Mental illness is the new normalJon Rappoport Show people an extreme example of something, and thereby convince them to accept a compromise. In this case, parade before the publicalong with assured pronouncements from mental health expertsimages of James Holmes, Aaron Alexis, Adam Lanza, etc.and say: Look, these are people who committed unspeakable crimes because they were suffering from mental disorders, and we must do something about itin fact, at least half of all Americans have some sort of mental disorder Its a nudge, a coax, a veiled threat, an invocation of fear. Gee, maybe I have a mental disorder and I dont even know it. It softens up the population. If you have a mental disorder, you should get diagnosed and treated. Otherwise, later on, you could go off the rails and commit a horrible act. Its inconsiderate and dastardly to stay outside the psychiatric system. With 300 official labels of such disorders, a shrink (dealer) will be more than happy to stick a label on you, and prescribe you a toxic drug to start you out. Lets try Ritalin and oh, youre feeling sad now because the drug made you crash?no, thats clinical depressionhere, take Zoloftoh, and now youre going up and down?thats bipolarhere, do a little Valproate But at least youre not a James Holmes. Whew. Avoided that one. And if DARPA or the National Institutes of Health says theyre breaking ground on a new brain-mapping project (only 750 trillion neurons to catalog and explain), youre on their side. Well, sure, nothing harmful about more research, go to it, boys, and bring home the bacon. Even the idea of using this data trove to control the mind doesnt sound bad. Of course we need to control it. Look what happened at Sandy Hook when we didnt. The extreme advertisement at work. Never mind that there is no laboratory test for any of the 300 official mental disorders. Just a minor glitch. Never mind that all the prescribed psychiatric drugs are toxic and some actually cause violent behavior (suicide, homicide). Youre going to see more statements about left untreated coming down the pipeline. As in: We can now manage mental illness quite well. But early-stage onset, if left untreated, accumulates and grows into something far more dangerous. So we need people to recognize signs and symptoms in themselves and others (snitch culture based on nothing). And in case you hadnt noticed, early onset can mean babies. Thats right. Diagnosis in younger and younger children is the trend. You thought your two-year old was staring out the window because he was, well, staring out the window? Not necessarily. He might be clinically depressed, in which case hes a candidate for drugs that can make scrambled eggs out of his neurotransmitters. But its all in the service of science, and ensuring he doesnt grow up to be a mass murderer. Yes, we have little Jimmy on Paxil. We as parents feel its the responsible thing to do. Hesdifferent these days, but our psychiatrist says hes making progress. You bet little Jimmy is different, and youre going to find out what that means later on. But dont worry, be happy. The shrink will assure you the bizarre drug-induced behavior is actually the spontaneous emergence of another mental disorder. And the State will stand firmly behind that shrink. Welcome to the medical industrial complex. Jon Rappoport is the author of two explosive collections, The Matrix Revealed and Exit From the Matrix, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at www.nomorefakenews.com 