The Teddy Roosevelt Model of Usurping Discontent...
…is working quite well 125 years later.
Wait, but I love………… Teddy! He was so cool, man of the people and all. Right?
So did I, until I got to know him.
If you read my upcoming book you’ll get to know him as well. I use him as the earliest model of usurping discontent in the 20th century. It’s effective, so effective they keep using the same playbook. (See diagram, one of twelve in the book).
First let me explain the terminology. When discontent is rising in the population, and the powers are having difficulty beating it down with the usual methods like scorn, mockery and censorship, sham legislative maneuvers and more; a decoy leader must be deployed to steal the thunder of the discontented tribe members and lead the revolt to safety. That is what I mean by usurping discontent.
I’m not going to explain all this now, but I want to make you aware of a interesting series of posts by David Hughes, outlining the case for embezzlement against Reiner Fuellmich, the trial lawyer who served on the German Corona Committee, which emerged as one option for organized response to encroachments of liberty experienced during the covid era—a major source of discontent.
Another front on the outpost of discontent was America’s Front Line Doctors, led by Dr. Simone Gold. Both Gold and Fuellmich received prison sentences and their organizations were thrown into turmoil after raising millions of dollars from a host of mom and pop supporters.
Initially, they both seemed like heroes, and they still might be.
My point in bring these up is not to get into the nitty gritty details of either case, but they fit the pattern of working to sabotage discontent. The both might have been shady characters or alternately decent people who got unknowingly set up. In the majority of cases, it will take years to sort through the organizational wreckage. Both damage the movement while the sheep are fleeced of their hard earned cash and left disillusioned, discouraged and confused. (Who CAN they trust!)
WARNING:
These are standard ploys. In fact, decoy leaders for the next big event are already online, talking the language of the alternative media crowd and winning adherents to a number of different causes. They sit primed and ready as social media influencers, podcasters and writers-for-hire.
They are people you currently trust and support— a sobering thought. After all, they look great on paper, they’re endorsed by others you respect and so on.
Remember, dear sheep they have millions, even billions at their disposal to confuse you. Be on your guard. Cultivate local leadership.
P. S. When looked at closely, Trump resembles a Teddy Roosevelt-type character, not in his persona but in what he does. You can make up your own mind after reading my upcoming book, Masters of Illusion: The Rise of Corporate Social Control.
The book is at the formatters and will be going live shortly, I promise.