Guest Post by Paul Craig Roberts
Dr. Robert Epstein, a Hillary Clinton supporter who happens also to be an honest expert, told Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday that Google and social media can manipulate votes by using tools that they have at their disposal exclusively. In the absence of regulation, no one can counteract Google and social media or even know that they have reversed an election outcome.
Epstein warned Senator Cruz of big tech election meddling during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on “Google and Censorship through Search Engines” on Tuesday.
Dr. Epstein said that Google and social media were confident of Hillary’s win in the last election and did not use their power to throw the election her way. It will be different in 2020, Dr. Epstein predicted.
Election meddling is home based, not in distant Russia.
Clearly, among its many victims, the Digital Revolution has murdered democratic voting.
The digital revolution has turned people into ciphets. The American people have zero say in everything.
I wonder if the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, and Europeans know that Americans have less voice than Russians had under Stalin. If these countries are relying on democracy to restrain the US government, they are deluded.
It is my sincere desire to provide readers of this site with the best unbiased information available, and a forum where it can be discussed openly, as our Founders intended. But it is not easy nor inexpensive to do so, especially when those who wish to prevent us from making the truth known, attack us without mercy on all fronts on a daily basis. So each time you visit the site, I would ask that you consider the value that you receive and have received from The Burning Platform and the community of which you are a vital part. I can't do it all alone, and I need your help and support to keep it alive. Please consider contributing an amount commensurate to the value that you receive from this site and community, or even by becoming a sustaining supporter through periodic contributions. [Burning Platform LLC - PO Box 1520 Kulpsville, PA 19443] or Paypal
-----------------------------------------------------
To donate via Stripe, click here.
-----------------------------------------------------
Use promo code ILMF2, and save up to 66% on all MyPillow purchases. (The Burning Platform benefits when you use this promo code.)
Since the political parties have already limited the choice of who can be voted for, does it really matter if there’s another selection mechanism in the process?
When the parties SELECT their candidate, 300+ million people are discriminated against for the job on offer. Is this really democracy?
Be honest, the system is as corrupt as can be precisely because political parties exist. To the best of my knowledge, the Constitution makes no mention of this middle man being authorized to do their dirty deed.
Just look at Bernie’s web site and hope he is never in charge of anything. Google, reminds me of that James Bond movie with the evil media mogul.
“Dr. Robert Epstein, a Hillary Clinton supporter who happens also to be an honest expert…”
Next you’ll be telling me that unicorns exist.
Rhinocerus=unicorn
Just an old fat one
So is Gargle and FarceBook running the election machines?
Are all the people running precinct registration and voting employees of the evil media empires?
I call BS.
People have always been told what to think, whether by Hearst, who dragged the country into the Spanish-American War; Walter Cronkite, who (among others) boosted the Viet Nam slaughter and made sure Johnson got elected instead of Goldwater; or Faux News, WP, NYT, et al, who were cheerleading GWB’s butchery of a million Iraqis.
So it’s true that a lot of people do get their propaganda from “social media”, but now the digital “alternative media” has a much bigger voice than before when smudged mimeo newsletters among a few hundred intellectuals were the only anti-establishment voice.
I personally think the genie’s out of the bottle and the days of the elites controlling all dialog are over.
this is a bit off topic but it fits here–
the am. conservative union has formally/publicly Disinvited mitt romney from appearing at this year’s cpac–
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/01/american-conservative-union-formally-disinvites-mitt-romney-cpac/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=todays_hottest_stories&utm_campaign=20200201