I’m still a New York Times “Book Review”
section reader, even though in this political climate of disagreements this is
a review of books often turned political—and I was fascinated by the Sunday,
September 23rd review of the book, A Chill in the Air by Iris Origo delineating her diary impressions
of wartime Italy as reviewed by Alexander Stille, especially the last paragraph
of his sense of what Ms. Origo is noting as a final conclusion about moving a
country not normally interested in war to a state of war.
Stille is the reviewer of a book that is essentially
a diary kept prior to the 2nd world war by someone who lived in
Italy, who has read the book, and I haven’t, writes, “Origo notes that as the
Fascist regime nudges Italy toward war, there is a careful psychological
preparation: Supposedly scientific articles on the negative effects of coffee
and meat appear weeks before the government will ration the sales of those
items…”
The above statement written in Ms. Origo’s diary
according to Stille pertains to “news” reported in the Italian newspapers.
I felt a chill of apprehension that relates to the
current “main stream media” reports about news that they want to report and no reports about news they don’t want to report.
And I also felt a chill when I read the last portion
of Stille’s commentary, …”Origo poses a question that seems deeply important in
this time of resurgent nationalism: ‘is it possible to move a country to war,
against it’s historical traditions, against the natural instincts and character
of the majority of its inhabitants, and very possible against its own interests?
Apparently it is possible.”
Let me make clear, the chill I felt has nothing to
do with Stille’s claim of “in this time
of resurgent nationalism.
The chill I feel is what Stille says Ms. Origo wrote
in her diary that pertains to “news” printed in Italian newspapers: “Origo
notes that as the Fascist regime nudges Italy toward war, there is a careful
psychological preparation” Supposedly scientific articles on the negative
effects of coffee and meat appear weeks before the government will ration those
items…”
I shiver and feel the terrible apprehension of how
in these times of “fake” news as POTUS 45 describes it, or as Ms. Origo
says according to reviewer Stille, “there is a careful psychological
preparation,” especially when articles in 2018 are written quoting “anonymous”
sources that turn out to be half true, not true & downright false, or
copious investigations about 45’s financial history, some 15,000 words
reprinted not 1 time but a 2nd time in The New York Times.
One more comment about “the grey lady’s” copious
financial documentary about 45’s father, long deceased who worked with IRS and
used IRS and NYC and NYState tax laws at that time, which all including the
former Mayor of NYC, M. J. Bloomberg still use in 2018 to evade the tax burden: Wouldn’t this 15,000 word article be a psychological
preparation for the Democrat control of congress and the “impeachment of POTUS
45?
Perhaps another “psychological” preparation for what’s
coming is Goggle sponsored heavily cable media advertised so-called impartial news
app “Smart News.”
What the behavioral psychologists have discovered
that “chants” and “instruction” repeated by persons listening” does have a
chilling effect to accomplish brain change.
I ask you, do you want your brain and thought
process changed to please someone in charge who knows better than you?
