Caitlin Johnstone comments on those who believe in the current MSM narratives:

[https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-believe-the-mainstream-narrative]

You Believe The Mainstream Narrative? Of Course You Do, You're Twelve

The ultimate expression of “everyone is twelve now” theory is in the mainstream worldview promoted by western pundits and politicians which holds that the world is full of evil villains doing evil things simply because they are evil, and that these Bad Guys are opposed by the virtuous Good Guys of the US-led world order.

You think Hamas killed Israelis because they’re a bunch of monsters who hate Jews? Of course you do, you’re twelve.

You think Trump is trying to get rid of Maduro because Maduro is an evil dictator who wants to poison Americans with fentanyl? Hell yeah homie, you’re twelve.

You think Putin invaded Ukraine because he hates freedom and democracy and wants to conquer the world? Bless your heart my twelve year-old buddy.

You think the US and Israel have been attacking and eliminating rivals in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Palestine in order to fight terrorism, stop tyranny, and protect the world from nuclear weapons? Yeah, that checks out, you’re twelve.

There's a reason 12 year olds are called 'tweens' - because they are between the innocence of childhood and the sleepwalking of adulthood.

I said the above on Twitter and I got a reply from a guy saying “Western countries like Denmark, Holland and the UK, US and Israel too are objectively nicer and happier places than the third world ones you mentioned. You can see by walking around, looking at people and things. So we’re doing something right that they’re doing wrong.”

It always fascinates me when people think this is some kind of checkmate argument. Yes obviously it’s nicer to be in the countries doing the bombing, sanctioning, extracting and stealing than the countries being bombed, sanctioned, exploited and robbed. It’s nicer to be a mugger than the person being mugged, too. It’s always more pleasant to be the hammer than the nail.

It’s such a self-evidently stupid argument, but you see it all the time. Whenever I talk about the abusiveness of the western empire I always get empire simps in my replies all “hoho, but have you considered that it is nicer to live here than to live there?” Of course it is, dickflop. It’s always going to be easier being the abuser than the abused.

The MSM. The grooming gangs that want to enslave the truth.

Sure everyone wants to go to these 'happier' places rather than be in the countries being bombed by them in order to effect the regime change chaos (i.e. shock and awe) that kills many of the unfortunate people living in these 'unhappy places' or ruins their lives, while the 'happy people' worry about whether to buy the next iphone or the price of lattes and watch movies about men taking revenge on people who threatened their families, something 'unhappy people' seldom get the chance to do.

But it's not just Ms Johnstone pointing this out, it's lots of writers who recently complained about the New York Times coverage of Israel, as reported by The Wire:

[https://thewire.in/media/new-york-times-opinion-gaza-genocide-300-writers-public-figures]

'Genocide Isn't a Matter of Opinion': Over 300 Public Figures Refuse to Write for NYT Over Gaza Role

'The paper has reprinted outright lies from Israeli officials, withheld or amended coverage at the behest of the Israeli consulate and pro-Israel lobby groups, and directed its reporters to avoid terms like “slaughter,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “occupied territory.”'

Oh dear. The US 'paper of record' is broken (see FNN's mission).