When I was a teenager, my mom gave me some simple advice about marriage. It was,"Never do anything once, that you don't want to do for the rest of your life." Take out the trash, whatever. Do it once and you own it.
Modern parallel: Never give the government power, that you don't want it to have forever.
Getting this power back will require nothing less than a revolution. Hopefully it is a peaceful one, at the hands of a hundred million people around the world that have had enough, and want their world back. In the US, a new constitutional convention basically going back to the original and getting rid of 200 years of 'jurisprudence' starting with Marbury v Madison. And taking the limitations of the enumerated powers seriously.
Yes. I spent Monday arguing to a Fed Soc audience that the answer to social media censorship is NOT regulation. Not even “common carrier.” Sue them, preferably privately, excise the cronyist cancer, and stitch up the patient.
More on point: I was disappointed to see Dinesh D’Souza comment that it was fine for SCOTUS to uphold the vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, so long as the OSHA mandate was struck down. Not one inch.
I like to envision the political spectrum as a horizontal line. At one end there is no State, and at the other a total State.
When seen this way, it matters not which end is which, only the increasing powers usurped by the state, which is a zero sum game: every power the state gains directly reduces our freedom.
Using this rubric, there is no real distinction between the "far right" and the "far left". They are all in favor of an omnipotent State, which of course is controlled by them for their own benefit, at the expense of the liberty and prosperity of the rest of us.
The ass and the elephant are in complete agreement on this. NAP libertarians are equidistant from both.
Galt's Gulch ended up being the Bohemian Grove. You are right gato, and we need to recognise that this is a journey of endless steps, and we have barely taken the first one. The Trucker Protest here in Canada is one of the first actions in North America that might have an impact, and it seems to be sparking others around the world (I note that Europe has been far more vigorous in protests than complacent NA - (the opposite of what I had expected). Heartened by several countries in Europe dropping the vaxpass, which is critical.
Far Left and Far Right are COLLECTIVISTS. That's the proper spectrum for this discussion: individual liberty on one end, collectivist authoritarians on the other. Whether the collective centers on race, or class, or nationality or whatever. It's the essential characteristic of that group of people, whether fascist or communist.
Where I live, there's a guy running for county treasurer for the sole purpose of eliminating the office of county treasurer and saving the county $500,000/year. It's a completely useless office and everyone knows it. Best of all, he's got a good shot at winning.
Antony Sutton was a darling of the conservatives in the 70’s. That is until he started writing books on how the west funded the start up of the Soviet Union and how the west funded Hitler and Germany. How corporate America couldn’t wait to invest in the captive market of the Soviet Union.
These weren’t novels, they were fact based books with with plenty of names, dates and details. The Hoover institute, his employer asked him desist. He resolved that by self publishing.
There are plenty of lectures still available online, for how long who knows. It’s horrendous to think how the greed motive will allow such rationalizations as to work against the best interests of your country.
Anyone who buys into the left right paradigm is fooling themselves terribly. These people have no allegiance.
The only way to change any nation is the cross.. sin was defeated on the cross, those who cling to the cross know they have died to sin... they no longer want evil..But desire good...,
Jesus said it is out of the heart that evil proceeds....unless our hearts are broken made tender, and focused on Jesus... we tend to evil..be it self righteousness (far right) or no moral boundaries (far left)...but unless we accept responsibility for our own sin... nothing around us really changes beyond the next administration...
It is a nation that forgets God that tends to evil.. when we fear God we know we all face judgment for our actions... here and beyond death... it’s is that fear of the Lord that keeps men humble... they know every thought, every action is being recorded and weighed in the balance...
Regardless of any system a man who truly fears God respects and does only good to his neighbour, he knows he will be held accountable so strives to do good.. but unless you face your own sinfulness, .. blessed are the poor in spirit, and grieve at your own inadequacy to be good, blessed are they who mourn...then you realise you can only do good by cooperating with Christ..
Left right Center are just perspective Jesus came in grace and truth.. we fight over what is true and forget we all need grace... the right focus on truth, the left grace.. we need both to grow up..
Only God has the power and strength to defeat your lizard people, those who worship power in this life, but fail to see life after death is what is most important..its they who need to see “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul.”..
Gates will meet his maker.. Biden too they will regret the choices they made..
A very good and prescient newsletter, el gato. I'm a (former) left wing Democratic voter but I've abandoned the party after they went off the deep end with destroying small business, crushing an entire generation's education, and enlisting Big Tech to disseminate their Orwellian disinformation. Those on the right are not immune to going off the deep end either. Everyone, beware.
When I was a teenager, my mom gave me some simple advice about marriage. It was,"Never do anything once, that you don't want to do for the rest of your life." Take out the trash, whatever. Do it once and you own it.
Modern parallel: Never give the government power, that you don't want it to have forever.
Getting this power back will require nothing less than a revolution. Hopefully it is a peaceful one, at the hands of a hundred million people around the world that have had enough, and want their world back. In the US, a new constitutional convention basically going back to the original and getting rid of 200 years of 'jurisprudence' starting with Marbury v Madison. And taking the limitations of the enumerated powers seriously.
Yes. I spent Monday arguing to a Fed Soc audience that the answer to social media censorship is NOT regulation. Not even “common carrier.” Sue them, preferably privately, excise the cronyist cancer, and stitch up the patient.
More on point: I was disappointed to see Dinesh D’Souza comment that it was fine for SCOTUS to uphold the vaccine mandates for healthcare workers, so long as the OSHA mandate was struck down. Not one inch.
As ever Orwell was on point.
'The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.'
Another grand-slam dunk, el gato! 👏⚾️🎇🏀🙌🔥
On a related note, I wanted to alert everyone to this alarming news about the “proposed removal of human rights in the UK for the greater good”:
https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/the-proposed-removal-of-human-rights
The UK government is accepting responses through March 8. No doubt this will become a new entry in my Letters series …
Just a superb essay, gato.
I like to envision the political spectrum as a horizontal line. At one end there is no State, and at the other a total State.
When seen this way, it matters not which end is which, only the increasing powers usurped by the state, which is a zero sum game: every power the state gains directly reduces our freedom.
Using this rubric, there is no real distinction between the "far right" and the "far left". They are all in favor of an omnipotent State, which of course is controlled by them for their own benefit, at the expense of the liberty and prosperity of the rest of us.
The ass and the elephant are in complete agreement on this. NAP libertarians are equidistant from both.
Galt's Gulch ended up being the Bohemian Grove. You are right gato, and we need to recognise that this is a journey of endless steps, and we have barely taken the first one. The Trucker Protest here in Canada is one of the first actions in North America that might have an impact, and it seems to be sparking others around the world (I note that Europe has been far more vigorous in protests than complacent NA - (the opposite of what I had expected). Heartened by several countries in Europe dropping the vaxpass, which is critical.
Is it just me, or has the direct "like" button disappeared on the bottom of the substack emails?
"it’s not right vs left. it’s authoritarian vs liberty."
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Same as it ever was.
Far Left and Far Right are COLLECTIVISTS. That's the proper spectrum for this discussion: individual liberty on one end, collectivist authoritarians on the other. Whether the collective centers on race, or class, or nationality or whatever. It's the essential characteristic of that group of people, whether fascist or communist.
This the most correct thing that has ever been written. Whether by cat or by human.
Where I live, there's a guy running for county treasurer for the sole purpose of eliminating the office of county treasurer and saving the county $500,000/year. It's a completely useless office and everyone knows it. Best of all, he's got a good shot at winning.
Antony Sutton was a darling of the conservatives in the 70’s. That is until he started writing books on how the west funded the start up of the Soviet Union and how the west funded Hitler and Germany. How corporate America couldn’t wait to invest in the captive market of the Soviet Union.
These weren’t novels, they were fact based books with with plenty of names, dates and details. The Hoover institute, his employer asked him desist. He resolved that by self publishing.
There are plenty of lectures still available online, for how long who knows. It’s horrendous to think how the greed motive will allow such rationalizations as to work against the best interests of your country.
Anyone who buys into the left right paradigm is fooling themselves terribly. These people have no allegiance.
The only way to change any nation is the cross.. sin was defeated on the cross, those who cling to the cross know they have died to sin... they no longer want evil..But desire good...,
Jesus said it is out of the heart that evil proceeds....unless our hearts are broken made tender, and focused on Jesus... we tend to evil..be it self righteousness (far right) or no moral boundaries (far left)...but unless we accept responsibility for our own sin... nothing around us really changes beyond the next administration...
It is a nation that forgets God that tends to evil.. when we fear God we know we all face judgment for our actions... here and beyond death... it’s is that fear of the Lord that keeps men humble... they know every thought, every action is being recorded and weighed in the balance...
Regardless of any system a man who truly fears God respects and does only good to his neighbour, he knows he will be held accountable so strives to do good.. but unless you face your own sinfulness, .. blessed are the poor in spirit, and grieve at your own inadequacy to be good, blessed are they who mourn...then you realise you can only do good by cooperating with Christ..
Left right Center are just perspective Jesus came in grace and truth.. we fight over what is true and forget we all need grace... the right focus on truth, the left grace.. we need both to grow up..
Only God has the power and strength to defeat your lizard people, those who worship power in this life, but fail to see life after death is what is most important..its they who need to see “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his soul.”..
Gates will meet his maker.. Biden too they will regret the choices they made..
It’s the fear of the Lord that brings wisdom...
How do we get rid of the Patriot Act? That’s the carte blanche permission slip for all this authoritarian crap right now.
A very good and prescient newsletter, el gato. I'm a (former) left wing Democratic voter but I've abandoned the party after they went off the deep end with destroying small business, crushing an entire generation's education, and enlisting Big Tech to disseminate their Orwellian disinformation. Those on the right are not immune to going off the deep end either. Everyone, beware.
Start here: vote out every incumbent who implemented or went along with lockdowns, mandates and masks.