Thanks for the article LF. There is a subtlety to the difference between Left and Right that is often not appreciated. The Left often wrongly presumes that the Right is not interested in looking after the disadvantaged and the poor. This is incorrect. Whether motivated by human compassion or religion, many on the Right are involved in charitable work that they contribute to, either financially or through work, directly as an individual. We have some hard Left family friends. They are appalled by this charity because they believe it is the role of the state to employ an individual to perform these tasks. The difference between Left and Right is not the desired end. It is about unaccountable central control v individualism.
Absolutely. And a lot of leftists are only just beginning to realize that, including me. But it's the latent authoritarian tendencies that lay mostly dormant in the left that terrify me. I'm not saying the right is immune but if your answer to crisis is always government intervention, that's always going to lead to authoritarianism. But this whole left-right dichotomy is not even real. It's a totally fabricated. Because even right-wing regimes can be predominantly statist in nature. And you can have leftists like myself that understand that individualism is the foundation of society while at the same time you can have people who identify as being on the right who will ultimately choose safety and conformity when it matters. Hence my observations on core identity.
Way back, I was big into esoteric mysticism. Gurdjieff said that there is an exo-morality and Endo-morality. He was saddened to realize that even among his followers most of them lacked Endo-morality. They only know what is right and wrong by being told what is what. There is no inner compass of what is right and wrong.
Domesticated humanity for a long time... Maybe we won't get fooled again, but only because these morons are ok with damaging their unempathetic support base.... We might have a chance to establish a better way that can include morons, as long as we have transparency and acceptance of different ideas... That would prevent future idiots from running things. No more trusting authority on word alone, no more sainthood etc.... Let reality be the way we judge things, not bullshit in people's heads.
The left anti-establishment? Yeah, as cheap and chicken-sh*t poseurs maybe.
Parlour pinks, - think of Rick Mayall's character from "The Young Ones" - are not anti-establishment, they are children of the bourgeoisie playing at rebelling, nothing else.
Workers, labourers, proletarians have never been anti-establishment and marxist ideologies have never been about that either, but about repurposing the means of production from monetary profit to common good. Not only a change in what is being produced, or why, but how we measure production and the worth of labour in the first place.
The working classes and the ruling class generally share virtually all of their values: the conflict if any is about distribution, power, and privilege. The middle class (rather: midden class) is about blather, keeping up appearnaces and keeping up with the Joneses.
And since the midden class is the dominant one since the children born in forties came to power, well here we are living in a economic-political system what can only be called mediocracy.
Why postmodern leftists regularly choose a massmurdering terrorist and archetypical übermensch as their symbol of choice (the character V from the old comic), well if that doesn't says it all really, I don't know what would.
Returning to your substack some days later to say how the part of your dichotomy; between liberty and safety, has been high on my mind as I pass the masked or unmuzzled on the street.
We have diverse interests and we should not be 'forced' to choose one way, e.g. across party lines or left / right. We should have the option to say / vote / choose more granular, per topic or even per law. Then is going to be political sensicalism.
I agree but the problem we are faced with is our whole political process has been captured. As I said in a comment on one of your posts, our democracy is just an illusion. Our political representatives will always further the aims of their masters, and we are not their masters.
"Our political representatives will always further the aims of their masters, and we are not their masters" not if we are their masters. They are supposed to represent us. The question is: how to do it? For time being, the only way is to 'force' them by contractual obligations to vote while our representatives only for what they say / agree during the election. Nothing else. I think it's doable if we ALL ask the same thing from our representatives - sign a contract to only vote for what it's in the contract.
I think it's too late for even that. Let's just say that every new bill or law that passed through parliament, or Congress, was put to a national referendum for instance. Those who hold the real power also control the media so the populace would be subjected to 24/7 propaganda to make sure they voted the "correct" way. The problem is that all institutions, in every sector of society, have been completely captured. The System has full control.
What is democracy? It is mob rule. We thought we had laws and a judiciary to rely on, but the judges are brainwashed and the laws are rewritten. The bureaucrats are having the time of their lives coming up with new ways of enforcement.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows indeed. I am with the Mongrel Mob and The Headhunters as we march on Parliament. I love the roar of their Harleys. Cindy says we protesters do not represent the people. Could not be more representative; there were all styles of dress for instance, including nuns in their habits. People in business clothes, and people with teeth missing. Families, students, church groups, retirees, farmers, tradesmen.
Right wingers were not so given to protesting as left wingers traditionally were, but this evil is bringing all sorts out.
Democracy is essentially tyranny of the majority. But it's the best form of government we've come up with so far. The problem is that, in our current system, democracy is just an illusion.
I suspect there is a spiritual aspect to it as well. I'm not particularly religious but have always believed in a higher power. I have always been adverse to dogma which is why I never truly embraced any religion. I absorb the knowledge, teachings and lessons though. But I've always thought my connection with God is direct, not needing any mediating power.
Thanks for reading, and those are important questions that we need to think about. There are certainties and there is speculation but with enough information we should be able to understand what is in store for us as a society.
CBDC is coming and that is a certainty. You just need to listen to people like Agustin Carstens, the General Manager of BIS (Bank for International Settlements - the central bank of central banks). But we also need to understand why it is coming as that gives us an indication of timeline. That "why" is the natural endpoint of fiat currency in a debt-based system. Right now that system is on life-support. It could literally die at any moment and the central banks are continuously having to put out fires that could burn the whole thing down. But they've pretty much used all tools in the shed and the system definitely can't absorb a major shock. CBDC is the solution to all the problems.
But how are they going to implement it? With CBDC the high street banks become obsolete as central bank money gets injected into the retail circuit, the role the high street banks have played for centuries. The resistance to a straightforward implementation of CBDC would be insurmountable. Everybody would be against it. Whole countries will refuse to implement it, let alone the average Joe on the street that would realize they are surrendering complete control of their existence to some shadowy outside entity.
The implementation of CBDC has to be dangled like a carrot, the solution to a problem that threatens the continuity of our civilization. Nothing else will work. Not even the promise of UBI will make humanity swallow this turd. It is my belief that to bring in this new system they will destroy the old. A cyber attack on the banking sector will be the final shock the system can't absorb and from there it's just dominoes. The complete collapse of the financial system is also a societal collapse but it is also controllable. It would be kind of like an EMP, the same effects, but with the lights still on. Everything comes to a halt. The supply chain would be shattered. Riots, looting, starvation, chaos. Some countries may fall but in general, with the support of the military, some semblance of hierarchy will remain intact. And then CBDC is offered as the solution. Ordo Ab Chao. Order out of chaos.
How long will they allow humanity to languish in this limbo? That is something we can only speculate on. It could be weeks. It could be months. If depopulation is really on the agenda, it could be longer. But this is something we can prepare for. And as you stated, self-sufficient communities will spring up in every country. I expect some communities to hold out against rejoining the wider society for some time. Most will gladly rejoin after a long period of hardship. Those that hold out will be coerced. It might have been possible to exist in a parallel society while the lights were still on, but once the juice stops flowing? I don't think the Amish could survive without some kind of trade with the outside world. And in a cashless world trade will be impossible. But in this scenario I do expect Amish-like communities will exist and who knows, maybe they will flourish.
You're absolutely right, any collapse event has risk. And that is where our only chance lies. I sincerely believe we cannot stop what is coming but it is from the ashes of the old society where our phoenix can rise. This is our one and only chance. It is our chance to take back the world and rebuild in a way that prevents the centralization of wealth, power and resources. Even if we fail such a grand scheme it at least allows us to reset the clock on the centralization. As long as we go on a search and destroy rampage and remove all vestiges of the "Old Money". And then we'll just be back here in about 500 years, I guess. Because human gonna human. I doubt we can erase all those traits that have led us to where we are.
Well, I'm not a pessimist or an optimist. I'm a realist. I could probably get a lot more subscribers writing messages of hope and positivity and how we are going to win. But I'm also a student of history and science, disciplines that often expose the folly of man. My overarching message is that we need to steel ourselves for what's coming.
Thanks for the article LF. There is a subtlety to the difference between Left and Right that is often not appreciated. The Left often wrongly presumes that the Right is not interested in looking after the disadvantaged and the poor. This is incorrect. Whether motivated by human compassion or religion, many on the Right are involved in charitable work that they contribute to, either financially or through work, directly as an individual. We have some hard Left family friends. They are appalled by this charity because they believe it is the role of the state to employ an individual to perform these tasks. The difference between Left and Right is not the desired end. It is about unaccountable central control v individualism.
Absolutely. And a lot of leftists are only just beginning to realize that, including me. But it's the latent authoritarian tendencies that lay mostly dormant in the left that terrify me. I'm not saying the right is immune but if your answer to crisis is always government intervention, that's always going to lead to authoritarianism. But this whole left-right dichotomy is not even real. It's a totally fabricated. Because even right-wing regimes can be predominantly statist in nature. And you can have leftists like myself that understand that individualism is the foundation of society while at the same time you can have people who identify as being on the right who will ultimately choose safety and conformity when it matters. Hence my observations on core identity.
Love yr work..please please write more stuff ..I am only full for a little while.
Thanks, Louisa! It can be hard to find time to write these days.
Very well said!! I’m in the same boat and it’s nice to read someone else describe it so well. Really bizarre what’s going on.
Bizarre indeed. But I feel liberated in a way. 😃
Certainly see people differently. Not nice to know their true colours.
Agree! I see the world with new eyes and for that I am very grateful, painful as it is... stay positive.
Way back, I was big into esoteric mysticism. Gurdjieff said that there is an exo-morality and Endo-morality. He was saddened to realize that even among his followers most of them lacked Endo-morality. They only know what is right and wrong by being told what is what. There is no inner compass of what is right and wrong.
Domesticated humanity for a long time... Maybe we won't get fooled again, but only because these morons are ok with damaging their unempathetic support base.... We might have a chance to establish a better way that can include morons, as long as we have transparency and acceptance of different ideas... That would prevent future idiots from running things. No more trusting authority on word alone, no more sainthood etc.... Let reality be the way we judge things, not bullshit in people's heads.
The left anti-establishment? Yeah, as cheap and chicken-sh*t poseurs maybe.
Parlour pinks, - think of Rick Mayall's character from "The Young Ones" - are not anti-establishment, they are children of the bourgeoisie playing at rebelling, nothing else.
Workers, labourers, proletarians have never been anti-establishment and marxist ideologies have never been about that either, but about repurposing the means of production from monetary profit to common good. Not only a change in what is being produced, or why, but how we measure production and the worth of labour in the first place.
The working classes and the ruling class generally share virtually all of their values: the conflict if any is about distribution, power, and privilege. The middle class (rather: midden class) is about blather, keeping up appearnaces and keeping up with the Joneses.
And since the midden class is the dominant one since the children born in forties came to power, well here we are living in a economic-political system what can only be called mediocracy.
Why postmodern leftists regularly choose a massmurdering terrorist and archetypical übermensch as their symbol of choice (the character V from the old comic), well if that doesn't says it all really, I don't know what would.
Returning to your substack some days later to say how the part of your dichotomy; between liberty and safety, has been high on my mind as I pass the masked or unmuzzled on the street.
Indeed, same here. The craziness just keeps getting more crazy too.
Thank you
I’ve just binge read your three most recent articles and the comments. You, sir, are bloody good.
Thanks Teeser!
We have diverse interests and we should not be 'forced' to choose one way, e.g. across party lines or left / right. We should have the option to say / vote / choose more granular, per topic or even per law. Then is going to be political sensicalism.
https://guessname.substack.com/p/why-is-not-the-other-way
https://guessname.substack.com/p/willpower-part-1
I agree but the problem we are faced with is our whole political process has been captured. As I said in a comment on one of your posts, our democracy is just an illusion. Our political representatives will always further the aims of their masters, and we are not their masters.
"Our political representatives will always further the aims of their masters, and we are not their masters" not if we are their masters. They are supposed to represent us. The question is: how to do it? For time being, the only way is to 'force' them by contractual obligations to vote while our representatives only for what they say / agree during the election. Nothing else. I think it's doable if we ALL ask the same thing from our representatives - sign a contract to only vote for what it's in the contract.
I think it's too late for even that. Let's just say that every new bill or law that passed through parliament, or Congress, was put to a national referendum for instance. Those who hold the real power also control the media so the populace would be subjected to 24/7 propaganda to make sure they voted the "correct" way. The problem is that all institutions, in every sector of society, have been completely captured. The System has full control.
What is democracy? It is mob rule. We thought we had laws and a judiciary to rely on, but the judges are brainwashed and the laws are rewritten. The bureaucrats are having the time of their lives coming up with new ways of enforcement.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows indeed. I am with the Mongrel Mob and The Headhunters as we march on Parliament. I love the roar of their Harleys. Cindy says we protesters do not represent the people. Could not be more representative; there were all styles of dress for instance, including nuns in their habits. People in business clothes, and people with teeth missing. Families, students, church groups, retirees, farmers, tradesmen.
Right wingers were not so given to protesting as left wingers traditionally were, but this evil is bringing all sorts out.
Democracy is essentially tyranny of the majority. But it's the best form of government we've come up with so far. The problem is that, in our current system, democracy is just an illusion.
I suspect there is a spiritual aspect to it as well. I'm not particularly religious but have always believed in a higher power. I have always been adverse to dogma which is why I never truly embraced any religion. I absorb the knowledge, teachings and lessons though. But I've always thought my connection with God is direct, not needing any mediating power.
Thanks for reading, and those are important questions that we need to think about. There are certainties and there is speculation but with enough information we should be able to understand what is in store for us as a society.
CBDC is coming and that is a certainty. You just need to listen to people like Agustin Carstens, the General Manager of BIS (Bank for International Settlements - the central bank of central banks). But we also need to understand why it is coming as that gives us an indication of timeline. That "why" is the natural endpoint of fiat currency in a debt-based system. Right now that system is on life-support. It could literally die at any moment and the central banks are continuously having to put out fires that could burn the whole thing down. But they've pretty much used all tools in the shed and the system definitely can't absorb a major shock. CBDC is the solution to all the problems.
But how are they going to implement it? With CBDC the high street banks become obsolete as central bank money gets injected into the retail circuit, the role the high street banks have played for centuries. The resistance to a straightforward implementation of CBDC would be insurmountable. Everybody would be against it. Whole countries will refuse to implement it, let alone the average Joe on the street that would realize they are surrendering complete control of their existence to some shadowy outside entity.
The implementation of CBDC has to be dangled like a carrot, the solution to a problem that threatens the continuity of our civilization. Nothing else will work. Not even the promise of UBI will make humanity swallow this turd. It is my belief that to bring in this new system they will destroy the old. A cyber attack on the banking sector will be the final shock the system can't absorb and from there it's just dominoes. The complete collapse of the financial system is also a societal collapse but it is also controllable. It would be kind of like an EMP, the same effects, but with the lights still on. Everything comes to a halt. The supply chain would be shattered. Riots, looting, starvation, chaos. Some countries may fall but in general, with the support of the military, some semblance of hierarchy will remain intact. And then CBDC is offered as the solution. Ordo Ab Chao. Order out of chaos.
How long will they allow humanity to languish in this limbo? That is something we can only speculate on. It could be weeks. It could be months. If depopulation is really on the agenda, it could be longer. But this is something we can prepare for. And as you stated, self-sufficient communities will spring up in every country. I expect some communities to hold out against rejoining the wider society for some time. Most will gladly rejoin after a long period of hardship. Those that hold out will be coerced. It might have been possible to exist in a parallel society while the lights were still on, but once the juice stops flowing? I don't think the Amish could survive without some kind of trade with the outside world. And in a cashless world trade will be impossible. But in this scenario I do expect Amish-like communities will exist and who knows, maybe they will flourish.
You're absolutely right, any collapse event has risk. And that is where our only chance lies. I sincerely believe we cannot stop what is coming but it is from the ashes of the old society where our phoenix can rise. This is our one and only chance. It is our chance to take back the world and rebuild in a way that prevents the centralization of wealth, power and resources. Even if we fail such a grand scheme it at least allows us to reset the clock on the centralization. As long as we go on a search and destroy rampage and remove all vestiges of the "Old Money". And then we'll just be back here in about 500 years, I guess. Because human gonna human. I doubt we can erase all those traits that have led us to where we are.
Well, I'm not a pessimist or an optimist. I'm a realist. I could probably get a lot more subscribers writing messages of hope and positivity and how we are going to win. But I'm also a student of history and science, disciplines that often expose the folly of man. My overarching message is that we need to steel ourselves for what's coming.