“THE POWER OF BIG TECH”

WHO’S NEXT TO BE “CANCELLED” OR “DE-PLATFORMED”? SILENCED OR CENSORED? SUPPRESSED OR DEMONETIZED?!?

THESE WORDS USUALLY EXIST IN A COMMUNIST OR AUTOCRATIC COUNTRY!

WE ARE BEING CONTROLLED BY A POWER SUCH AS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE,

SILENCING OUR VOICE!!

There are no words for what is going on in our country these days, especially with our arrogant all “too powerful” Bay Area Tech Companies, or commonly referred to as Big Tech, BT. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the rest. For example, Twitter exerted their power with the President of the United States! Unbelievable! They blocked the main way Trump was communicating to “the people” by de-platforming him, followed by the rest of all Social Media. ACTING AS ONE, giving Big Tech BT even more power!
Lately, the “undercover” Veritas videos where CNN admitted to increasing the Covid numbers at will, especially when things were getting better, were not accessible! Almost impossible to find! These companies have UNPRECEDENTED CONTROL OVER COMMUNICATION, hurting those with platforms and users alike if they aren’t in line with their beliefs. From being completely cut to threats and warnings with no real explanation! Especially disturbing is the fact that they seem to be working together, thereby creating a monopoly of sorts, an OLIGARCHY! One company will act and the rest will follow, effectively shutting them out of our society today and not being heard! A scary amount of power! Censorship and other Communist tactics abound with these Tech Companies. No exaggeration or surprise as most are working with the Chinese Community Party. Lovely.

The CCP has been perfecting psychological tactics involving manipulation, control, and propaganda for years. I’m starting to see these same Marxist tactics being employed here in the U.S. Especially in the last 4 years. I never thought we would get to this point! The most obvious one is CENSORSHIP. As I listed under the title, there are varying degrees on a spectrum determined by BT, with the main goal of stifling dissenting voices. Non-Left, Non-Progressive ones. Voices they deem to be a threat. They strive to keep people in IGNORANCE exposed to only one side, their very specific side. BT makes it difficult to find opposing views and even facts that would hurt their agenda. GOOGLE buries articles all the time! It might take me 6 or 7 pages to find a conservative view! And even then, not many conservative sources. Unfortunately, people have a tendency to go along what they perceive to be the majority, or what they see or hear the most. “Good enough for me, besides I don’t have time to research”. Thereby, BT because of it’s wide use and reach is very capable of controlling perception, and even reality! A scary amount of power! This used to be mitigated with COMMON SENSE and CRITICAL THINKING. FAMILY and FAITH. Now, the LEFT/BT puts us in GROUPS based on superficial things making us one dimensional beings. IDENTITY POLITICS with the emphasis on the color of your skin, your gender, etc. Sure those things are important but they AREN’T ALL WHO YOU ARE. Despite all the enthusiasm and hype, we are then no longer complex and unique INDIVIDUALS!! Which is what the U.S. is based on! You are being told who you are, what’s important to you! Everyone should be offended. Only YOU know who you are. And here’s a thought, you can be black, brown, AND conservative!! It’s NOT OK to be a CONSERVATIVE in the Bay Area. I was raised in the Bay Area, and worked in the semiconductor industry. I didn’t realize my arrogance and liberalism until I left to live in Arizona. I was in my own world. On top of it was the fast pace, and now when I go back everyone is busier than ever before, relying quite a bit on what they see on their devices. If done without strong beliefs and purposeful viewing, and without “discriminating taste”, BT can control what you see and even your behavior as you act on these unconscious beliefs. I’ve heard it called “zombieism” as one stares at the screen for hours, has it next to you at all times, even when sleeping, while depending on those “likes” and responses. Easy to do in our culture today.

The tactic of FEAR also works well. Look at the automatic obedience to the Government(s) regarding Covid-19. Of course BT is ever helpful, spreading the scary narrative, while also erasing points of view that would have led to a more reasoned and balanced approach. Then there is DIVISION and CHAOS. Reducing people into groups, while encouraging ANGER at each other as opposed to the Government. Handy! I would say that while the biggest fear of the CCP is losing control, OUR leaders want more control! A lot of it! And BT along with China is happy to help the LEFT WITH THEIR AMBITIOUS GOALS FOR POWER. After all, there are increased profits for these huge companies, their own Leftist agenda, and perhaps their own thirst for power and control!?

I think back to the 90s or early 2000 when I saw these new companies as helpful, increasing convenience and connection with others. Trusting them for the most part, with no idea about the eventual extent of their power and control. I trusted our government to at least set regulations as they have done with other big companies in the past. So I didn’t worry about it much, thinking the best when I should have employed more skepticism. When alarm bells did start to go off, I then worried about being seen as negative or a “conspiracy theorist”. NOT ANY MORE!! I now see the danger of these companies as they manipulate and destroy at an increasing rate. In fact, they seem to now not care about who knows their “not so good” intentions. Too big to be taken down?!

As more and more are being De-Platformed, Cancelled, Suspended, and ultimately Censored, especially Conservatives, I now want to speak out and add my voice to others around the country, all of which are gaining momentum!!
It’s time for anyone who values their freedom, their voice, and their autonomy to speak out! Freedom of Speech is the last bastion to go when a takeover is imminent. Think about it! No voice, no say in how you are governed. Somebody will step in and take over. That is the nature of things.

All of this control from the top is DEATH and against the TRUTH. After all, isn’t that all that matters, the TRUTH?!? It’s time to expand our interest and concern to go beyond just our own lives, or that which is familiar will be gone! This blatant POWER GRAB will affect us more than we can possibly imagine! Look at how much the government restricted are lives over Covid in such a short time. Telling us what to do, where to go or not go, how many people to have in your home, and on and on ad nauseam! Whether we can FULLY BREATHE!?! All based on politics, not science. Bureaucrats, not scientists familiar with public policy and all the consequences of such drastic measures. BT ignored the latter and made it normal, your duty, while laying on guilt. This is only a taste of what can be done with the help of Big Tech. They are chipping away at the very basis of the United States; our FREEDOM, our participation in how we are ruled. Try finding out why you’ve been de-platformed! After all, “WE THE PEOPLE” means something, a big something!! It’s not “We, Big Tech, Big Government, and the CCP”, we await your orders! At least not yet!

Though these advances in technology have advantages, it’s not worth giving up our freedom over. There are obviously people in charge with nefarious purposes who are not real interested in this freedom of ours. Only their own. As the government struggles to catch up with this relatively new technology, there are not many who have the will in Congress to regulate or curtail the freedom of Big Tech in any way! There has been some questioning from Congress but nothing has happened! The concerned, such as Jim Jordon, might as well be speaking into the wind. Their government funding also seems safe, despite going against the conditions of not being a “publisher” or having a platform with political influence. They often have up to a thousand employees or more watching the results of their algorithms, acting as arbiters of the content with the purpose of censorship. Throwing out nerve wracking warnings and threats, while initiating the helplessness of being cut with pathetic cryptic excuses! “Now where do I go to put forth my voice or to hear other voices like mine?!? “ It’s unbelievable how much they’re getting away with!

With all this freedom, support, and extra funding from taxpayers, they are moving aggressively forward! Power and Influence growing astronomically! Such as now influencing elections and thereby legislation, as we saw in the 2020 Presidential election. Most of our Communication is now handled by these Giant Social Platforms. All over the world! A Profound Reality! Like the telephone of old, but without the regulation of the government and little or no competition. Historically, NOT A GOOD THING! Big Tech along with treasonous leaders in government, most notably the Biden administration and the DNC, are collaborating and encouraging (or threatening?) each other in a giant POWER GRAB! CONTROL OF THE MASSES! So very tempting and hard to resist it seems! This obviously spells trouble for our Republic, an END TO OUR FREEDOM AND AUTONOMY with the power shifting from THE PEOPLE to not only the government, but also to a GROUP OF ELITES, private companies who are at present untouchable!

I would have thought you were crazy if you told me our country would change this much in 20 years, 10 years, heck 3 years ago, and that the tech industry I grew up with would become so ominous and threatening. A threat to not only our way of life, but to our very “being”. A “being” that craves and NEEDS FREEDOM AND INDIVIDUALITY! It’s easy to gloss over “words” and not really think about what losing them would actually entail. What would it be like? Feel like? “Besides, it probably wouldn’t be that bad, would it? Easier to trust those in power, or at least just live my life and not think about it! Nothing like this has ever happened! Why would thing change after all these years?”

NO ONE SHOULD BE AFRAID OF WHAT THEY SAY! Last I checked, we have FREEDOM OF SPEECH! But, we have “private companies” acting as the main purveyors of communication and information, without regulation for all practical purposes, and receiving government funding as long as they’re not political. A joke. This is a unique situation to our country which is not being dealt with. Congress is asleep or dead. What to do? Do the research, speak out, write, start a website, talk to coworkers, neighbors, families, as it comes up. No need to be aggressive, just the “truth in love”.

And most importantly, WE NEED TO THINK FOR OURSELVES! Be wary of the influence of Big Tech, what you see or don’t see on your devices. Take the time to do a bit of research, have patience when looking for opposing views. Listen to your gut, if something doesn’t sound right. Look into it more. Be aware of what Big Tech is capable of and what their agenda is. Trust me, their claim of neutrality is a farce. But then don’t take my word for it…seriously! 😉