“Jünger distinguishes between the “anarch,” who remains aloof from power and strives to retain his mental independence from it, and the “anarchist,” who acts out his resistance to power, usually because of uncontrolled desire for power. It is always the anarchist who goes to the gulag — the anarch, in fact, is often safer than even the true believer.
“For example, in our shitshow of a pandemic, the anarchist is lectured to wear a mask; because of this, he refuses to wear a mask. On a plane, he is ordered to wear a mask; either he submits to this order, grumbling about his rights, or he gets unruly.
“The anarch is lectured to wear a mask; he does not care much about the lecture, except as evidence of what certain people believe; he makes up his own mind about how well masks work, underweighting sources who seem to be in a political frenzy. Perhaps he was wearing a mask when masks were racist, and is still wearing one now that it’s righteous.
“When ordered (enforceably) to wear a mask, he wears one; if ordered to wear a Burger King crown, or a Manchu queue, or even a Sikh turban, he wears one as well. Power has its rights. The anarch knows this; he even knows he has no rights. The anarch is big into compliance.”
Maybe you should listen to what people tell you about their motives, Curtis, instead of automatically generating the same stupid slander every fucking time. Right, Hobbits and Ents are "usually" motivated by "uncontrolled desire for power."
i thought this was an illuminating elaboration on the theme. perhaps i haven't read enough unqualified reservations
also, i don't think what people tell you is ever very definitive unless it strongly correlates with observation already occurred and/or observation to follow
Maybe some political celebrities are outspokenly anti-mask because they want to lead a rebel army. This certainly isn't what motivates any of the facers/anti-maskers I've ever spoken to. It certainly isn't what motivates me. I think that masking is Satanic evil; it's an attempt to conceal the image of God in the world. Many merely see it as intolerable oppression. There's a huge gap between not wanting a boot on your face and feeling "an uncontrollable desire for power."
> Maybe some political celebrities are outspokenly anti-mask because they want to lead a rebel army.
"Maybe", haha, Trump and MTG are vaccinated and yet so shy about it. It's a grift. I understand that you feel bad about the fact that the only people in power who pretend to represent you are grifters who pretend to represent you, but you know how they say, the first step to solving a problem is admitting that you have the problem. This is true for all problems.
If you admit that you have this political problem, at worst you might find it unsolvable and check out and have kids with a tradwife instead of posting on the webs about something you can't change and your posting doesn't change.
> I think that masking is Satanic evil; it's an attempt to conceal the image of God in the world.
The state says "thy muffler should make no more than 80 dB of noise". Anarchists defy.
The state says "gentlemen should use the men's locker room" Anarchists defy.
The state says "cover your face in public. Well until you sit down at your restaurant." Anarchists, please do not defy!
Is there some kind of "When in Rome..." aphorism, that the only laws a citizen should not defy are the nonsensical ones? Is there any precedence to this in any society that had a recorded history? Perhaps "sacred cow" comes the closest that I can think of.
“Jünger distinguishes between the “anarch,” who remains aloof from power and strives to retain his mental independence from it, and the “anarchist,” who acts out his resistance to power, usually because of uncontrolled desire for power. It is always the anarchist who goes to the gulag — the anarch, in fact, is often safer than even the true believer.
“For example, in our shitshow of a pandemic, the anarchist is lectured to wear a mask; because of this, he refuses to wear a mask. On a plane, he is ordered to wear a mask; either he submits to this order, grumbling about his rights, or he gets unruly.
“The anarch is lectured to wear a mask; he does not care much about the lecture, except as evidence of what certain people believe; he makes up his own mind about how well masks work, underweighting sources who seem to be in a political frenzy. Perhaps he was wearing a mask when masks were racist, and is still wearing one now that it’s righteous.
“When ordered (enforceably) to wear a mask, he wears one; if ordered to wear a Burger King crown, or a Manchu queue, or even a Sikh turban, he wears one as well. Power has its rights. The anarch knows this; he even knows he has no rights. The anarch is big into compliance.”
Maybe you should listen to what people tell you about their motives, Curtis, instead of automatically generating the same stupid slander every fucking time. Right, Hobbits and Ents are "usually" motivated by "uncontrolled desire for power."
i thought this was an illuminating elaboration on the theme. perhaps i haven't read enough unqualified reservations
also, i don't think what people tell you is ever very definitive unless it strongly correlates with observation already occurred and/or observation to follow
Maybe some political celebrities are outspokenly anti-mask because they want to lead a rebel army. This certainly isn't what motivates any of the facers/anti-maskers I've ever spoken to. It certainly isn't what motivates me. I think that masking is Satanic evil; it's an attempt to conceal the image of God in the world. Many merely see it as intolerable oppression. There's a huge gap between not wanting a boot on your face and feeling "an uncontrollable desire for power."
> Maybe some political celebrities are outspokenly anti-mask because they want to lead a rebel army.
"Maybe", haha, Trump and MTG are vaccinated and yet so shy about it. It's a grift. I understand that you feel bad about the fact that the only people in power who pretend to represent you are grifters who pretend to represent you, but you know how they say, the first step to solving a problem is admitting that you have the problem. This is true for all problems.
If you admit that you have this political problem, at worst you might find it unsolvable and check out and have kids with a tradwife instead of posting on the webs about something you can't change and your posting doesn't change.
> I think that masking is Satanic evil; it's an attempt to conceal the image of God in the world.
What was your opinion of masking back when the libs told you that masking kills doctors? For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/worstof/comments/i1x87n/in_which_ramitheasshole_scolds_and_mocks_a_mother/ where were you back then?
You seem to be addressing someone who isn't me.
chalk it all up to the pathetic urge for self determination. for the best outcomes, you just need to do as you're told, Jeremiah 10:23
i am gripped by the sense of this substack jeremiad
Maskers serve Satan.
I don't know how many times I've tried to google "Eumeswil" and failed because I couldn't spell it phonetically. Finally know wtf this book is.
The most important contribution this man may ever make is his take on poetry.
The state says "thy muffler should make no more than 80 dB of noise". Anarchists defy.
The state says "gentlemen should use the men's locker room" Anarchists defy.
The state says "cover your face in public. Well until you sit down at your restaurant." Anarchists, please do not defy!
Is there some kind of "When in Rome..." aphorism, that the only laws a citizen should not defy are the nonsensical ones? Is there any precedence to this in any society that had a recorded history? Perhaps "sacred cow" comes the closest that I can think of.