They're trying to hide tge fact they make the"laws/regulations/mandates" for self-serving reasons to expressly pick the citizens pockets....and make the citizens want more "problems" the institutions "created" through incompetence/grift so they can disguise their involvement in the creation of the problem they intend to "fix" by some new…
They're trying to hide tge fact they make the"laws/regulations/mandates" for self-serving reasons to expressly pick the citizens pockets....and make the citizens want more "problems" the institutions "created" through incompetence/grift so they can disguise their involvement in the creation of the problem they intend to "fix" by some new surreptitious "solution".
Its sorta like the Morlocks in "Time Machine" who conditioned the Eloi to accept their fate, they tell us how important more government is for solving x,y,z problems by creating more problems with their "solutions". For example did we need Homeland Security? Because if we remember correctly the FBI did not do their jobs and everyone should have seen 911 coming, etc. etc.etc..
Furthermore they distract the masses who, like feeding sharks are givn tidbits of their plunder while they make the big heist where no one is looking. As long as people don't feel the pain, such as the big celebrities, who can afford the theft, theyll continue to proselytize like useful idiots to suborn what no other citizen or private company could ever afford and remain solvent.
Its all just culminating now after decades of this destructive feedback loop of grift and incompetence. And so the "cover ups" and cya must become more overt and desperate.
Much of this was brought about by the desire to actually prevent corruption. When I was young, with the exception of the military, the FBI, and maybe NASA, working for the government was what the least talented people did. The pay was low but at least you had automatic promotions until GS13, a 40 hour work week, and a decent pension when you retired. This obviously did not attract the best and the brightest, but it was designed to keep the overly ambitious out of the public sector. Instead of attracting those who were "dedicated to public service" it just filled the public sector with those who wouldn't make it in the private sector. Part of it was our fault as well. We often looked down on government employment, sometimes considering it only as a stepping stone to a more prestigious private sector job. I've often wondered why many European bureaucracies are able to function far more efficiently (until recently) than ours. I suspect it's the fact that government employment brings a far higher social status in places like Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, or Japan than it does in the US, making it a more acceptable career for competent individuals. Our American cultural disdain for government has resulted in bad government, through capture by the least competent. If your government is a dumpster for the "working incompetent", don't be surprised when you suddenly find you have a dumpster fire.
It might also be that we have the most useless aristocrats/elites in the history of mankind. Worse than the courts of Versailles.
The institutions are completely inept and there's nothing that invites grift like incompetence. It's a feedback loop. But it'll eventually implode once there's nothing left to pillage.
That's because we eliminated the nobility as an institution. The Founders wanted to replace inherited nobility with meritocratic nobility, but the Jacobin mindset started taking hold in America at the turn of the 19th century. The Founders inherently accepted that the premise of Noblesse Oblige applied to anyone in power and saw no reason to expound upon it in detail. Nobility in general began to be considered evil, while the uneducated lower classes were pushed as the new foundation for our morality. With the end of institutional nobility came the end of Noblesse Oblige, and as low-born but talented individuals rose through the social hierarchy, they brought with them whatever notions of social responsibility they happened to be raised with. Hopefully a Christian background would temper any narcissistic tendencies, though sometimes it did not. 200 years after the start of the industrial revolution, our social elite have very little if any regard for social responsibility. In fact, most believe their social and financial positions to give them license to do whatever they please - just don't admit this to the unwashed masses. What they haven't figured out yet is just how unstable and degenerating this path is.
What you are saying is that we have always had examples throughout history. Versailles, the Russian court of the last czars back to the late Roman emperors. We failed to learn from history, but those that always work to gainsay the system did learn from history for their own advantage. The founders of our country tried to anticipate and shortstop this, but look where we are. "Of by and for the people. A republic if you can keep it." um hmmm?
I suppose it's possible that the useless aristocrats/elites in the courts of Versailles did this when their subjects had grievances they sought to redress:
They actually, 100%, without exception have contempt for the people they consider below them. Obama's "Bitter Clingers," Clinton's "Basket of Deplorables" comments weren't just off-the-cuff quips uttered by politicians getting carried away with their rhetoric. It's how they think, how they speak about us when they speak with 'friendly' aristocrats/elites. Who think and speak like them. We can't hate them enough. As we must resolve to correct *their* wrongthink.
NBC’s pathetic factor is immeasurable at this point and their apparent delusion that “we” will take them at their word is astounding. “ Nearly 100 former national security officials”… 1) how about a finite # instead of rounding up? And 2) I’m confident that “many” of those are the same 51 security experts who signed a letter confirming that Hunter’s Laptop was the work of evil Russians….the media has lost so much credibility with their willing complicity … politicians evaluating Gabbard’s qualifications would be fools to put any stock in this on going anonymously sourced fiction. I herald the day NBC and MSNBC pull their own plug.
There are generations of incompetence that beed culling. Many of these organizations have embraced the “do not hire anyone who is potentially more thoughtful or careful than you” mentality.
This will finally cause organizational failure. The organization, government, group is unable to complete any task.
I wonder if this behavior is what finally causes the fall of Rome and other examples that we can come up with. Your comment stimulated these thoughts with just my first cuppa. It was painful. : )
Great comment! Though, I am partial to the Skeksis in The Dark Crystal. "as such being arrogant, egotistical, and have little to no regard for life or even each other. Furthermore, despite having alliances in the castle, they will often plot or have a rivalry (such in the case of SkekSil and SkekUng) against each other inside or outside of the alliance, heavily suggesting the Skeksis to be deceitful and double-crossing.
The Skeksis live a hedonistic lifestyle as they only think of living in eternity while they maintain hold over their power."
Agree 1000%. Here I've been hoping DOGE would take apart DHS and the micro-agencies that suck up resources and obfuscate communication - not to mention that not a single IT system works interagency...
I also think that more and more people are beginning to understand this. As a result, the idea of DOGE is not something that the media can effectively attack -- because the media has always been the sales force for more government.
However, this time around, people are finally beginning to realize -- that they don't even know what those in government are actually doing! Why does the government need to employ so many people? That is to say, if they went away, would anyone really notice?
The true answer is no! Most of the positions held by these people are paper pushing nonsense rolls. It's like office space -- only most of the employees are in the basement -- and nobody even knows that they're getting paid. But the money keeps coming in so they just keep accepting it.
The whole charade is starting to become quite visible. Too much is piling on, and the "smart people" who were tasked with stopping these sorts of things from happening are ineffective -- so what the hell are they doing there?
They're trying to hide tge fact they make the"laws/regulations/mandates" for self-serving reasons to expressly pick the citizens pockets....and make the citizens want more "problems" the institutions "created" through incompetence/grift so they can disguise their involvement in the creation of the problem they intend to "fix" by some new surreptitious "solution".
Its sorta like the Morlocks in "Time Machine" who conditioned the Eloi to accept their fate, they tell us how important more government is for solving x,y,z problems by creating more problems with their "solutions". For example did we need Homeland Security? Because if we remember correctly the FBI did not do their jobs and everyone should have seen 911 coming, etc. etc.etc..
Furthermore they distract the masses who, like feeding sharks are givn tidbits of their plunder while they make the big heist where no one is looking. As long as people don't feel the pain, such as the big celebrities, who can afford the theft, theyll continue to proselytize like useful idiots to suborn what no other citizen or private company could ever afford and remain solvent.
Its all just culminating now after decades of this destructive feedback loop of grift and incompetence. And so the "cover ups" and cya must become more overt and desperate.
Just my two cents
Much of this was brought about by the desire to actually prevent corruption. When I was young, with the exception of the military, the FBI, and maybe NASA, working for the government was what the least talented people did. The pay was low but at least you had automatic promotions until GS13, a 40 hour work week, and a decent pension when you retired. This obviously did not attract the best and the brightest, but it was designed to keep the overly ambitious out of the public sector. Instead of attracting those who were "dedicated to public service" it just filled the public sector with those who wouldn't make it in the private sector. Part of it was our fault as well. We often looked down on government employment, sometimes considering it only as a stepping stone to a more prestigious private sector job. I've often wondered why many European bureaucracies are able to function far more efficiently (until recently) than ours. I suspect it's the fact that government employment brings a far higher social status in places like Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, or Japan than it does in the US, making it a more acceptable career for competent individuals. Our American cultural disdain for government has resulted in bad government, through capture by the least competent. If your government is a dumpster for the "working incompetent", don't be surprised when you suddenly find you have a dumpster fire.
Incompetent naturally aggregate in places where there are no expectations as to results. Academia, government are the drain filters of civilization.
And there follows grift like a moth to a light.
Well said.
It might also be that we have the most useless aristocrats/elites in the history of mankind. Worse than the courts of Versailles.
The institutions are completely inept and there's nothing that invites grift like incompetence. It's a feedback loop. But it'll eventually implode once there's nothing left to pillage.
That's because we eliminated the nobility as an institution. The Founders wanted to replace inherited nobility with meritocratic nobility, but the Jacobin mindset started taking hold in America at the turn of the 19th century. The Founders inherently accepted that the premise of Noblesse Oblige applied to anyone in power and saw no reason to expound upon it in detail. Nobility in general began to be considered evil, while the uneducated lower classes were pushed as the new foundation for our morality. With the end of institutional nobility came the end of Noblesse Oblige, and as low-born but talented individuals rose through the social hierarchy, they brought with them whatever notions of social responsibility they happened to be raised with. Hopefully a Christian background would temper any narcissistic tendencies, though sometimes it did not. 200 years after the start of the industrial revolution, our social elite have very little if any regard for social responsibility. In fact, most believe their social and financial positions to give them license to do whatever they please - just don't admit this to the unwashed masses. What they haven't figured out yet is just how unstable and degenerating this path is.
"...meritocratic nobility..."
Yes!
"It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles"
What you are saying is that we have always had examples throughout history. Versailles, the Russian court of the last czars back to the late Roman emperors. We failed to learn from history, but those that always work to gainsay the system did learn from history for their own advantage. The founders of our country tried to anticipate and shortstop this, but look where we are. "Of by and for the people. A republic if you can keep it." um hmmm?
"But _this_ time we'll put the right people in charge. You just watch!"
I suppose it's possible that the useless aristocrats/elites in the courts of Versailles did this when their subjects had grievances they sought to redress:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/10/22/93016517-14179409-image-a-41_1733869201440.jpg
Or perhaps they did this:
https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/secret-service-acting-director-ronald-94797859.jpg
They actually, 100%, without exception have contempt for the people they consider below them. Obama's "Bitter Clingers," Clinton's "Basket of Deplorables" comments weren't just off-the-cuff quips uttered by politicians getting carried away with their rhetoric. It's how they think, how they speak about us when they speak with 'friendly' aristocrats/elites. Who think and speak like them. We can't hate them enough. As we must resolve to correct *their* wrongthink.
Spot on FF, as usual
Seems we're getting close?
There’s a lot of competition for that honor in history.
NBC’s pathetic factor is immeasurable at this point and their apparent delusion that “we” will take them at their word is astounding. “ Nearly 100 former national security officials”… 1) how about a finite # instead of rounding up? And 2) I’m confident that “many” of those are the same 51 security experts who signed a letter confirming that Hunter’s Laptop was the work of evil Russians….the media has lost so much credibility with their willing complicity … politicians evaluating Gabbard’s qualifications would be fools to put any stock in this on going anonymously sourced fiction. I herald the day NBC and MSNBC pull their own plug.
There are generations of incompetence that beed culling. Many of these organizations have embraced the “do not hire anyone who is potentially more thoughtful or careful than you” mentality.
This will finally cause organizational failure. The organization, government, group is unable to complete any task.
I wonder if this behavior is what finally causes the fall of Rome and other examples that we can come up with. Your comment stimulated these thoughts with just my first cuppa. It was painful. : )
as the song lyric goes: "When eating comes too easy
Nothing makes you think
There's too much time to sun yourself
And too much wine to drink" (Linda Ronstadt – New Hard Times)
It should be more like
"If you don't work you die."
- Gods of the Copybook Headings
Great comment! Though, I am partial to the Skeksis in The Dark Crystal. "as such being arrogant, egotistical, and have little to no regard for life or even each other. Furthermore, despite having alliances in the castle, they will often plot or have a rivalry (such in the case of SkekSil and SkekUng) against each other inside or outside of the alliance, heavily suggesting the Skeksis to be deceitful and double-crossing.
The Skeksis live a hedonistic lifestyle as they only think of living in eternity while they maintain hold over their power."
Loved the Dark Crystal btw. Sounds like you like stuff right up my alley!
Fantastic Planet?
Agree 1000%. Here I've been hoping DOGE would take apart DHS and the micro-agencies that suck up resources and obfuscate communication - not to mention that not a single IT system works interagency...
I agree 100%.
I also think that more and more people are beginning to understand this. As a result, the idea of DOGE is not something that the media can effectively attack -- because the media has always been the sales force for more government.
However, this time around, people are finally beginning to realize -- that they don't even know what those in government are actually doing! Why does the government need to employ so many people? That is to say, if they went away, would anyone really notice?
The true answer is no! Most of the positions held by these people are paper pushing nonsense rolls. It's like office space -- only most of the employees are in the basement -- and nobody even knows that they're getting paid. But the money keeps coming in so they just keep accepting it.
The whole charade is starting to become quite visible. Too much is piling on, and the "smart people" who were tasked with stopping these sorts of things from happening are ineffective -- so what the hell are they doing there?
Exactly. Very well said!
Thanks!
That was a dollars' worth of two cents 😉
At least a full bushel of hay pennies.
Or a clipping of bitcoin.