No justice. Only power.
Time to up and vanish in the wind
In the last several years, for a lot of us, it looks like common sense has, as Warden Norton speculated about Andy Dufresne’s whereabouts, “up and vanished like a fart in the wind.”
But, like the gaping hole in Andy’s wall, the loss of common sense had been there for years. Just couldn’t see it, really. “Miss Fussybritches” was in the way.
Though we endured The Late Obama Age Collapse, 'twas papered over by the platitudes of “hope & change,” much like the “Sweet Raquel” poster did for that cell wall at Shawshank.
Hard to believe an entire culture has become so oblivious to past realities, but it happens. It occurs in earnest when we aren’t diligent in maintaining our common history or the values and principles that come from even the semblance of a culture at-large.
The “Mandela Effect” is a phenomenon where one remembers something that did not happen or recalls it differently than what actually occurred. False memory, in other words.
The nice thing about taking notes—one of the practices I have reconstituted after the Corona Regime knocked me off my balance for a while there—is that I have the receipts for what happened. I am a historian by temperament and degree.
I like to clip articles. Some of my notes are commentaries on those articles (though they were intended just for myself—before I ever had the notion of an email newsletter or podcasting on these topics).
I came across one of my commentaries the other day reacting to an article related to the government schooling monopoly (a.k.a. “public schools”). I reread the article and a section I apparently clipped that looked like it might be the core of the article.
“Gosh, this guy is dead on with this stuff. I want to find out more about him.”
Well, it turns out that the guy was me—my own notes—written in a style distinct from which I tend toward today. Originally, I had submitted it as a comment (that, naturally, I cannot find a way to access today) in response to the main article.
Essentially, the author had a 19-point plan to “fix” the American public school system. I responded with a 9-point plan of my own.
I still agree with my assessment, perhaps even more than I did then, but point #3 stood out.
The "system" of government education is unable to be reformed. It needs to be abolished. Not should be abolished…needs to be abolished. It does not benefit the student (even though it benefits many others within the "system").
So, you can imagine my surprise when I found out, after reading a bunch more material from way back in 2017, that our cultural betters were just as idiotic as they are today.
With the presidential administration of Ice Cream Joe nearing mid-passage (or perhaps down to the last bite of the cone), our elites today simply tend to be more brazen with their gaslighting.
To wit: I saved an article about my hometown from POLITICO in 2017 entitled “How Liberal Portland Became America’s Most Politically Violent City.” The writing was on the wall, folks, well before the Summer of Love.
Aaron Rodgers? They already figured the MVP quarterback was nuts in 2017. Boy, did they ever get a cherry on top of their Rodgers Sundae during the Corona Years.
Antifa was already a thing, too. The crowd of urban terrorists did not simply appear deus ex machina after the Martyrdom of St. George. No, no…
In those salad days, “anti-fascists” would regularly break bread (and other things) at Happy Hour with the police. Cocktail of choice: Molotov.
The point is: we must be vigilant. Take note of what’s happening around us. Form an opinion. Write it down.
Today, in 2024, it is obvious that the regime and its lackeys are against us—the regular folk just trying to survive the fecal maelstrom standing in for a market economy and sane culture. (Feel free to unsubscribe if you don’t agree, I won’t be offended. Rather, to the contrary.)
The question is, how do we fight back, or even merely stand up?
“There is no justice. There is only power,” the late copywriter Gary Halbert quipped in The Boron Letters.
Hard to disagree with such analysis.
Power can be sourced from nearly anywhere and the power of a strong, personal voice is BIG in my world.
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And power.
I am not talking about power through party politics, however. The Democrats are terrific at gaining power through political means. The Republicans are terrible, while the Libertarians and other 3rd party movements are useless.
So, as you see, it transcends traditional politics. Hitching your wagon to these parties is dangerous.
But your voice is critical in the rebuilding of this culture, one that was on life support before the Corona Lockdowns rendered it lifeless.
We’re breaking out the paddles. A good shock to the system may at least bring something back to life.
How? With the latest program of mine, what we call the Inner Sphere. It is a “virtual” mastermind of sorts that will open again soon and
it has an entirely extra dimension than that of an "inner circle."
Spaces are limited, though. It’s not for everybody, either. It’s an Inner Sphere.
We’ll have regular meetings on video conference and our folks will be able to network with others within the “sphere.”
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As always,
Brian
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