I have a large group of friends through a common interest we all have. Their political views range over the spectrum so we avoid discussions of politics when together. In the past I rarely gave politics or one's beliefs any thought with respect to making friends.
Now? I'm the only one who didn't take the jab. And as far as I know, I am the only one aware of the psyop. Because of this I feel myself pulling away even though I don't want to. They're meeting this evening and I can't bring myself to go...
I love this post because it calls out the demagoguery for what it is- a strategy (yes, intentional) to keep us divided. This will not be easy to unwind, but I also believe it is possible. Calling it out is a start. As we all begin to recognize it for what it is, we will need to begin the hard work of finding and emphasizing what brings us closer. The controlling machine fears this, but we must not.
Just an observation. Back in the day my extended family was 80% D 20% R. Starting with Prez Carter, the family became increasingly R in terms of voting and to a lesser extent in terms of voter registration. Why? Economics and Morality/Religion. Over time the D’s damaged the economy and assaulted my families moral and religious values. Obama & Hillary C. turned the entire family ~100% R by votes. There were still many registered as D’s because of jobs, inertia, etc. Another observation: I have friends who are still strong D’s. They completely lost their minds when Trump was elected. They are the divisive ones, the ones who have to check their tribe to find their opinion on anything. I don’t see that behavior among the R voting group as much.
Excellent point of view. This helps confirm my self perception that I’m a Libertarian at heart and register Republican. We need way.... less.... government. Also I agree that the populace (and apparently Congress) is confused regarding the (intended) limited power of the president. Instead, every 4 years everyone believes they are voting for a king (or queen).
OK. But one side is firmly on the side of advancing unreality (We are not all equal. Bruce Jenner and his kind are not women) and into knee-capping people based on race (Some graduating HS students I know are being shut out from schools they, 10 years ago, would've easily been granted admission based on test scores. Other HS kids I know are taking their slots and even receiving scholarships, though they scored lower on the ACT, but higher on melanin levels.)
The political party doing this also declared some workers were "non-essential", shut down businesses, enforced stupid mask mandates for school children, divided people based on vaccination status, and discriminated against those that refused to be injected with poison. They also are looking to tear up the 2nd Amendment, if given half a chance. So, yeah, I am running full speed to the other side that allowed people to live their lives freely, for the most part, during this manufactured drama. Right now, I am looking to move from my blue state into a red one and am checking voting results over the past few election cycles to make sure it is a solid red area.
National Divorce. There are FAR too many people who are very loud about how determined they are to, in the words of Michael Malice, “see me dead, or settle for my submission.” These are irreparable rifts. Team liberty and Team coercion cannot coexist.
If the dollar dies, a lot of this goes away because it becomes impotent shrieking. And if the country pulls apart, it goes away for the same reason.
Too many people are addicted to the bureaucratic state. They don’t want it to die, just the parts they don’t like, and, for the most part, they just want those redirected towards their ends.
Again, Malice, “I don’t hate you, I just don’t want to share a country with you.”
I was raised libertarian in NH. Almost all my parents’ friends were limousine liberals, and we all managed to function together. Now they have a shrinking social circle because the stridency has reached fever pitch, and my mother actually got called a fascist at a meeting for saying she read the WSJ along with the NYT.
The Overton window has to move. The memes have to move it.
Ours is a division not of race nor politics. Ours is a division created by principalities that separate man from God, His Love, His Holy Spirit, and His Truth. Until there is return to the God of the Bible and all that it encompasses, we will remain a lost people. Be in the Word. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201&version=NIVHis
Modern update of MLK's speech: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will be judged by the color of their skin, but not by the content of their character. I have a dream that they will one day become well paid DEI commissars and marry the white men who they claim oppress them. I have a dream that the Karens of Boston, Maskachussetts will remove a Lincoln statue and then erect a statue in my honor that looks like a turd. I have a dream today!” https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-give-a-speech
Don't worry, sir - as is often the case, the seed of the solution is already contained within the soil of the problem. Big government requires big debt. Big debt requires big and willing buyers of debt. In case you hadn't noticed, the US is rapidly becoming one of the most hated nations on Earth, if not the most hated. The rest of the world is going hell-for-leather developing a multipolar trade and finance system that will cut out the need to hold USD for collateral and as a way of storing surpluses. The buyers will dry up. Of course, such parasitic entities as the US Govt don't accept being starved, they will attempt to maintain their feeding habits, and this will end in a very messy collapse of the monetary and political system (financial/economic and social too) - a messy end, but an end. The new system will fix many of the problems you observe at the root, in the DNA, to use a stack-appropriate metaphor. The only problem is that the transition will be rough.
In 2008, I voted for Obama. (Not that it mattered... I lived in a deep blue state at the time.) By mid 2009, I realized that I had voted for one of the worst presidents in this country’s history, so I started reading Austro-libertarian books. For me, there was no going back after that. My views have caused me to be ridiculed, shunned, and excluded. Still, I hold onto them with steadfast resolve because it’s the right thing to do.
I think Canada belongs in the "At Risk" category, if not even higher. Trudeau is the "Great Divider" and does it as a well thought out plan. I'm in my 70's and was born here and can truthfully say that I have never seen anything like this in my life. There was a little bit of it when his father was in power in the 70's, but we got rid of him quickly. This guy learned from his father and his father's elitist friends and has taken it to a whole new level.
I can’t be friends with people who had no issues with the last three years. I can’t be friends with people who believed I should be locked up and/or fired for not taking a “warp speed” vaccine. I don’t really want to be friends with people who masked their children and didn’t fight back. And I don’t want to live in the same country as them.
This makes me alt right apparently. At least when we lived in California. I’ve also found the people who just want to be left alone are being railroaded by the groups who love power. So sadly, I don’t think this is a stance we can take any longer.
"those who would control a society are well served by polarizing the populace against one another to create strife and alienation rather than commonality. once you are convinced that “the other half” of the country is “out to get you” you can be easily corralled into a gang “for protection.”
Is there anything new under the sun? This is the way that throughout history, Tyrants have "Divided and Ruled". The British Empire used this tool very effectively in India particularly and it is basically all theat Kissinger ever understood. And still tries to use it to divide Russia and China despite the fact that they are both well aware of these stupid games and fully understand that "united we stand, divided we fall".
Sorry Gatito... I appreciate the analysis, but blacks now state openly their hatred for whites, and the left encourages this. The few sites that are honest about race are severely censored, to the point where (unlike Covid critics such as Dr Malone) they are for all intents and purposes invisible. People who really want to should just start their own research (don't use Google) on "race realism".
It is important to be realistic, even when there are no obvious or even workable solutions.
I have a large group of friends through a common interest we all have. Their political views range over the spectrum so we avoid discussions of politics when together. In the past I rarely gave politics or one's beliefs any thought with respect to making friends.
Now? I'm the only one who didn't take the jab. And as far as I know, I am the only one aware of the psyop. Because of this I feel myself pulling away even though I don't want to. They're meeting this evening and I can't bring myself to go...
I love this post because it calls out the demagoguery for what it is- a strategy (yes, intentional) to keep us divided. This will not be easy to unwind, but I also believe it is possible. Calling it out is a start. As we all begin to recognize it for what it is, we will need to begin the hard work of finding and emphasizing what brings us closer. The controlling machine fears this, but we must not.
Just an observation. Back in the day my extended family was 80% D 20% R. Starting with Prez Carter, the family became increasingly R in terms of voting and to a lesser extent in terms of voter registration. Why? Economics and Morality/Religion. Over time the D’s damaged the economy and assaulted my families moral and religious values. Obama & Hillary C. turned the entire family ~100% R by votes. There were still many registered as D’s because of jobs, inertia, etc. Another observation: I have friends who are still strong D’s. They completely lost their minds when Trump was elected. They are the divisive ones, the ones who have to check their tribe to find their opinion on anything. I don’t see that behavior among the R voting group as much.
Excellent point of view. This helps confirm my self perception that I’m a Libertarian at heart and register Republican. We need way.... less.... government. Also I agree that the populace (and apparently Congress) is confused regarding the (intended) limited power of the president. Instead, every 4 years everyone believes they are voting for a king (or queen).
OK. But one side is firmly on the side of advancing unreality (We are not all equal. Bruce Jenner and his kind are not women) and into knee-capping people based on race (Some graduating HS students I know are being shut out from schools they, 10 years ago, would've easily been granted admission based on test scores. Other HS kids I know are taking their slots and even receiving scholarships, though they scored lower on the ACT, but higher on melanin levels.)
The political party doing this also declared some workers were "non-essential", shut down businesses, enforced stupid mask mandates for school children, divided people based on vaccination status, and discriminated against those that refused to be injected with poison. They also are looking to tear up the 2nd Amendment, if given half a chance. So, yeah, I am running full speed to the other side that allowed people to live their lives freely, for the most part, during this manufactured drama. Right now, I am looking to move from my blue state into a red one and am checking voting results over the past few election cycles to make sure it is a solid red area.
National Divorce. There are FAR too many people who are very loud about how determined they are to, in the words of Michael Malice, “see me dead, or settle for my submission.” These are irreparable rifts. Team liberty and Team coercion cannot coexist.
If the dollar dies, a lot of this goes away because it becomes impotent shrieking. And if the country pulls apart, it goes away for the same reason.
Too many people are addicted to the bureaucratic state. They don’t want it to die, just the parts they don’t like, and, for the most part, they just want those redirected towards their ends.
Again, Malice, “I don’t hate you, I just don’t want to share a country with you.”
I was raised libertarian in NH. Almost all my parents’ friends were limousine liberals, and we all managed to function together. Now they have a shrinking social circle because the stridency has reached fever pitch, and my mother actually got called a fascist at a meeting for saying she read the WSJ along with the NYT.
The Overton window has to move. The memes have to move it.
Ours is a division not of race nor politics. Ours is a division created by principalities that separate man from God, His Love, His Holy Spirit, and His Truth. Until there is return to the God of the Bible and all that it encompasses, we will remain a lost people. Be in the Word. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201&version=NIVHis
Modern update of MLK's speech: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will be judged by the color of their skin, but not by the content of their character. I have a dream that they will one day become well paid DEI commissars and marry the white men who they claim oppress them. I have a dream that the Karens of Boston, Maskachussetts will remove a Lincoln statue and then erect a statue in my honor that looks like a turd. I have a dream today!” https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-give-a-speech
Don't worry, sir - as is often the case, the seed of the solution is already contained within the soil of the problem. Big government requires big debt. Big debt requires big and willing buyers of debt. In case you hadn't noticed, the US is rapidly becoming one of the most hated nations on Earth, if not the most hated. The rest of the world is going hell-for-leather developing a multipolar trade and finance system that will cut out the need to hold USD for collateral and as a way of storing surpluses. The buyers will dry up. Of course, such parasitic entities as the US Govt don't accept being starved, they will attempt to maintain their feeding habits, and this will end in a very messy collapse of the monetary and political system (financial/economic and social too) - a messy end, but an end. The new system will fix many of the problems you observe at the root, in the DNA, to use a stack-appropriate metaphor. The only problem is that the transition will be rough.
In 2008, I voted for Obama. (Not that it mattered... I lived in a deep blue state at the time.) By mid 2009, I realized that I had voted for one of the worst presidents in this country’s history, so I started reading Austro-libertarian books. For me, there was no going back after that. My views have caused me to be ridiculed, shunned, and excluded. Still, I hold onto them with steadfast resolve because it’s the right thing to do.
I think Canada belongs in the "At Risk" category, if not even higher. Trudeau is the "Great Divider" and does it as a well thought out plan. I'm in my 70's and was born here and can truthfully say that I have never seen anything like this in my life. There was a little bit of it when his father was in power in the 70's, but we got rid of him quickly. This guy learned from his father and his father's elitist friends and has taken it to a whole new level.
The long march left started back in the late 70’s, can’t turn that around any time quick
I can’t be friends with people who had no issues with the last three years. I can’t be friends with people who believed I should be locked up and/or fired for not taking a “warp speed” vaccine. I don’t really want to be friends with people who masked their children and didn’t fight back. And I don’t want to live in the same country as them.
This makes me alt right apparently. At least when we lived in California. I’ve also found the people who just want to be left alone are being railroaded by the groups who love power. So sadly, I don’t think this is a stance we can take any longer.
"those who would control a society are well served by polarizing the populace against one another to create strife and alienation rather than commonality. once you are convinced that “the other half” of the country is “out to get you” you can be easily corralled into a gang “for protection.”
Is there anything new under the sun? This is the way that throughout history, Tyrants have "Divided and Ruled". The British Empire used this tool very effectively in India particularly and it is basically all theat Kissinger ever understood. And still tries to use it to divide Russia and China despite the fact that they are both well aware of these stupid games and fully understand that "united we stand, divided we fall".
It should be referred to as DIE not DEI. Why not point out the obvious goal of the program?
>>>our races are increasingly coming together
Sorry Gatito... I appreciate the analysis, but blacks now state openly their hatred for whites, and the left encourages this. The few sites that are honest about race are severely censored, to the point where (unlike Covid critics such as Dr Malone) they are for all intents and purposes invisible. People who really want to should just start their own research (don't use Google) on "race realism".
It is important to be realistic, even when there are no obvious or even workable solutions.