Drowning In The Surveillance State: Boiling In Hot Water (July 20, 2026)
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K “In his graduation speech ‘This Is Water’, David Foster Wallace noted that we are often not aware of what surrounds us. We are also not aware of the forces surrounding us that are drowning, consuming, and suffocating us. This rising tide called the Surveillance State is devouring us little by little and step by step and day by day. We may not realize it.”
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J “The human organism is breathtakingly resilient and adaptable. The problem may be that our resilience and adaptability may be killing us. We are learning to tolerate and accept and live with what is killing us. That which does not kill us may make us weaker.”
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K “The Palantir manifesto / screed is the updated high-tech version of the Powell Memorandum. Powell charted the path for the Oligarchs/Kleptocrats to own everything. Palantir outlined the course for the Oligarchs/Kleptocrats to control everyone.”
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J “With the ubiquity and ready acceptance of credit and debit cards, the transition to CBDCs will be seamless and uneventful. Some may see it as inevitable and long overdue.”
K “And probably foisted on us on a lazy Friday or over an idle weekend. The issue with CBDCs is not whether they are in line to go online, but which Big Player among the competing Big Players will control them.”
J “And control us.”
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J “The frog slowly boils in the water. We are slowly being boiled.”
K “We are not aware we are in water. Boiling water.”
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[See the thoughtful and thought-provoking essay “The Great Normalization (Nobody Declared Martial Law—Yet America Began Looking Like It Anyway)” by Madge Waggy at madgewaggy.blogspot.com dated July 16, 2026.]
[See the e-commentary at CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currencies): The End Of Freedom, Privacy, Dignity, Sovereignty And Humanity. And What Happens When AI (Artificial Intelligence) Takes Over Control Of CBDCs? (April 17, 2023), Monitoring The Masses: The Card And The Chip (January 12, 2015), Holographic Treasury Rates? The 500 Trillion Asset Steal? And Then The Great Taking? Oh, And Happy IRS Day! (April 14, 2025), Golden Anniversaries Abound: The [Lewis] Powell Memorandum And Attack On America (August 30, 2021) and Second Annual Noble Prize In Jurisprudence (October 16, 2017) (recognizing the work of John W. Whitehead in protecting and advancing civil rights and civil liberties).]
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