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1 month ago | 
words.mattiasdesmet.org | Mattias Desmet
Dear friends, followers, and critics,We are at a pivotal moment. On one hand, we are witnessing the collapse of the corona narrative; on the other, we are seeing a new mass formation arising around the story of the war in Ukraine. These two phenomena are not occurring by chance at the same time. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
open.substack.com | Mattias Desmet
Dear friends, it's 8 AM and I’m sitting in my car, parked in a small lot on a beautiful castle estate in Zutphen, a Dutch village near the German border. The castle and its surrounding park exude the atmosphere of the pre-French Revolution era, when nobility and clergy ruled the world at their leisure. I watch as the sun breathes life into the morning mist before me, filling it with a glow of hope and desire.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
lewrockwell.com | Mattias Desmet |Charles Burris
Why are Most People Cowards? | Obedience and the Rise of Authoritarianism https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/why-are-most-people-cowards-obedience-and-the-rise-of-authoritarianism-2/ The Politics of Obedience (The Discourse on Voluntary Servitude), by Étienne de La Boétie (Introduction by Murray N.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
dailytelegraph.co.nz | Mattias Desmet
Dear friends,Things are getting quite interesting in the mainstream media. Here and there, something real is seeping through the omnipresent facade. I read in an opinion paper in the New York Times (author: Maureen Dowd) that Biden was removed from the presidential race through a genuine “coup” or overthrow. It’s just an isolated article amidst the vast sea of media content that upholds the illusion of the day, but it’s still being picked up here and there in the mainstream media.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
brownstone.org | Mattias Desmet
Dear friends,Things are getting quite interesting in the mainstream media. Here and there, something real is seeping through the omnipresent facade. I read in an opinion paper in the New York Times (author: Maureen Dowd) that Biden was removed from the presidential race through a genuine “coup” or overthrow. It’s just an isolated article amidst the vast sea of media content that upholds the illusion of the day, but it’s still being picked up here and there in the mainstream media.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
ministrywatch.com | Gerald McDermott |Jonathan Franzen |Walter Wangerin Jr. |Mattias Desmet
Editor’s Note: Most Saturdays we will feature this “Editor’s Notebook” column. MinistryWatch President Warren Smith will offer his opinion on stories in the week’s news or, sometimes, offer a behind-the-scenes look at how and why we do what we do. However, once a quarter, we use the ‘Notebook” for Warren Smith’s list of books either released in the past quarter, or those he just got around to reading this quarter. To read last quarter’s list, published in May, click here.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
dailytelegraph.co.nz | Mattias Desmet
Normally, I let my pen rest during the summer months, but for some things, you set aside your habits. What has been happening in the context of the US presidential elections over the past few weeks is, to say the least, remarkable. We are witnessing a social system that – to use a term from complex dynamic systems theory – is heading toward a catastrophe. And the essence of the tipping point we are approaching is this: the propaganda model is beginning to fail.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
todayville.com | Mattias Desmet
By Normally, I let my pen rest during the summer months, but for some things, you set aside your habits. What has been happening in the context of the US presidential elections over the past few weeks is, to say the least, remarkable. We are witnessing a social system that – to use a term from complex dynamic systems theory – is heading toward a catastrophe. And the essence of the tipping point we are approaching is this: the propaganda model is beginning to fail.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
city-journal.org | Mattias Desmet
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games resembled a ritualized mockery of the sacred. From an ethical-religious perspective, it was a ritual of evil. In an earlier essay for my Substack, I discussed the implications of the ideology embodied by the ceremonies’ symbolism. Now I return to the topic to discuss the parody of Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Quite a few people found the parody blasphemous and perverse, an open manifestation of the decadence of globalist institutions.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
brownstone.org | Mattias Desmet
Normally, I let my pen rest during the summer months, but for some things, you set aside your habits. What has been happening in the context of the US presidential elections over the past few weeks is, to say the least, remarkable. We are witnessing a social system that – to use a term from complex dynamic systems theory – is heading toward a catastrophe. And the essence of the tipping point we are approaching is this: the propaganda model is beginning to fail.
