{"id":78977,"date":"2017-05-14T11:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T10:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=78977"},"modified":"2017-05-14T21:25:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T20:25:49","slug":"you-are-bought-and-sold-and-told-what-to-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/05\/14\/you-are-bought-and-sold-and-told-what-to-think\/","title":{"rendered":"You are bought and sold and told what to think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why would anyone get taken in by the kind of propaganda that was pumped out by a cartel of some of the richest people on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Why you think they have your best interests at heart?<\/p>\n<p>Are you all hankering after a return to the 1930&#8217;s doffing your cap.<\/p>\n<p>Basically you have set the seed for your own destruction, and you bang on about sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Understand that those in power, as in those with wealth are laughing at you. Some of still believe you will get a few crumbs from the &#8220;Rich mans table&#8221; so you continue to suck it up.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;It is a sin to despise one&#8217;s neighbour, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy. Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honours God. Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdiana.stone1%2Fposts%2F10154508861206129&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"553\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why would anyone get taken in by the kind of propaganda that was pumped out by a cartel of some of the richest people on the planet. Why you think they have your best interests at heart? Are you all hankering after a return to the 1930&#8217;s doffing your cap. Basically you have set the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/05\/14\/you-are-bought-and-sold-and-told-what-to-think\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">You are bought and sold and told what to think<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-kxP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7257,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/03\/30\/a-few-thoughts-on-charity-from-a-well-known-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":78977,"position":0},"title":"A few thoughts on Charity from a well known book","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Acts 20:35 ESV \/ 311 helpful votes In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, \u2018It is more blessed to give than to receive.\u2019\u201d Hebrews 13:16 ESV\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1483,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2013\/02\/04\/disjunction\/","url_meta":{"origin":78977,"position":1},"title":"disjunction","author":"diana Stone","date":"February 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"My feeling of disjunction with much of the human race continues apace. 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