The Right Mindset to Fight The Great Reset
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James Corbett offers the gold standard in independent, investigative journalism. For 17 years and counting, James has woken people up in the alternative media space, offering heavily sourced and highly insightful content on The Corbett Report.
James’ noteworthy output is legion, including Solutions Watch and New World Next Week. His groundbreaking coverage of 9/11, as well as the hijacked environmental movement with the documentary How and Why Big Oil Conquered the World, reveal a fierce commitment to courageous reporting.
A personal hero of mine, it was a great honor to sit down with James for a 4-part Q&A series. In Part I below, we discuss the attitude and mental outlook required to face what often seems like insurmountable challenges.
MA: What is the mindset one must have to comprehend, and ultimately, overcome the tyranny you’ve been exposing for more than a decade—namely the New World Order/Great Reset?
JC: It's a good question. Perhaps the best way to tackle it is by taking the opposite approach. We should ask: What are the mental pitfalls and traps people fall into that lead to hopelessness? I will give you an example. By now, there is a kind of cartoon comic book version of conspiracy theorizing. This is the “tin foil hat variety” so often mocked in mainstream media and culture.
When we think of the world this way, we enter a sort of fatalistic enterprise. Instead of dealing with our challenge in what might be an empowering manner, we succumb to despair, believing we are up against some invincible opponent.
The truth is reality is complex, filled with a variety of geopolitical actors and machinations. When we come to think of a monolithic conspiracy controlling every event, we lose our own agency. We start believing everything is part of some grand, meticulous plan and there’s nothing you or I can do to change it.
The truth is more nuanced.
Recognizing that power operates through competing factions with different ideologies and interests is crucial. While these groups may war with each other, a unified front only tends to emerge when the control system is threatened. This understanding helps demystify the concept of an all-encompassing conspiracy.
MA: Understood. Yet I sometimes feel overwhelmed by the level of evil and profound organizational power we are up against. What do you do when you feel depressed and/or demoralized?
JC: There's something in my psychological makeup that enables me to logically approach these threats. Knowing there’s always the possibility for resistance—so long as the human spirit exists—provides solace. Even so, it’s possible for me to become demoralized, too. In particular, I worry that our resistance could be weakened and even outright destroyed by technological advancements.
MA: How so?
JC: There could come a time when we literally cannot resist. My deeper concern is whether we're on the verge of changing the human spirit. Permanently.
MA: What do you mean?
JC: Technological advancements, like brain chips, could stop us from mentally pushing back. Chipped brains might not be capable of resistance.
There’s more. Genetic modification could also be used to stamp out undesirable thinking. Then there’s non-technological threats, developments we are seeing now. Changes to language are subtly altering and undermining how we make sense of reality. The introduction of recent, dubious language constructs, such as "malinformation", threaten to alter public discourse and cognitive functioning.
MA: If we visit Canadian Centre for Cyber Security—from James’ home country—we get the following Orwellian definitions of misinformation, disinformation and, of course, malinformation:
Misinformation refers to false information that is not intended to cause harm.
Disinformation refers to false information that is intended to manipulate, cause damage, or guide people, organizations, and countries in the wrong direction.
Malinformation refers to information that stems from the truth but is often exaggerated in a way that misleads and causes potential harm.
JC: Returning to your direct question, though, when confronted with overwhelming darkness and profound organizational power, it's natural to feel depression and demoralization. The key lies in finding a mental framework permitting acknowledgment of our challenges and the resilience to face them.
Personally, I'm heartened to know the human spirit has historically resisted oppression. As long as that spirit persists, there’s the possibility for hope. But not hope-ium.
MA: I believe you have a young son. How do you prepare him mentally to be resilient and even hopeful in the face of such darkness?
JC: There is no perfect answer to this, as every child is unique and responds differently. The core approach should involve drawing out a child's natural curiosity and encouraging them to question what they see and hear.
My children have recently discovered Monopoly and they’ve both become obsessed with trading properties to try to improve their position in the game. It’s been a remarkable opportunity for me to teach them about the value of trade, the types of tricks that people can use to make you think something is a good deal when it really isn’t, and how mutual, beneficial trade can result in a win-win proposition where everyone walks away happy. Games, cartoons, and other children’s entertainment can be a good chance to teach your children about the wider world in a way that will help them to get a head start on learning valuable lessons they will need to understand the world when they’re older.
Ultimately, parenting in the face of a potentially ominous future involves navigating a delicate balance. Recognizing there is no one-size-fits-all way to prepare them for challenges ahead, the ideal approach necessitates instilling a mindset centered on personal responsibility and a healthy skepticism of authority. We should be helping our children learn how to think—rather than what—to think.
MA: I would add that goes for grown-ups too!
Stay tuned For Part II with James Corbett