“His education had had the curious effect of making things that he read and wrote more real to him than things he saw.”
From “That Hideous Strength“, by C.S. Lewis, 1945
It’s July 2022, and the populace has recognized that technology has been weaponized against it.
THE DATA
In the 1st Quarter of 2022, U.S. smartphone sales decreased by 6%, year-over-year.
In the 1stQuarter of 2022, international wearable sales decreased by 3%, year-over-year. It was the first-ever decrease for the segment. IDC’s Michael Shearer described it in Mil-speak as “normalizing demand”.
From the 1stQuarter of 2022 to the 2ndQuarter of 2022, Netflix subscriber base decreased by 15%, from 74.58 million to 73.28 million. It was their first subscriber loss in a decade.
In the 2ndQuarter of 2022,Toyota’s U.S. plug-in electric car sales decreased by 58%.
In April 2022, NIO’s electric car sales decreased by 28%, year-over-year. The decrease was attributed to supply chain volatilities and other constraints."
In May 2022, Norway’s plug-in hybrid vehicle registrations decreased by 60%, year-over-year, to 1,699.
In May 2022, Norway’s plug-in electric car registrations decreased by 23%, year-over-year, to 13,391.
In May 2022, Norway’s all-electric car registrations decreased by 11%, year-over-year, to 11,722. Insideevs.com’s Mark Kane called the decrease “noticeable”.
In May 2022, international smartphone sales decreased by 10%, year-over-year, and by 4% over the previous month. It was the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year sales decreases.
Counterpointresearch.com’s Varun Mishra called it a “demand slump”, and attributed it to “inflation, China’s slowdown, and the Ukraine crisis”.
He provided three bullshit plausible-deniability excuses because he knows that many or most readers will grasp virtually any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility. So he provided three to give the subconscious an a la carte menu to choose from.
In June 2022, idc.com said “Global Smartphone Shipments Expected to Decline 3.5% in 2022, Amidst Global Uncertainty and Weaker Demand, According to IDC”.
In July 2022, Television sales for the year were projected to decrease by 15%, from 46.5 million sets to 39.4 million sets.
In July 2022, smart appliance sales for the year were projected to decrease by 3%, to 9 million units.
THE ARTICLES
In April 2022, insideevs.com said “NIO Electric Car Sales Decreased In April 2022 By 28% YOY.”
Author Mark Kane went on to say “NIO explains that the vehicle production and delivery have been impacted by the supply chain volatilities and other constraints.”
The manufacturer and their shill from Inside EV’s used those general bullshit plausible-deniability excuses because they know that many or most readers will grasp virtually any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility.
They’re desperate to keep you from recognizing that the populace has recognized that technology has been weaponized against it.
In May 2022, counterpointresearch.com said “The US smartphone market declined by 6% YoY in Q1 2022”.
In June 2022, counterpointresearch.com said “Global Smartphone Sales Fall Below 100Mn Units in May”.
Where the author, Varun Mishra, omitted the year, 2022, under the false guise of familiarity, to make the subject far less searchable. He also didn’t give the reader anything to compare the decrease to. Those are both examples of the propaganda technique known as “compartmentalization”.
The subhead reads “Only second time sales dip below 100mn units in almost 10 years”.
The article goes on to say “The Global Smartphone Market sales declined 4% Month on Month (MoM) and 10% Year on Year (YoY) in May 2022 to 96 million units, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse Service. This was the second consecutive month of MoM decline and the 11th consecutive month of YoY sales decline.”
Varun violated a strict journalistic rule by putting the smaller percentage first. That’s because he’s doing his best to hedge and defray.
The article goes on to say “Even after a “V” shaped recovery following the first COVID-19 wave in 2020, the smartphone market has still not reached the pre-pandemic levels. In 2021, the smartphone market was impacted by supply constraints and persistent COVID waves. In 2022, the component shortages, although not fully resolved, have been stabilizing. However, the smartphone market is now hit by a demand slump due to multiple factors including inflation, China’s slowdown, and the Ukraine crisis.”
In the future, grade school children will marvel that eleven straight months of decreasing smartphone sales could be called a “V-shaped recovery”, and that the public would buy it, and not push back.
Their teacher will instruct them that many or most readers at this time would grasp virtually any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility.
I’ll say it more directly than Varun did:
In May 2022, international smartphone sales decreased by 10%, year-over-year, and by 4% over the previous month. It was the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year sales decreases. Counterpointresearch.com’s Varun Mishra called it a “demand slump”, and attributed it to “inflation, China’s slowdown, and the Ukraine crisis”.
He provided three bullshit plausible-deniability excuses because he knows that many or most readers will grasp virtually any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility.
And because he’s not allowed to state that the populace had recognized that technology has been weaponized against it.
Here’s Varun Mishra’s picture:
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(Varun Mishra, who called international smartphone sales that decreased by 10%, year-over-year, and by 4% over the previous month, for the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year sales decreases a “demand slump”, and attributed it to “inflation, China’s slowdown, and the Ukraine crisis”.)
I’ve included Varun’s picture so that you could get a better idea of what a generational Satanist in a position of marginal influence looks like.
They’re all related to one another through the maternal bloodline. They comprise between twenty and thirty percent of the populace, and are hiding in plain sight in every city, town and village on Earth.
It’s how the few have controlled the many all the way back to Babylon, and before.
But they say that the hardest part of solving a problem is recognizing that you have one.
Don Croft used to say “Parasites fear exposure above all else”.
In June 2022, idc.com said “Global Smartphone Shipments Expected to Decline 3.5% in 2022, Amidst Global Uncertainty and Weaker Demand, According to IDC”.
Wait, what? We learned just a month before that U.S. smartphone sales decreased by 6% in the first quarter of 2022. For those unaware, that’s 24%, annualized. In May 2022, international smartphone sales decreased by 4% over April, and by 10% year-over-year.
And, with straight faces, the literally-blood-drinking Illuminist ass-clowns writing the articles at IDC call for a 3.5% decrease for the entire year.
They’re using conscious deception while maintaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty, and, I’m certain, shorting the smartphone market while doing so. As I would be, if I didn’t think doing such a thing were immoral.
Say what you will about them, there’s simply no quit in these guys, and of course gals.
They’re desperate to keep you from recognizing that the populace has recognized that technology has been weaponized against it.
In June 2022, idc.com said “Wearables Market Sees First Decline at Beginning of 2022 as Demand Normalizes, According to IDC”.
The fact that it’s on IDC’s website and they’ve tacked the snide “according to IDC” on the is particularly rich. They’ve given the subconscious of the Coincidence theorist to say “oh, those people at IDC will say anything!”
“Sees first decline” walks it back from the wearables market actually experiencing it.
I’m sure you noticed that “decline” is only-general. As a propagandist, author Michael Shirer knows that, since sixty to seventy percent of readers only read the headlines, his hedging generality will go a long way toward “compartmentalizing” awareness of the specific speed and scope of the decrease which, in journalistic parlance, he’s “buried” below.
I had to read the article to learn “The global wearables market faced its first-ever decline during the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) as unit shipments totaled 105.3 million units, down 3.0% year over year, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker.”
In the 1st Quarter of 2022, international wearable sales decreased by 3%, year-over-year. It was the first-ever decrease for the segment. IDC’s Michael Shearer described it in Mil-speak as “normalizing demand”.
In July 2022, insideevs.com said “US: Toyota Plug-In Cars Sales Collapsed In Q2 2022: Down 58%”.
In July 2022, insideevs.com said "Last month, 13,391 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered, which is 23% less than a year ago.
All-electric car registrations amounted to 11,722, which means a noticeable 11% decrease year-over-year - the highest drop since Spring 2020, related to COVID-lockdowns. In the case of plug-in hybrids, the number of registrations decreased by almost 60% to 1,669."
In May 2022, Norway’s plug-in hybrid vehicle registrations decreased by 60%, year-over-year, to 1,699.
In May 2022, Norway’s plug-in electric car registrations decreased by 23%, year-over-year, to 13,391.
In May 2022, Norway’s all-electric car registrations decreased by 11%, year-over-year, to 11,722. Insideevs.com’s Mark Kane called the decrease “noticeable”.
In July 2022, twice.com said “CTA calculates that 39.4 million TVs worth $18.9 billion will be shipped in the U.S. this year versus the 46.5 million sets shipped and the $21.5 billion earned from them last year.
Potentially also taking a hit in 2022 are smart appliances, projected to decline 3% YoY to 9 million units, due both to lower consumer demand and to supply chain issues.”
In July 2022, Television sales for the year were projected to decrease by 15%, from 46.5 million sets to 39.4 million sets.
In July 2022, smart appliance sales for the year were projected to decrease by 3%, to 9 million units.
In July 2022, macrumors.com said “Netflix in the second quarter of 2022 lost 1.3 million subscribers in the United States and Canada, according to new data shared today during the company’s earnings call. Netflix had 73.28 million paid memberships during the quarter, down from 74.58 million in the first quarter of 2022.”
From the 1st Quarter of 2022 to the 2nd Quarter of 2022, Netflix subscriber base decreased by 15%, from 74.58 million to 73.28 million. It was their first subscriber loss in a decade.
Jeff Miller, Gurnee, IL, July 21, 2022
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