Deception and Distraction

By Tammy Derouin

Have we truly become a nation of blind followers?  We are creating tyranny out of liberty and enslavement out of freedom.  Recent history provides a very good example of what can happen when the wrong man, party and philosophy are voted into office.  Because the masses refused to remove their blinders, they were manipulated.  When it becomes easier to believe lies rather than to search out the truth, a people, a nation willingly became dependent and the enslavement begins.

Tools of the tyrannical trade include limiting information, taking over the media, removing guns and weapons from the people, blaming others for your problems, taking over the educational system, indoctrinating the youth, creating chaos, taking advantage of the chaos so the people will rise up and beg for help.  Enter the tyrant.

History provides us with a very good example of what can happen if certain signs are ignored.  Because such a dark and destructive time took place during the modern era, we actually have books, pictures and films of the evidence.  Right now, such crimes against a nation, a people, and the world are still available.

American schools once taught the horrific effects of ignoring the signs of tyranny.  If government infiltrates the educational system, government will remove or reconstruct history to advance their political agenda.  This never ends well.  If we do not teach our posterity, they will not recognize the signs.  Instead, they will fall for the very first indicators, deception and distraction. They will not understand they are being manipulated and used.  They will be doomed to repeat a very hard lesson.  Will the consequences be even greater?

Education, knowing our past, the good and the bad, is extremely necessary.  Knowledge is power and that is why those who wish to control, be it an individual or millions, use every opportunity to limit information or try to manipulate it.  During this process, when someone dares to expose the truth, the story quickly changes.  Whistleblowers become targets. They become the enemy as the true enemy becomes the victim.

We, as a nation, willingly ignore facts and buy into deception and distraction.  We are allowing our elected government servants, as well as hopeful, want-to-be elected government servants, to openly deceive us.  If we cannot hold someone accountable prior to an election, when we have a working knowledge of their bag of tricks and questionable ethics, we get what we get.  Does it, should it make a difference?

As the transformation takes place, fewer and fewer people know the truth.  It becomes much easier to control people, especially if you convince them they are victims.  As people begin to believe that others are the cause of their circumstance, it becomes easier to stoke a fire.  But first, you need to create a spark.  Actions must be exploited that may cause civil unrest.  Opportunities to take advantage of a crisis are never wasted.

In our recent modern day history, a man filled with hate who had a lack luster career rose to power.  He convinced the population, through deceit and distraction, that he could save the nation.  He promoted hate and blamed others.  He had visions of a perfect, Utopian nation and race.  One party eventually dominated their system of government. Those who disagreed disappeared.

The more he deceived the more powerful he became as he embraced the notion; lies become truth if repeatedly told.   The blind cheered and applauded a charismatic leader. An elected leader of the people would eventually become a tyrannical dictator.  A nation fell and a war was fought.  Millions of innocent people were rounded up and put to death because they didn’t fit into his psychotic plan. 

As the truth of his Final Solution became known and the horrific evidence surfaced, we vowed to never let this happen again but here we are, teetering on a very dark path.

If we as a nation are willing to accept deceit and no longer value truth, we are lost.  If we as a nation, knowing look the other way, while we accept creative explanations as to why wrong is all of a sudden right, we have lost our souls.

If we can accept violating the rights of one or a few today for the needs of the many, how does that not make you vulnerable tomorrow?   When we abandon the belief that we are a nation of laws and embrace the rule of man, your life has no value.  The state decides who and what is of value.  Will you fit into the ruling party’s philosophy tomorrow?

“How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don’t think.”

Adolf Hitler