Regarding blocking dissent - the sports journalists did it too.
Every sports commissioner was pushing/mandating these vaccines for healthy young athletes. I, for one, have not forgotten. Also, those fearless sports commentators with their brave "hot takes" are actually just wimps, always supporting the Current Thing.
Amazing post. All of this brings up a question: do we have the government(s) that we deserve?
Do we (I mean collectively -- El Gato's readers are better than the average citizen) deserve anything better if we allow these freaks to manipulate our cognition?
I hope that the answer is "yes we deserve better" - and we need to push against this "disinformation control".
This year, I’m going to Porcfest in NH, which is the flagship event of the NH Free State Project. There’s a wide Overton Window there, as well, including, I suspect, a heavy dose of Marxist/Maoist saboteurs who have been infiltrating libertarian groups since the 80s, but I am realizing how important it is to spend at least some time in groups where you aren’t constantly being gaslit about every fundamental principle critical to a free society. In order to be doing good work in our smaller spheres, I believe we need to connect with each other at hubs on occasion.
I would trade all of the "conveniences" of modernity to live in the early days of the republic when I didn't need "permission" from some government agency to have a home business, install a technological marvel to cool my home, or have a pet. The bloated, power grabbing liberty crushing government takes all the joy out of the many advances of modern society. Add to that the debased culture pulling the rigged levers of the voting machine and I'd rather live the hard life of our early nation over what we have now.
You are suggesting that everyone do something. I would like to put forth that the something is to PRAY! 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." We must stop viewing this crisis as a secular crisis when it is clearly spiritual warfare. I challenge every person who reads this comment to pray to God and ask Him to reveal to you whether this is so.
We all want this to change. It is going to take a while.
It didn't happen overnight after the fascism of the Wilson administration or the wholesale trampling of liberty that is the personification of the FDR reign (yes it was a reign).
It took a couple generations.
My point is; are all of us willing to fight a battle for which we may all be long dead, before the change we seek becomes a reality?
That is the penultimate decision in my mind. The first decision is where do we start, and what resources do we need to meet those ends.
I believe the most valuable resource is within us all:
The courage to exert our will on the malaise that has infected society. The window to shift the Overton window is NOW.
We are the change agents and we must decide if we have the will to stand for freedom TODAY; knowing that our end goal may not be accomplished until after we shuffle of this mortal coil.
Gato, my dude - how am I supposed to make any coin on my Tin Foil Hat side hustle if you keep encouraging We the Little People to take notice, think for ourselves, and act of our own volition?!
Well, it’s quite evident that the government knows EXACTLY who we are, even us “little guys”. So, since that’s true, and it’s too late anyway to hide, I’ll be damned if I’ll shut up. Might as well go down fighting! At least we’ll have some semblance of honor and “freedom”.
In El Paso, TX in May of this year, voters were offered eleven proposals, ALL of which were giving the government power to do something. I voted no on all of them. A few of them passed, but it was very encouraging that the one trying to establish a "climate council" and give them power to do all sorts of ridiculous things was soundly defeated!
Government overreach, spying on the people, neighbor vs neighbor, etc. will get far worse before any sort of rebellion coalesces. Then the question is: what form will said rebellion take? Until people come to realize that we cannot vote our way out of this, there will be no rebellion.
The amount of counter intuitiveness appears to be snowballing everywhere we look. I have to keep telling myself this is intentional. Four years is a longtime to live under ongoing incompetency. Always looking for a shred of truth.
FDR interned Japanese American citizens. Half of Dems wanted to intern the unvaccinated. Old habits die hard.
Regarding blocking dissent - the sports journalists did it too.
Every sports commissioner was pushing/mandating these vaccines for healthy young athletes. I, for one, have not forgotten. Also, those fearless sports commentators with their brave "hot takes" are actually just wimps, always supporting the Current Thing.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/my-hot-take-on-our-fearless-sports
Amazing post. All of this brings up a question: do we have the government(s) that we deserve?
Do we (I mean collectively -- El Gato's readers are better than the average citizen) deserve anything better if we allow these freaks to manipulate our cognition?
I hope that the answer is "yes we deserve better" - and we need to push against this "disinformation control".
Never. Give. Up. Your. Guns.
This year, I’m going to Porcfest in NH, which is the flagship event of the NH Free State Project. There’s a wide Overton Window there, as well, including, I suspect, a heavy dose of Marxist/Maoist saboteurs who have been infiltrating libertarian groups since the 80s, but I am realizing how important it is to spend at least some time in groups where you aren’t constantly being gaslit about every fundamental principle critical to a free society. In order to be doing good work in our smaller spheres, I believe we need to connect with each other at hubs on occasion.
I would trade all of the "conveniences" of modernity to live in the early days of the republic when I didn't need "permission" from some government agency to have a home business, install a technological marvel to cool my home, or have a pet. The bloated, power grabbing liberty crushing government takes all the joy out of the many advances of modern society. Add to that the debased culture pulling the rigged levers of the voting machine and I'd rather live the hard life of our early nation over what we have now.
You are suggesting that everyone do something. I would like to put forth that the something is to PRAY! 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." We must stop viewing this crisis as a secular crisis when it is clearly spiritual warfare. I challenge every person who reads this comment to pray to God and ask Him to reveal to you whether this is so.
"we have been here before and we have come back from it.
the terrifying fascism of wilson & FDR was like this.
and we recovered."
Did we? Did we really?
We all want this to change. It is going to take a while.
It didn't happen overnight after the fascism of the Wilson administration or the wholesale trampling of liberty that is the personification of the FDR reign (yes it was a reign).
It took a couple generations.
My point is; are all of us willing to fight a battle for which we may all be long dead, before the change we seek becomes a reality?
That is the penultimate decision in my mind. The first decision is where do we start, and what resources do we need to meet those ends.
I believe the most valuable resource is within us all:
The courage to exert our will on the malaise that has infected society. The window to shift the Overton window is NOW.
We are the change agents and we must decide if we have the will to stand for freedom TODAY; knowing that our end goal may not be accomplished until after we shuffle of this mortal coil.
Gato, my dude - how am I supposed to make any coin on my Tin Foil Hat side hustle if you keep encouraging We the Little People to take notice, think for ourselves, and act of our own volition?!
Well, it’s quite evident that the government knows EXACTLY who we are, even us “little guys”. So, since that’s true, and it’s too late anyway to hide, I’ll be damned if I’ll shut up. Might as well go down fighting! At least we’ll have some semblance of honor and “freedom”.
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, no one thinks of changing himself.” Put up or shut up. I’m tired of the chatter.
Inside every progressive is a totalitarian waiting to get out.... David Horowitz
In El Paso, TX in May of this year, voters were offered eleven proposals, ALL of which were giving the government power to do something. I voted no on all of them. A few of them passed, but it was very encouraging that the one trying to establish a "climate council" and give them power to do all sorts of ridiculous things was soundly defeated!
Government overreach, spying on the people, neighbor vs neighbor, etc. will get far worse before any sort of rebellion coalesces. Then the question is: what form will said rebellion take? Until people come to realize that we cannot vote our way out of this, there will be no rebellion.
The amount of counter intuitiveness appears to be snowballing everywhere we look. I have to keep telling myself this is intentional. Four years is a longtime to live under ongoing incompetency. Always looking for a shred of truth.