The rabid extremism of the political Left over certain issues or over former President Trump is dangerous enough in its own right, but more so because it builds equally extremist ideology on the political Right. Such extremist gives rise by popular vote for strict authoritarian regimes to take power. The CNN TownHall in mid-May with former President Trump was the clearest example yet of the Goldstein Model. Emanuel Goldstein was an enemy of the people in the book 1984, and Two Minutes of Hate were held in his dishonor. Although once an important member of the Party, he escaped and formed an underground network of resistance. Goldstein also wrote a book speaking to the dangers of oligarchical collectivism and how to overthrow such a system.

The problem is that Goldstein was not a ‘real’ person and the party wrote the book. Goldstein was thus an enemy to act against, an enemy image, as with any foreign leader who supposedly represents a danger to democracy. At home he was nothing more than Operation Trust, 100 Flowers, and Trust the Plan - a way to draw out resistance, just like the robot Erasmus orchestrated against human slaves in the prequels to Dune. In like manner, Trump was once a prominent member of the elite, but he sacrificed himself for the betterment of America, creating a movement of resistance against a Deep State and Swamp. Rather than authoring a book, Trump, with major support from media, wrote a new narrative of ‘us’ vs ‘them’.

Trump is a captured image, invoking outright love or outright hate. The media has transformed biological Trump into a strawman and a paper Tiger. Hurling names, insults, accusations, etc., keeps the other person busy, off their game, so they are constantly defending, and always guilty. Trump’s indictment is just another part of the scam. Charged, but not convicted, in the minds of Democrats is all they need. To the Republicans, he’s a political prisoner who needs their support. The media uses his ego against him. And his confidence. It’s the art of war. Not the art of the deal. They redirect his energy against him and his supporters. Classical misdirection, the magic of Anton Mesmer - Mesmerizing. That’s why they call it television programming. The telling of your vision, what to believe. A broadcast, of a spell, just like we spell words. Besides, the President has little real power outside of Senate-confirmed appointment and making sure laws are “faithfully executed.”

The dichotomy is based on ‘war’ and the moral equivalent of the same. Wars on poverty, drugs, education, climate, etc., fit the model of societal control proposed in the Report from Iron Mountain, and the Club of Rome.