Observing Power Discrepancy Across The World

Observing Power Discrepancy Across The World

There is a very clear and undeniable power discrepancy across the world today.. Generally speaking, whenever you see people loudly and habitually advocating for the powerful side of a power discrepancy, they are showing you that they are servants of power. Their interest is not in truth, justice or compassion, but in helping power maintain itself. Being aware of this gives you a very useful tool for navigating a confusing media landscape that is immersed in propaganda, spin, and disinformation. This applies across the board. When you see anyone advocating on behalf of a powerful empire against the latest Official Bad Guy Nation; when you see them advocating on behalf of the plutocrat-owned mass media machine against alternative media outlets; when you see them advocating on behalf of the military powers, intelligence agencies, secret societies and extreme political parties against whistleblowers: when you see them advocating on behalf of fossil fuel companies against indigenous protesters; when you see them advocating on behalf of power states increasingly militarised police force against unarmed indigenous or black men women and children, when you see them advocating on behalf of the wealthy corporations against the poor: when you see them advocating on behalf of the status quo against activists and organisations pushing for change; they are giving you valuable information about themselves. So watch them. Keep track of who makes a habit of advancing narratives which favour the powerful side of any power discrepancy, and apply a level of distrust to them in proportion to the extent to which they do so. It is just as true now as it was in medieval times, that the best way to get ahead in the world is to get on the good graces of the lords and royalty the only thing that’s changed is what lords and royalty look like nowadays. Now the most powerful forces in the world are western plutocrats, and the way to get on their good graces is to support their political / military / intelligence establishment upon which they have built their corporate empires and the momentum of that establishment’s agendas. The last thing power needs is more defenders, and the last thing the world needs is more defenders of the powerful. It is self-evident that anyone who habitually defends power is a servant of power, and that while they may be employing a sound personal strategy by staying on the king’s good side, they’re not a very good source of information. If you can see this basic, common sense fact, then the process of sorting out the good sources of information from the bad ones for yourself becomes very simple. Just follow these three basic steps: Step 1: Look at the various conflicts and disputes in the world and, by your own research, assess which side has more power, influence, and / or military might. This can get a little weird since empowered sides often attempt to paint themselves as the poor victim, in order to keep people from seeing the power dynamics clearly, but power discrepancies are easy to spot once you start looking for them. Step 2: Note which political and media voices defend the side of power, and how consistently they do so. The ones who advocate for the powerful against the weak most often are the ones whose versions of reality you should most reject and distrust. The less a particular voice advocates on the behalf of the powerful across the board in each observable instance, the more useful and trustworthy a source of information it is. Step 3: Use this to get a big-picture understanding of where the advocates for power are and how they tend to behave. Once you’ve got a clear picture of this you can see the defenders of power as effectively one solid group, and you can watch it and describe how its different parts behave and how they help each other almost like you’re observing the movements of an organism.