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In the spirit of nothing new under the sun, The Great Reset looks a lot like a technocratic recycling of Feudalism with an added side order of elements of Communism.

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Communism is feudalism .

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Collectivism is feudalism.

“Fascism, Nazism, Communism and Socialism are only superficial variations of the same monstrous theme — collectivism.”

~ Ayn Rand, letter of March 19, 1944

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That was spot on.

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Not sure I agree to be honest. There are nuanced differences. Communism typically includes appeals to “the greater good” above all else, even if it’s all lies, but in propaganda at least; Feudalism preaches and enforces obedience to a ruling caste above all else. Communism does actually place quite a high price on technological progress (USSR), Feudalism places a high price on the status quo and usually causes regression technologically (e.g. Dark Ages in Europe). National Socialism was different again.

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I consider the "nuanced differences" to be little more than academic blather.

It is like discussing the distinctions between slavery in the Western and Arab worlds.

Whether the master is a commissar, Duke, Caliph or IRS commissioner, one is still subject to, and the de facto property of, the master.

They all lay claim to your person, property and the fruit of your labor.

"The moral tragedy that has befallen Americans is our belief that it is okay for government to forcibly use one American to serve the purposes of another - that in my book is a working definition of slavery."

~ Walter Williams

This must end if we are ever to regain our freedom and our honor.

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👏👏👏👏 A rose by any other name is still a damn rose!

The only "ism" I can support these days is anarchism.

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Right there with you my friend.

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And vice versa.

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I suspect that its origins are soviet.

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Weak men -> hard times -> strong men -> good times -> weak men.

80 years. 80 years is how long it takes for the price of freedom and quality of life to fall out of living memory. That cartoon is coming up on 80 years old. Which means we might be coming up on remembering the price, and hopefully ponying up to make good on the purchase.

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Look around, and you can already see the hard men forming.

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There are a lot of weak weak men around these days.

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I've been accused of being both weak and strong. It says more about the other than me. I would say I'm balanced, but then others would refute that too!! Ha ha! In the end you've got to be yourself and make good choices, be kind and help others and not take any shit. It's always about love. Combine love and strength, now you've got a strong man worth trusting.

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I'm not too sure about that. Wherever I look, all I can see is strong men making an awful mess of things, toying with things they do not and can not understand. Most of them are not interested in freedom. Much of the world half-heartedly followed China's heavy handed approach to the problems of our time until its consequences became too much to bear, but we can still take a step back and work through it all. For a strongman like Xi Jinping, accountable only to other would-be dictators in his own party, there is no backing down. He has no choice but to double down on an obvious failure and drive his country further into ruin.

This way of thinking will be the death of us all.

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I think you make the mistake of associating "strong men" with dictators or psychological bullies like pFauci. I rather think dictators are more like bullies--which share basic psychology with many bureaucrats--and in that regard are actually weak men. Then again, maybe we are simply arguing semantics, and in that case, I apologize. Either way, it seems to me John Carter is asserting that *we* must be the strong men (or women), and beat these losers back, at some point.

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Under the above framework, people like Xi would be "weak men, " or perhaps even more appropriately, avatars of "hard times."

"Strong" in this context is about character, especially resilience and sacrifice.

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Xi and Putin both are arriving at very difficult crossroads if they wish to remain on top. Both have blundered badly and their societies are awakening. Usually unrest means changes will happen.

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No, Xi is quite ready to watch us die, either by jab, or starvation, or no medicine, etc...the underpinnings of our country have been destroyed, and Xi is ready to move his people here...they need room.

And you must understand, the Chinese believe (have always believed) that they are the superior race. We are gaijin, and not worth one Chinese life.

They will take us over without a shot.

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And Fentanyl.

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Made in Wuhan! Which, coincidentally, happens to be Pfizer's world distribution headquarters of their vax. (Needs verified, but I read it in a trusted source). So many dots joining...

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Howe-Strauss’ winter is here and it lasts till ~2030

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Agree.

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Reminds me of Robinson Jeffers poem, “Be Angry At The Sun”, written early 1940’s I believe. But even well before that, the Old Testament book Ecclesiastes, written maybe 3500 years ago.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

What has been will be again,

what has been done will be done again;

there is nothing new under the sun.

10 Is there anything of which one can say,

“Look! This is something new”?

It was here already, long ago;

Corruption, megalomania and power-crazed men are certainly nothing new to history

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I LOVE that Poem by Robinson Jeffers❤️❤️❤️

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I have a family member who is a high school history teacher. During the pandemic she and I would have multiple conversations or shall I say arguments. I would tell her over and over that it was all political this is not how we’ve ever practiced medicine before. At one point she said to me that she cannot imagine that her government would be doing this. And that’s when I’m like…you’re actually a history teacher?

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It was only recently that I began to understand how corrupt the NIH had become. Worse being retired military discovering how current military leaders are corrupting that institution.

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Agreed… I used to think the American military was the good guy and now I am not sure.

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I often get the feeling I am living in a mental institution.

This planet is filled with some brilliant criminals, and plenty of stupid stupid people.

Most of us, just sort of, find that soft spot, make biscuits, purr, settle in and watch.

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Tend to swing between purring and screaming. Biscuits do help.

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politics is automatically corrupted and filled with psychopaths. A politician comes to power because he has 'good' social skills = psychopath not because they are 'skilled' in something then this is the result.

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OMG you kill me. Such a good morning read, thank you. Great memes again.

somewhere on the wall of an ancient pharaonic necropolis are likely hieroglyphs to the effect of “built for king boomerses by generation 𓅂 who could not afford a house because their parents used up all the stones!”

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Yeah that one was fabulous!

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The full passage >

A generation goes, and a generation comes,

but the earth remains forever.

The sun rises, and the sun goes down,

and hastens to the place where it rises.

The wind blows to the south

and goes around to the north;

around and around goes the wind,

and on its circuits the wind returns.

All streams run to the sea,

but the sea is not full;

to the place where the streams flow,

there they flow again.

All things are full of weariness;

a man cannot utter it;

the eye is not satisfied with seeing,

nor the ear filled with hearing.

What has been is what will be,

and what has been done is what will be done,

and there is nothing new under the sun.

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Axiom: Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.

Corollary: Those who do know history are doomed to repeat it, anyway.

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Check out Will and Ariel Durant

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Indeed! The axiom you state is from "The Lessons of History" by the Durants. Another quote, from that book, that provokes thought is, "Nothing is clearer in history than the adoption by successful rebels of the methods they were accustomed to condemn in the forces they deposed." So yes, history tends to repeat either way.

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I remember my great amusement, reading about those Athenians kvetching about those "damned kids today." But now I and my friend from fifth grade talk on the phone weekly, kvetching about "these..." and I keep saying "how did we get here?"

Anyway, well done. This sort of heartening is more than welcome in the midst of the horrors.

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"Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late."

~ Thomas Sowell

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I was thinking about that as well. One if the great philosopher wrote about those darn kids. Can’t remember who though

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Pretty sure it's not what you were thinking but 'damn kids' reminds me of one of my favorites... 1986 Hacker's Manifesto :~) http://phrack.org/issues/7/3.html

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One of the great truths that dawned on me as a young engineer, which I expressed as a question, was this. "Has it ever dawned on you that some of the most brilliant thinkers of our time and most universally accepted truths of our age will one day be relegated to the categorizations of ‘ignorant’ or ‘bogus’ by people of some distant future?" It is common to think "this is the first time" or whatever. Frankly, there was far too much of that during this covid dumpster fire. Somebody mentioned that history tends to repeat if we don't remember it. Wise words indeed! (Also, that cartoon was scary in its prescience!)

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How to get the state mead drinkers to yearn for freedom...

Also - Ecclesiastes 1. It is worth a read. Solomon (the most wise among men) at the end of his life observed that all things of the world (of men), all is vanity and it is hollow and there is nothing new that man makes. Even "good" things. The world is irretrievably broken and empty and unsatisfying. So he returns to the font of living waters. The incorruptible. The source of all that is good and perfect. God. Nothing will be made right until His son returns. The ultimate, perfect, great reset.

If you are curious about Christ and don't know where to start, IMO the book of John is my pick. The promises we have in Christ push out fear. That is what we really need.

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May 19, 2022·edited May 19, 2022

1) I'm dumbfounded by that cartoon. Yes, we do ourselves no favors by considering those of the past to be less astute,capable, or cogent.

2) Im Continually aghast at the history I was never shown... And I Love history!!

3) if we ever need a speech writer,we have only to look to el gato malo, because he knows both how to stir the indolent feline in us,and calm hackles... please never stop.

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Used to teach a historical overview of Yoga. Part of that ancient lineage/ traditions embrace a concept called

“ spanda”. Expansion / contraction of the universe. All comes. And goes in waves.

Lather, rinse , repeat and choose wisely.

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Spandex yoga pants. Sorry, I had to say it.

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❤️❤️❤️

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I may be showing my cards a bit here, but: philosophy was complete with the book of Ecclesiastes. Everything past that is just an attempt to pretend that humans have actually come up with something new.

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Well said, my friend. I was doing a "Read the Bible in a Year" program back in the 90s and I stopped after reading Ecclesiastes. Nothing more needed to be said after reading that book of the Bible!

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We had a reading from Ecclesiastes at our wedding "To everything there is a season...". The priest was mystified by my request, but by the time of the wedding, he completely got it.

I should reread the whole book

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My gato writes beautifully and shares wisdom like a mama cat…so nice…purring…..

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Wow, just wow...this post put's the Bad Cat in a league with Dr. Thomas Sowell and Dr. Walter E. Williams.

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