Even though I always fell on the right side of the political spectrum, I too liked Frank Church, because of the Church Committee. I wasn't even old enough to vote in 1976, but I remember being very interested in politics.
Donald, I have a question for you. On your post just prior to this post, I tried to "like" a comment, and received a message something like this: "Donald Jefferies' Substack will not allow you to like this comment ." This really surprised me, because you are a free speech purist, and have ridiculed those who's feelings are hurt by free speech. You seem like the last person to play playground monitor with your readers. I will also note that this article also ended up in my spam once again. Is this just more weirdness by the shadow banners?
I certainly had nothing to do with that, Kris. I am a free speech purist, but even if I wanted to block a comment or whatever, I don't know how to do it. I would try again tomorrow to see if it lets you like it. Thanks!
I like science fiction and fantasy, and I consume lots of Japanese manga and anime. They aren't woke, you see. It's excellent entertainment. What may surprise you is that I'm in my mid-60s, not twenty-something.
The reason I mention this is a common trope in the above is that different universes are created, or mystical powers, because of human emotions. The emotions develop monsters, demons, or curses that become intelligent and usually evil, looking to destroy humans and society. These stories are compelling, and the delivery can be done with the most entertaining content you can ever get, mixed with societal issues and conflicts.
What struck me in your account and growth was the similarity to the above. The Clinton, and especially the Obama years created emotions that morphed into a new universe and or religion of followers. Nothing changed but the emotions of these followers, which created a new universe of reality. This is similar to my above metaphor on entertainment. These new followers of the deep left are in a new paradigm developed by thought, not reality. They created monsters of immigration, crime, many sexes, and so on.
So, I guess that means we have become the new Hero or protagonist in this new fake galaxy.
Back in the day, I used to like Star Blazers, the English adaptation of Space Battleship Yamato. I suppose that was how the Japanese got their revenge for WW2. The Gamalons were obviously modeled after US Imperialists, right down to the colors of their space planes.
I always enjoyed the fact that, even in interstellar space, there was gravity, and the parts falling off the ships always fell downward, never up, and the shells arced just like they would on the bonnie blue sea.
What also struck me about Star Blazers was the cycle of Evil, and how, in the end, Deslock realized that all his ambition had profited him nothing, while meanwhile he had gained respect for the valor of his nemesis.
Subsequent Japanese Anime never lived up to those Christian themes, but rather reveled in the decadence that Derek Wildstar had bemoaned after Earth was liberated from the environmental impact of the Neutron Death Bombs or whatever those things were. Macross in particular was pcckmarked by flaming bimbos who were only there to attract pubescent males, and little else.
"Different universes are created, or mystical powers, because of human emotions. The emotions develop monsters, demons, or curses that become intelligent and usually evil...The Clinton, and especially the Obama years created emotions that morphed into a new universe and or religion of followers."
This is a profound and fascinating observation. The idea of the aggregate behavior of the parts of a system, such as society, creating a new system, even a being, is one that most philosophers now, who are physicalists and reductionists do one believe. But it could be real.
I recently learned of the concept of an egregore. I never thought of the Clintons and of liberalism/leftism being egregores. Not just physical people, but leftism emerging as real beings, evil beings.
It sounds like a crazy idea, but it might be literally true.
I didn't like Slick Willy either, not from the get-go. My philosophy was if he was known to cheat on his wife, then he'll cheat on the country. Turns out I was right. I didn't vote until Ross Perot decided to run, then he changed his mind, then changed it again. Then in 2012, I voted for Ron Paul. Those who actually want to do good for this country are not selected (or owned by the lobbyists and banks). Anyhoo, these people are not Liberals, they are Socialists. Do our votes really count? I can agree with most of what you stated, however, I think the death penalty should be applied. Why are we paying for murderers to live out their lives? Some of what they've done is horrible gruesome and they will never be rehabbed. And what goes on in some of these prisons is terrible. I'd never want to be a prison guard.
When I was growing up, our family would have been labeled "ultra-conservative". While my dad was no conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination, and had a vested stake in the Corpotocracy, he was also a good Catholic. We went to Mass every Sunday and Holyday. He was completely against contraception. And he voted the party line.
Liberals in my household were synonymous with secular WASPS, Pro-Abortionists, and Communists. We were told they tended to be corrupt drunkards, and to have nothing to do with them. At church, the Liberals were at the forefront of the Liturgical Revolution, wanting permissiveness towards obeying the commandments and a license to get divorced.
In retrospect, I can see that we were being played by the same group that was dividing and conquering everywhere. While undoubtedly malicious people were embedded in the liberal ranks, for the most part the democrats of the 1970's were bleeding heart useful idiots. They, unfortunately, saw us "conservatives" as warmongers and in favor of "Lassie Faire" economics, which translated into support for the Robber Barons.
In my case, nothing could have been further from the truth. I had just a big a bleeding heart as any liberal, and was by no means a warmonger. As far as the labor unions were concerned, I always saw them as taking advantage of their newfound political power to extract excessive wages from their employers. When I was a caterer at one of the auto factories, I was appalled by the luxuries the workers had to go with their exorbitant salaries. Back in the '80's $30 an hour was a lot of money, and that was for entry level positions. So much for the robber barons.
By the '90's, I was doing what the Golden Jackass would call "Napkin Math". The 50,000 households of Kansas City were receiving welfare checks of $2000 per month. That was over a billion dollars a year into the pockets of the slumlords, the local booze stores, and the drug dealers. And that was just one city of a thousand similar metropolitan areas.
The education racket was similar but the money was extracted on a local scale. When I was an ed major I learned the budget for one school district was $10 million dollars annually. How many school districts are there across America? 5000? Total expenditures must be truly staggering.
And that is to say nothing of the military rackets or the banking rackets.
During the '70's and '80's the total wealth extracted from peoples around the world must have accumulated to a quadrillion dollars, and all the while we were being pitted against each other on the political stage.
I was a staunch pro-lifer for years, but in retrospect I can see the "Pro-Life" lobby was just another racket to extract our wealth in the form of donations to fund a bloated bureaucracy. To this day, the "Pro-Life" world has no real intention of fighting for the lives of unborn people, but just uses them as a brand name. So do many others.
I would love to imprison all the Bilderbergers on a dairy farm, where their only source of nutrition would be the land and the cows. Then they would learn all about life and justice right quick.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us. You are our only hope!
Thanks for letting me know. I did try it several times. I think "they" mess with your content much more than you know.
Even though I always fell on the right side of the political spectrum, I too liked Frank Church, because of the Church Committee. I wasn't even old enough to vote in 1976, but I remember being very interested in politics.
Donald, I have a question for you. On your post just prior to this post, I tried to "like" a comment, and received a message something like this: "Donald Jefferies' Substack will not allow you to like this comment ." This really surprised me, because you are a free speech purist, and have ridiculed those who's feelings are hurt by free speech. You seem like the last person to play playground monitor with your readers. I will also note that this article also ended up in my spam once again. Is this just more weirdness by the shadow banners?
I certainly had nothing to do with that, Kris. I am a free speech purist, but even if I wanted to block a comment or whatever, I don't know how to do it. I would try again tomorrow to see if it lets you like it. Thanks!
First off, to err is human, but it takes a computer to really screw things up.
God only knows how many bugs are embedded in the Internet at this point. The internet is not exempt from the law of entropy.
Don is one of the best that I know of who can disagree, without being disagreeable.
Thanks, WW!
I like science fiction and fantasy, and I consume lots of Japanese manga and anime. They aren't woke, you see. It's excellent entertainment. What may surprise you is that I'm in my mid-60s, not twenty-something.
The reason I mention this is a common trope in the above is that different universes are created, or mystical powers, because of human emotions. The emotions develop monsters, demons, or curses that become intelligent and usually evil, looking to destroy humans and society. These stories are compelling, and the delivery can be done with the most entertaining content you can ever get, mixed with societal issues and conflicts.
What struck me in your account and growth was the similarity to the above. The Clinton, and especially the Obama years created emotions that morphed into a new universe and or religion of followers. Nothing changed but the emotions of these followers, which created a new universe of reality. This is similar to my above metaphor on entertainment. These new followers of the deep left are in a new paradigm developed by thought, not reality. They created monsters of immigration, crime, many sexes, and so on.
So, I guess that means we have become the new Hero or protagonist in this new fake galaxy.
Good points, Phil. I enjoy anime, but wish they'd stop drawing all the people to look like Astroboy. Thanks!
Astroboy, boy that goes back. Haha, try this one. https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRDV0019R/jujutsu-kaisen
Back in the day, I used to like Star Blazers, the English adaptation of Space Battleship Yamato. I suppose that was how the Japanese got their revenge for WW2. The Gamalons were obviously modeled after US Imperialists, right down to the colors of their space planes.
I always enjoyed the fact that, even in interstellar space, there was gravity, and the parts falling off the ships always fell downward, never up, and the shells arced just like they would on the bonnie blue sea.
What also struck me about Star Blazers was the cycle of Evil, and how, in the end, Deslock realized that all his ambition had profited him nothing, while meanwhile he had gained respect for the valor of his nemesis.
Subsequent Japanese Anime never lived up to those Christian themes, but rather reveled in the decadence that Derek Wildstar had bemoaned after Earth was liberated from the environmental impact of the Neutron Death Bombs or whatever those things were. Macross in particular was pcckmarked by flaming bimbos who were only there to attract pubescent males, and little else.
"Different universes are created, or mystical powers, because of human emotions. The emotions develop monsters, demons, or curses that become intelligent and usually evil...The Clinton, and especially the Obama years created emotions that morphed into a new universe and or religion of followers."
This is a profound and fascinating observation. The idea of the aggregate behavior of the parts of a system, such as society, creating a new system, even a being, is one that most philosophers now, who are physicalists and reductionists do one believe. But it could be real.
I recently learned of the concept of an egregore. I never thought of the Clintons and of liberalism/leftism being egregores. Not just physical people, but leftism emerging as real beings, evil beings.
It sounds like a crazy idea, but it might be literally true.
I didn't like Slick Willy either, not from the get-go. My philosophy was if he was known to cheat on his wife, then he'll cheat on the country. Turns out I was right. I didn't vote until Ross Perot decided to run, then he changed his mind, then changed it again. Then in 2012, I voted for Ron Paul. Those who actually want to do good for this country are not selected (or owned by the lobbyists and banks). Anyhoo, these people are not Liberals, they are Socialists. Do our votes really count? I can agree with most of what you stated, however, I think the death penalty should be applied. Why are we paying for murderers to live out their lives? Some of what they've done is horrible gruesome and they will never be rehabbed. And what goes on in some of these prisons is terrible. I'd never want to be a prison guard.
When I was growing up, our family would have been labeled "ultra-conservative". While my dad was no conspiracy theorist by any stretch of the imagination, and had a vested stake in the Corpotocracy, he was also a good Catholic. We went to Mass every Sunday and Holyday. He was completely against contraception. And he voted the party line.
Liberals in my household were synonymous with secular WASPS, Pro-Abortionists, and Communists. We were told they tended to be corrupt drunkards, and to have nothing to do with them. At church, the Liberals were at the forefront of the Liturgical Revolution, wanting permissiveness towards obeying the commandments and a license to get divorced.
In retrospect, I can see that we were being played by the same group that was dividing and conquering everywhere. While undoubtedly malicious people were embedded in the liberal ranks, for the most part the democrats of the 1970's were bleeding heart useful idiots. They, unfortunately, saw us "conservatives" as warmongers and in favor of "Lassie Faire" economics, which translated into support for the Robber Barons.
In my case, nothing could have been further from the truth. I had just a big a bleeding heart as any liberal, and was by no means a warmonger. As far as the labor unions were concerned, I always saw them as taking advantage of their newfound political power to extract excessive wages from their employers. When I was a caterer at one of the auto factories, I was appalled by the luxuries the workers had to go with their exorbitant salaries. Back in the '80's $30 an hour was a lot of money, and that was for entry level positions. So much for the robber barons.
By the '90's, I was doing what the Golden Jackass would call "Napkin Math". The 50,000 households of Kansas City were receiving welfare checks of $2000 per month. That was over a billion dollars a year into the pockets of the slumlords, the local booze stores, and the drug dealers. And that was just one city of a thousand similar metropolitan areas.
The education racket was similar but the money was extracted on a local scale. When I was an ed major I learned the budget for one school district was $10 million dollars annually. How many school districts are there across America? 5000? Total expenditures must be truly staggering.
And that is to say nothing of the military rackets or the banking rackets.
During the '70's and '80's the total wealth extracted from peoples around the world must have accumulated to a quadrillion dollars, and all the while we were being pitted against each other on the political stage.
I was a staunch pro-lifer for years, but in retrospect I can see the "Pro-Life" lobby was just another racket to extract our wealth in the form of donations to fund a bloated bureaucracy. To this day, the "Pro-Life" world has no real intention of fighting for the lives of unborn people, but just uses them as a brand name. So do many others.
I would love to imprison all the Bilderbergers on a dairy farm, where their only source of nutrition would be the land and the cows. Then they would learn all about life and justice right quick.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us. You are our only hope!