Great essay. You covered all the bases. If the cigs and beer stopped, you would see a revolution in 5 minutes. However, as a friend who lived in LA during the Rodney King riots told me, standing in front of your shop or home with a gun caused the mob to just keep going.
Beans, bullets, bandages, in that order. To be effective, an army relies on good and plentiful food and other essential supplies. This is why I am saving up to buy land to fortify and establish farm with the goal of being as self-sufficient as possible.
"The current revolution taking over Western institutions is Marxist/socialist fundamentally (though it seems clear an amalgam of Marxism and capitalism is best for central bankers.)"
To expand, my take is, the WEF/WHO/UN/US managerial arrangement looks increasingly like China CCP, aka the worst of Capitalism and Marxism for a new high tech panopticon.
Marxism began as a criticism of capitalism and was subsequently developed into an ideology. Managerial arrangements are a measure of who is in control. The communist manifesto says workers should be in control. Unsurprisingly, the WEF/WHO/UN/US are not managed by members of the working class. As with private businesses, the owners are in control. That's the legal privilege that comes with ownership.
The CCP has abandoned its ideology in favour of mercantilism. They did so for pragmatic economic reasons. Central planning is not suitable for managing the economy of a nation. There needs to be a private sector alongside a public sector. The argument today is what balance is optimal.
The CCP has retained authoritarian methods of control. So have many nations with mixed economies. Being allowed to own private property doesn't equate to political freedom.
Authoritarianism has never made anyone a Marxist. Ideology does. China is very far away from being a 'dictatorship of the proletariat'. They may as well call themselves the Flying Pigs Party.
Ironically, central planning can be viable within large firms. A business can be run like a Stalinist bureaucracy internally, yet still be successful in the marketplace. It's up to the owners.
Marxism is politically irrelevant. Workers do not manage or control anything larger than a co-op. When you do come across a worker co-op, that is in theory, a socialist arrangement. The class distinction between workers and owners is erased.
With the advent of Patreon and related services, it can also be said that there is a gift economy. It is possible to make a living by producing content and giving it away; thereby relying on voluntary donations alone. In theory, that is an example of communism. You are no longer engaged in commodity production.
Communism is about workers leading the party, like capitalism lifts all boats. Both systems are perfecting authoritarianism, or trying to, and turn out looking increasingly similar. As for Patreon, or substack and subscriptions, that I suppose would be more like the best of capitalism and communism, except probably not more than .01% of substack writers are making a living just of substack.
It's a familiar message from 'the right' who deny the real threat to the status quo, which is ecological overshoot. To paraphrase a comment you made: they know it subconsciously, but their egos are too big to admit it.
If you want to write about imaginary Marxists because those are the posts that attract the most views, go for it. Gotta pay the bills, no?
I use many names for our authoritarians, Bob. And I have stated many times this at the core is about ecological overshoot - which I think is one of the reasons my subscription numbers have grown so slowly compared to some others, speaking of apparently trying to pay the bill when I have not even set up paid subscriptions, thanks.
If you were to stick to the topic of overshoot, your substack numbers would be around those of Erik Michaels. Which is fine because he doesn't need the money.
Politics sells. Beating the dead horse of Marxism sells. Questioning our lifestyle at the expense of the Earth doesn't sell. People prefer storytelling. Scapegoats. Violence.
Wise words for perilous times. Like you I think (and hope and pray) that the fallout from the implosion of the globalist/marxist/central bankers fever dream will be of a relatively short duration. A year or less would be my prayer, if God is merciful. A mostly prepared for the collapse populace is a critical step in ensuring that.
Great essay. You covered all the bases. If the cigs and beer stopped, you would see a revolution in 5 minutes. However, as a friend who lived in LA during the Rodney King riots told me, standing in front of your shop or home with a gun caused the mob to just keep going.
Thank you. And, one gun with no plan ahead will not work to stop a mob.
Sorry didn't clarify. Not just one. What they did in LA was work together in teams and shifts. With PLENTY of fire power and ammunition.
“An army marches on its stomach.”
Beans, bullets, bandages, in that order. To be effective, an army relies on good and plentiful food and other essential supplies. This is why I am saving up to buy land to fortify and establish farm with the goal of being as self-sufficient as possible.
One of the things made clear from The Game of Thrones, the army has to eat and it will. I wish you godspeed in that endeavor.
"There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and cartridge. Please use in that order."
Ha ha! Good one! So true.
Fantastic post!
"The current revolution taking over Western institutions is Marxist/socialist fundamentally (though it seems clear an amalgam of Marxism and capitalism is best for central bankers.)"
That's a bold assertion. Care to back it up?
To expand, my take is, the WEF/WHO/UN/US managerial arrangement looks increasingly like China CCP, aka the worst of Capitalism and Marxism for a new high tech panopticon.
Marxism began as a criticism of capitalism and was subsequently developed into an ideology. Managerial arrangements are a measure of who is in control. The communist manifesto says workers should be in control. Unsurprisingly, the WEF/WHO/UN/US are not managed by members of the working class. As with private businesses, the owners are in control. That's the legal privilege that comes with ownership.
The CCP has abandoned its ideology in favour of mercantilism. They did so for pragmatic economic reasons. Central planning is not suitable for managing the economy of a nation. There needs to be a private sector alongside a public sector. The argument today is what balance is optimal.
The CCP has retained authoritarian methods of control. So have many nations with mixed economies. Being allowed to own private property doesn't equate to political freedom.
Authoritarianism has never made anyone a Marxist. Ideology does. China is very far away from being a 'dictatorship of the proletariat'. They may as well call themselves the Flying Pigs Party.
Ironically, central planning can be viable within large firms. A business can be run like a Stalinist bureaucracy internally, yet still be successful in the marketplace. It's up to the owners.
Marxism is politically irrelevant. Workers do not manage or control anything larger than a co-op. When you do come across a worker co-op, that is in theory, a socialist arrangement. The class distinction between workers and owners is erased.
With the advent of Patreon and related services, it can also be said that there is a gift economy. It is possible to make a living by producing content and giving it away; thereby relying on voluntary donations alone. In theory, that is an example of communism. You are no longer engaged in commodity production.
Communism is about workers leading the party, like capitalism lifts all boats. Both systems are perfecting authoritarianism, or trying to, and turn out looking increasingly similar. As for Patreon, or substack and subscriptions, that I suppose would be more like the best of capitalism and communism, except probably not more than .01% of substack writers are making a living just of substack.
I must have said that 100xs in this substack :)
Just as "safe and effective" has been said 100xs of 1000xs of times :)
Are you saying my message is no different than the demociders who foisted a fake pandemic and a fake vaccine on us?
Among 'the right', your message is about as successful as the "safe and effective" crowd. Your audience is sure to lap it up.
It's a familiar message from 'the right' who deny the real threat to the status quo, which is ecological overshoot. To paraphrase a comment you made: they know it subconsciously, but their egos are too big to admit it.
If you want to write about imaginary Marxists because those are the posts that attract the most views, go for it. Gotta pay the bills, no?
I use many names for our authoritarians, Bob. And I have stated many times this at the core is about ecological overshoot - which I think is one of the reasons my subscription numbers have grown so slowly compared to some others, speaking of apparently trying to pay the bill when I have not even set up paid subscriptions, thanks.
If you were to stick to the topic of overshoot, your substack numbers would be around those of Erik Michaels. Which is fine because he doesn't need the money.
Politics sells. Beating the dead horse of Marxism sells. Questioning our lifestyle at the expense of the Earth doesn't sell. People prefer storytelling. Scapegoats. Violence.
The world is owned and operated by a multigenerational cabal of criminals.
Wise words for perilous times. Like you I think (and hope and pray) that the fallout from the implosion of the globalist/marxist/central bankers fever dream will be of a relatively short duration. A year or less would be my prayer, if God is merciful. A mostly prepared for the collapse populace is a critical step in ensuring that.