A Summary of Political Activism Issues
updated September 23, 2022
Members of the government sponsored provocateur group “The Black Bloc” rioting in London. Image from Wikipedia.
There are many potential blockages to the effectiveness of political activists, but such blockages can be circumvented and effectiveness of activists can be improved.
This article summarizes issues of political activism, including explaining how activist groups are infiltrated by Establishment organizations using provocateur groups and other methods, the effects of activist communication styles, and other issues.
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The Problem of Activist Group Infiltration
Political demonstrations and activist groups and are often infiltrated by individuals associated with government, law enforcement, or other organizations for purposes of spreading disinformation, spying on members, creating dissent within the groups, and attempting to discredit the activities of the groups by engaging in hostile behavior.
This section contains video clips and articles which help to illustrate such situations.
”Black Bloc” provocateurs got a green light to rampage at the 2010 Toronto G20 economic summit
This video clip describes the government sponsored provocateur group “The Black Bloc” (spelled in this video “The Black Block”) rioting in the streets, smashing windows, and setting fire to police cars on the streets of Toronto for an hour and a half while police only watched from a distance during the June 2010 Toronto G20 economic summit.
From the video’s YouTube page:
A photo Journalist describes his experience following the black block as they rampage through the streets of Toronto during the G20 Summit.
20,000 police and security officials and a $1 billion security budget were not enough to stop 75-100 black block anarchists from smashing windows and torching police cars during a 1.5 hour rampage. The Black Block were able to rampage through the street for 24 blocks until they reached the ‘official protest zone’ where they quickly changed clothes dispersed through the crowd of peaceful protesters and then left the site.
The police were fully aware of the rampage and watched the black block from a distance at a number of locations. It wasn’t until they had dispersed into a crowd of peaceful protesters who thought that they were in a sanctioned area that the police took action beating innocent people with batons and spraying them with pepper spray.
Why was this allowed to happen? Police abandoned police cars at Bay and King when they didn’t need to, why? Was this allowed to happen so the Harper government could justify an outrageous security bill when there was no credible terrorist threat (according to CSIS)? Who led this group of vandals? Were they infiltrated by government paid provocateurs as was the case in Montebello where police with masks and rocks attacked their own riot squad?
For more information about this incident, see the article Peaceful Protesters Attacked, Arrested While Cop-Car Arsonists Left Alone.
Behind the Big News: Infiltration of the Anti-WTO Movement
This video clip from the documentary “Behind the Big News” explains Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) connections to the anti-WTO movement which are meant to ensure continued propagation of globalist agendas.
Street demonstrators turned the area of the World Trade Organization into a war zone. Over 500 National Guardsmen and State police were called in to restore order in what became known as the “Battle of Seattle.”
The major media focused on the chaos and the mob’s demands, but they carefully avoided the issue as to how the groups on the street are organized and funded, or whether their leaders might have a hidden agenda. The media portraits such demonstrations as natural outpourings of genuine grassroots concern.
For those who orchestrate these events, it’s the illusion that counts.
William Norman Grigg, Senior Editor, New American Magazine: “The familiar media melodrama of the anti-globalization movement that we have seen in Seattle and some of the other protest venues is really a classic example of the bracketing of false alternatives, because we are told that these people ‘oppose’ the global agenda— after all they are called ‘anti-globalization activists.’ Well, what it is they oppose? They don’t oppose global government, they believe there is ‘too much free market capitalism’ in the world, and government— at a global level— has to be more assertive in imposing controls over the free exchange of goods and services.”
William F. Jasper, Senior Editor, New American Magazine: “You see that both of these sides are really calling for empowering the United Nations.”
The media further stage manages the illusion of conflict by promoting those designated as the official opposition. The media appointed spokesperson for the Anti-WTO forces is Lori Wallach, who heads the “Global Trade Watch.” Ignored by the media is the fact that Wallach receives funding from the Ford Foundation, which is closely tied to the CFR. The friendly relationship between Wallach and the CFR agenda was made clear in “Foreign Policy Magazine”— a major conduit for CFR thinking. This issue [of the magazine] signals to media leaders that Lori Wallach should be represented as an “expert” on trade issues. By ensuring that only false opposition is offered to its revolutionary agenda, the CFR internationalists can’t loose.
Also see the article A Summary of the Documentary Video ”Behind the Big News” for more video clips from this documentary.
Peaceful protesters have caught on video and thwarted attempts by “provocateur” officers to incite violence at a 2007 demonstration in Montebello, Canada. Video shows three men with faces masked by bandannas attempting to mingle with protesters while one held a rock in his hand, and after being confronted and exposed by peaceful protesters the men were “arrested” by officers who have been shown to be associated with them.
Other articles about activist infiltration
Political demonstrations and activist groups and are often infiltrated by individuals associated with government, law enforcement, or other organizations for purposes of spreading disinformation, spying on members, creating dissent within the groups, and attempting to discredit the activities of the groups by engaging in hostile behavior.
This section contains video clips and articles which help to illustrate such situations.
Jump to parts of this section ..
Video: ”Black Bloc” provocateurs got a green light to rampage at the 2010 Toronto G20 economic summit
Video: Seattle WTO Riots: Problem, Reaction, Solution
Video: Behind the Big News: Infiltration of the Anti-WTO Movement
“Provocateur agents” were caught attempting to incite violence at a peaceful Quebec demonstration
Other articles about activist infiltration
Video: Seattle WTO Riots: Problem, Reaction, Solution
Video: Behind the Big News: Infiltration of the Anti-WTO Movement
“Provocateur agents” were caught attempting to incite violence at a peaceful Quebec demonstration
Other articles about activist infiltration
”Black Bloc” provocateurs got a green light to rampage at the 2010 Toronto G20 economic summit
This video clip describes the government sponsored provocateur group “The Black Bloc” (spelled in this video “The Black Block”) rioting in the streets, smashing windows, and setting fire to police cars on the streets of Toronto for an hour and a half while police only watched from a distance during the June 2010 Toronto G20 economic summit.
From the video’s YouTube page:
A photo Journalist describes his experience following the black block as they rampage through the streets of Toronto during the G20 Summit.
20,000 police and security officials and a $1 billion security budget were not enough to stop 75-100 black block anarchists from smashing windows and torching police cars during a 1.5 hour rampage. The Black Block were able to rampage through the street for 24 blocks until they reached the ‘official protest zone’ where they quickly changed clothes dispersed through the crowd of peaceful protesters and then left the site.
The police were fully aware of the rampage and watched the black block from a distance at a number of locations. It wasn’t until they had dispersed into a crowd of peaceful protesters who thought that they were in a sanctioned area that the police took action beating innocent people with batons and spraying them with pepper spray.
Why was this allowed to happen? Police abandoned police cars at Bay and King when they didn’t need to, why? Was this allowed to happen so the Harper government could justify an outrageous security bill when there was no credible terrorist threat (according to CSIS)? Who led this group of vandals? Were they infiltrated by government paid provocateurs as was the case in Montebello where police with masks and rocks attacked their own riot squad?
For more information about this incident, see the article Peaceful Protesters Attacked, Arrested While Cop-Car Arsonists Left Alone.
Seattle WTO Riots: Problem, Reaction, Solution
This video compilation from the Alex Jones documentary Police State II: The Takeover shows how demonstrations at the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Seattle during the Clinton Adminstration were infiltrated by violent provocateurs sent by government groups in order to give law enforcement personnel an excuse to attack and suppress the peaceful legitimate protesters.
Video of the violence perpetrated by the group of over 30 government sponsored provocateurs is shown, followed by evidence including local news reports that shows how the group was housed and protected by law enforcement officials during the week of the demonstrations.
This video compilation from the Alex Jones documentary Police State II: The Takeover shows how demonstrations at the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings in Seattle during the Clinton Adminstration were infiltrated by violent provocateurs sent by government groups in order to give law enforcement personnel an excuse to attack and suppress the peaceful legitimate protesters.
Video of the violence perpetrated by the group of over 30 government sponsored provocateurs is shown, followed by evidence including local news reports that shows how the group was housed and protected by law enforcement officials during the week of the demonstrations.
Behind the Big News: Infiltration of the Anti-WTO Movement
This video clip from the documentary “Behind the Big News” explains Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) connections to the anti-WTO movement which are meant to ensure continued propagation of globalist agendas.
Street demonstrators turned the area of the World Trade Organization into a war zone. Over 500 National Guardsmen and State police were called in to restore order in what became known as the “Battle of Seattle.”
The major media focused on the chaos and the mob’s demands, but they carefully avoided the issue as to how the groups on the street are organized and funded, or whether their leaders might have a hidden agenda. The media portraits such demonstrations as natural outpourings of genuine grassroots concern.
For those who orchestrate these events, it’s the illusion that counts.
William Norman Grigg, Senior Editor, New American Magazine: “The familiar media melodrama of the anti-globalization movement that we have seen in Seattle and some of the other protest venues is really a classic example of the bracketing of false alternatives, because we are told that these people ‘oppose’ the global agenda— after all they are called ‘anti-globalization activists.’ Well, what it is they oppose? They don’t oppose global government, they believe there is ‘too much free market capitalism’ in the world, and government— at a global level— has to be more assertive in imposing controls over the free exchange of goods and services.”
William F. Jasper, Senior Editor, New American Magazine: “You see that both of these sides are really calling for empowering the United Nations.”
The media further stage manages the illusion of conflict by promoting those designated as the official opposition. The media appointed spokesperson for the Anti-WTO forces is Lori Wallach, who heads the “Global Trade Watch.” Ignored by the media is the fact that Wallach receives funding from the Ford Foundation, which is closely tied to the CFR. The friendly relationship between Wallach and the CFR agenda was made clear in “Foreign Policy Magazine”— a major conduit for CFR thinking. This issue [of the magazine] signals to media leaders that Lori Wallach should be represented as an “expert” on trade issues. By ensuring that only false opposition is offered to its revolutionary agenda, the CFR internationalists can’t loose.
Also see the article A Summary of the Documentary Video ”Behind the Big News” for more video clips from this documentary.
Peaceful protesters have caught on video and thwarted attempts by “provocateur” officers to incite violence at a 2007 demonstration in Montebello, Canada. Video shows three men with faces masked by bandannas attempting to mingle with protesters while one held a rock in his hand, and after being confronted and exposed by peaceful protesters the men were “arrested” by officers who have been shown to be associated with them.
“Provocateur agents” were caught attempting to incite violence at a peaceful Quebec demonstration
Boots give away undercover cops as real protesters expose criminality
by Steve Watson
Infowars.com
August 22, 2007
Peaceful protestors at the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello have captured sensational video of hired agent provocateurs attempting to incite rioting and turn the protest violent, only to encounter brave resistance from real protest leaders.
A video, posted on YouTube, shows three young men, their faces masked by bandannas, mingling Monday with protesters in front of a line of police in riot gear. At least one of the masked men is holding a rock in his hand, reports the Canadian Press.
Notice how the “anarchists” begin to become uncomfortable when Coles and others accuse them of really being cops, while pulling at their face masks. They are seen to edge closer to the uniformed police and engage in some form of discussion. The police then let them pass through their line with very little resistance and “arrest” them in what is plainly a total charade.
More damning proof that the radicals were in fact cops was revealed with the release of photographs of the incident which show that the anarchists have exactly the same footwear on as the cops.
On the soles of their boots are yellow triangles, exactly the same as on the boots of a police officer kneeling beside the men.
While some have said the marks could represent Canadian Safety Industry seals, it seems very coincidental when placed in context with the way the rioters were “subdued.”
To compound the evidence, police have stated that only 4 protestors in total have been arrested and charged, two of them being women. Veteran protest organizers have confirmed the identity of the four as genuine protesters.
So what happened to the rock wielding anarchists?
The few radical protestors at the summit have provided police with the pretext to use rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray on peaceful protestors.
Neither the RCMP nor the Surete du Quebec would comment on the video or even discuss generally whether they ever use the tactic of employing agents provocateurs, however it has been common practice at previous protests for authorities to employ police or special forces to intentionally infiltrate peaceful protests and cause violence.
In Seattle in 1999 at the World Trade Organization meeting, the authorities declared a state of emergency, imposed curfews and resorted to nothing short of police state tactics in response to a small minority of hostile black bloc hooligans. In his film Police State 2, Alex Jones covered the fact that the police allowed the black bloc to run riot in downtown Seattle while they concentrated on preventing the movement of peaceful protestors. The film presents evidence that the left-wing anarchist groups are actually controlled by the state and used to demonize peaceful protesters.
At WTO protests in Genoa 2001 a protestor was killed after being shot in the head and run over twice by a police vehicle. The Italian Carabinere also later beat on peaceful protestors as they slept, and even tortured some, at the Diaz School. It later emerged that the police fabricated evidence against the protesters, claiming they were anarchist rioters, to justify their actions. Some Carabiniere officials have since come forward to say they knew of infiltration of the black bloc anarchists, that fellow officers acted as agent provocateurs.
At the Free Trade Area of Americas protests in Miami in late November 2003, more provocateuring was evident. The United Steelworkers of America, calling for a congressional investigation, stated that the police intentionally caused violence and arrested and charged hundreds of peaceful protestors. The USWA suggested that billions of dollars supposedly slated for Iraq reconstruction funds are actually being used to subsidize ‘homeland repression’ in America.
Canadian Prime Minister Harper’s description of protestors at the SPP summit as “sad” along with President Bush’s latest comments that critics of the SPP are peddling conspiracy theories, in spite of the fact that heads of unions, law experts and House Representatives are deeply concerned over the program’s agenda, are indications of how much of a threat they see peaceful protesters and outspoken critics to be.
The globalist elite have demonstratively used provocateuring to demonize all demonstrators attempting to expose their criminality, the SPP summit is the latest in a long list of examples.
Boots give away undercover cops as real protesters expose criminality
by Steve Watson
Infowars.com
August 22, 2007
Peaceful protestors at the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello have captured sensational video of hired agent provocateurs attempting to incite rioting and turn the protest violent, only to encounter brave resistance from real protest leaders.
A video, posted on YouTube, shows three young men, their faces masked by bandannas, mingling Monday with protesters in front of a line of police in riot gear. At least one of the masked men is holding a rock in his hand, reports the Canadian Press.
The three are confronted by protest organizer Dave Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. Coles makes it clear the masked men are not welcome among his group of protesters, whom he describes as mainly grandparents. He urges them to leave and find their own protest location.
Notice how the “anarchists” begin to become uncomfortable when Coles and others accuse them of really being cops, while pulling at their face masks. They are seen to edge closer to the uniformed police and engage in some form of discussion. The police then let them pass through their line with very little resistance and “arrest” them in what is plainly a total charade.
Boots worn by protesters attempting to incite violence have been shown to be the same as worn by law enforcement officers.
More damning proof that the radicals were in fact cops was revealed with the release of photographs of the incident which show that the anarchists have exactly the same footwear on as the cops.
On the soles of their boots are yellow triangles, exactly the same as on the boots of a police officer kneeling beside the men.
While some have said the marks could represent Canadian Safety Industry seals, it seems very coincidental when placed in context with the way the rioters were “subdued.”
To compound the evidence, police have stated that only 4 protestors in total have been arrested and charged, two of them being women. Veteran protest organizers have confirmed the identity of the four as genuine protesters.
So what happened to the rock wielding anarchists?
The few radical protestors at the summit have provided police with the pretext to use rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray on peaceful protestors.
Neither the RCMP nor the Surete du Quebec would comment on the video or even discuss generally whether they ever use the tactic of employing agents provocateurs, however it has been common practice at previous protests for authorities to employ police or special forces to intentionally infiltrate peaceful protests and cause violence.
In Seattle in 1999 at the World Trade Organization meeting, the authorities declared a state of emergency, imposed curfews and resorted to nothing short of police state tactics in response to a small minority of hostile black bloc hooligans. In his film Police State 2, Alex Jones covered the fact that the police allowed the black bloc to run riot in downtown Seattle while they concentrated on preventing the movement of peaceful protestors. The film presents evidence that the left-wing anarchist groups are actually controlled by the state and used to demonize peaceful protesters.
At WTO protests in Genoa 2001 a protestor was killed after being shot in the head and run over twice by a police vehicle. The Italian Carabinere also later beat on peaceful protestors as they slept, and even tortured some, at the Diaz School. It later emerged that the police fabricated evidence against the protesters, claiming they were anarchist rioters, to justify their actions. Some Carabiniere officials have since come forward to say they knew of infiltration of the black bloc anarchists, that fellow officers acted as agent provocateurs.
At the Free Trade Area of Americas protests in Miami in late November 2003, more provocateuring was evident. The United Steelworkers of America, calling for a congressional investigation, stated that the police intentionally caused violence and arrested and charged hundreds of peaceful protestors. The USWA suggested that billions of dollars supposedly slated for Iraq reconstruction funds are actually being used to subsidize ‘homeland repression’ in America.
Canadian Prime Minister Harper’s description of protestors at the SPP summit as “sad” along with President Bush’s latest comments that critics of the SPP are peddling conspiracy theories, in spite of the fact that heads of unions, law experts and House Representatives are deeply concerned over the program’s agenda, are indications of how much of a threat they see peaceful protesters and outspoken critics to be.
The globalist elite have demonstratively used provocateuring to demonize all demonstrators attempting to expose their criminality, the SPP summit is the latest in a long list of examples.
Other articles about activist infiltration
October 7, 2011
This article by Webster Griffin Tarpley explains how the “Occupy Wall Street” protests are being co-opted by the Global Elite behind the scenes in order to shift the focus of the protests to supporting the Presidential candidacy of Barack Obama.
November 30, 2009
”Tea Party” movement co-founder Chad Peace has written an editorial harshly criticizing the takeover of the Tea Party movement by establishment political interests, explaining their strategic shifting of the movement’s focus to incoherent right wing partisan talking points in order to distract many of the individuals involved.
Activist Issues in Raising Awareness of Political Issues
Common blockages exist to the activist population’s effectiveness as well as the general public’s “word of mouth” activist activity, but such blockages can be circumvented and effectiveness can be greatly improved.
The influence of individual activist communication style on the effectiveness of ideas being communicated
The problem of “distraction activism” and the importance of activists shifting focus
One of the most common blockages of activist effectiveness occurs when activists focus on communicating only mainstream or relatively superficial issues, while ignoring or even unintentionally supporting the root causes of problems due to lack of awareness or fear of speaking about issues that are more disturbing and initially not as commonly spoken about. This could be compared to a paramedic arriving on the scene of an accident and administering bandages even though what really is needed is a tourniquet.
Distraction activism is particularly ineffective because when activists focus only on “safe” and mainstream issues, the public gets the impression that those issues represent the extent of the most extreme problems.
The media usually does its best to block issues from becoming “mainstream” if public knowledge of those issues could result in an actual threat to the true agendas of the corrupt global elite, and this fact serves as an indicator of the ineffectiveness of activists committing too much of their resources to communicating issues that the mainstream media already covers in depth.
One way activists can counter the effects of distraction activism while also enabling a continuation of communication about more mainstream causes is for those activists to first become more informed about the full extent of the issues, and then appropriately change the focus of their activism efforts to ensure that they are also addressing the more fundamental and less frequently discussed topics. For example, assuming that 80% of the total activist population currently speaks only about the more mainstream issues, if 50% of those activists became more informed about more fundamental and less discussed issues and started to devote half of their resources to those issues, it would result in an initial 20% jump of total activist activity for those neglected issues. The new activist activity would be dispersed throughout the entire activist population, which would encourage other activists to learn more about those issues as well. The total effect of the initial 20% jump would be significant, as the more fundamental issues are usually more important than the mainstream issues and more likely to move people to action and encourage newcomers to become activists at a much higher rate.
Many activists are aware of many of the more fundamental issues, yet fail to communicate about those topics out of reasons of fear of appearing to be “extremist.” Everyone has their own style of communication and in fact it is the ones who are currently the most concerned about appearing to be “extremist” that could potentially make the most effective difference when communicating about those issues. Every activist who “breaks the mold” of what a stereotype may be for an activist that speaks about a particular issue paves the way for more to get involved who identify with that activist’s mentality over any particular stereotype, thus helping to break down such stereotypes.
The importance of the general public’s “word of mouth” activist activity
The general public’s word of mouth activist activity is one of the most effective means of knowledge being propagated about any particular topic, and a threshold of public knowledge exists which must be reached before effective political change can take place. In order to reach this threshold, public interest must be jump-started by the activity of activists and the alternative media, and many blockages exist to reaching such a threshold in the populace.
Following is a list of some of the more common blockages to word of mouth activist activity and methods for countering such blockages:
Countering the indifference of individual citizens — Unfortunately many citizens tend to be indifferent about information of corruption in government and even the suffering of others because they are comfortable themselves and do not realize how they are personally affected by it. A way to counter such indifference is to make citizens aware of how they themselves are affected by such issues and how they may increasingly be effected in the future.
Countering the distraction of individual citizens created by an excess of available entertainment programming — It is easy for individuals to be distracted by the wealth of available entertainment options. It would be helpful for important information to be increasingly integrated into such entertainment programming, such as through communication by entertainers. Celebrity endorsements help to spread the word about important issues, however most mainstream celebrities are beholden to Establishment interests that are the cause of most of the problems in the first place— a good example being the organization MoveOn.org having the endorsement of many Hollywood celebrities while it is actually funded by corrupt members of the global elite such as George Soros.
The personal taste of individual citizens is a big factor in what they pay attention to — It can be helpful for information to be presented in as neutral of a manner as possible without additional unnecessary taste-specific layers that exclude portions of the potential audience; however another strategy could be presenting information in a way that is tailored to the taste of certain neglected demographics that previously have not been effectively communicated to.
Many people underestimate the extent of the difference that every individual person is capable of making
As an example of the relative differences in effectiveness between people only voting and their engaging in activist activity— in the voting population of the roughly 320 million citizens in the U.S., when a citizen casts a vote they will make 1/320 millionth of a difference when voting for a President (assuming that the voting machines are not tampered with.) By contrast, if the same citizen starts to engage in activist communication, they could make a much bigger difference that could be essentially unlimited in size depending on the effectiveness of the activist. For example, many activists are individually responsible for informing millions of people through the creation and distribution of documentary films. Even if a citizen does not plan to create documentary films, any sort of activist activity can do a lot of good by encouraging debate, informing others, and inspiring others to communicate such important information as well.
Common blockages exist to the activist population’s effectiveness as well as the general public’s “word of mouth” activist activity, but such blockages can be circumvented and effectiveness can be greatly improved.
Jump to parts of this section ..
The influence of individual activist communication style on the effectiveness of ideas being communicated
The problem of “distraction activism” and the importance of activists shifting focus
The importance of the general public’s “word of mouth” activist activity
Many people underestimate the extent of the difference that every individual person is capable of making
The problem of “distraction activism” and the importance of activists shifting focus
The importance of the general public’s “word of mouth” activist activity
Many people underestimate the extent of the difference that every individual person is capable of making
The influence of individual activist communication style on the effectiveness of ideas being communicated
updated February 18, 2020
This article is a study of potential types of politically motivated communication styles and the practical voting results arising due to such communication, by means of graphing theoretical voting results.
Communication style can be “communicative” to win the support of those being communicated with, or “solidifying” which entrenches people’s opinions on both sides of an issue. This article describes aspects of the two styles and conducts a theoretical study of the practical voting results of the styles being used against each other. It is shown by graphing theoretical voting results that effective “communicative” style will always trump the effects of “solidifying” style.
This article defines the terms used, offers graphical representations of the ideas being presented, and draws conclusions based on the results of study.
Communication style can be “communicative” to win the support of those being communicated with, or “solidifying” which entrenches people’s opinions on both sides of an issue. This article describes aspects of the two styles and conducts a theoretical study of the practical voting results of the styles being used against each other. It is shown by graphing theoretical voting results that effective “communicative” style will always trump the effects of “solidifying” style.
This article defines the terms used, offers graphical representations of the ideas being presented, and draws conclusions based on the results of study.
The problem of “distraction activism” and the importance of activists shifting focus
One of the most common blockages of activist effectiveness occurs when activists focus on communicating only mainstream or relatively superficial issues, while ignoring or even unintentionally supporting the root causes of problems due to lack of awareness or fear of speaking about issues that are more disturbing and initially not as commonly spoken about. This could be compared to a paramedic arriving on the scene of an accident and administering bandages even though what really is needed is a tourniquet.
Distraction activism is particularly ineffective because when activists focus only on “safe” and mainstream issues, the public gets the impression that those issues represent the extent of the most extreme problems.
The media usually does its best to block issues from becoming “mainstream” if public knowledge of those issues could result in an actual threat to the true agendas of the corrupt global elite, and this fact serves as an indicator of the ineffectiveness of activists committing too much of their resources to communicating issues that the mainstream media already covers in depth.
One way activists can counter the effects of distraction activism while also enabling a continuation of communication about more mainstream causes is for those activists to first become more informed about the full extent of the issues, and then appropriately change the focus of their activism efforts to ensure that they are also addressing the more fundamental and less frequently discussed topics. For example, assuming that 80% of the total activist population currently speaks only about the more mainstream issues, if 50% of those activists became more informed about more fundamental and less discussed issues and started to devote half of their resources to those issues, it would result in an initial 20% jump of total activist activity for those neglected issues. The new activist activity would be dispersed throughout the entire activist population, which would encourage other activists to learn more about those issues as well. The total effect of the initial 20% jump would be significant, as the more fundamental issues are usually more important than the mainstream issues and more likely to move people to action and encourage newcomers to become activists at a much higher rate.
Many activists are aware of many of the more fundamental issues, yet fail to communicate about those topics out of reasons of fear of appearing to be “extremist.” Everyone has their own style of communication and in fact it is the ones who are currently the most concerned about appearing to be “extremist” that could potentially make the most effective difference when communicating about those issues. Every activist who “breaks the mold” of what a stereotype may be for an activist that speaks about a particular issue paves the way for more to get involved who identify with that activist’s mentality over any particular stereotype, thus helping to break down such stereotypes.
The importance of the general public’s “word of mouth” activist activity
The general public’s word of mouth activist activity is one of the most effective means of knowledge being propagated about any particular topic, and a threshold of public knowledge exists which must be reached before effective political change can take place. In order to reach this threshold, public interest must be jump-started by the activity of activists and the alternative media, and many blockages exist to reaching such a threshold in the populace.
Following is a list of some of the more common blockages to word of mouth activist activity and methods for countering such blockages:
Countering the indifference of individual citizens — Unfortunately many citizens tend to be indifferent about information of corruption in government and even the suffering of others because they are comfortable themselves and do not realize how they are personally affected by it. A way to counter such indifference is to make citizens aware of how they themselves are affected by such issues and how they may increasingly be effected in the future.
Countering the distraction of individual citizens created by an excess of available entertainment programming — It is easy for individuals to be distracted by the wealth of available entertainment options. It would be helpful for important information to be increasingly integrated into such entertainment programming, such as through communication by entertainers. Celebrity endorsements help to spread the word about important issues, however most mainstream celebrities are beholden to Establishment interests that are the cause of most of the problems in the first place— a good example being the organization MoveOn.org having the endorsement of many Hollywood celebrities while it is actually funded by corrupt members of the global elite such as George Soros.
The personal taste of individual citizens is a big factor in what they pay attention to — It can be helpful for information to be presented in as neutral of a manner as possible without additional unnecessary taste-specific layers that exclude portions of the potential audience; however another strategy could be presenting information in a way that is tailored to the taste of certain neglected demographics that previously have not been effectively communicated to.
Many people underestimate the extent of the difference that every individual person is capable of making
As an example of the relative differences in effectiveness between people only voting and their engaging in activist activity— in the voting population of the roughly 320 million citizens in the U.S., when a citizen casts a vote they will make 1/320 millionth of a difference when voting for a President (assuming that the voting machines are not tampered with.) By contrast, if the same citizen starts to engage in activist communication, they could make a much bigger difference that could be essentially unlimited in size depending on the effectiveness of the activist. For example, many activists are individually responsible for informing millions of people through the creation and distribution of documentary films. Even if a citizen does not plan to create documentary films, any sort of activist activity can do a lot of good by encouraging debate, informing others, and inspiring others to communicate such important information as well.
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