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https://twitter.com/ClownWorld/status/1649154022610456576?ref_src=patrick.net

San Francisco BART, Civic Center.

What are we seeing at the BART Civic Center above?

The Totalitarian Left is making progress on their goal of degrading the civil society until they accept martial law.
"California state police and the California National Guard will start a new partnership with local law enforcement agencies to disrupt fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco in the wake of city officials asking for state and federal help cracking down on open-air drug dealing."
The Posse Comitatus Act has been rolled back over the last decades until now we can have military intelligence and enforcement of civilian police actions, setting the stage for a cop to knock on your door with a 1/2 dozen soldiers behind him.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-fentanyl-drug-crisis-sf-breed-tenderloin-17911401.php

https://abc7news.com/sf-car-break-ins-crime-news-indonesia-viral-video-san-francisco-tourism/13160425/

SF Whole Foods garage break-in video goes viral in Indonesia; experts fear long-lasting consequences

There should be long-lasting consequences to such despicable mismanagement of San Francisco by violent far-left Democrats.

Robert Sproul says

The Totalitarian Left is making progress on their goal of degrading the civil society until they accept martial law.

Yes, its part of anarcho tyranny. Also they are implementing Cloward Piven.

Its all about conditioning the population to the point the population begs for complete government control over their lives.

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https://www.ktvu.com/news/sf-launches-vacant-to-vibrant-program-calling-for-ideas-to-turn-office-space-into-pop-up-shops

San Francisco wants to turn vacant retail space into vibrant pop-ups. San Francisco is rolling out a new program that would turn vacant storefronts into vibrant pop-up shops. The pop-ups would be temporary and receive up to three-months free rent.

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A city being governed by radical, leftist loonies does seem to have its consequences.

Gavin Newsom Calls In National Guard To San Francisco: “Increasing law enforcement presence to improve public safety and public confidence in San Francisco.

California Governor Gavin Newsom called in the National Guard to help clean up San Francisco in a shocking turn of events. Newsom announced a new partnership with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), California National Guard (CalGuard), San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office (SFDA) to deal with the fentanyl crisis.

Newsom said the agreement between all four agencies will focus on “dismantling fentanyl trafficking and disrupting the supply of the deadly drug in the city by holding the operators of large-scale drug trafficking operations accountable.”

He continued: “Two truths can coexist at the same time: San Francisco’s violent crime rate is below comparably sized cities like Jacksonville and Fort Worth—and there is also more we must do to address public safety concerns, especially the fentanyl crisis.

https://slaynews.com/news/gavin-newsom-calls-in-national-guard-to-san-francisco-increasing-law-enforcement-presence-to-improve-public-safety-and-public-confidence-in-san-francisco/

The only thing I can figure is that Newsom wants to wipe out the fentanyl dealers who are competing with him and his friends/family. Remember, his Aunt Nancy is the daughter of a mafia heroin lord. He doesn't give a flat shit about the homeless, they are loyal customers.

Marshaling civic and government resources to take out your drug dealing competition has always been part of the Rockefeller and CIA ethic. 'War on Drugs' generally translates into 'War on Competitors' so we have the sales monopoly and control and all the profits. Some of those cartel invaders must be scooping up too many proceeds, time to show them whose boss.

RayAmerica says

San Francisco’s violent crime rate is below comparably sized cities like Jacksonville and Fort Worth—and there is also more we must do to address public safety concerns, especially the fentanyl crisis.

Having visited both Jacksonville and SF. This is unequivocally false. If you rob someone in Jacksonville you WILL get arrested. I'm almost certain the SF cops don't do anything because they just know it's paperwork and the prosecutor isn't going to charge them. What's the point.

Mind you Jacksonville has a ghetto edge to it, but I didn't feel unsafe in any area like I would in Chicago. SF just doesn't have the stats because it's not worth LEO's time to do anything, unless it's truly violent crime like someone physically being beaten on the street, shot or stabbed. Take $600 of merchandise though and you're all good....

Wookieman,

I didn't make that bogus claim, Gavin Newsom did.

RayAmerica says

Wookieman,

I didn't make that bogus claim, Gavin Newsom did.

I know. I was just stating what you likely know that crime stats in SF are probably grossly underreported or nothing is even done. I know it wasn't you making that claim. Just saw it and was calling bullshit on Newsom and not you.

San Francisco Target Puts Inventory on Lockdown amid Crime Spree


https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2023/04/24/san-francisco-target-puts-inventory-lockdown-crime-spree/

San Fran is on the far right of the scale along with Democrat shitholes like Philadelphia, Chicago, Portland and Seattle.

Just one set of data to show the drop off of economic activity in these shitholes as less people are working and/or spending money there. I suspect tourism has dropped off significantly in San Fran as well.

Las Vegas is around 80% and San Diego is 99%, as well as Washington DC is at 73% as Biden is expected to push federal agencies to have their civil servants return to the office.
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San Fran's First Republic Bank down 40% today. I may buy it if it drops another 10% from today's low within next 7 days.

Also Gap which is HQ in San Fran is laying off people: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/04/25/2023-layoff-tracker-gap-plans-to-lay-off-hundreds-while-3m-cuts-6000

So more dismal news for San Fran companies which may reduce corporate headcount there, and further weaken the San Fran economy.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/04/25/2023-layoff-tracker-gap-plans-to-lay-off-hundreds-while-3m-cuts-6000

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12015967/San-Fran-DROPS-charges-against-vagrant-bashed-ex-fire-commissioner-head-crowbar.html

San Francisco DA DROPS charges against vagrant who repeatedly bashed city's ex-fire commissioner in the head with a metal crowbar - and now 'plans to prosecute the victim for deploying pepper spray'
Don Carmignani, 53, was left fighting for his life after being brutally attacked on April 12 by homeless Garrett Doty
The former fire chief claims that he had to 'take matters into his own hands' after his mothers' 911 calls were not responded to
He was informed by his attorneys that DA Brooke Jenkins is planning on bringing charges against him for carrying pepper spray

Can anyone name a city that is run by Democrats that is safe and thriving? I'm stumped. I can't think of a single one.

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/0dcaaa05-3b16-3363-8aea-26bb72a898b4/fire-sale-300-million-san.html

Fire Sale: $300 Million San Francisco Office Tower, Mostly Empty. Open to Offers.

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San Fran is on the far right of the scale along with Democrat shitholes like Philadelphia, Chicago, Portland and Seattle.

Just one set of data to show the drop off of economic activity in these shitholes as less people are working and/or spending money there. I suspect tourism has dropped off significantly in San Fran as well.

Las Vegas is around 80% and San Diego is 99%, as well as Washington DC is at 73% as Biden is expected to push federal agencies to have their civil servants return to the office.
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San Diego? Weird, because it has hordes of bums almost rivaling these of SF's.

https://sfstandard.com/arts-culture/san-francisco-downtown-food-hall-has-no-customers/

Just a few blocks from San Francisco City Hall, the aroma of an international feast filled La Cocina’s Municipal Marketplace on a sunny spring afternoon as a team of chefs plated dishes from Algeria, El Salvador, Mexico, Nepal and the Deep South.

Judging by the delicious food alone, all was going according to plan at the women-led marketplace, which was established at great expense with taxpayer money and private donations in San Francisco’s struggling Tenderloin neighborhood. ...

With its vividly painted exterior and remarkable culinary offerings, the marketplace appears to be a positive presence in a building that formerly was a defunct post office. Yet, the lasting impacts of the pandemic, a looming recession and the spiraling fentanyl crisis have continued to plague the Tenderloin. ...

La Cocina's Municipal Marketplace was made possible by $2.2 million from the city, $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and more than $2 million from philanthropic foundations and individual donations. When it was first developed, the 7,000-square-foot food hall attracted not only local attention but also coverage in national outlets like Forbes. ...

Bahloul told The Standard he feels that his family and the other business owners in the marketplace are still dealing with the aftereffects of the pandemic.

“Nothing is going the way it’s supposed to,” he said. “I can’t make a profit.” ...

Bahloul noted that the daily “rush” only lasts from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the marketplace is closed on weekends. Since many people don’t feel safe visiting the neighborhood after dark, dinner is not a viable path to profitability.

“No one wants to hang out in the Tenderloin,” he said. “Tourists stumble upon it and follow their GPS thinking it’ll get better, but it doesn’t.”

“It’s a great concept, but people are afraid to come down here,” said Damian Morffet, who manages security at the marketplace. He said that minutes earlier, he cleared the corner of people using fentanyl—a task he’s been faced with every day over the three years he’s worked at the marketplace. ...

On Sept. 1, 2022, during dinner service at the marketplace, chef Estrella Gonzalez said she had a feeling something was wrong. While working behind the counter at her Salvadoran food stall, Estrellita’s Snacks, she realized a man had been in the restroom for about three hours.

Gonzalez said she alerted La Cocina’s security team, who accessed the restroom and found that the man was unconscious. Gonzalez said the paramedics spent about half an hour with the man before pulling him out of the bathroom. She was later told by a security guard that he had died from an overdose.

“It was very bad to experience,” she told her son Angel, who translated for The Standard. “We had to tell the customers that were waiting for their orders that we had an emergency and needed to close the building.” ...

Landa said the man’s death and similar incidents have catalyzed a number of changes to the marketplace’s safety policies. La Cocina has limited access to the building, so now there’s one entrance and exit that’s staffed by a security guard at all times. Landa said her team has hosted Narcan trainings to reverse overdoses before they become fatal. Still, she said it’s difficult to create an open and inclusive space while taking safety considerations seriously. ...

Chronic Democrat mismanagement and plandemic cheerleading run smack into reality.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/safeway-oakland-hostile-anti-theft-measures-17920035.php

When SFGATE visited the store earlier this month, reporters found that formula wasn’t the only necessity behind bars, either. Gallons of detergent like Tide and Gain were shielded behind sliding plastic doors that loudly screeched whenever you pulled them aside. Other basics like batteries and razors were locked away, too. The hard liquor was also behind a massive glass case, along with the store’s arguably more “top-shelf” wines.

Safeway representatives declined to say how many stores in the Bay Area have these new barricades and receipt scanners, but asserted that they’re necessary to “curtail escalating theft” and provide a “welcoming” environment for the community.

“Rampant shoplifting continues to be on the rise at alarming levels at retailers across the Bay Area,” the company said in a written statement. “We have increased our investments in security measures in stores throughout the region to help combat this ongoing issue. Those updates include operational changes to the front end of select stores to deter shoplifting.”

This is necessary and inevitable when the most fundamental laws against STEALING are not enforced in any way.

RWSGFY says

San Diego? Weird, because it has hordes of bums almost rivaling these of SF's.

I'm thinking tourism is such a boom in San Diego that it recovered, and likely has more tourism to compensate for a drop in some downtown businesses allowing work from home (in other states).

But I don't read or hear as much bad news about homelessness in San Diego as I do in Los Angeles or San Francisco.

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RWSGFY says

San Diego? Weird, because it has hordes of bums almost rivaling these of SF's.

I'm thinking tourism is such a boom in San Diego that it recovered, and likely has more tourism to compensate for a drop in some downtown businesses allowing work from home (in other states).

But I don't read or hear as much bad news about homelessness in San Diego as I do in Los Angeles or San Francisco.

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Last time I was there about 5 years ago it was off putting, but not overwhelming with the homelessness. You see it, but in no ways was it ever aggressive. The city was clean and there weren't tents all over the place that I could see or areas I went to. My city experience was amongst black and Mexicans carrying guns and selling drugs on the corner on the South and West sides of Chicago. Homeless people were a very minor annoyance.

It's a long weekend, things could change, but officially booked for San Diego 8/24-8/28. Sat. 8/26 we're golfing Torrey Pines, so I'm out for anything that day. Sunday might be my only free day. I could extend to 8/30, but new job may interfere with that. We'll see. There's time and hotel is booked through the 30th through the wife's work.

https://www.bizjournals.com/

Nordstrom closing downtown San Francisco department store

The Westfield San Francisco Centre, located downtown at 865 Market St., where Nordstrom is closing its 300,000-square-foot department store.

Alex Barreira

Retail giant Nordstrom plans to close its 312,000-square-foot department store at the Westfield San Francisco Centre in August, citing changing dynamics downtown, the company told the Business Times exclusively.

The Seattle company will also close its 45,496-square-foot Nordstrom Rack store across the street at 901 Market St. on July 1, ending a 35-year presence in downtown San Francisco. The closures come as both leases approach the end of their current terms with the option for renewal.

"Decisions like this are never easy, and this one has been especially difficult," wrote Jamie Nordstrom, the company's chief stores officer, in a message to impacted employees. "But as many of you know, the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years, impacting customer foot traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully."

It was the profoundly stupid, suicidal compliance with the the fraudulent plandemic that caused this. And San Francisco was at the forefront of that lunacy. It deserves to sink into the mire until sanity returns. You will know things have started to take a turn for the better when Columbus is reinstated in his rightful place on Telegraph Hill.

https://www.leefang.com/p/police-tell-san-francisco-homeowner?publication_id=1239256&post_id=119188625&isFreemail=true

Police Tell San Francisco Homeowner To Hire Private Security After Suffering 8 Break-Ins

The rise in property crime has rattled neighborhoods across the city. ...

The last incident, a brazen intrusion by a man who entered the house by breaking into the front door, happened in broad daylight last Saturday morning. He appeared to be armed, though he fled once confronted by a worker, and left the scene in a white BMW driven by someone who accompanied him to the house.

In another incident in March, intruders arrived with two vehicles and ransacked the home, breaking windows and a downstairs door. They fled with construction tools, equipment, and appliances, including a washer and dryer.

Police have told Cook that they simply won’t investigate these types of crimes, according to Cook. After repeatedly calling the San Francisco Police Department to report the thefts with little to show for his efforts, an officer told Cook after Saturday’s break-in that he would have better luck hiring private security guards.

Two masked individuals (innominates??) stab a man to death in an apartment complex in the middle of Pleasanton. Yeah, it's habbening, the thug bicycle surveillance crews are out and about, and local blogs are increasingly violence, burglary and crime reports.
https://patch.com/california/pleasanton/man-stabbed-death-pleasanton-2-suspects-large

It does seem like we may be entering the vigilantism stage of lawlessness. The subway chokehold death in NYC seems like a Bernard Goetz type moment.
Meanwhile in Baghdad by the Bay...
SF Walgreens Security Guard Freed From Jail; DA Won’t Pursue Murder Charge in Shooting
Days after a man was shot and killed at a Downtown San Francisco Walgreens, the private security guard arrested on suspicion of murder in the case has been released from jail and the district attorney said she would not pursue a murder charge against the guard.
Security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, 33, was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder Friday for allegedly shooting and killing Banko Brown, 24, on Thursday evening. Police have said the incident involved shoplifting.

Nordstrom closing SF Locations.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/after-nordstrom-closures-s-f-stop-retail-exodus-18074794.php

AmericanKulak says

Nordstrom closing SF Locations.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/after-nordstrom-closures-s-f-stop-retail-exodus-18074794.php

The headline is hilarious:

After Nordstrom store closures, what can San Francisco do to stop the retail exodus?

To stop the exodus, enforce the law.

Like it's such a difficult hard to grasp solution to a complex mysterious problem.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/transportation-monday-may-8-2023?publication_id=463409&post_id=120047644&isFreemail=true

You might remember Brooke Jenkins, San Fransisco’s replacement District Attorney, after woke S.F. citizens recalled Jenkins’ useless Soros-funded predecessor, Chesa Boudin (if that’s his real name).

Jenkins seems to have gotten the message.

Michael Anthony, 33, is a security guard at a downtown San Fransisco Walgreens. On April 27th, officers responded to a report of a shooting at his Walgreens and found a victim, later identified as Banko Brown, who had been shot and killed.

Brown was a homeless “trans man” (a biological woman) of color. Security guard Anthony was briefly arrested for homicide. ...

In a statement last Monday, District Attorney Jenkins said that charges were dropped because prosecutors could not prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that the guard was guilty of a crime after they reviewed statements from witnesses and the guard, along with video footage of the April 27 episode at a store on Market Street. ...

What we do know about the video is that it apparently shows that homeless Banko — I know you’re going to find this hard to believe — probably assaulted Mr. Anthony after being stopped for shoplifting. But Ms. Jenkins said in a statement, “This was a shoplifting that, really, based on the facts, turned into and escalated into a robbery, and the armed security guard did, ultimately, end up using lethal force. The evidence clearly shows that the suspect believed he was in mortal danger and acted in self-defense.”

Ms. Jenkins called the Brown’s killing a “tragedy,” but said, “We cannot bring forward charges when there is credible evidence of reasonable self-defense. Doing so would be unethical and create false hope for a successful prosecution.”

What we don’t know is whether Banko was hopped up on free, City-provided testosterone. I’d give it even odds.

A tiny bit of good news out of SF.

richwicks says

The headline is hilarious:

After Nordstrom store closures, what can San Francisco do to stop the retail exodus?

To stop the exodus, enforce the law.

Like it's such a difficult hard to grasp solution to a complex mysterious problem.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/transportation-monday-may-8-2023?publication_id=463409&post_id=120047644&isFreemail=true

In an email last Tuesday, Nordstrom’s chief retail officer explained to employees that “the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years, impacting customer foot traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully.”

Haha, the “dynamics” of downtown, that’s a good one. He means like the exciting “dynamic” situation when a homeless lunatic like Banko Brown suddenly and unexpectedly assaults you in broad daylight for no reason.

The Westfield mall’s owner was more blunt and less politically correct. His statement said the Nordstroms’ closure “underscores the deteriorating situation in Downtown San Francisco.” It explained, without mincing words, “a growing number of retailers and businesses are leaving the area due to the unsafe conditions for customers, retailers, and employees, coupled with the fact that these significant issues are preventing an economic recovery of the area.” ...

Meanwhile, billionaires like Peter Thiel are complaining that Florida’s booming real estate is too expensive. What could the difference be?

Gee, the SF prosecutor underestimates the kangaroo court potential of LibbyFuck retards in the jury pool. Or, after being mugged and car raped a few times, have they also turned a bit?

Saw one of my wife's old friends after a few years recently. She was previously typical lily livered simp over homeless that they were just poor, unfortunate people who deserved support and a second chance, and that I was such a cruel and heartless person not to have compassion for them and give them money.

All that is over. She now declares them drug addicts who won't yield to organized living or any shelter that forces them to stay sober or not smoke, no more sympathy for the devil. Talk about a 180 degree turn, I was shocked, but maybe it bodes well that the toxicity of wokeness can be reversed in some people.

Spiraling in San Francisco’s Doom Loop
What it’s like to live in a city that no longer believes its problems can be fixed.
Meanwhile, the Blick security guard kept texting me videos. He needed someone to see what he was seeing out there, on his patch of Market Street, between Fifth and Sixth. Did I know how the black markets worked? Had I walked down Market Street at night? Did I know that some of the street addicts were rotting, literally: their decomposing flesh attracting flies. The Anthropologie, where he used to work, announced it would close. “What it really feels like living in San Francisco is that you’re lying to yourself,” he said. “Oh, I live in San Francisco. It’s so nice. When you walk by the junkies you’re like, They don’t exist. they don’t exist. You’re lying to yourself.”
A week later, a security guard, working at a Walgreens a block from Blick, shot and killed a 24-year-old. He would tell Jonah Owen Lamb at the San Francisco Standard, “It’s a lot to deal with. It’s a lot of pressure. A person can only take so much … When you are limited to certain options, something will happen … Who has my back? Nobody?”

While RomeSan Francisco burns Nero plays the fiddle mayor London Breed goes on an official (city-paid) trip to Haifa Israel.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12083175/Dave-Chappelle-slams-San-Francisco-half-Glee-half-zombie-movie-surprise-gig.html

'What the f* happened to this place?' Dave Chappelle slams San Francisco as 'half Glee, half zombie movie' at surprise gig - as he recalls homeless person DEFECATING outside Indian restaurant he was about to eat in

Dave Chappelle, 49, slammed the city's rampant homeless crisis on Thursday
The comedian put on a surprise performance at the Masonic Auditorium
He said San Francisco was now the Tenderloin - which is a district of San Francisco notorious for its crime, homelessness and drug problems

They suppressed all mention of the insane violent leftist (but I repeat myself) who tried to kill Dave on stage last year.

Why did they omit that?

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2023/05/15/let-the-blue-cities-die-n2623218

Patrick says

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2023/05/15/let-the-blue-cities-die-n2623218

Wall the blue cities off as abscesses of Globalist pus. Starving them economically and returning them to mud hut nature they desire, like Detroit, seems to be the path. All the rich kids will bail out after their armchair bolshevism has run its course, leaving the pinheads to parasitize and consume one another with warlords.

These cities were created by reasonably enlightened visionaries and capable technocrats as functioning social machines, only to degenerate now into seized, derelict Zimbabwe farms, occupied by Visigoths without forebrains who have no knowledge, technical expertise, foresight or capability of keeping the sophisticated operations functional.

The Visigoths harvest a few grifting golden eggs while strangling the golden goose, and then, after the patient is close to death, try to entice the expertise back to run things again and keep the grift bounties rolling in.

The thing about smart and capable people is that they can go anywhere and rebuild a viable system, as long as they have the safeguards in place to keep the Hun out. The invasion of the Hun is a planned event, orchestrated by Switzerland, the Vatican and the City of London, believing they will retain overweening power over the grunting spear shakers by elevating them. That is why the Globalists want to reduce the collective intelligence, because they fear the natively intelligent in the populace.

Ceffer says

That is why the Globalists want to reduce the collective intelligence, because they fear the natively intelligent in the populace.

But the result of this will be a worse world, for everybody, not just the poor.

That's what so stupid about this.

We can exist at like maybe modern levels of technology indefinitely, but it will become an increasingly more dangerous, and more difficult to control, world. The whole west is on the verge of revolution.

Just 20 years ago, we had propaganda, but we didn't need anything like censorship to keep the ball rolling. It turned out it didn't matter we are lied into wars, everybody knows now that we are. It didn't matter our corporate news media lied to us as a matter of course.

People complain about kids being marxist idiots and woke morons. That will NOT last. People grow out of this, and they are doing it faster than my generation did (X) or the boomers did. It took me to about 30 to start questioning everything, a 25 year old is at that spot generally. I know it's terrible to expose kids to the truth too early, but I wish I was exposed to it earlier.

richwicks says

I know it's terrible to expose kids to the truth too early, but I wish I was exposed to it earlier.

Are you sure you were not exposed? Or just not ready to accept it yet.

HeadSet says

Are you sure you were not exposed? Or just not ready to accept it yet.

When I was 20, there was nobody to point out "yeah, the media just lies". My first taste of it was at 23, and then it was only about Israel, but once you figure out that "the very complex situation in Israel" was a really simple land dispute and that only 1/2 of the conflict was ever explained, I could dip my toe into the water about what else I was misinformed about. I was so pissed off to find that out.

It's REALLY difficult to realize that everything is on television and in print is a lie when nobody around you agrees with you. Maybe X wasn't good, but you can trust NPR, PBS, the Economist, etc etc - no you can't. Took me to 30 to realize everything is propaganda, but I still held onto the idea that people were just making "mistakes". I didn't recognize it was all overt lies until I was around 35 or so, and it's not just news, it's EVERYTHING.

Do you know why there's laugh tracks in late night funny man shows? It's to force social conformance. It's an Asch conformity test. You don't want to be the one that disagrees and be laughed at and ridiculed. When is the last time you watched a late night show? Nothing is funny in it, but the audience still laughs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSkFyNVtNh8

Is any of that even slightly amusing? The audience is part of the performance. How many people realize that?

10% of the population might realize television is complete propaganda, that's a big step up from 1990 which I think was less than 1%.