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Avoiding "Divide & Conquer" Schismogenesis in Conspiracy Research, Part 1 of 3
(Art by Michelle Horsley)
1: Cognitive Bridging
A Mosh-Pit of Meaning
As conspiracy theorists, we know that information about organized malevolence is closely controlled. Yet we also see a kind of free-for-all of “sensitive” information on the internet, and we daily partake of—and contribute to—that mosh-pit of meaning. (Nina Power called it “semiotic psychosis.”)
My trajectory, roughly since I turned 40 in 2007, has been a movement away from the conceptual realm of conspiracy theory, towards a felt, embodied sense of whatever is going on behind the scenes that we aren’t supposed to know about. My writing about these subjects—so-called “hell-mapping”—has been, in part at least, correspondingly deeper, more nuanced, and more intellectually demanding.
It’s my view that, if we are going to intellectually grasp subjects like mass mind control, global engineering, or organized ritual abuse—and more broadly, the fact that we are trapped inside a “Matrix”—we need to stretch our intellects to encompass a deeper kind of understanding.
The alternative is that, by dragging ideas that pertain to a reality construct beyond our current construct into the current construct, we end up creating a “2nd Matrix” out of those same elements that built the first one.
Einstein put it simply enough: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” I would take it further and say we cannot even understand problems, as long as we are using the same thinking that created them. Actually, the problem is the way we are thinking (especially about problems!).
In the 2nd Matrix, organized ritual abuse, MK culture, prescriptive programming, “revelation of the method,” global engineering, and mass mind control have been turned into simple narratives that just about anyone can understand (even if not just anyone can believe them).1
A simple model would be this: the 1st Matrix consists of overt disinformation, while the 2nd Matrix is built with seemingly true revelations that serve to further disempower, mislead, and confuse us, due to their particular “spin.”
This is far too simple a model, but it is at least a place to start.
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bridge
Like programmers of a living Wikipedia, all conspiracy researchers can—and invariably will—unwittingly assist in building the 2nd Matrix. Just as everything we input online goes into building “AI,” this kind of unwitting “narrative-mimesis” is happening all the time.
It is natural and human to want to make things easy to understand so we can better communicate with more people, and not feel so alone. It is not just crass commercialism that leads to “dumbing down.”
I am not immune to loneliness, and I certainly try to make what I write as accessible to average intellects as possible. But not, I hope, at the cost of accuracy or fidelity to the subject matter.
Because I am aware that what I write may end up adding structure, validity, and stability to 2nd Matrix architecture, I also try to work in such a way that the materials I provide cannot be so easily incorporated. One indication that I am successful in this regard, ironically, is a lack of “virality.”2
This has to do with the different standards and values of 1st vs 2nd Matrix. The 1st Matrix (the official, mainstream reality construct) is designed to hide the truth of these things. The 2nd Matrix (alternate, marginal reality construct) is designed to over-simplify, streamline, and propagate the truth of these things, in a way that lacks basic credibility within a 1st Matrix framework.
Thus, never the twain shall meet.