Childhood friend of my brother

For short, let me call him K. He was a charming kiddo, the unexpected late child with much older siblings. Funny and innocent. The last word is a bit difficult to define. It's part of his charisma, somehow.. He can be a bit naughty, but in a childish, innocent way, and with his wit, his smile, he is easy to forgive. Anyway, he has always been getting away with about anything. It is somewhat of a conundrum, as if anyone else had done it, they would probably end up in jail. I would not say that he is criminal. It's more like some naughty pranks he may have done, so you kind of excuse it, smile or have a laugh, but...in fact, many of the things IS criminal. It would be criminal if anybody else had done it. We often have a sort of relaxed notion about crimes, like maybe cheating on your taxes, or perhaps some minor insurance fraud, or .. Well, you know what I mean.

Now as a kid, we may expect a bit of that, but as an adult we expect them to learn and behave. However, he hasn't changed. And for some
strange reason, he is still able to pull off the childish and naughty acts. However, others around him is picking up on some of the same acts, but cannot pull it off like he can do it. So, they may end in trouble.

He has a lot more charm then Mr.Trump, but it made me think of this. K. doesn't boost or brag, he isn't mean, and he doesn't do any big things, as far as I know. But in order for society to work for us all, we have to abide certain rules and laws. And if we don't, we will slide down a slippery slope. It is corrupting, and there is always some that will push it further. We are exposed to a tremendous amount of deliberate propaganda, designed to make us uncertain about everything. Distortions of facts, distortions of rules, fake news, lies, and bullshit.

It is easy to loose one's footing, and that is exactly the intention. It's funny to hear how many perpetuate the famous Shifty Schiff basement as being so unjust, a plot, and who knows what.

It was the "United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence" with both parties represented. Later the hearings was conducted in full view of the public, with both parties represented, with equal time at disposal, and still we hear about this as being a biased and unfair hearing.

This is what and how propaganda operates. Most often just a little tweak, choice of words, making room for uncertainty. It is a bit of mirrors and smoke, some tiny doubts in our mind, - did we hear it right ? Maybe we didn't pay enough attention ? And of course when other people echo it enough times, we may feel certain.

We don't pay to much attention to the sales-slip after we did our Christmas shopping. Yes, we sort of know we spent more money then we had planned. But the sales person was soo convincing, and we sort of admit that - it was probably a much better buy to go for the model that was more expensive.

We are easy targets.

I am in a constant battle at many sites. I have to clean my browser for cookies, else I end up with pre-selected contents that just echos the same arguments, and if you add in those that pay for having their stuff enter the top of your selection, you are being programmed.

How often I long for the good old days on the internet, were I could search and decide on my own, could explore all sorts of interesting stuff for free. Now most of that is closed. You have to be member, and the real stuff of interest is hidden by subscription fees, or all sorts of junk. Before you had a lot of trustworthy academics that kept everything very correct, and was pleased to have visitors that would appreciate their effort. But big corporations control it now. Your news, your media, your time, your data and money.