Thanks John. Diana West was way ahead of this; see "Death Of The Grown Up". Francis Schaeffer's "The God Who is There" identifies the dividing point in the 1930's ( Diana West's "American Betrayal" has related information regarding the first big lie). The basic problem is humans think that they are their own - large swaths of society do not believe in God and have adopted moral relativism - what you see today is the result. NONE of the lunacy and madness you see today is by accident; it is the result of decades of planning and execution, directed at destroying the American way of life. We now live in a fascist country - the corporations control the government. Peace.
Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman, two of the most intelligent thinkers of my lifetime. Personal heroes, both of them. I highly recommend his book, A Conflict of Visions, in which he elaborates on the constrained versus the unconstrained. Never more true than in our culture now. Prophetic. Everything this man has written should be required reading, and the same goes for Milton Friedman.
I read a short while ago, in relation to the possibility of waking people up, this chilling prediction:
“Most people would rather die with the herd than to leave the herd”.
After three years, a hundred full interviews and thousands of mini articles and posts, that’s my strong impression.
It’s literally not possible to “wake people up”. You might inform a person who’s just woken up themselves. I think it’s the latter I’ve been reaching. None of the former. I’m not sensing any momentum whatsoever.
Resource constraints are of course readily evident to any reasonably well developed adult but recently the child like gullibility of a large portion of our society has proven most worrisome since it is facilitating society wide frauds (COVID, election, J6 false flag, climate change, etc). Self serving megalomaniacs seeking ever more control will continue to defraud if they can profit politically, which is enormously destructive to our society.
I was just talking about this the other day to a co-worker in the context of reparations. How it is that there are some people looking to be handed something because they feel they deserve it, and then there are others who are not frozen due to bitterness, and just go out there and make something of themselves regardless of their circumstance.
I'm pretty sure the African American Doctor I was thinking of, fit into the latter group. He represents only 5% of American Doctors! How did he beat the odds? He probably wasn't spending his time throwing bricks through store front windows in his spare time trying to destroy a system that doesn't guarantee equal outcomes, but one that rewards hard work and self improvement, and I suspect he studied his ass off. 🤗
Excellent! You gave the definition of Immediate Gratification at the macro level. Annoying but expected in a child. Inexcusable and dangerous in adults. Thomas Sowell is a genius; equal opportunity vs. equal outcome. The latter is getting far too much traction these days. Scary. I have debated this with highly intelligent people. No more. Too frustrating.
I used to be a lefty/Bernie/BLM supporter and, therefore, part of the "unconstrained" club. Several years ago Matt Taibbi asked his subscribers to recommend books for him to review. That's how I found out about Thomas Sowell and other authors that challenged my world views and my understanding of history. Black Redneck White Liberal, The Coddling of the American Mind, Infiltration, the Plot to Destroy the Church from Within and books/articles by Annie Jacobsen and Whitney Webb, to name a few, were instrumental in my 180⁰ change of thinking. Jonathan Cahn's books are also really interesting and helped me see current events through a prophetic lens. Looking forward to reading Diana West's books. I had never heard of her until now. Thanks.
Alas, we are surrounded, like a kindergarten teacher, by a mob of the Unconstrained. North America, becoming a land of lawlessness ( with honorable mention to B Clinton who oversaw bank deregulation). Followers vs leaders. The great mob of Victimhood, using and being used to political and financial ends.
Trudeau the puppet weffer a miniminion among them.
Which only goes to show that we receive a distorted picture of reality via the media.
Bear that in mind when considering any of these radical changes coming down the pike. They are NOT supported by the majority. The problem is not capitulation of the masses. Quite the opposite. The problem is that the means of communication have been hijacked by people with an agenda who use that control to mobilize the noisy minority in their service.
This stands to reason because most people don't have an agenda beyond living their lives peacefully, gainfully, and with minimum interference from government or other agents. The problem of course is that people who mind their own business don't generally form movements bent on imposing their will on others. That has always been the purview of the noisy minority who as the current article describes, act on childish impulses, and are thus easily controlled by those who have an agenda to push, and who will use their support via the amplifying effect of a captive media, to force their agenda on the majority, which is US.
To solve a problem, you first have to identify the cause. The hidden ground in all human affairs is the medium of communication. Who controls it and what are its effects? Start there.
In keeping with what I just said, I'm not going to impose my idea of a solution on the reader, I'll just throw out my understanding of the problem and let others discuss it, as glancing at the clock, I see I now have to get ready for work:) That's another point worth discussing BTW. Who has time to combat these forces when the productive have to work, while the unproductive have all the time in the world to think their big thoughts while being led around by the agents who feed those thoughts to their undeveloped minds?
Participation medals, elementary school "graduation" ceremonies and social promotion advances in grades have made sure today's young and middle-age adults think and act like children. And who demand laws and rules be imposed on adults by government in the same manner as parents and teachers impose on children.
Excellent discussion by commenters. Wish you were better represented in the general population. Mark Twain said "A Man who doesn't read important books is no better off than a man who can't". Milton Friedman's Free to Choose is one of them. I'm glad I continued to read such books long after school was over. We don't have to go to school to be educated; from Latin meaning 'to lead out of', implying ignorance, the absence of knowledge-far more serious than its common connotation-bad manners; not just farting in public.
Marvelous account of the current social malaise... In addressing the 'Perpetual Hippy Wanna-Belongs' now running the world since the addition of a new primary phase of Child Development called 'Teenage Years' only appearing since WW2. SIMPLY LOVE THOMAS SOWELL AND ALL people of merit, morals and ethics love Thomas Sowell as well.
Heard a phenomenal Priest Exorcist, Fr. Chad Ripperger, speak last evening on a YouTube presentation. He spoke of women approaching him to complain of their sons; invariably 10 year old boys being POSSESSED/DEMONIZED/OUT OF CONTROL.
He stated the first question he asks is, "When was the last time you spanked him?"
Always, the mothers claim, "I don't believe in that." as they sigh and become breathless in disbelief that anybody; let alone a Priest Exorcist, would ask something like that.
He giggled and in his snarky, satirical style he claimed, "A healthy spanking; NOT ABUSE OR BEATING, to be the key to resolving this state of insanity due to immaturity creating spoiled, soft and feeling-oriented children in adult bodies comprising an 'out of control' society instead of adults based in critical thinking, logic and reason."
He turned serious as he informed, "Satan and the demons LOVE IT WHEN WE ARE EMOTION DIRECTED LIKE CHILDREN as THAT IS THE WAY SATAN AND THE DEMONS GAIN CONTROL OVER US STUPID HUMANS. At least with critical thinking, logic and reason...Humans have a chance to choose the correct path as humans are as dogs with intellect in comparison to all the angels including Satan, Lucifer and the demons. We need all the critical thinking, logic and reason we can get to choose to do the right thing,"
THOMAS SOWELL IS A GIANT IN THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHY, REASON, ETHICS. ABSOLUTELY ON TARGET. LOVE THOMAS SOWELL.
It is getting worse. An incapacity for effort and tolerance of frustration leads to mental illness, even ''compartmentalized'' psychosis (the unconstrained are delusional by definition).
Thanks John. Diana West was way ahead of this; see "Death Of The Grown Up". Francis Schaeffer's "The God Who is There" identifies the dividing point in the 1930's ( Diana West's "American Betrayal" has related information regarding the first big lie). The basic problem is humans think that they are their own - large swaths of society do not believe in God and have adopted moral relativism - what you see today is the result. NONE of the lunacy and madness you see today is by accident; it is the result of decades of planning and execution, directed at destroying the American way of life. We now live in a fascist country - the corporations control the government. Peace.
Many people, too many, don’t know who Thomas Sowell is. As brilliant a man as there is.
Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman, two of the most intelligent thinkers of my lifetime. Personal heroes, both of them. I highly recommend his book, A Conflict of Visions, in which he elaborates on the constrained versus the unconstrained. Never more true than in our culture now. Prophetic. Everything this man has written should be required reading, and the same goes for Milton Friedman.
I read a short while ago, in relation to the possibility of waking people up, this chilling prediction:
“Most people would rather die with the herd than to leave the herd”.
After three years, a hundred full interviews and thousands of mini articles and posts, that’s my strong impression.
It’s literally not possible to “wake people up”. You might inform a person who’s just woken up themselves. I think it’s the latter I’ve been reaching. None of the former. I’m not sensing any momentum whatsoever.
I feel desolate, writing that.
Resource constraints are of course readily evident to any reasonably well developed adult but recently the child like gullibility of a large portion of our society has proven most worrisome since it is facilitating society wide frauds (COVID, election, J6 false flag, climate change, etc). Self serving megalomaniacs seeking ever more control will continue to defraud if they can profit politically, which is enormously destructive to our society.
I was just talking about this the other day to a co-worker in the context of reparations. How it is that there are some people looking to be handed something because they feel they deserve it, and then there are others who are not frozen due to bitterness, and just go out there and make something of themselves regardless of their circumstance.
I'm pretty sure the African American Doctor I was thinking of, fit into the latter group. He represents only 5% of American Doctors! How did he beat the odds? He probably wasn't spending his time throwing bricks through store front windows in his spare time trying to destroy a system that doesn't guarantee equal outcomes, but one that rewards hard work and self improvement, and I suspect he studied his ass off. 🤗
Excellent! You gave the definition of Immediate Gratification at the macro level. Annoying but expected in a child. Inexcusable and dangerous in adults. Thomas Sowell is a genius; equal opportunity vs. equal outcome. The latter is getting far too much traction these days. Scary. I have debated this with highly intelligent people. No more. Too frustrating.
I used to be a lefty/Bernie/BLM supporter and, therefore, part of the "unconstrained" club. Several years ago Matt Taibbi asked his subscribers to recommend books for him to review. That's how I found out about Thomas Sowell and other authors that challenged my world views and my understanding of history. Black Redneck White Liberal, The Coddling of the American Mind, Infiltration, the Plot to Destroy the Church from Within and books/articles by Annie Jacobsen and Whitney Webb, to name a few, were instrumental in my 180⁰ change of thinking. Jonathan Cahn's books are also really interesting and helped me see current events through a prophetic lens. Looking forward to reading Diana West's books. I had never heard of her until now. Thanks.
John, this is a fantastic post! The logic is irrefutable to anyone who interacts with the public in any form.
Alas, we are surrounded, like a kindergarten teacher, by a mob of the Unconstrained. North America, becoming a land of lawlessness ( with honorable mention to B Clinton who oversaw bank deregulation). Followers vs leaders. The great mob of Victimhood, using and being used to political and financial ends.
Trudeau the puppet weffer a miniminion among them.
Body Blow To Activists: Whopping 82% Of Berlin’s Voters Refused To Support 2030 Climate Neutrality
https://notrickszone.com/2023/03/28/body-blow-to-activists-whopping-82-of-berlins-voters-refused-to-support-2030-climate-neutrality/
Which only goes to show that we receive a distorted picture of reality via the media.
Bear that in mind when considering any of these radical changes coming down the pike. They are NOT supported by the majority. The problem is not capitulation of the masses. Quite the opposite. The problem is that the means of communication have been hijacked by people with an agenda who use that control to mobilize the noisy minority in their service.
This stands to reason because most people don't have an agenda beyond living their lives peacefully, gainfully, and with minimum interference from government or other agents. The problem of course is that people who mind their own business don't generally form movements bent on imposing their will on others. That has always been the purview of the noisy minority who as the current article describes, act on childish impulses, and are thus easily controlled by those who have an agenda to push, and who will use their support via the amplifying effect of a captive media, to force their agenda on the majority, which is US.
To solve a problem, you first have to identify the cause. The hidden ground in all human affairs is the medium of communication. Who controls it and what are its effects? Start there.
In keeping with what I just said, I'm not going to impose my idea of a solution on the reader, I'll just throw out my understanding of the problem and let others discuss it, as glancing at the clock, I see I now have to get ready for work:) That's another point worth discussing BTW. Who has time to combat these forces when the productive have to work, while the unproductive have all the time in the world to think their big thoughts while being led around by the agents who feed those thoughts to their undeveloped minds?
Participation medals, elementary school "graduation" ceremonies and social promotion advances in grades have made sure today's young and middle-age adults think and act like children. And who demand laws and rules be imposed on adults by government in the same manner as parents and teachers impose on children.
Excellent discussion by commenters. Wish you were better represented in the general population. Mark Twain said "A Man who doesn't read important books is no better off than a man who can't". Milton Friedman's Free to Choose is one of them. I'm glad I continued to read such books long after school was over. We don't have to go to school to be educated; from Latin meaning 'to lead out of', implying ignorance, the absence of knowledge-far more serious than its common connotation-bad manners; not just farting in public.
Marvelous account of the current social malaise... In addressing the 'Perpetual Hippy Wanna-Belongs' now running the world since the addition of a new primary phase of Child Development called 'Teenage Years' only appearing since WW2. SIMPLY LOVE THOMAS SOWELL AND ALL people of merit, morals and ethics love Thomas Sowell as well.
Heard a phenomenal Priest Exorcist, Fr. Chad Ripperger, speak last evening on a YouTube presentation. He spoke of women approaching him to complain of their sons; invariably 10 year old boys being POSSESSED/DEMONIZED/OUT OF CONTROL.
He stated the first question he asks is, "When was the last time you spanked him?"
Always, the mothers claim, "I don't believe in that." as they sigh and become breathless in disbelief that anybody; let alone a Priest Exorcist, would ask something like that.
He giggled and in his snarky, satirical style he claimed, "A healthy spanking; NOT ABUSE OR BEATING, to be the key to resolving this state of insanity due to immaturity creating spoiled, soft and feeling-oriented children in adult bodies comprising an 'out of control' society instead of adults based in critical thinking, logic and reason."
He turned serious as he informed, "Satan and the demons LOVE IT WHEN WE ARE EMOTION DIRECTED LIKE CHILDREN as THAT IS THE WAY SATAN AND THE DEMONS GAIN CONTROL OVER US STUPID HUMANS. At least with critical thinking, logic and reason...Humans have a chance to choose the correct path as humans are as dogs with intellect in comparison to all the angels including Satan, Lucifer and the demons. We need all the critical thinking, logic and reason we can get to choose to do the right thing,"
THOMAS SOWELL IS A GIANT IN THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHY, REASON, ETHICS. ABSOLUTELY ON TARGET. LOVE THOMAS SOWELL.
Agree, fully! I have saying this my whole life.
It is getting worse. An incapacity for effort and tolerance of frustration leads to mental illness, even ''compartmentalized'' psychosis (the unconstrained are delusional by definition).
A retired clinical psychologist.
Wisdom doesn’t come easy or cheap.