Chapter 28: I Would For You

Chapter 28: I Would for You

Things heat up as Gabriel takes on Claire's pain and offers to comfort her. Driven by no small amount of spite and curiosity, Claire gets a little revenge and attempts to balance the scales between them in a way that turns him on immensely.

Gabriel's PoV whenever Claire bites her lip.

This isn't a myth, btw, it's propaganda. A prime example of "history is written by the victors." As in, they deliberately spread this narrative as the founders, so that their ways would be not only accepted by every new generation, but unilaterally defended because anyone saying the truth would be viewed as a bigoted liar wanting to oppress and condemn the Puritan's pursuit of religious freedom.

Thomas Edison, for example, is taught to be revered as a great innovator and inventor. "The father of electricity," who should be admired. You know what they don't teach you about Mr. Edison? That he was a literal sociopath. As in, textbook definition, not an exaggeration. This man electrocuted animals on stage (in front of live audiences), in order to "prove" that Tesla's AC (alternating current) was dangerous and could kill your pets or children. He would go on to kill 44 dogs, 2 calves, 2 horses (you can see the animals are growing in size which was meant to prove an adult human could die as well). Meanwhile, he was having his team kill all of these animals with his own direct current. It was all a desperate ploy to win the "Current War" and be the one making all the money. The extra messed up part is that AC is more efficient over longer distances. They were working together until Tesla revealed he didn't want to charge people for electricity and Edison set out to destroy him, also backing out of paying Tesla the 50k he promised him if he could fix the issues with the DC motor. When he did fix it and expected his compensation, Edison said: "You don't understand American jokes," and didn't give him a cent.

All of this was hidden from American citizens until it was forgotten because there was no proof it had happened. They literally don't even teach you that Nikola Tesla existed in most American schools. Topsy the elephant was the first film recorded animal death in history (also Edison but after the "war"). In the end, Tesla sold his patent to Westinghouse and AC won. (lol)

Thomas Edison is still credited as this admirable individual, "the inventor of the lightbulb," which he didn't invent but merely improved. And the reason it's taught that way, without revealing the truth, is sugar-coated tyranny, which is the flavour of capitalism and the basis of American politics, which all started with the puritanical lies about their history.

Fun fact: The one thing Edison did invent, after all that slaughter, was the electric chair. He's the reason such a barbaric method is used (still to this day in some places), yet we're taught to view him on the same tier as Benjamin Franklin or Albert Einstein.

This is just one example of this, but you can see the country being founded on rape, genocide, and every other horrid thing done being justified by religious propaganda and the victimization narrative spun by the persecutors seeping into every aspect of American culture.

Knowledge is power! Power to the people!

refseek.com

www.worldcat.org/

link.springer.com

http://bioline.org.br/

repec.org

science.gov

pdfdrive.com

For further elucidation, Johnny Cash became interested in Folsom State Prison after his unit (he served in the USAFSS), was shown the film Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison in 1951, which inspired him to write one of his biggest hits, Folsom Prison Blues, based on his perception of life in prison.

Released in 1957 (after he got clean and wanted to revive his faltering career), Cash released Folsom Prison Blues. It was a major hit with inmates all over the country and Cash decided to start doing prison concerts that same year. It took 11 years after its release (and a change in command of the country music section at Columbia), but he was finally able to record a live concert at a prison like he wanted to and Folsom Prison agreed. It was Cash's first live album as well as the first to be recorded in a prison with an audience of 2,000 inmates.

2 days before the concerts (He and a few other bands played two a few hours apart that day), Johnny learned to play the song Greystone Chapel, which was written by inmate Glen Sherley who was incarcerated at Folsom. He'd given in to the warden in the hopes it would be sent to a studio some day. The song was the show closer and Glen was in the front row for the first concert (by design), and had no idea his song would be played.

This concert, and the live album revived Cash's career and would go on to inspire many musicians, especially in the punk scene, to play at prisons.

The USAFSS was a secretive branch of the Air Force tasked with monitoring, collecting and interpreting military voice and electronic signals of countries of interest (primarily Soviet and their satellite Eastern bloc countries). This intelligence was often analyzed in the field, and the results transmitted to the National Security Agency for further analysis and distribution to other intelligence recipients. USAFSS was tasked to carry out a cryptologic mission and to provide communications security for the newly-established Air Force. The USAFSS motto "Freedom Through Vigilance".

After serving in the military, doing cryptological espionage, Johnny Cash dedicated a decent chunk of his career to playing shows for people in prison (recording several other live prison concerts), helping inmates, many of whom were failed by the system. His time in the military and consequent heroin addiction laid the foundation for his political views expressed verbally and lyrically, touching on everything from racism, Native rights, prison life, to the Vietnam War.

For a very articulate look at his politics and the phenomenon of diametrically opposed parties both adamantly claiming him as their own, this article explains it well.

https://lithub.com/the-politics-of-empathy-on-the-life-and-music-of-johnny-cash/

The kids on TikTok think that just because he was a classic country singer, Johnny Cash was conservative??? My babies he covered a Nine Inch Nails song in his seventies.

Classic country singers (the majority of which came from poor roots) were always talking about how much The Man sucked because they were taking money from poor rural folk. You’re gonna tell me that’s conservative?? Get outta here.

exactly!