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J. P. Bruce's avatar

"We’ve more power than we’ve been led to believe."

Unfortunately, in my experience, most people don't believe this true statement. Which is why we keep buying newspapers, watching the telly, etc.,

We somehow imagine that the media, the State, the Establishment (call it what you will) have taken a wrong turning, have made a terrible mistake, are run by fundamentally good people, etc. Take your pick.

The full extent of the deception we have all been living under has not yet dawned on most of us. It's not just a few 'bad apples' like Rolf Harris or Jimmy Savile that's the problem. It's the whole system we have allowed to develop around us, not for just the last few years, but for much, much longer than that.

A few have tried to warn us. George Orwell and Brian Cleeve being just two of the recent ones that come to mind. But we continue to bury our heads in the sand in the hope that somehow things will work out.

But they won't unless we decide they should. As Aisling writes: "We’ve more power than we’ve been led to believe."

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Aisling, I can’t say for sure if it’s the same one, but I gave that exact picture to my local charity shop in Shannon. It was a while ago. I was a one-time fan of his art until his actions came to light and my stomach turned - that picture was actually a gift- but I could no longer look at it. It was in a black bag behind a chair in my bedroom for ages. I wanted rid of it-so I gave it to my local charity shop. I don’t know where it ended up. But with it supposedly being a UNICEF theme I just couldn’t live with it in my home any longer. I’m was blown away by your article. Coincidence …? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ I doubt the charity shop would’ve known anything about his crimes and would have just gone with the name. I should have just thrown it in the bin…in hindsight.

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