Reality Czar, Truth Commission, to Solve Reality Crisis

Linda Goudsmit’s editorial opinion:

Biden’s Truth Commission is a 21st Century Orwellian Ministry of Truth. Orwell’s post-war fictional novel, 1984, was written as a warning about tyranny. Published in 1949, Orwell describes the tranny of the future when an existing culture of freedom is replace with the upside-down society of oppression that insists war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. Political fiction has become reality as the Biden/Harris administration moves to acquire absolute control for their globalist handlers. Orwell says the unsayable, “Power is not a means it is an end. The object of power is power.” Welcome to The Party, and Joe Biden’s 1984.

NYT Column Urges Biden to Appoint ‘Reality Czar,’ Establish ‘Truth Commission’ to Solve ‘Reality Crisis’

The New York Times published an essay on Tuesday detailing a range of recommendations for the Biden administration to adopt to fix the “reality crisis” and “de-radicalize” citizens, including setting up a “reality czar” and  “truth commission.” 

The essay, penned by Times technology columnist Kevin Roose, accuses “millions of Americans” of embracing “hoaxes, lies and collective delusions” before questioning how to unite a country where these millions “have chosen to create their own version of reality.”

“I worry that unless the Biden administration treats conspiracy theories and disinformation as the urgent threats they are, our parallel universes will only drift further apart, and the potential for violent unrest and civic dysfunction will only grow,” Roose writes.

The author then states he contacted several “experts” seeking what actions the Biden administration could take “to help fix our truth-challenged information ecosystem, or at least prevent it from getting worse” and then provides the answers he was given.

Joan Donovan, a research director of Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, suggested that the Biden administration set up a “truth commission” led by those familiar with extremist factions including white supremacist groups and far-right militias behind the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot, in order to investigate the event.

Donovan describes such an effort as “similar to the 9/11 Commission,” which provided recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.

The author then claims that experts suggested using “new and narrower labels” to distinguish between different types of movements and levels of influence within those movements.

Another recommendation Roose claims to have received from these experts is for the Biden administration to create a task force to “tackle disinformation and domestic extremism” and be led by “something like a ‘reality czar.’”

“It sounds a little dystopian, I’ll grant,” writes Roose. “But let’s hear them out.”

Such a task force may also hold recurring meetings with tech platforms to “push for structural changes,” including formulating the means for such platforms to share information about “QAnon and other conspiracy theory communities” with both researchers and government agencies.

“This task force could also meet regularly with tech platforms, and push for structural changes that could help those companies tackle their own extremism and misinformation problems,” the essay states. 

“For example, it could formulate ‘safe harbor’ exemptions that would allow platforms to share data about QAnon and other conspiracy theory communities with researchers and government agencies without running afoul of privacy laws.”

These experts also recommended the Biden administration push for access to the inner workings of social media algorithms used to rank feeds and recommend content.

Roose then states that these experts warned that much more is needed to “bring back the millions of already radicalized Americans” who the essay claims are drawn to “extremist groups like the Proud Boys and conspiracy theories like QAnon not because they’re convinced by the facts, but because the beliefs give them a sense of community or purpose, or fills a void in their lives.”

Expert Micah Clark, a program director at London counter extremism firm Moonshot CVE, suggests “a kind of ‘social stimulus’ — a series of federal programs to encourage people to get off their screens and into community-based activities that could keep them engaged and occupied” as an effective means to curb radicalization.

Clark also recommends “de-escalation” ads that target “high-risk potential violent extremists with empathetic messages about mental health and mindfulness.”

Roose then writes that most of the experts agreed that addressing underlying issues that lead to radicalization would be the most effective action the Biden administration could take. 

Christian Picciolini, a former skinhead who now runs an organization aimed at rescuing extremists from hate groups, says it is impossible to separate people’s material conditions from their choice to join an extremist group or follow a “deranged conspiracy theory” like QAnon.

“We have to provide jobs,” said Picciolini. “We have to have access to mental health care and education.”

In response to the essay, many expressed deep concerns over the recommendations, especially the installation of a “reality czar” to oversee a task force aimed at tackling “disinformation.”

“The reality czar will tell you 2+2=5,” wrote Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon. “And ‘unity’ will demand that you agree with him.” 

*****

Please consider purchasing Linda’ latest series of children’s book:
They can be found on Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble bookstores.



Categories: Contributors, National News, Uncategorized

Tags: ,

Discover more from Lobbyists for Citizens

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading