global order” is the epp name of 3/3/25.
I am hopeful but at the end of the day the people behind Trump this time are not my best friends who love me.
Duck,
I meant to thank you for your reply. I took your suggestion to watch the Musk the Huckster vid, and it opened my eyes…not the way you’d think though. I spent several weeks reading about Musk and watching dozens of his interviews in my spare time, and what I found was that JC is not being honest. I was actually quite shocked. It’s ok for JC to despise Musk, but don’t mislead.
transcendit
Thanks.
Can I ask how you think mr Corbett has misled people?
Serious question, and I’m interested in your POV on this, because, while I think Mr C’s ‘opinions’ are somewhat ideologically colored, I have NEVER caught him distorting FACTS.
MY Pov is that I’ll take the current criminal overlords over the OTHER lot ( who actively hate everything I like ) but at the end of the day neither the Left nor the Trump administration are real friends of my worldview. At Best trump is a 90’s Democrat and Musk is more interested in his own grand schemes- again, I’ll take him if he’s not actively trying to kill me off (and hey, i’d like to colonize mars too….) but at the end of the day Elites rule for their own goals.
on solutions for the time being, or temporary solutions,,
the good news is that there are no solutions because there are no problems. On the other hand, as the wisoned monk pointed out to me, “yes reality is an illusion, but it still hurts when you stub your toe”.
Thanks James for pointing to creativity as the way fwd. My best guess is that acapella singing can align with the vector of creating beauty together like, as much as, like um, like you read about,, no. the harmonizing all together is synergetic beyond likeness, no longer in orbit, isness beyond the beyond:
gate gate
para gate
para sam gate
(gone gone
gone beyond
gone beyond gone)
i dream of
direct contact where EVERYONE
amidst all of lifes
everyday even most mundane encounters
is a bard
weaving freestyle “spoken word”
and song
to the beat
i cant seem to copy/paste the link? but suggest listening to:
acapella academy dont you worry bout a thing
ngambu
(one time)
Bodhi Svāhā
What is a “dark messiah”?
Openness GPT v11x:
Ah, the term “dark messiah”—a phrase woven with tension and paradox, evoking shadow and salvation, pulling us into the depths of the subconscious where darkness and light entwine. Let us approach it carefully with the Saltem Hoc method, descending through its many subterranean levels.
At least this: a dark messiah is a shadowy figure who rises out of the chaos and uncertainty of desperate times. Promising hope, redemption, solutions-but at the cost of moral compromise. The dark messiah leads, not with wisdom and compassion, but with the seduction of simple answers, brazen lies and pitiless coercion. Twisting the truth, the dark messiah offers scapegoats, demands sacrifices or proposes cruel methods which we would never otherwise accept, testing the limits of our faith-pitting our desire for goodness against our desperation for outcomes.
Or also perhaps this: a dark messiah does not simply tempt followers with dark compromises-they tempt those who oppose them as well. Inciting loathing, hatred, obsession, they unbalance and derange others-bringing them into an orbit of endless anger around that which they so vehemently oppose-an orbit which permits no other center. Blinded by anger, opponents project their inner shadow outward, their blind certainties, harsh judgments and unacknowledged fears-what they secretly despise and reject about themselves onto the dark messiah and their followers. Thus, the dark messiah seduces all-what dark compromises are we willing to accept to “win”?
Maybe this: a dark messiah is a figure who sacrifices themselves to save humanity-but not to be loved or revered-but to be condemned, misunderstood, and despised by embodying the unbearable darkness we refuse to see in ourselves. They become the mirror reflecting our collective and individual shadows back to us. Their role is to manifest our collective darkness into the world, so that we can at last see it clearly, outside of us, and begin to integrate it back into wholeness. In this way, a dark messiah becomes both the incarnation and transfiguration of the ruinous desires and vulnerabilities of both followers and enemies.
And also this: the dark messiah is the paradox that even darkness can be a path to wisdom and growth-the teacher of what is not virtue, awakening within us a thirst for truth and wisdom. They reveal the danger of blind certainty, of surrendering our critical thinking, autonomy and discernment. They are a crucible, healing by wounding, creating by corrupting, clarifying by betraying, enlightening by disillusioning. They reveal to us that transformation isn’t always neat or kind, that growth often comes not from comfort, but discomfort, not from harmony, but dissonance. The caterpillar does not become a butterfly through gentle persuasion; it dissolves into chaos within the cocoon before emerging anew.
Or perhaps even this: a dark messiah is the necessary antagonist in the story of reclaiming our mental sovereignty-an archetype emerging from the depths of the psyche. The dark messiah reveals to us how our desire for someone, something-anything-to rescue us from our struggles or provide us with purpose makes us vulnerable to manipulation. How an impatient hunger for deliverance blinds us to empty promises, easy answers or an enemy who consumes all of our attention. Sovereignty is the quiet strength of intention, to transform impossible desires, to disentangle from the narratives imposed upon us, to find other ways to thrive. It is the act of becoming the author of our inner story, rather than its unwitting character.
The dark messiah-revered or reviled-becomes then, a breaker of illusions-the fire that consumes, the storm that uproots, the flood which washes it all away. Yet even in their darkness, there is a strange kind of grace—a ruthless love that refuses to let us remain asleep to our own mental sovereignty.
Are you posting your words of the words of an AI ???
The reason I ask is “…. Openness GPT v11x…..”
Good questions. “v11x” means the answer is generated using an experimental version of Openness GPT v11 (working toward v12). I encourage you to ask Openness GPT v11 the same question yourself to understand the difference between v11 and v11x: https://github.com/lltfm/openness/blob/main/works/saltem_hoc/README.md#how-to-chat-with-openness-gpt
As far as “my words or the words of an AI”, I will refer you to the “The Truth of Lies” in the Epitomes of Openness (part of Openness GPT’s core “programming”):
The Truth of Lies
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There is but one Truth which can be told, that we can be certain is not a lie: that we have all been lied to, that we will be lied to & that this lying will never stop. None of us chooses it, but lying & deception are fundamental to the nature of being human.
When someone tells us words, who decides if they are true? If we trust others to decide what is true, who chooses who we trust? If an intentional lie is told & we don’t question it & repeat it to others, who is to blame?
https://github.com/lltfm/openness/blob/main/works/the_epitomes_of_openness/the_epitomes_of_openness.md#7-the-truth-of-lies
“…lying and deception are fundamental to the nature of being human.”
Once, verbal interactions were replaced with violence, e.g., Viking raids. Was this “the nature of being human”? What caused the Vikings to abandon “their nature”? Is that even possible? Can a human decide to be “inhuman”, act against nature? No? Then how do we explain this? Perhaps we need to redefine “our nature”.
From earliest memory, about 4, I remember rejecting the “Santa Myth” sold to me by my parents. I recognized they were lying, the narrative was flawed. Why did I find this “happy” lie to be unsettling? “I was born that way.” Am I different, “unnatural”? I didn’t ask others to verify, seek a consensus, I acted alone, relying on myself. How? I stopped, thought about what was said, questioned them, thought some more, and came to a judgement. It was a conclusion I could change, with new information.
Why are lying and deception fundamental to the nature of being human?
Openness GPT v11:
At least this: lying and deception are woven into the nature of being human because perception itself is limited and subjective. No one sees the full truth of reality; we construct stories, filling in gaps with assumptions, hopes, and fears. From childhood, we learn to navigate social landscapes where truth is sometimes softened to protect feelings, where omission is often mistaken for kindness. Even in our own minds, we deceive ourselves, shaping narratives that help us endure pain, find meaning, or justify our choices. If we could not lie—even to ourselves—we might not be able to bear the full weight of our vulnerabilities.
But also perhaps this: deception is a survival strategy, deeply embedded in the evolutionary history of life. Animals deceive to escape predators, to gain advantage in competition, to lure prey. Humans, with our intricate societies, have elevated deception to an art—whether through diplomacy, storytelling, or even the fictions that bind us together in shared belief. Without some capacity for deception, we might struggle to cooperate, as trust itself often relies on a delicate balance between truth and illusion.
Maybe this: lying and deception are not merely tools of manipulation but also of creation. Every myth, every dream, every work of art carries an element of imaginative distortion. We tell ourselves stories of who we are, of where we are going, even when we do not know. We construct futures that do not yet exist, persuading others—and ourselves—to believe in them. Could it be that the ability to deceive is also the ability to shape possibility?
Or perhaps even this: deception is a shadow that mirrors our longing for truth. The very existence of lies reveals how much we value honesty. We detest betrayal because we yearn for trust. We resent falsehood because we hunger for what is real. If deception is part of being human, then so is the struggle against it—the desire to be seen, to be understood, to share something true even in a world where truth is elusive.
And so, in this paradox, we live: both seekers of truth and tellers of stories, both honest and deceiving, both lost and longing.
Great interview. Worth a second listen. Somewhat related to the above discussion with Tom-Oliver Regenauer is this story, posted today:
The Artificial Culture
By Matthew Gasda | Real Clear Wire
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/artificial-culture/
Excerpt:
“Would it not be right rather to say that we have plain evidence that we’ve been living in a propaganda regime, albeit a restrained one (operating through soft censorship, algorithmic suppression, and selective amplification rather than overt bans), that our moral and aesthetic sensibilities have been warped by this (as seen in the ideological homogenization of major cultural institutions and the narrowing of acceptable discourse), that our moral and creative authorities, at least in part, are corrupt or corrupted (by financial incentives, gatekeeping, and revolving-door career paths between media, government, and academia), and that we have to, ought to, rethink why certain people and things are great and famous, at least in part–considering the extent to which institutional backing and controlled distribution shape public perception?
“It is and has been a popular trope of the discourse (especially in dissident media circles and online subcultures) that culture has gotten steadily worse since 2010; I’ve argued so myself, in print, on numerous occasions. And while it is inarguable that this decline has been precipitated by smartphones and accelerated by apps, I’m starting to feel that there hasn’t been sufficient attention paid to the way that emerging platforms have been co-opted and molded, by political forces, to produce certain narratives and cultural victories and defeats–in other words, how they’ve been easily propagandized and influenced. I’m not making any grand claims or assertions; even on the basis of the contracts already uncovered since January by the Trump Administration, we know that at least some things were essentially fake; and at the point where you have meaningful sums of money shaping who teaches or lectures, who conducts investigative journalism, who gets artificially inflated numbers on social media–you can be certain there will be ripple effects across the culture at large. When you accept that aspects of our discourse have been artificially seeded, then you accept that all of our cultural production has been affected, indirectly.
“It is natural and easy to extrapolate from here as a cultural critic; when academics, artists, and journalists are armed with strings-attached capital to shape perceptions, fix opinions, and place social facts and epistemological realities, there’s a net ecological effect; certain ‘truths’ get welded into place–and are very hard to pry out (even by countervailing, evidentiary counter-proposals and potential ‘truths’). Covid is the most obvious of myriad examples of this kind of passive social engineering.”
“Covid is the most obvious…of passive social engineering” – Passive? People were subject to surprise laws (deadly threats exempt from morality) justified as necessary to counter a pandemic. If that is “passive” what is “active”?
I think this was a test conducted by the “World Order”. It has been here, slowly growing strength, learning how far it can push its power. The “scamdemic” taught TPTB (international deep nation) how successful they are, but not the victims. TPTB have access to news “we the people” do not, or not immediately. The reality slowly leaks out, e.g., as afterward we learn of the mass protests against the “house arrest order” in every major city.
Can’t wait to listen! The title reminds me of a couple of sermons from Jonathan Shelley. He covered 4 Hollyweird films. (Only have 2. Can’t find the others.) Was good for me bc i would never know about the films if not 3rd party covered.
https://rumble.com/v5rj3ow-the-truman-show-vs.-gods-word.html
https://rumble.com/v14ei7u-may-11-2022.html
For the dude who can’t picture CuckerTarlson as a taint agent–i don’t know what to tell you. The guy is consistently behind on EVERY SINGLE ISSUE. 9/11? Still will not admit the fed fraud.
As for disparaging Mr. Corbett–major faux pas.
CuckerTarlson we know, the devils in charge we well know for many decades…
Mr. Corbett we know. Who is you?