> the primary effect of the Insurrection was to hugely wound the dignity of the System. This dignity is no cosmetic nicety; it is crucial to sovereignty. This is why the hornet’s nest is so pissed right now. Don’t get stung
Spot on. Millions of new people just realized that something is possible that used to be impossible. The government is sooooo pissed that so many just saw its little dick.
- Red Pill production skyrocketing as Police and Cathedral demonstrate very clearly where their allegiances lie. All know who’s who really. All stand naked. Huge increase in talk about alternative social media platforms.
- inevitable disillusionment that will kick In at some point according to Yarvin
- We see the left’s little penis and laugh
Cons:
- the little penis guy doesn’t like that u saw his little penis and he has guns and the most powerful army the world has known and is a complete sociopath. (I’m picturing Geoffrey Lannister here)
- Geoffrey is going to ruin countless peoples lives and embolden every lower level creep to do the same by censoring and assasinating anyone right of center’s character not to mention likely imprison and encourage violence toward them when they enter the public sphere to dissent.
I’m not seeing how the aforementioned pros come even close to outweighing the certain cons in any timetable one could feel good about here. Still I guess knowing that pros exist is comforting. As shitty as the world is probably gonna be on a lot of levels, there’s nothing saying a person can’t be perfectly happy being disengaged and living in an atrocious political regime. There were happy Soviets right?....Right guys?...guys???
I wonder if he really has the world's most powerful army. His army/navy maybe have, on balance, the greatest volume of modern hardware, but are the soldiers and sailors willing to endure casualties for this regime? When you have drag queens on aircraft carriers, and well-paid whores integrated directly into the enlisted ranks of the army, are the troops willing to die for that system? Will they 'eat bitter' for a gay disco? How does this compare with other powerful military forces? I say we are dealing with late Ptolemaic Egypt here. Big, rich, on paper powerful; in practice run by court eunuchs, no soldier will risk his life for a eunuch.
Don’t wanna split hairs And forgive me if I seem dense here, but would you to expound on the “Happiness is nothing” assertion. I have no problem conceding that it in effect means very little and that very little of it really needs to be available to preserve the status quo, but it seems that some baseline of satisfaction (whether legitimately or artificial manufactured through Brave New World style mechanisms) is needed to maintain long term stability. Certainly the less people have to lose, the more prone they are to unrest if empowered, but even if they’re being starved and utterly oppressed into categorical submission, you certainly either wipe them out completely or motivate and fuel categorical, seething hatred that will inevitably even in the case of complete extermination, not be popular amongst their own supporters. As pessimistic about history I can be, I can’t see how deprivation of all avenues for happiness, satisfaction etc doesn’t create an inevitable and formidable backlash down the line whenever that may be. Even if we’re the new Islamic Terrorists, how’s the popularity of that colonial expansion faring today? I know it took a hundred years to get here. Seems more sensible I guess to me to provide some minimum amount of an llusion of functionality and access to satisfying things and activities to your population so that they feel like they have something to lose and can at least complete the Gestalt in their head from the suggestion of a stick figure that they provide as opposed to nothing at all. More effective it seems, arguably far crueler in some sense.
Of course, this minimum threshold is much higher for a western society today than Iraq/Afghanistan or to China/Soviet Union a hundred years ago. Do you agree In principle on the minimum baseline of happiness/contentment/convincingess of happiness/contentment as being necessary for long term stability? Again i apologize if I’m forcing you to explain something that’s painfully self evident. I’m a pretty confused person about all of this. I suppose it’d be fair to lump me disparagingly with the post-leftist contingent, though in reality I’m just post-everything at some point in my life even if I only believed in these things for a few days at one point, so technically I’m post-leftist but by no means do I feel that’s my whole story. Enjoy the feedback.
At the risk of sounding patronizing, Happiness is very important for you and the people around you. If you can generate positivity and goodwill rather than resentment and bitterness, you will directly experience the fruits. I say this as a somewhat cynical-pessimistic person by birth temperament.
On the level of political regimes, Happiness and misery don’t appear to be of prime importance. Judging from history, if a regime has a unified elite and it isn’t bankrupt (a bankrupt regime will eventually fracture its elites anyway) then it can be fairly oppressive toward its masses for a long time. Because the masses never organize nor rebel effectively.
The real instability in our system is likely to come from the overproduction of elites and elite aspirants. Due to the insatiable greed of our progressive academic system, we are churning out way more people with pHDs, MBAs and law degrees than there are seats at the elite tables. On top of that, these young people are being robbed of their future earnings in the form of high interest USG loans (although I expect some form of partial loan forgiveness from the Regime, its just too obvious of a powder keg).
Historically speaking, these are the conditions that will fuel the formation of a counter-elite.
We are entering a new phase. The Cathedral went apeshit this week at the 11 GOP Senators who dared question the electoral sanctity of China Joe’s win. Longtime System shills George Will and Paul Krugman both declared Hawley and Cruz to be *enemies of the state*. A major publishing house cancelled Hawley’s book deal not long after Brownshirts were sent to harass Hawley’s wife and child at their DC area house. The megaphones of the Cathedral have been blaring “Never Forget the Eleven Traitors!!!”
So now we see the system really gunning for any legitimate counter-elite heads that might pop up over the ramparts. But they need a lot of energy to maintain that frothing vigilance, energy they aren’t going to get from the corpse of Biden and the bland Harris cracker that nobody wanted except the VIPs at the head table.
The system needs the dissidents to supply the energy. Get ready for a massively inflammatory crackdown on dissidents all year, plus the usual diet of Trump all day every day, manifesting in its new form of Trump fighting never ending legal attacks. I expect a war with Iran as well, but I think that will wait until year 2 of the glorious Harris-Biden administration.
Thank you for the lengthy response. I always feel like I’m asking questions I should know the answer to already. appreciate the explanation and didn’t find at all patronizing. plus, I’m finding out here that sometimes we need patrons from time to time
Thanks much for that. That makes more sense to me now. I’ve been kind of randomly and directionlessly navigating his content so am still catching up to what the subtext behind some of this stuff is in my own ADD kinda way haha
I’ve been listening to the Useful Idiots podcast, and I can confirm that a lot of progressives see the System and despise it. They stood behind Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard, and many lesser figures such as Shahid Buttar, and they also lost
After years of sporadic and at times obsessive "engagement", getting high on the rush of power, vicariously "sticking it to the libs" through Trump, I finally feel free to mentally check out of politics.
One less thing to worry about in life. "Put not your trust in princes." A few minor adjustments in daily life. It's already been years since I could safely go outside wearing a MAGA hat, what's really changed?
Time to sign up for Facebook and post cat videos. Ketman doesn't have to be stressful. Let's all remember to take time for self-care. A warm bubble bath can melt away your worries. And detoxify once a week with organic herbal tea and cranberry juice. Live, laugh, love!
If I have understood anything the man has written: there is only one side in this game. You either support it directly or make a good target for it's negative energy.
Happy to be corrected on this if I have misunderstood!
Looks like those Urbit planets were a good investment. In all seriousness, now is the time to radically roll back your social media presence if you still have one.
Reminds me of a line from the old X-men cartoon (possibly in one of the print comics as well) where a defiant Apocalypse shouts in response to the futile attacks of the X-men, "I am the rocks of the eternal shore; crash upon me, and be broken!"
The next hit they're gonna take will be the persecution of not only the Trumpites, but every single person who's ever uttered a single critical word about The Party. That could take YEARS, right through 2024, and by then Kamala will be in charge. Talk about a high, baby.....prepare to have. Your. Mind. BLOWN.
I am very much looking forward to your next conversation with Michael Malice. Yarvin and Malice's differences may be more apparent in a post-faux-coup conversation. Opportunities abound, and I, for one, am excited to see what these two princes have to say about it. In any case, masterfully written as always. Keep it coming, my good man. Lord knows we need it now more than ever.
I love it when Cocaine Curtis does an entry.
> the primary effect of the Insurrection was to hugely wound the dignity of the System. This dignity is no cosmetic nicety; it is crucial to sovereignty. This is why the hornet’s nest is so pissed right now. Don’t get stung
Spot on. Millions of new people just realized that something is possible that used to be impossible. The government is sooooo pissed that so many just saw its little dick.
So here goes:
Pros:
- Red Pill production skyrocketing as Police and Cathedral demonstrate very clearly where their allegiances lie. All know who’s who really. All stand naked. Huge increase in talk about alternative social media platforms.
- inevitable disillusionment that will kick In at some point according to Yarvin
- We see the left’s little penis and laugh
Cons:
- the little penis guy doesn’t like that u saw his little penis and he has guns and the most powerful army the world has known and is a complete sociopath. (I’m picturing Geoffrey Lannister here)
- Geoffrey is going to ruin countless peoples lives and embolden every lower level creep to do the same by censoring and assasinating anyone right of center’s character not to mention likely imprison and encourage violence toward them when they enter the public sphere to dissent.
I’m not seeing how the aforementioned pros come even close to outweighing the certain cons in any timetable one could feel good about here. Still I guess knowing that pros exist is comforting. As shitty as the world is probably gonna be on a lot of levels, there’s nothing saying a person can’t be perfectly happy being disengaged and living in an atrocious political regime. There were happy Soviets right?....Right guys?...guys???
I wonder if he really has the world's most powerful army. His army/navy maybe have, on balance, the greatest volume of modern hardware, but are the soldiers and sailors willing to endure casualties for this regime? When you have drag queens on aircraft carriers, and well-paid whores integrated directly into the enlisted ranks of the army, are the troops willing to die for that system? Will they 'eat bitter' for a gay disco? How does this compare with other powerful military forces? I say we are dealing with late Ptolemaic Egypt here. Big, rich, on paper powerful; in practice run by court eunuchs, no soldier will risk his life for a eunuch.
Don’t wanna split hairs And forgive me if I seem dense here, but would you to expound on the “Happiness is nothing” assertion. I have no problem conceding that it in effect means very little and that very little of it really needs to be available to preserve the status quo, but it seems that some baseline of satisfaction (whether legitimately or artificial manufactured through Brave New World style mechanisms) is needed to maintain long term stability. Certainly the less people have to lose, the more prone they are to unrest if empowered, but even if they’re being starved and utterly oppressed into categorical submission, you certainly either wipe them out completely or motivate and fuel categorical, seething hatred that will inevitably even in the case of complete extermination, not be popular amongst their own supporters. As pessimistic about history I can be, I can’t see how deprivation of all avenues for happiness, satisfaction etc doesn’t create an inevitable and formidable backlash down the line whenever that may be. Even if we’re the new Islamic Terrorists, how’s the popularity of that colonial expansion faring today? I know it took a hundred years to get here. Seems more sensible I guess to me to provide some minimum amount of an llusion of functionality and access to satisfying things and activities to your population so that they feel like they have something to lose and can at least complete the Gestalt in their head from the suggestion of a stick figure that they provide as opposed to nothing at all. More effective it seems, arguably far crueler in some sense.
Of course, this minimum threshold is much higher for a western society today than Iraq/Afghanistan or to China/Soviet Union a hundred years ago. Do you agree In principle on the minimum baseline of happiness/contentment/convincingess of happiness/contentment as being necessary for long term stability? Again i apologize if I’m forcing you to explain something that’s painfully self evident. I’m a pretty confused person about all of this. I suppose it’d be fair to lump me disparagingly with the post-leftist contingent, though in reality I’m just post-everything at some point in my life even if I only believed in these things for a few days at one point, so technically I’m post-leftist but by no means do I feel that’s my whole story. Enjoy the feedback.
At the risk of sounding patronizing, Happiness is very important for you and the people around you. If you can generate positivity and goodwill rather than resentment and bitterness, you will directly experience the fruits. I say this as a somewhat cynical-pessimistic person by birth temperament.
On the level of political regimes, Happiness and misery don’t appear to be of prime importance. Judging from history, if a regime has a unified elite and it isn’t bankrupt (a bankrupt regime will eventually fracture its elites anyway) then it can be fairly oppressive toward its masses for a long time. Because the masses never organize nor rebel effectively.
The real instability in our system is likely to come from the overproduction of elites and elite aspirants. Due to the insatiable greed of our progressive academic system, we are churning out way more people with pHDs, MBAs and law degrees than there are seats at the elite tables. On top of that, these young people are being robbed of their future earnings in the form of high interest USG loans (although I expect some form of partial loan forgiveness from the Regime, its just too obvious of a powder keg).
Historically speaking, these are the conditions that will fuel the formation of a counter-elite.
We are entering a new phase. The Cathedral went apeshit this week at the 11 GOP Senators who dared question the electoral sanctity of China Joe’s win. Longtime System shills George Will and Paul Krugman both declared Hawley and Cruz to be *enemies of the state*. A major publishing house cancelled Hawley’s book deal not long after Brownshirts were sent to harass Hawley’s wife and child at their DC area house. The megaphones of the Cathedral have been blaring “Never Forget the Eleven Traitors!!!”
So now we see the system really gunning for any legitimate counter-elite heads that might pop up over the ramparts. But they need a lot of energy to maintain that frothing vigilance, energy they aren’t going to get from the corpse of Biden and the bland Harris cracker that nobody wanted except the VIPs at the head table.
The system needs the dissidents to supply the energy. Get ready for a massively inflammatory crackdown on dissidents all year, plus the usual diet of Trump all day every day, manifesting in its new form of Trump fighting never ending legal attacks. I expect a war with Iran as well, but I think that will wait until year 2 of the glorious Harris-Biden administration.
Thank you for the lengthy response. I always feel like I’m asking questions I should know the answer to already. appreciate the explanation and didn’t find at all patronizing. plus, I’m finding out here that sometimes we need patrons from time to time
Thanks much for that. That makes more sense to me now. I’ve been kind of randomly and directionlessly navigating his content so am still catching up to what the subtext behind some of this stuff is in my own ADD kinda way haha
I’ve been listening to the Useful Idiots podcast, and I can confirm that a lot of progressives see the System and despise it. They stood behind Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard, and many lesser figures such as Shahid Buttar, and they also lost
After years of sporadic and at times obsessive "engagement", getting high on the rush of power, vicariously "sticking it to the libs" through Trump, I finally feel free to mentally check out of politics.
One less thing to worry about in life. "Put not your trust in princes." A few minor adjustments in daily life. It's already been years since I could safely go outside wearing a MAGA hat, what's really changed?
Time to sign up for Facebook and post cat videos. Ketman doesn't have to be stressful. Let's all remember to take time for self-care. A warm bubble bath can melt away your worries. And detoxify once a week with organic herbal tea and cranberry juice. Live, laugh, love!
Curtis, I know you want us to just tip over the game board....
But when do we start winning?
If I have understood anything the man has written: there is only one side in this game. You either support it directly or make a good target for it's negative energy.
Happy to be corrected on this if I have misunderstood!
Yep. This was especially discussed in earlier chapters of GM. The System cam consume itself in time; and we must be ready for what comes next.
Looks like those Urbit planets were a good investment. In all seriousness, now is the time to radically roll back your social media presence if you still have one.
Reminds me of a line from the old X-men cartoon (possibly in one of the print comics as well) where a defiant Apocalypse shouts in response to the futile attacks of the X-men, "I am the rocks of the eternal shore; crash upon me, and be broken!"
The next hit they're gonna take will be the persecution of not only the Trumpites, but every single person who's ever uttered a single critical word about The Party. That could take YEARS, right through 2024, and by then Kamala will be in charge. Talk about a high, baby.....prepare to have. Your. Mind. BLOWN.
I am very much looking forward to your next conversation with Michael Malice. Yarvin and Malice's differences may be more apparent in a post-faux-coup conversation. Opportunities abound, and I, for one, am excited to see what these two princes have to say about it. In any case, masterfully written as always. Keep it coming, my good man. Lord knows we need it now more than ever.