Cynics smile before they say, "Perception is reality." What we see must be true because we see it! If we don't see it, then it cannot be real. Anyone who has ever used Photoshop knows that "seeing is believing" is false, just as misleading as expecting politicians to do what they promise.
The mainstream (complicit) media are the worst offenders. They believe they control reality by determining what the public sees or doesn't see.
In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Daniel Henninger wrote that Democrats offer the public "alternative realities," AKA lies, as accurate and true. Mainstream media such as CNN; search engines like Google; and social engagement platforms, viz., Facebook and YouTube promote unverified progressive Democrat alternate realities in two forms: (1) that which is reported as real, but isn't and (2) that which is presented as not real but actually is.
What is presented as unreal actually is real
A dramatic example of false reality is the existential danger of COVID. This respiratory virus has been presented to Americans as a life-threatening infection likened to Ebola or bubonic plague. Data show that the real risk of death in the general, healthy population is similar to the seasonal flu. Children are at lower risk of death with COVID than if they contract the flu. Only the elderly and those with serious pre-existing conditions are in significant danger from COVID.
Yet Washington imposed draconian policy measures on the entire population such as lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccine passports. What wasn't real — grave danger to everyone — produced real damage with 200,000 extra business closures, increased depression and suicides, and loss of freedom.
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