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>>21705859
Based post, thanks, also one of my favorite quotes from the New Testament.

The evil in humanity remains practically a constant — the terrifying part of the modern era, however, is how this evil now has hi-tech resources and capabilities behind it, the propaganda of the mainstream media, and a veneer of being more civilized and enlightened. Hence, even works from wise men some 2,000 or even more years ago are still scarily relevant, if not now even more so.

The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them;
but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.
The wicked draw the sword
and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.
But their swords will pierce their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
Better the little that the righteous have
than the wealth of many wicked;
for the power of the wicked will be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.
The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care,
and their inheritance will endure forever.
In times of disaster they will not wither;
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.
But the wicked will perish:
Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.
The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously;
those the Lord blesses will inherit the land,
but those he curses will be destroyed.
(Psalm 37:12-22)

Also eerily relevant to the elegant point you make about their statistical modeling, is the Tavistock Institute “conspiracy.” This organization started based off of British intelligence and military psychological research, as well as on propaganda, and gained a lot of knowledge during WW2 by research into the effects of mass, unpredictable traumatic shocks on the populace, such as the German bombing-compaign against the U.K. (the Blitz), and vice versa with events like the fire-bombing of Dresden. It also included research into “shell-shocked” military patients, what we now call PTSD.

The self-reputed whistleblower and investigator Dr. John Coleman, claims this group has roots from far earlier, including ties to Bernays and Lippmann of 20th-century theory-of-propaganda fame, then reworked their info to apply it against the populace, determining mass “shocks” were a good way to get people in line.