by Iain Davis, Unlimited Hangout:
Following the outbreak of civil unrest in the United Kingdom, the entire UK establishment blamed alleged “far-right influencers” for peddling online “disinformation,” which, it was said, “caused” riots. In response, the UK prime minister announced the government would take measures to “keep our streets safe.” When we look more closely, however, the far-right threat in the UK appears to have been manufactured by a public-private partnership that has attempted to legitimise the policy response. The reported “influencers” are not who we are told. Who is shaking the jar and why?
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Following the reported murders of Alice Dasilva Aguiar (aged 9), Elsie Dot Stancombe (aged 7), and Bebe King (aged 6) at a holiday club held in a community centre in Southport—in Merseyside in the UK—some limited disorder and social unrest broke out. Contrary to the reports provided by the UK legacy media, there are deep-rooted problems in communities across the UK that led to the disorder. Southport is one such community.
The anti-Muslim sentiments expressed by a minority of the protesters was repeatedly emphasised by the legacy media and the politicians. Yet, rather than make any attempt to resolve other genuine causes for concern, they completely ignored both the structural problems and the broader concerns of the protesters. Instead, they exploited the opportunity of civil unrest to exaggerate the claimed reach of so-called social media influencers and to falsely assert that those influencers’ posts on social media caused riots.
The disorder in Southport sparked more widespread discontent. Communities in other regions across the UK took to the streets to protest the impact of immigration in their communities. Adding to their resentment was a perception of biased policing and an unfair justice system—two-tier Britain—as well as an overall sense of inequality of opportunity in the political, economic, and social realms.
The civil unrest subsequent to the murders became a major story hyped by the entire UK legacy media. Any examination of the actual evidence relating to the murders was largely pushed aside. Instead, the state and its media minions focused their attention, laser-like, on what they were calling an “insurrection” and on its purported causes.
Almost immediately, they began blaming the widespread unrest on injudicious posts on social media—particularly on Elon Musk’s “X” (formerly Twitter) platform. Indeed, the state’s swift response was to try to censor social media, increase state surveillance, and quickly convict so-called “armchair rioters,” who were reportedly stoking resentment and provoking the “far-right riots” through the use of social media.
In his 1963 novel The Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut wrote about red ants and black ants in a jar. In his words:
They won’t fight unless you keep shaking the jar. And that’s what Frank was doing, shaking, shaking the jar.
In the social media age, Vonnegut’s description has been turned into a popular parable about “shaking the jar.” It shows up in many a meme, though it is often misattributed to British naturalist David Attenborough. It goes something like this—and I paraphrase:
If you collect 100 black ants and 100 red ants and put them in a glass jar, nothing will happen. But if you take the jar, shake it violently and leave it on the table, the ants will start killing each other. Red ants believe the black ants are the enemy, and black ants believe red ants are the enemy, when the real enemy is the person who shook the jar.
The ant parable has a parallel in the “far-right riots.” The jar-shakers appear to the state-aligned propagandists, not the “far right influencers” blamed.
There appears to be virtually no objective news coverage of the unrest, which gives us good reason for suspicion. Events have been manipulated, misreported and subsequently exploited to sell us the version of reality we are expected to believe. Yes, the jar is being shaken, but not by those we are told are responsible for shaking it.
The UN Member States’ Obsession
The way we communicate with one another and access information has changed since the advent of the internet and particularly since the rise of social media. Our online communication has created what the United Nations (UN) calls “the infosphere.” This infosphere has become so massive that governments around the world are desperate to control our access to the information it contains.
Our attention has switched away from traditional TV, radio and print news media to online news. The latter is most commonly accessed through social media. As measured by advertising investment, social media is now the largest channel for adspend by a considerable margin.
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