How America addressed the World then and now

There was a time, from the late Forties to the mid-Sixties, when America was basking in the glory of its World War II military triumphs. At the same time, the world was busy rebuilding itself in the aftermath of a bruising war that left it close to the edge of destitution.

There was no internet or satellite television at the time and so, America communicated with the world via the printed word of its newspapers and magazines, and most importantly via its film industry. The first method secured a small audience of literate readers abroad. The second secured a large audience that appreciated the visual language via which America addressed the common denominator of which it was a part.

The world loved the comedic slapstick; the action, the spectacular scenery and photographic tricks of Hollywood's films. But while the audiences were consuming all of that, Hollywood was feeding them something else as well, this time subliminally. It was feeding them visual evidence of the opulence that was America's lifestyle known as the American dream. Nice homes, a car or two in every driveway, and most importantly – if not a chicken in every pot – there was a refrigerator in every kitchen shown to be full of colorful foods and beverages that must have made a hungry world salivate over the American way of life.

Hollywood's message to the world was clear: We have a political and economic system that makes it possible for us to have all this. You too can have it all if you reject what our opponent is offering, adopt our system of governance and become our ally.

Well, whichever way the world responded to that call, decades have passed and today, there is an internet and satellite television that nearly wiped out the printed publications, and rendered the Hollywood flicks just another commodity that competes for attention against dozens of domestic and foreign rivals. The slapstick, the action, the scenery and the tricks are still there, but the novelty is gone and so is the old-time loftiness that used to elevate the visual enterprise. Also, given that the use of personal computers will produce anything the imagination can come up with; the audiences are no longer awed by what they see.

As to subliminal messages advertising the American way of life, that's another story altogether. No longer does Hollywood flaunt America's homes or buildings at a time when new cities, rising everywhere in the world, make America look like a Third World country. No longer does America flaunt its refrigerators – full or empty of food – when all that it uses are foreign made refrigerators. No longer does America flaunt its cars when the truth is that it bribes the foreign makers to come and make their cars in America.

So the question to ask is this: What does America's information machine do to sell the nation's message abroad? The honest response is that there is no clear answer to this question at this time. The fact is that America is undergoing a cultural upheaval that rivals the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the Sixties. The exception is that the Chinese Revolution was managed by a strong central government, whereas the American is managed by a variety of “power centers” known as lobby groups. Each one sets its own agenda, and imposes it on the various levels of government.

One powerful lobby is the Judeo-Israeli group. It is made of professionals that work on the politicians in their places of work. It is also made of opinion-makers that run the media and the so-called think tanks. An example of their work came under the title: “Sorry – US involvement is the only way to reduce civilian casualties.” It is an article that was written by Benny Avni, and published on March 28, 2017 in the New York Post.

Let me tell you something, my friend. I am not writing a script for a Hollywood movie, and so I do not have to tell a long story before cutting to the chase. I already gave you an adequate preamble, so let me go directly to the chase. The point is this: from the first paragraph to the last, the Benny Avni message is not America's message to the world; it is the Jewish message to the world.

America is treated like a beast of burden that's given the task of realizing – not the American dream but – the age-old Jewish dream of preparing the world for the day when the Messiah will come and give the Jews the key to world domination, thus make them masters of His creation.

Read the Benny Avni article and see for yourself.