These are the things we know?

To what extent are our convictions shaped by what we have been told and led to believe; and can we trust them?

Puzzled DONALD RUMSFIELD was an American politician, businessman and former US navy pilot. He is well-remembered for a response he gave¹ in 2002 to a journalist’s enquiry during the war in Iraq.
As Secretary of Defence, and during a US Department of Defence news briefing, he was quizzed about evidence for weapons of mass destruction. In the opening sentence of his response – both quirky and profound – he stated:

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.”

The full ‘known knowns’ statement became widely discussed: admired for its recognition of the limits of knowledge but somewhat criticized for its opacity.

So what do we understand by ‘known knowns’ – the “things we know we know”?

The things we ‘know’ can themselves be broken down into two categories.
There are some things which we can certainly know. For instance, I know if I stub my toe, it hurts a lot. I know I have a roof on my house because it is stopping the rain coming in. These are things I surely know.

But regarding other things...??

However, there are other things which I know, but perhaps with less reason for my belief. These are the things I have been taught or read or heard affirmed by others. We were all told that the speed of light is the ‘cosmic speed limit’ of the universe, but now we learn that the expansion of space itself can outpace light.

At a more everyday level, we might have said that we know we live within a representative democracy which – irrespective of differing political ideologies – has our best interests at heart. But it is patently obvious, and we now know, that this is no longer the truth. Perhaps it never was?
And thus, we have previously been conditioned throughout our lives to ‘know’ things which are now seen to be false; and in many cases we have been fed calculated and deliberate lies.

Three Wise Men

Permit me at this point to introduce you to three wise men – all of them American authors.

The first to mention is one I came across repeatedly in the early nineties. Back then I was researching and speaking on the phenomenon of the New Age Movement. In my readings I frequently encountered the name Carroll Quigley. Without the resource of the internet, I thought the person to be a woman: in fact, he was a man. Indeed, he was a highly-regarded American historian and professor; and a very-well-connected political ‘insider’.

In 1966 Quigley published his magnum opus under the title ‘Tragedy and Hope’.² It was so revealing of what is now often referred to as the ‘Deep State’ and the nefarious workings of those who manipulate our world, that it was quickly and surreptitiously buried.

The second writer is also a film-maker. He is G Edward Griffin and his best-known literary work is entitled ‘The Creature from Jekyll Island’.³ It is, in its category, one of the best-selling books of all time. Griffin exposed the US Federal Reserve and the ‘smoke and mirrors, pulleys, cogs and wheels’ which created and – pro tem – maintains the grand illusion which is called ‘money’ – that Ponzi scheme and scam which is the fiat currency system.

The third author is Joseph Plummer: a businessman cum researcher. In his book ‘Tragedy and Hope 101⁴ he has very helpfully distilled the above-mentioned Quigley’s dense 1300-page tome into a more compact and digestible form – concisely highlighting the main themes of the original volume.

A Service of Understanding

These three men have done a great service to all who seek to understand the primary truths and realities of the illusory socio-political world in which we have all been conditioned to trust and believe. In combined effect, they have exposed the sham which masquerades as much of the things we ‘know’ regarding how our world is run.

In his opening chapter Plummer, with respect to Quigley’s revelations, has written:

Since these disturbing truths contradict nearly everything our government, education system, and media have taught us to believe, many will immediately dismiss them as nonsense. “Only wild-eyed conspiracy theorists believe such things,” they will say. However, there is one big problem: Carroll Quigley was no wild-eyed conspiracy theorist.

Indeed, in the preface to Plummer’s work Griffin opines:

Knowledge of who Carroll Quigley was and the deceptions that he revealed is essential for understanding the real world of today. His close relationship with the Network and his approval of its aims made it possible to provide an insider’s analysis of the minds and methods of the global elite.

In support of Quigley’s truths, he contrasts it with the trickery and legerdemain of the illusionist.

Even in a room full of suspicious and attentive observers, the illusionist can fool them all. By exploiting known weaknesses in the human mind and employing his tools of the trade, he will deceive the crowd whether it wants to be deceived or not. Imagine what an equally talented “network” of political illusionists can accomplish. [By] exploiting known weaknesses in the human mind, and employing their tools of the trade, they, too, will deceive the crowd whether it wants to be deceived or not.

And so we have seen it happen..

And this is exactly what has happened from 2020 onwards. A global population was panicked and scared witless into believing that we were facing an existential threat in the form of a novel virus and a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. We were told repeatedly and forcefully that the only thing which would save us was a ‘warp speed’ medical intervention. Claimed to be “safe and effective” these fraudulently-named ‘vaccines’ are now continuing to cause horrendous life-changing injuries along with unprecedented levels of ‘all cause mortality’ and ‘sudden deaths’.⁵

Over the last five years populations around the world have been slowly coming to the realisation that they cannot at all trust the traditional institutions of government, medicine, science, academia, the media and the judiciary. These have, by one means or another, all been captured.

The journey of discovery into what is being planned and prepared for us is by Agenda 2030 is not for the fainthearted. For those who are comfortable with the illusions that currently pass for reality, the underlying truths are not for you. Because, once one discovers how the deceivers have performed their magic, the comfort of ignorance evaporates and is lost forever.

In the aforementioned preface to Plummer’s book, Griffin forewarns:

“Once the bell is rung, it cannot be unrung. The bell starts ringing on the next page.”

Elsewhere, in the 1999 sci-fi film ‘The Matrix’ the character played by Keanu Reeves is given a stark choice: swallow the blue pill and he will remain within the apparent comfort of his illusory world. The red pill however, will project him into reality: into Rumsfield’s sphere of the ‘unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know’. And once there, there will be no going back.

The choice is ours today. For each of us, to remain within the cocoon of what (we think) we know, or, alternatively, to push through the cognitive dissonance to the truth of what and who is really driving our world; and to the realisation of where we are being craftily led.

The greatest leap of all

However, a million miles beyond all of that, the most significant leap of realisation completely dwarfs the red pill/blue pill scenario. By far and away the biggest – nay, ultimate – question and key to understanding is to be found in spiritual terms.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God affirmed of once having made the ultimate leap of faith and destiny:

“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”.⁶

Are you ready to take that leap? In considering all of the above you may wish to visit the question: ‘Which is You?’⁷

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Refs:

1. Donald Rumsfield as Secretary of Defence at news briefing February 12,2002.
2. Quigley, Carroll. Tragedy and Hope: a History of the World in Our Time.
3. Griffin, G. Edward: The Creature from Jekyll Island.
4. Plummer, Joseph. Tragedy and Hope 101: The Illusion of Justice, Freedom, and Democracy.
5. Vaccine injuries and deaths.
6. The Gospel of John 8:32.
7. Which is You? A spectrum of personal positions and understandings.

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