Readers over a certain age will remember “Lord of the Rings”. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. I've concluded that we now know what the one ring that rules them all is: It is information (control of).
You don't think so? Well, let's look at alternative possibilities, and how those possibilities are faring in the real world at the present time.
Surely, you say, money is the ring that rules. Really? Elon Musk is literally the richest man in the world, and he still gets jerked around by the Info Lords. Jerked around big time. In fact, the outcome—which will be momentous for us all-- remains uncertain.
Okay then, it's political office, you say. And again I say, really? Donald Trump was the President of the United States. He held the highest office of the most powerful government on earth (with the possible/probable exceptions of China and the WEF). And yet.... he was jerked around mercilessly by the Info Lords and their deep-state brethren. They removed him from office by a combination of “legal” and illegal means, and continue to smear him by every means available... including many that are-- again-- wildly illegal.
Family prestige, then! Right. Let's get real. The Kennedys are the closest thing that America has to a royal family. They are legendary. How has that worked out for them? Two were publicly assassinated; at least a couple more have died under questionable circumstances. The most illustrious living member of the family-- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.--is one of the most hated men in the world. True, he is also one of the most loved. And he lives with both sides of that coin every single day.
Franklin Graham is another charismatic heir to another charismatic legacy. He, too, is kept on a tight leash... and at times even suppressed by the Info Lords.
Perhaps usefulness to society rules the world. (It probably should.) But... who is more necessary than truck drivers? Yet, when Canadian truckers rebelled against Justin Trudeau's vaccine mandates, they were vilified in the “free press” and brutalized by Trudeau's anonymous thugs pretending to be police. A similar fate may await farmers in the Netherlands, despite the fact that we all depend on farmers for the very food we eat.
Perhaps it might be overall career achievement? As in cases like Clarence Thomas, Martina Navritalova, Dr. Ben Carson, J.K. Rowlings, Dr. Robert Malone, Aaron Rodgers... to take but a few examples? They all reached the very pinnacles of their chosen callings. Nevertheless, they have all been savaged by the Info Lords for spreading “misinformation” -- reducing, nearly destroying their influence-- in some cases even their livelihoods.
Then it must be character. You can't take someone's character away from him! Really? It's hard to imagine a human being with a purer, more innocent heart than Kyle Rittenhouse. Yet he narrowly escaped going to prison for life, saved only by a judge and jury of unusual courage and integrity. Speaking of integrity--there are people we can think of... people whose integrity is unassailable. Yes, unassailable, and they have paid dearly for that: people like Brett Weinstein and his wife Heather Heying. People like Julian Assange, Archbishop Vigano, Enes Kanter Freedom.
What about a really, really big brain? A superbrain! Well, what about it? Dr. Thomas Sowell is the biggest brain that most people have never heard of! (And they never will, if the Info Lords have their way.)
Many people have heard of Dr. Richard Dawkins, who until recently had the Info Lords' Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval because he is an atheist. In fact, about a year ago, he was about to receive the honor of Humanist of the Year, when he had the nerve to say that race is a biological spectrum and gender is biologically binary. Those things are provably true, but they happen to be truths not favored by the Info Lords. Dr. Dawkins' fall from grace was instantaneous and spectacular. Thus the possibly most famous publicly proclaimed Humanist in the world was withdrawn from consideration for Humanist of the Year. (And unless he reneges, he will never be Humanist of the Year.)
Similarly, Camile Paglia is probably the most brilliant feminist of all time (next to Mary Wollstonecraft?); therefore, feminist history is being rewritten to omit Paglia. Thus have the Info Lords decreed.
Today, in the Year of Our Lord 2022 on Planet Earth, the dark Lords of Information lurk in their towers, waiting for the moment when they can reveal themselves fully. That moment is not far away. Meanwhile their nets tighten steadily around the rest of us......