"If the propaganda engine of the US-centralized empire ceased actively deceiving the public about the world, it would collapse immediately. There would be mass unrest at home and abroad, status quo politics would be abandoned, alliances and coalitions would crumble, leaders official and unofficial would be ousted, and US unipolar hegemony would end. The only thing keeping this from happening is the vast amounts of wealth and energy which are poured into continuously deceiving the people of America and its allies about what's really going on in their nations and political systems, and in the world as a whole . . .
. . . The US empire is without exception the single most corrupt and destructive force on this planet, and it's not even close. It is the very last institution on earth that should be in charge of deciding what online content is true and what is "disinformation". Absolute dead last, without exaggeration."
Read the rest of Caitlin Johnstone's rant here; https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/07/19/weve-got-to-fight-disinformation-says-empire-made-entirely-of-disinformation/
[This appropriate slam is not about Americans, it is about a corrupt government that knows no rules except the ones it forces on the rest of the world. I doubt if TPTB who control the corrupt activities number more than ten thousand, out of three hundred million-plus Americans. If Americans are to be shamed over this, it is over our failure to cleanse government of its slimeballs.]
Here is Kunstler's take on where the false narrative are taking this country.
"The trouble is: narrative is not the truth. Generally, it's the opposite of the truth. It's manufactured counter-truth. The more narrative you spin, the faster you must spin off new supporting narrative to conceal the untruth of your previous narrative — until the national hive mind is lit up in unreality where nothing makes sense and the very language that separates humanity from the rough beasts becomes a social poison. And is "Joe Biden" not the perfect gibbering epitome of this mess, a ghost in the narrative machine, beckoning us into chaos?"
Read here for a few specifics on the unfolding lies and consequences; https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/the-counter-truths-unspin/