A Letter to U.S.A. about CFR, by Thomas Jefferson

 To My Fellow Citizens,

It has come to my attention that there now exists an assembly of learned men, a Council on Foreign Relations, who endeavor to shape the very medium through which the affairs of the world are conveyed. Their intentions, I am told, are to guide thought, moderate discourse, and frame the great debates of our age. Yet I cannot help but reflect upon the principles of liberty and truth, for which we toiled so dearly, and question whether their actions align with these sacred ideals.

A council that wields influence over the medium of information wields influence over the mind itself. This, my friends, is a dangerous consolidation of power. For if the flow of knowledge be controlled, if the press becomes not a servant of the people but of the few, then we no longer have a republic but a dominion of hidden masters.

I have long contended that an informed citizenry is the bulwark of a free society. A nation must not be governed by the whims of councils or the dictates of unelected assemblies, no matter how learned or benevolent they may appear. For who shall guard the guardians of the message? Who shall ensure that their counsel does not become coercion, their guidance, domination?

When the narrative is controlled, so too is the very essence of liberty. The free press, unbound and unshackled, must remain the watchman of the republic, the sentinel that guards against tyranny. The Council’s efforts to manipulate not only the content but the very form of our discourse—a task I hear some call "shaping the medium"—is a subtle yet profound affront to the natural rights of man.

The citizens of a free society must demand transparency from those who claim to influence their thoughts. They must insist upon diversity of voice and dissent in discourse. Let us remember: truth is not the property of the powerful; it belongs to the many.

Should this Council persist in its quiet reign over the channels of information, I caution the nation against the tyranny of the unseen hand. For though it may speak softly, it carries with it the power to erode the foundations of liberty itself.

I remain, as ever,
Your obedient servant,
Thomas Jefferson

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