David, this was another excellent piece - the way it is written and the points it makes. I don't toss around superlatives all that much, but it is well-deserved. I agree with everything you said.
I highlighted the paragraph below. I've written about most of this in other places. The words you paraphrased from Voltaire - "If they didn't have an oppressor they would need to invent one-" I've used often. I'm going to restack this later today or tomorrow. Fred - CRISIS
The problem can and is made worse by people using their feeling of oppression to give their lives purpose; if they didn't have an oppressor they would need to invent one. This means that a step towards winning the culture war could be to provide more people with meaningful lives, and I think that the opposite is being done, that is, trying to decrease the meaning in the lives of people so as to use them for political pawns. It can be useful to deny people a sense of purpose so that they will adopt your political or revolutionary agenda.
"All revolutions devour their own children." ~ Ernst Rohm
Truer words were never spoken. We are in the midst of the 4th Turning and the fascists have turned the USA into the 4th Reich. Will NATO's blitzkrieg to destroy Moscow and murder Putin be a success. Tune in next week to IDENTIFYING AS AN OPPRESSED MINORITY WHILE STROKING YOUR TINY LITTLE LIMP EGO.
David, this was another excellent piece - the way it is written and the points it makes. I don't toss around superlatives all that much, but it is well-deserved. I agree with everything you said.
I highlighted the paragraph below. I've written about most of this in other places. The words you paraphrased from Voltaire - "If they didn't have an oppressor they would need to invent one-" I've used often. I'm going to restack this later today or tomorrow. Fred - CRISIS
The problem can and is made worse by people using their feeling of oppression to give their lives purpose; if they didn't have an oppressor they would need to invent one. This means that a step towards winning the culture war could be to provide more people with meaningful lives, and I think that the opposite is being done, that is, trying to decrease the meaning in the lives of people so as to use them for political pawns. It can be useful to deny people a sense of purpose so that they will adopt your political or revolutionary agenda.
Thanks. I didn’t know about Voltaire saying that, it just seemed
like part of the logic.
Great analysis and advice.
Thanks
"All revolutions devour their own children." ~ Ernst Rohm
Truer words were never spoken. We are in the midst of the 4th Turning and the fascists have turned the USA into the 4th Reich. Will NATO's blitzkrieg to destroy Moscow and murder Putin be a success. Tune in next week to IDENTIFYING AS AN OPPRESSED MINORITY WHILE STROKING YOUR TINY LITTLE LIMP EGO.
This gives being poor and happy a kick in the teeth.
I guess if you are poor but want to be happy you should learn to laugh at political minded intellectuals. Yours truly included.
But I never knew I was poor and happy till somebody told me. And yes let’s laugh at political minded intellectuals.
That’s why there’s a war for our minds.