@benis @woozle @catoutofbed Well, his concern is that prosecuting Harvey Weinstein and his ilk will make it so that nobody can have sex anymore. Yes, really. XD

@Angle @benis @woozle
A society that falls apart when people can't assault other people is not a society that deserves to exist

@catoutofbed @benis @woozle Nor one that does exist. :V

@benis @catoutofbed @Angle

Yeah, the "concerns" are just window-dressing to fool the serfs.

@benis @catoutofbed @Angle

....maybe?

Not sure drugs are necessary... but then, it would explain an awful lot.

...but then, how are we escaping the effects? I drink tap water. (Maybe I'm being too literal about this?)

@benis @catoutofbed @woozle Huh. I think I remember @natecull having a really interesting thread on the CIA? Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else. :/

@benis @catoutofbed @Angle

Is there direct evidence to support the idea that it's specifically the CIA behind the propaganda-delivery machine our media have become, or is it largely a hypothesis that fits known facts?

@benis @catoutofbed @Angle

Not to be a skeptic, but... I seem to be being a skeptic...

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monarch_Project redirects to "Cathy O'Brien (conspiracy theorist)", who seems to be still alive.

In favor of your hypothesis, RationalWiki doesn't seem to have an article on O'Brien, which seems... odd... though they do have https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/MKULTRA

It seems to me that shortsightedness and greed on the part of the powerful is sufficient to explain the media, though.

@benis The theory is certainly plausible, and I'm not dismissing it; I just don't yet have any evidence to suggest that it's necessary.

I will keep my eyes open, though.