I just go ahead and call myself a Luddite. It short circuits a lot of conversations that would have been a stupid waste of time anyway.
Phones and Internet are bad for you, everybody. So are antidepressants. The Covid vaccine was a clear fuck-job from the start. TV is and was only ever a propaganda method.
Also, ain't no one gonna live on Mars. Mars is chock full of radiation and poison, and short on air and water. What the hell were we going to do there anyway? Like Martian Instagram was going to be any better than Earth Instagram?
Free markets and capitalism have no place for Luddites. Out with the old, in with the new. Innovate, destroy, innovate. Rinse and repeat.
The end of abundant energy will slow the pace of technological development. We'll return to a steady state where change is slow and transformative events are rare.
Piggybacking off of your idea about locally grown foods, one of the best ways to monkeywrench centralized control is to start buying meat from a local ranch. Get a chest freezer (or two or three) while they're still available. A strong relationship with the agricultural community is going to be important in the coming years.
I live and work in Salem. I have the good fortune of working with people who are free spirited and critical thinkers who are prepared to live off the grid if need be. We’ve been planning and preparing for a couple of years now
Well, you had me except for 2 seemingly out of place sentences. (I realize this opinion is going to be very unpopular.)
"At the same time he is angling to mostly eliminate abortions after six weeks, because fetal heartbeat - even though that heart ain’t going to beat outside momma, without major technical and very expensive interventions aka Science, for another 20 weeks at least. If you want to force people to have more babies, just say so, because your fetal heartbeat limit is unscientific bullshit and politically retarded besides, making you look like the authoritarian strong man your detractors claim you to be."
Um. Hmm.
Perhaps DeSantis is trying to find a point that most reasonable people might compromise on because the best you can hope for via government is a compromise on this issue. Maybe he's trying to highlight the humanity of valuing and protecting even the most vulnerable lives. Maybe he abhors the slippery slope that has been built - the one that says yes, killing a child up to exiting (and even after that 22 week botched abortion) the birth canal is acceptable.
Gestational age is the age of the pregnancy from the last normal menstrual period (LMP), and fetal age is the actual age of the growing baby. There is about a 2 week difference because for the first 2 weeks, a woman kind of isn't technically pregnant.
So, is the DeSantis bill gestational or fetal?
"Between 5 ½ to 6 ½ weeks gestational (4 weeks fetal), a fetal pole or even a fetal heartbeat may be detected by vaginal ultrasound. The fetal pole is the first visible sign of a developing embryo. This pole structure actually has some curve to it with the embryo’s head at one end and what looks like a tail at the other end.
The fetal pole now allows for a crown to rump measurements (CRL) to be taken, so that pregnancy dating can be a bit more accurate. The fetal pole may be seen at a crown-rump length (CRL) of 2-4mm, and the heartbeat may be seen as a regular flutter when the CRL has reached 5mm."
BUT at fetal age 6-7 weeks (gestational 8-9), "...everything that is present in an adult human is present in the developing embryo. The embryo has reached the end of the embryonic stage and now enters the fetal stage. A strong fetal heartbeat should be detectable by ultrasound." If not, the pregnancy may not be viable.
You give a well deserved knock on the transkids horror that is unfolding - and yet appear to be okay sending pre-born children to their mutilations? I get the woman's body involvement makes it different - although let's face it, it's mostly women who are offering up their child's body for "gender affirming mutilation"; but women have agency with their reproductive health. Perhaps it's not about forcing anyone to do anything other than take responsibility for their actions. Stupid forgot my bcp or took it late or got drunk, unprotected sex? Quit excusing them. Take a morning after pill. Or one after every time you have sex if you don't want an unwanted pregnancy. And I'm looking at you males, too. Quit participating if you don't want the potential responsibility. Just say no. And of course reasonable people who realize they must compromise would say that there are exceptions as with rape/incest - although perhaps one should at least ponder that the innocent life that ensues has no culpability for the evil and horror that preceded its creation.
For the record, I am a woman, a biological female. And how ridiculous that that has to be used as a qualifier now.
Enjoyed the entirety of your post and wholeheartedly agree - with that exception. Living the prepper life as much as is possible, while still hoping we can come to our senses and recover from the crazy that is unfolding.
💯👍🏻🤍 Luddites unite
I just go ahead and call myself a Luddite. It short circuits a lot of conversations that would have been a stupid waste of time anyway.
Phones and Internet are bad for you, everybody. So are antidepressants. The Covid vaccine was a clear fuck-job from the start. TV is and was only ever a propaganda method.
Also, ain't no one gonna live on Mars. Mars is chock full of radiation and poison, and short on air and water. What the hell were we going to do there anyway? Like Martian Instagram was going to be any better than Earth Instagram?
Free markets and capitalism have no place for Luddites. Out with the old, in with the new. Innovate, destroy, innovate. Rinse and repeat.
The end of abundant energy will slow the pace of technological development. We'll return to a steady state where change is slow and transformative events are rare.
Piggybacking off of your idea about locally grown foods, one of the best ways to monkeywrench centralized control is to start buying meat from a local ranch. Get a chest freezer (or two or three) while they're still available. A strong relationship with the agricultural community is going to be important in the coming years.
I live and work in Salem. I have the good fortune of working with people who are free spirited and critical thinkers who are prepared to live off the grid if need be. We’ve been planning and preparing for a couple of years now
Phenomenal article! Thank God I’m connected with people here in Oregon who are prepared for what’s coming.
So glad to hear a defense of Luddites! The ridicule of them is one of the original psyops.
Thanks WHD. Need a new word to smash the banksters. Smash & grab's a tad old hat. Although grabbing them by the throat & holding tight would work!
Well, you had me except for 2 seemingly out of place sentences. (I realize this opinion is going to be very unpopular.)
"At the same time he is angling to mostly eliminate abortions after six weeks, because fetal heartbeat - even though that heart ain’t going to beat outside momma, without major technical and very expensive interventions aka Science, for another 20 weeks at least. If you want to force people to have more babies, just say so, because your fetal heartbeat limit is unscientific bullshit and politically retarded besides, making you look like the authoritarian strong man your detractors claim you to be."
Um. Hmm.
Perhaps DeSantis is trying to find a point that most reasonable people might compromise on because the best you can hope for via government is a compromise on this issue. Maybe he's trying to highlight the humanity of valuing and protecting even the most vulnerable lives. Maybe he abhors the slippery slope that has been built - the one that says yes, killing a child up to exiting (and even after that 22 week botched abortion) the birth canal is acceptable.
Gestational age is the age of the pregnancy from the last normal menstrual period (LMP), and fetal age is the actual age of the growing baby. There is about a 2 week difference because for the first 2 weeks, a woman kind of isn't technically pregnant.
So, is the DeSantis bill gestational or fetal?
"Between 5 ½ to 6 ½ weeks gestational (4 weeks fetal), a fetal pole or even a fetal heartbeat may be detected by vaginal ultrasound. The fetal pole is the first visible sign of a developing embryo. This pole structure actually has some curve to it with the embryo’s head at one end and what looks like a tail at the other end.
The fetal pole now allows for a crown to rump measurements (CRL) to be taken, so that pregnancy dating can be a bit more accurate. The fetal pole may be seen at a crown-rump length (CRL) of 2-4mm, and the heartbeat may be seen as a regular flutter when the CRL has reached 5mm."
BUT at fetal age 6-7 weeks (gestational 8-9), "...everything that is present in an adult human is present in the developing embryo. The embryo has reached the end of the embryonic stage and now enters the fetal stage. A strong fetal heartbeat should be detectable by ultrasound." If not, the pregnancy may not be viable.
You give a well deserved knock on the transkids horror that is unfolding - and yet appear to be okay sending pre-born children to their mutilations? I get the woman's body involvement makes it different - although let's face it, it's mostly women who are offering up their child's body for "gender affirming mutilation"; but women have agency with their reproductive health. Perhaps it's not about forcing anyone to do anything other than take responsibility for their actions. Stupid forgot my bcp or took it late or got drunk, unprotected sex? Quit excusing them. Take a morning after pill. Or one after every time you have sex if you don't want an unwanted pregnancy. And I'm looking at you males, too. Quit participating if you don't want the potential responsibility. Just say no. And of course reasonable people who realize they must compromise would say that there are exceptions as with rape/incest - although perhaps one should at least ponder that the innocent life that ensues has no culpability for the evil and horror that preceded its creation.
For the record, I am a woman, a biological female. And how ridiculous that that has to be used as a qualifier now.
Enjoyed the entirety of your post and wholeheartedly agree - with that exception. Living the prepper life as much as is possible, while still hoping we can come to our senses and recover from the crazy that is unfolding.