BTW, the fact that you have so few commenters/readers tells me:
- First, that you are not promoted by the deep state (see Malone, Kirsch, Scott Ritter and all the FBI, CIA paid shills that play the fake opposition)
- Second that the situation is hopeless. Given human nature, almost nobody wants to hear that the oligarchs really see us as bugs to be crushed under their feet. Most people prefer the illusion of the saviour (be it Musk, Trump or Putin)
- Third, that I hope you keep plugging along despite the above. IF there is a posterity, there might be some people around a campfire somewhere trying to understand the past and they might have a chance if people like you selflessly continue to try to find the truth.
this is an amazing post and I will have to reread it multiple times (while trying to keep my blood pressure down).
One comment:
"But during this election season I’ve noted that there’s noticeably more critical thinking going on within the Conservative community."
The pedophiles in charge are geniuses (or hire geniuses) when it comes to divide et impera.
I think you have noted a real trend but I don't think this is new. For example during 2003-2005, the democrats were given permission to think so they sounded like they had critical thinking. Think about the criticisms of Iraq war and the imperialism abroad.
But ultimately, the democrats and republicans are nothing more than trained seals that will quickly go back to their masters when called.
A good philosophical discussion to have is: does this show that most people have no free will?
Leaving that aside for now, I would like to caution for putting your hopes on the republicans/conservatives/fundamentalists etc in US.
Overall they are allowed to roam free today because they are such a safe trained group of slaves. A couple of trigger words (like Israel or communists) and they will willingly die for the billionaires.
It’s been interesting to watch the Biden liberals take the place of Bush conservatives as the primary constituency in support of empire. They’re still divided along the same cultural lines, but in terms of being against the excesses of the war machine they’ve basically swapped places. I agree, it goes to show that during the Iraq/ War on Terror years the Left didn’t understand that the enemy was the oligarchy running the empire, not just the Republicans. When Democrats came back into power but kept the same war policies in place, they went into cognitive dissonance mode and fell into denial
I am more pessimistic than you. "Denial" would imply there is something else that is recognized as true and it needs to be denied.
I believe that for most people, there is no truth, there are no principles and most importantly there is no free will. This affects me negatively because it goes against everything I believed in: that people are all similar, that we have free will and that knowledge and self interest can guide us.
In reality, most people are meat robots. IDK if humans are born with a "seed" of free will and most people just kill that seed or if the free will is a consequence of some random mutation that most people don't share...
Anyway, hopefully you can shed some light on the above as a philosopher.
From a practical standpoint though, I think there is nothing any of us can do to defeat the propaganda machine. Luckily, the universe doesn't care and most empire collapse sooner or later due to physical constraints. Isn't that hopeful?
Philosophy does shed some light- at least ancient philosophy which tells us our origins and the slow evolution through the school of experience which is each life embodiment. The Great ones of the past all taught reincarnation as the only way for a soul to mature with the many missteps that must inevitably occur.
A key to this doctrine is that we are not our bodies, our temporary personalities. These are merely days in the long life of soul development. This means that how each one of us reacts, behaves is consequential both to the growth of our souls and to the type of energy we spread around us.
Many people have principles and a conscience developed over a long period of time that get lost in the confusion of a moment.
Try to appeal to the best in everyone, especially now in this time of great division.
Alex is a good example. He appeals to the intellect so we can understand without enraging us.
I realized some time ago that the only religion that provides succor and is logical is old style paganism with many limited gods (or beings of different powers) and reincarnation. I am not saying it that makes it true, but it at least makes sense.
If you think about most of the modern religions, with their all-powerful gods (a contradiction in terms, see many logical refutations), angels and demons that lack free will so they torture us because God wants it and human heroes that suffer again for the pleasure of the sadist God - what does that tell you about the human nature and the ability of people to think?
Of course there is Buddhism that does not have Gods (though most believers make Buddha into a God) - but Buddhism seems to have only the goal of giving up. It is a good first step but shouldn't there be a second step to find a reason to live? And no, mental masturbation (the end goals of meditation) is not a worthy goal.
So, I can only hope that ancient philosophy is correct but again, seeing the current religions (including civil ones like the religion of progress) does not help to improve my opinions of people.
Did you know that some people say that there are only a fixed number of souls so most people today are soulless due to the exponentially growing population?
BTW, the fact that you have so few commenters/readers tells me:
- First, that you are not promoted by the deep state (see Malone, Kirsch, Scott Ritter and all the FBI, CIA paid shills that play the fake opposition)
- Second that the situation is hopeless. Given human nature, almost nobody wants to hear that the oligarchs really see us as bugs to be crushed under their feet. Most people prefer the illusion of the saviour (be it Musk, Trump or Putin)
- Third, that I hope you keep plugging along despite the above. IF there is a posterity, there might be some people around a campfire somewhere trying to understand the past and they might have a chance if people like you selflessly continue to try to find the truth.
Thank you!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nh6Hf5_ZYPI
Alexander,
this is an amazing post and I will have to reread it multiple times (while trying to keep my blood pressure down).
One comment:
"But during this election season I’ve noted that there’s noticeably more critical thinking going on within the Conservative community."
The pedophiles in charge are geniuses (or hire geniuses) when it comes to divide et impera.
I think you have noted a real trend but I don't think this is new. For example during 2003-2005, the democrats were given permission to think so they sounded like they had critical thinking. Think about the criticisms of Iraq war and the imperialism abroad.
But ultimately, the democrats and republicans are nothing more than trained seals that will quickly go back to their masters when called.
A good philosophical discussion to have is: does this show that most people have no free will?
Leaving that aside for now, I would like to caution for putting your hopes on the republicans/conservatives/fundamentalists etc in US.
Overall they are allowed to roam free today because they are such a safe trained group of slaves. A couple of trigger words (like Israel or communists) and they will willingly die for the billionaires.
It’s been interesting to watch the Biden liberals take the place of Bush conservatives as the primary constituency in support of empire. They’re still divided along the same cultural lines, but in terms of being against the excesses of the war machine they’ve basically swapped places. I agree, it goes to show that during the Iraq/ War on Terror years the Left didn’t understand that the enemy was the oligarchy running the empire, not just the Republicans. When Democrats came back into power but kept the same war policies in place, they went into cognitive dissonance mode and fell into denial
I am more pessimistic than you. "Denial" would imply there is something else that is recognized as true and it needs to be denied.
I believe that for most people, there is no truth, there are no principles and most importantly there is no free will. This affects me negatively because it goes against everything I believed in: that people are all similar, that we have free will and that knowledge and self interest can guide us.
In reality, most people are meat robots. IDK if humans are born with a "seed" of free will and most people just kill that seed or if the free will is a consequence of some random mutation that most people don't share...
Anyway, hopefully you can shed some light on the above as a philosopher.
From a practical standpoint though, I think there is nothing any of us can do to defeat the propaganda machine. Luckily, the universe doesn't care and most empire collapse sooner or later due to physical constraints. Isn't that hopeful?
Philosophy does shed some light- at least ancient philosophy which tells us our origins and the slow evolution through the school of experience which is each life embodiment. The Great ones of the past all taught reincarnation as the only way for a soul to mature with the many missteps that must inevitably occur.
A key to this doctrine is that we are not our bodies, our temporary personalities. These are merely days in the long life of soul development. This means that how each one of us reacts, behaves is consequential both to the growth of our souls and to the type of energy we spread around us.
Many people have principles and a conscience developed over a long period of time that get lost in the confusion of a moment.
Try to appeal to the best in everyone, especially now in this time of great division.
Alex is a good example. He appeals to the intellect so we can understand without enraging us.
I realized some time ago that the only religion that provides succor and is logical is old style paganism with many limited gods (or beings of different powers) and reincarnation. I am not saying it that makes it true, but it at least makes sense.
If you think about most of the modern religions, with their all-powerful gods (a contradiction in terms, see many logical refutations), angels and demons that lack free will so they torture us because God wants it and human heroes that suffer again for the pleasure of the sadist God - what does that tell you about the human nature and the ability of people to think?
Of course there is Buddhism that does not have Gods (though most believers make Buddha into a God) - but Buddhism seems to have only the goal of giving up. It is a good first step but shouldn't there be a second step to find a reason to live? And no, mental masturbation (the end goals of meditation) is not a worthy goal.
So, I can only hope that ancient philosophy is correct but again, seeing the current religions (including civil ones like the religion of progress) does not help to improve my opinions of people.
Did you know that some people say that there are only a fixed number of souls so most people today are soulless due to the exponentially growing population?