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'''Managed Reality™''' is a sociopolitical concept conceived by Eric Weinstein that describes a coordinated regime of information control, in which conformity to institutional narratives is enforced through both overt and subtle mechanisms. It leads to catastrophic dysfunction in science, journalism, policy, and public discourse by penalizing dissent, simulating consensus, and instructing experts and laypeople alike to "act as if" conflicting evidence does not exist. '''Managed Reality™''' contrasts with a free, decentralized information ecosystem by implying that reality itself is being managed, rather than discovered or openly debated. According to Weinstein, it is the defining epistemic crisis of the current institutional era.
'''Managed Reality™''' is a sociopolitical concept conceived by Eric Weinstein that describes a coordinated regime of information control, in which conformity to [[Gated Institutional Narrative (GIN)|gated institutional narratives]] is enforced through both overt and subtle mechanisms. It leads to catastrophic dysfunction in science, journalism, policy, and public discourse by penalizing dissent, simulating consensus, and instructing experts and laypeople alike to "act as if" conflicting evidence does not exist. '''Managed Reality™''' contrasts with a free, decentralized information ecosystem by implying that reality itself is being managed, rather than discovered or openly debated. According to Weinstein, it is the defining epistemic crisis of the current institutional era.


== Definition ==
== Definition ==


'''Managed Reality™''' describes a form of institutionalized narrative control, wherein powerful institutions and the [[Extractive Elite|kleptocratic elites]] within them seek to actively shape, curate, manipulate, constrain, protect, and enforce an official, consensus version of events, knowledge, scientific claims, political legitimacy, social norms, and their interpretation across media, academia, government, and technology platforms, often leading to the suppression, alteration, or "[[Prebunked Malinformation|prebunking]]" of information to maintain a specific societal or political status quo. This [[Cobalt and Baby Blue-on-Blue|enforcement]] often involves suppressing dissent, obscuring contradictory evidence, delegitimizing heterodox perspectives, [[Image Cheapening]], [[Decredential|Decredentialling]], and [[Digital Wetwork]], even when those perspectives are held by experts or supported by empirical claims. The term is pejorative, and is intended to criticize the coordinated suppression of heterodox viewpoints, particularly those that challenge institutional authority or dominant narratives.
'''Managed Reality™''' describes a form of institutionalized narrative control, wherein powerful institutions and the [[Extractive Elite|kleptocratic elites]] within them seek to actively shape, curate, manipulate, constrain, protect, and enforce an official, consensus version of events, knowledge, scientific claims, political legitimacy, social norms, and their interpretation across media, academia, government, and technology platforms (a form of [[Universal Institutional Betrayal]]), often leading to the suppression, alteration, or "[[Prebunked Malinformation|prebunking]]" of information to maintain a specific societal or political status quo. This [[Cobalt and Baby Blue-on-Blue|enforcement]] often involves suppressing dissent, obscuring contradictory evidence, [[Straw-checking]], delegitimizing heterodox perspectives, [[Strategic Silence]], [[Fact Burning]], [[Image Cheapening]], [[Institutional Gaslighting]], [[Decredential|Decredentialling]], and [[Digital Wetwork]], even when those perspectives are held by experts or supported by empirical claims. The term is pejorative, and is intended to criticize the coordinated suppression of heterodox viewpoints, particularly those that challenge institutional authority or dominant narratives.


== Origin ==
== Origin ==
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One of the first times Eric Weinstein discussed '''Managed Reality™''' with a broad audience was in a [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1360254928929738756 thread on Twitter (now X)] on February 12, 2021. '''Managed Reality™''' has since served as a unifying label for Weinstein’s critiques of narrative management across multiple domains including public health, economics, science policy, and journalism.
One of the first times Eric Weinstein discussed '''Managed Reality™''' with a broad audience was in a [https://x.com/ericrweinstein/status/1360254928929738756 thread on Twitter (now X)] on February 12, 2021. '''Managed Reality™''' has since served as a unifying label for Weinstein’s critiques of narrative management across multiple domains including public health, economics, science policy, and journalism.


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However it is being fueled by those who claim to fight it.
However it is being fueled by those who claim to fight it.
 
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The entire war over fact checking is a war of 2 low resolution teams.
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|content=Hi @EricRWeinstein. Can you please explain to the public why you would be preemptive like this in a way that seems to contradict your value system?  🙏
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One team wants absolute freedom to spread wild eyed theories that just about everything is a psyop or a false flag.
One team wants absolute freedom to spread wild eyed theories that just about everything is a psyop or a false flag.


The other team wants to impose institutional consensus reality on everyone via media & tech.
The other team wants to impose institutional consensus reality on everyone via media & tech.
 
|timestamp=Feb 12, 2021
Unfortunately, I can’t live under either. So each of the warring parties thinks I’m against them & for the other team. In their mentalities if you aren’t on their simplistic team you are, de facto, working for the other side. There’s no basic concept of *responsible* heterodoxy.
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No the Freemasons do not run everything on behalf of pedophile reptilians who faked Sandy Hook with crisis actors.
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|content=Unfortunately, I can’t live under either. So each of the warring parties thinks I’m against them & for the other team. In their mentalities if you aren’t on their simplistic team you are, de facto, working for the other side. There’s no basic concept of *responsible* heterodoxy.
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|content=No the Freemasons do not run everything on behalf of pedophile reptilians who faked Sandy Hook with crisis actors.


Yes there are/were conspiracies behind Epstein, H1B, @MSNBC, PPE, climate science, the “Great Moderation”, Great Reset...everywhere institutions want a “consensus”.
Yes there are/were conspiracies behind Epstein, H1B, @MSNBC, PPE, climate science, the “Great Moderation”, Great Reset...everywhere institutions want a “consensus”.
 
|timestamp=Feb 12, 2021
Having spent a good portion of my 20s at Harvard, I know *exactly* how this game works. Our betters sit down and try to figure out how to control others behind closed doors. They see themselves as the intrinsically enlightened people who need to do the thinking for all of us.
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When they wanted to cut our Social Security payments & raise our taxes they opted to try to change the CPI rather than pass legislation. When they wanted to pay less for scientists they knew to keep *silent* about NSF Labor Shortage claims even though such shortages don’t exist.
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These are the folks who tell you “masks don’t work” rather than “save masks for doctors as we forgot to restock them and moved all manufacturing to China like morons”. They will then spin on a dime to tell you “Only bad dumb people don’t wear masks”. This is the worst of Harvard.
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|content=Having spent a good portion of my 20s at Harvard, I know *exactly* how this game works. Our betters sit down and try to figure out how to control others behind closed doors. They see themselves as the intrinsically enlightened people who need to do the thinking for all of us.
So I don’t want Alex Jones and Qanon nor do I want @TwitterSafety, @msnbc and @Harvard. I see them as very different forms of the same thing: people who want to take away our ability to see clearly.
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|content=When they wanted to cut our Social Security payments & raise our taxes they opted to try to change the CPI rather than pass legislation. When they wanted to pay less for scientists they knew to keep *silent* about NSF Labor Shortage claims even though such shortages don’t exist.
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|content=These are the folks who tell you “masks don’t work” rather than “save masks for doctors as we forgot to restock them and moved all manufacturing to China like morons”. They will then spin on a dime to tell you “Only bad dumb people don’t wear masks”. This is the worst of Harvard.
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|content=So I don’t want Alex Jones and Qanon nor do I want @TwitterSafety, @msnbc and @Harvard. I see them as very different forms of the same thing: people who want to take away our ability to see clearly.


And, I assure you, @Harvard tries to paint anyone it can’t control as dangerous.
And, I assure you, @Harvard tries to paint anyone it can’t control as dangerous.
 
|timestamp=Feb 12, 2021
So, my belief is that anyone who rejects/questions Davos, Consensus Reality, Institutional Narrative, Public Health Campaigns, High Immigration, Peer Review, Primary Election Coverage, Trust & Safety...will be treated as Alex Jones sooner or Later.  
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|content=So, my belief is that anyone who rejects/questions Davos, Consensus Reality, Institutional Narrative, Public Health Campaigns, High Immigration, Peer Review, Primary Election Coverage, Trust & Safety...will be treated as Alex Jones sooner or Later.  


'''This is Managed Reality ™.'''
'''This is Managed Reality ™.'''
 
|timestamp=Feb 12, 2021
I cannot live in Managed Reality ™ because I think it defeats the purpose of being a human being. It negates being an American. It abdicates responsibility for our children.
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|content=I cannot live in Managed Reality ™ because I think it defeats the purpose of being a human being. It negates being an American. It abdicates responsibility for our children.


I have defeated Harvard about half the times we have fought. How? Because they just aren’t that good.
I have defeated Harvard about half the times we have fought. How? Because they just aren’t that good.
 
|timestamp=Feb 12, 2021
Managed Reality ™ has a weak spot. It’s not run by our A-team anymore. Fauci isn’t Francis Crick. Biden isn’t Elon. Janet Yellen isn’t Satoshi.
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|content=Managed Reality ™ has a weak spot. It’s not run by our A-team anymore. Fauci isn’t Francis Crick. Biden isn’t Elon. Janet Yellen isn’t Satoshi.


In general, the A-Team is going independent because tech/media/Ed are enforcing way too much conformity through personal destruction.
In general, the A-Team is going independent because tech/media/Ed are enforcing way too much conformity through personal destruction.
 
|timestamp=Feb 12, 2021
So why am I worried?
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Well, I’ve been trying to save the institutions. It’s probably doomed, but almost no one is trying to do what I do: rescue the institutions from their death spiral by reinserting their critics in positions of prominence (eg Chomsky at MIT).  
Well, I’ve been trying to save the institutions. It’s probably doomed, but almost no one is trying to do what I do: rescue the institutions from their death spiral by reinserting their critics in positions of prominence (eg Chomsky at MIT).  


Hence my fear.
Hence my fear.
 
|timestamp=Feb 12, 2021
If I were a tech guy I’d retreat into wealth. If I were a professor I’d shut up and collect my salary with job security. If I was a politician or journalist I’d follow the other sheep.  
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|content=If I were a tech guy I’d retreat into wealth. If I were a professor I’d shut up and collect my salary with job security. If I was a politician or journalist I’d follow the other sheep.  


But I’m a science guy, an American and a dad. And I want my kids to have a particular future.
But I’m a science guy, an American and a dad. And I want my kids to have a particular future.
 
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Thanks.
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=== Epistemic Gating and Role Inversion ===
=== Epistemic Gating and Role Inversion ===
Under Managed Reality, traditional epistemic roles are inverted:


* Experts who raise inconvenient questions are delegitimized 
Under Managed Reality, traditional epistemic roles—those of scientists, analysts, and informed citizens—are inverted or neutralized. Instead of institutions acting as mechanisms to surface and evaluate truth claims, they function as narrative regulators, actively suppressing those with the training or knowledge to identify contradictions or false information.
* Institutions substitute public messaging for falsifiable scientific discourse 
 
* Narrative loyalty becomes a higher value than analytical accuracy 
Weinstein illustrates this inversion through a vivid metaphor: a '''tanker truck has overturned on a freeway''', scattering debris, bodies, and visible signs of catastrophe. The scene includes a tanker labeled “Flammable, Hazard,” fire on the ground, and grievous injuries. Despite these undeniable indicators of a crisis, an authority figure (e.g., a policeman or Special Forces operator) instructs bystanders: ''“Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.”''
 
This command represents more than a tactical redirection. It is an '''instruction to pretend'''. The public is not simply being misinformed—they are being coerced into enacting a false consensus by denying the evidence of their senses and silencing legitimate concern. In such an emergency scenario, bystanders can get in the way of rescue or relief efforts and thus are generally instructed to leave. Crucially, Weinstein extends the metaphor beyond ordinary bystanders. In his elaboration:


Weinstein uses a metaphor of a burning tanker on a freeway: despite visible destruction, the public is instructed by authorities to "move along, nothing to see here." This illustrates the central mechanism of Managed Reality: suppress scrutiny through authoritative performance, even when expertise calls for urgent attention.
* The '''Hazmat team'''—those with specialized knowledge—are also told to "move along," even when they recognize an imminent explosion
* A '''mother''' who sees her injured child among the casualties is instructed to ignore what she sees
* Those who raise technical or moral objections are treated as if they are obstructing the narrative or endangering stability
 
This layered silencing reveals the deeper logic of Managed Reality:
 
* It is not just about controlling messaging; it is about delegitimizing '''epistemic competence''' itself 
* It forces experts to perform ignorance, and morally invested individuals to suppress concern 
* It replaces adjudication with authoritative performance—what matters is not what is true, but what must be acted as if true
 
In this schema, credentialed experts, concerned citizens, and independent thinkers are not refuted; they are '''instructed to self-nullify'''. When they refuse, they are reputationally destroyed, often labeled as extremists, cranks, or "conspiracy theorists".
 
The metaphor thus captures the core dynamic of Managed Reality: the imposition of enforced pretending across all levels of society, particularly targeting those most capable of identifying the mismatch between narrative and fact.


== Key Domains of Application ==
== Key Domains of Application ==
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* On one side, official narratives presented with enforced authority but lacking credibility among independent thinkers
* On one side, official narratives presented with enforced authority but lacking credibility among independent thinkers
* On the other side, increasingly simplistic but baroque theories, which flourish because institutions refuse to transparently engage with more plausible, responsible heterodox alternatives
* On the other side, increasingly simplistic but baroque theories, which flourish because institutions refuse to transparently engage with more plausible, responsible heterodox alternatives


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|content=To those of you who have the same answer for everything:
|content=To those of you who have the same answer for everything:


A) "Ha. It's just about money Eric."
A) "Ha. It's just about money Eric."</br>
 
B) "Dude. It's the deep state. I thought you were smart."</br>
B) "Dude. It's the deep state. I thought you were smart."
C) "It's the Jews. Duh."</br>
 
D) "Bruh. Trump and Elon got this. Settle down."</br>
C) "It's the Jews. Duh."
E) "Ever heard of the Freemasons? Nuh? Bye."</br>
 
F) "Bitcoin fixes this. Been solved since 2009."</br>
D) "Bruh. Trump and Elon got this. Settle down."
G) "Capitalism talks. Bullshit walks."</br>
 
H) "Uh, because Trump is a Nazi Fascist. Hello!"</br>
E) "Ever heard of the Freemasons? Nuh? Bye."
I) "It's always been this way. You waking up now??"</br>
 
J) "It's all about the Gold Standard & Bretton Woods"</br>
F) "Bitcoin fixes this. Been solved since 2009."
K) "Clutch your pearls. The AI will sort it out."</br>
 
L) "China is playing Chess while we play Checkers."</br>
G) "Capitalism talks. Bullshit walks."
M) "Aliens have been behind everything since Roswell."</br>
 
N) "Qatar has been planning this forever...or Putin."</br>
H) "Uh, because Trump is a Nazi Fascist. Hello!"
O) "Cough cough. Project 2025 anyone?"</br>
 
P) "You act like you've never heard of Klaus Schwab!"</br>
I) "It's always been this way. You waking up now??"
Q) "Check out the Knights of Malta/Opus Dei, smh"</br>
 
R) "Majestic 12 is our government. Not the president."</br>
J) "It's all about the Gold Standard & Bretton Woods"
S) "The entire world is run by Pedophiles my guy."</br>
 
T) "Bill Gates is the Eugenicist sterilizing the world."</br>
K) "Clutch your pearls. The AI will sort it out."
U) "This is all due to Fluoride in the water."</br>
 
V) "The great replacment is Soros' war on white people."</br>
L) "China is playing Chess while we play Checkers."
W) "The Royals in Europe are related & planned this."</br>
 
X) "Monsanto and ADM literally aim to murder earth."</br>
M) "Aliens have been behind everything since Roswell."
Y) "Pfizer & big Pharma decide what we can even think."</br>
 
N) "Qatar has been planning this forever...or Putin."
 
O) "Cough cough. Project 2025 anyone?"
 
P) "You act like you've never heard of Klaus Schwab!"
 
Q) "Check out the Knights of Malta/Opus Dei, smh"
 
R) "Majestic 12 is our government. Not the president."
 
S) "The entire world is run by Pedophiles my guy."
 
T) "Bill Gates is the Eugenicist sterilizing the world."
 
U) "This is all due to Fluoride in the water."
 
V) "The great replacment is Soros' war on white people."
 
W) "The Royals in Europe are related & planned this."
 
X) "Monsanto and ADM literally aim to murder earth."
 
Y) "Pfizer & big Pharma decide what we can even think."
 
Z) "The Electric Universe & Panpsychism homie, FTW!"
Z) "The Electric Universe & Panpsychism homie, FTW!"


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Weinstein frames this as a failure of epistemic responsibility by institutions:
Weinstein frames this as a failure of epistemic responsibility by institutions:
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* The inability—or refusal—of institutions to adjudicate controversial topics invites what Weinstein calls a ''"low-resolution counterforce"'': unsophisticated but emotionally compelling narratives that reject Managed Reality entirely
* The inability—or refusal—of institutions to adjudicate controversial topics invites what Weinstein calls a ''"low-resolution counterforce"'': unsophisticated but emotionally compelling narratives that reject Managed Reality entirely


In this framework, conspiracy theorizing is not seen as a primary pathology but as a **rebound effect**—a reaction to the institutional breakdown of truth-seeking. Thus, while Weinstein is critical of wild conspiracy theories (e.g., QAnon, false flag narratives), he argues that they are **symptoms**, not causes, of epistemic decay.
In this framework, conspiracy theorizing is not seen as a primary pathology but as a '''rebound effect'''—a reaction to the institutional breakdown of truth-seeking. Thus, while Weinstein is critical of wild conspiracy theories (e.g., QAnon, false flag narratives), he argues that they are '''symptoms''', not causes, of epistemic decay.


This creates a closed loop of dysfunction:
This creates a closed loop of dysfunction:
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The resulting culture, he argues, is one of intellectual stagnation and public distrust, in which reality is increasingly curated for narrative stability rather than epistemic clarity.
The resulting culture, he argues, is one of intellectual stagnation and public distrust, in which reality is increasingly curated for narrative stability rather than epistemic clarity.


As a scientist and a father, Eric emphasizes the importance of fighting against Managed Reality™ to preserve genuine human experience and integrity. He expresses his commitment to deeply and painfully reforming institutions from within by reintroducing critical voices and independent thought.
As a scientist and a father, Eric emphasizes the importance of fighting against '''Managed Reality™''' to preserve genuine human experience and integrity. He expresses his commitment to deeply and painfully reforming institutions from within by reintroducing critical voices and independent thought.


== On Youtube ==
== On Youtube ==
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== More On X ==
== More On X ==


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|content=So to sum it up, I don’t want institutions run by midwits w/ credentials that want to micromanage our reality. '''But “Burn it all the F Down!” Only works if it’s restricted to managed reality.'''
I’m low trust for current leaders/ experts. But open to the hard work of rebuilt trust..
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|nameurl=https://x.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1454256139810394118
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|name=Eric Weinstein
|content='''High Trust and Dependence''' Vs '''Low Trust and Independence'''
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|content='''High Trust and Dependence'''
 
Vs
'''Low Trust and Independence'''


with respect to institutional leadership, is the best replacement for our old “Left vs Right” political spectrum that I have found.  
with respect to institutional leadership, is the best replacement for our old “Left vs Right” political spectrum that I have found.  


Try it for yourself. I found it to be surprisingly efficient.
Try it for yourself. I found it to be surprisingly efficient.
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|content=In particular, it explains my own politics. I am short the leadership and current experts within our institutions but “against burning them all the F down”. Thus the traditional Right &amp; I agree on part of our current crisis, but this identifies why I’m not a natural conservative.
|timestamp=1:17 AM ¡ Oct 30, 2021
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|content=I don’t trust @twitter leadership which throttles my account. I don’t trust universities Coked up on DEI zealotry which wants me to give loyalty oaths. I don’t trust Fauci who lies to us. I don’t trust that @EcoHealthNYC hasn’t been taken over by our military. Etc.
|timestamp=1:24 AM ¡ Oct 30, 2021
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|content=But I also know our history. And it wasn’t always like this. Not everyone who has a glass of Chardonnay ends up two weeks later sleeping in the gutter. And I am not having it that all liberalism automatically tends to illiberalism.
So I’m long institutions, short their new evil.
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|content=In particular I don’t trust News Services, Universities, Political Parties, Government agencies, that won’t celebrate and hire top heterodox iconoclasts. If you won’t protect Noam Chomsky or Serge Lang in their fields despite their politics, what even are you as a university?
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|content='''Managed Reality.'''
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|content=Important!
CNN is blocking all alternative media sources such as Breaking points, Timcast, etc. from streaming the presidential debates on YouTube but allowing all Mainstream Media outlets to stream it:
“They have given permission to every major news organization in the US. C-SPAN, ABC News, Fox News, even Fox News have permission.”
“They are effectively stifling all of independent media by banning our ability to stream the debate on YouTube.”
“It's an attack basically on their nascent competitors. It is an attack on independent media. There's no other way to read it because like you said, this is part of the fallout from them going away from the presidential debate commission now that it's like this just private agreement between the parties, they decided they could do whatever they want and what they wanted was to allow their direct competitors in cable news to be able to stream the debate but not us and not any other YouTube creators.”
Presidential debates should be streamed everywhere and by everyone. It should be illegal to make the presidential debates some sort of exclusive debate. This is clearly a direct attack on all independent media and just goes to show that there is not only a Uniparty in DC but a Uniparty in Mainstream Media as well.
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|content='''Managed Reality.'''
The DISC, that I have discussed previously, in full view.
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|content=scoop: The White House Correspondents' Association says it's "deeply concerned" that CNN "has rejected our repeated requests to include the White House travel pool inside the studio." The full statement:
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|timestamp=6:29 PM ¡ Jun 27, 2024
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In particular, it explains my own politics. I am short the leadership and current experts within our institutions but “against burning them all the F down”. Thus the traditional Right & I agree on part of our current crisis, but this identifies why I’m not a natural conservative.


I don’t trust @twitter leadership which throttles my account. I don’t trust universities Coked up on DEI zealotry which wants me to give loyalty oaths. I don’t trust Fauci who lies to us. I don’t trust that @EcoHealthNYC hasn’t been taken over by our military. Etc.
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|content='''Managed Reality.'''
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|content=Absurd. This is all the news that is fit to print?
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But I also know our history. And it wasn’t always like this. Not everyone who has a glass of Chardonnay ends up two weeks later sleeping in the gutter. And I am not having it that all liberalism automatically tends to illiberalism.


So I’m long institutions, short their new evil.
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|content='''Managed Reality'''</br>
[[Kayfabe]]</br>
[[Gated Institutional Narrative (GIN)]]</br>
[[The Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (The DISC)|Distributed Idea Suppression Complex]]</br>
GEC</br>
[[Section A of the Reserve Index]]</br>
CISA</br>
Narrative Driven Journalism</br>
Democracy Defense Coalition</br>
[[JournoList|Journolist]]
 
Etc
 
It is not only coordinated. It is an everyday way of life for them.
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|content=They all turned on Biden in unison immediately. Very odd …
|timestamp=10:00 PM ¡ Jun 30, 2024
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|timestamp=3:19 PM ¡ Jul 1, 2024
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|content='''Managed Reality.'''


In particular I don’t trust News Services, Universities, Political Parties, Government agencies, that won’t celebrate and hire top heterodox iconoclasts. If you won’t protect Noam Chomsky or Serge Lang in their fields despite their politics, what even are you as a university?
Via the D.I.S.C.
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|content=The European Commission offered 𝕏 an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us.  


So to sum it up, I don’t want institutions run by midwits w/ credentials that want to micromanage our reality. But “Burn it all the F Down!” Only works if it’s restricted to '''managed reality'''.
The other platforms accepted that deal.  


I’m low trust for current leaders/ experts. But open to the hard work of rebuilt trust...
𝕏 did not.
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|content='''Managed Reality: one in a series.'''
 
"This is extremely dangerous to our democracy."
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|name=Bill D'Agostino
|usernameurl=https://x.com/Banned_Bill
|username=Banned_Bill
|content=Those leaked DNC talking points may as well have been an instruction manual for the media.
Just look at this. They're practically reciting the list point-by-point.
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|content='''“Managed Reality”''' is getting an audit.
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|content=I've been telling you guys forever that you've been living your whole in a carefully constructed USAID Truman Show, where none of the institutions you meet -- from the media, to public health, to universities, to NGOs, to terrorists -- are the institutions you think you are.
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|content=This is '''“Managed Reality”'''. Yes. It’s real.
 
The [[Gated Institutional Narrative (GIN)|Gated Institutional Narrative or GIN]] is a real thing.
 
Likewise the [[The Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (The DISC)|DISC or Distributed Idea Suppression Complex]] is a real thing as well.
 
It’s not fake. Yes. This is that thing.
 
Your whole life within civil society:
 
[[Kayfabe]].
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|content=The USAID story is way bigger than most people realize.
 
It’s not just that they funded Politico, NY Times etc., but then the articles in those publications were used as sources all over CNN, NBC News etc., to further push their agenda.
 
This is how they laundered the lies…
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|content=We need to talk about what debunking was before it became “Covert influence operations”, “Image Cheapneing”‘and personal destruction warfare.
 
So let’s talk.
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|content=I would like to talk to @MickWest and @michaelshermer and @francis_collins and  @neiltyson and @seanmcarroll and @nytimes about the role of debunking and discrediting professionals who do not buy into narratives that are later found to be cover stories about national interest.
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|usernameurl=https://x.com/MarcACaputo
|username=MarcACaputo
|content=For the first time since JFK’s assassination nearly 62 years ago, the CIA tacitly admitted Thursday that an agent specializing in psychological warfare, George Joannides, ran an operation that came into contact with Lee Harvey Oswald before the killing.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/05/cia-agent-oswald-kennedy-assassination
|timestamp=12:04 PM ¡ Jul 5, 2025
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|timestamp=3:38 PM ¡ Jul 5, 2025
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|content=We have a COVID=Wet Market narrative.</br>
We have an Inflation and CPI narrative.</br>
We have a Quantum Gravity narrative.</br>
We have a Vaccine Narrative.</br>
We have “Americans suck at STEM”.</br>
We have a “Settled Science” narrative.</br>
We have a “Peer Review” narrative.</br>
We had a “Great Moderation” narrative.</br>
We have “Independent Journalism”.</br>
We have a “Disgraced Financier” story.</br>
We have an “Aerospace and UFO” opera.
 
It’s all one thing that cannot be named:
 
'''National Interest “Managed Reality.”'''
|timestamp=3:38 PM ¡ Jul 5, 2025
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|timestamp=3:41 PM ¡ Jul 5, 2025
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|content='''Managed Reality.'''
 
It shocks me every time. And it’s my hill.
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|username=axios
|content=🚨 EXCLUSIVE: President Trump's Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a "client list” or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-client-list-trump-administration
|timestamp=12:51 AM ¡ Jul 7, 2025
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