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I remember when those mysterious bricks were appearing in cities during that time.

I posted about it on Facebook and a very close of a friend of mine - she had been one of our own stage assistance for many years. but I have only followed her social life but not her current profession.

She lives in Texas and commented on my post to inform me of her job. And how it was her responsibility to send bricks all over the United States to different cities for repairing and refurbishing old buildings. She assured me the brakes were only being used for this purpose.

When I don’t have all the answers I never dismiss a story. I just file it away in a compartment in my brain to retrieve later. Your article really sheds light on the brick narrative. Now I am under the conclusion that my friend was one of many across the US used unwittingly to send brick orders to cities for nefarious purposes.

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Compartmentalization is one of the tricks used to accomplish this so that no one knows what the overall agenda is. So, it's rare that anyone at that level questions it - they just assume they are a cog in a wheel performing an innocuous duty. Most do not open themselves up to thinking, "Why am I performing this task and what are the tasks others are performing?" They just get paid to do a job and leave the job at work when they go home. And people are likely chosen to do those jobs on that basis. Do they believe what they are told? Can they complete the task? Will they leave it alone after that? If they figure it out, will they feel a duty to make sure others know about it? Etc.

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I’m thinking to myself if I had a job sending bricks for a construction company all over the United States, and I discovered I was used like a patsy - I think I would be angry but also a bit scared.

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The denial could easily be a form of subconscious self-protection. I agree.

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I am undecided whether to send her your article. I would be very interested how she reacts. But I certainly don’t want to freak her out and part of me wants to protect her. But in the end it’s only truth which will protect your soul. That’s what I believe.

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Maybe tell her about it and then leave it up to her whether she would like to see it or not? Depressurizing it might help. People tend to get scared that others want to make them make a snap decision in the moment about changing their views, which is rarely the case. And I find that those who are honest would prefer the person on the receiving end of the information to simply take their time with the info, soak it all in, and suspend judgment until after they've had a chance to marinate on it a bit. People who want to force a shift in perception on hello are usually coming from a place of fear/unnecessary urgency or a place of coercion.

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Sage advice! Thank you! 🙏

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