I've been studying classical & archaic Greece, learning about the city-state model.
And as far as I know, the concept of Greek tragedy was rooted in the tragic flaw - a trait someone possesses that leads to glory, but also to their fall from grace.
Jews have a tragic flaw that propels them (as a culture) into power and "glory" (such as it is, & maybe esteem is a better word). Perhaps it's their ability to misrepresent who they are, and what their goals are. Maybe it's their cultural ➡️
@Tfmonkey - Just saw an article on "backlash" to a white house anti-islamophobia campaign... and it sparked a thought that's looking for a devil's advocate.
Regarding: "It is the Jews after all"
We always knew the leftist coalition had irreconcilable contradictions within itself. But seeing things play out often differs from expectations.
Instead of Jews being the puppet masters, could we simply be seeing a fracturing process? 🤔
Food for thought. 🫡🍻
@VooDooMedic - Ah, so.
Well if you should find yourself in North America... I recommend the Rockies. I also recommend obtaining a firearm ASAP. Maybe the Hollywood-style revolution is unlikely to ever manifest, but guns are still pretty useful. And there's nothing like holding the power of screaming death from 200 yards, in your own two hands... It just picks up your mood somehow. 🍻
@VooDooMedic - I've been working on my boat for a while (over 10 years). It's no luxury yacht, but it stands a good chance.
But I've learned a lot in the process. There is a massive need for labor, and trustworthy help - more than one man, or 10 men can manage. Survival? Sure. Prosperity? Nope.
So I'm on the lookout now, and as things accelerate, for decent guys who are willing to learn... and I have a proposal for them.
Australia is far, but surely there's a similar deal to be found there?
@VooDooMedic - I mean, lines have been crossed... People have had biological time bombs injected into them. Children's dicks have been cut off. And people gotta go into the dirt - they absolutely have to. And they will.
But here's the beautiful part: I don't have to put them there. They will do it to themselves.
When Noah's neighbors were a bunch of assholes, Noah didn't have to do them in. He just built a boat, and let the rain do it.
It's fiction, but the point stands. 🍻
@VooDooMedic - Well, it's a cost/benefit analysis. Genocide is a lot of work - gotta be thorough. And being a mutt myself, it wouldn't make a lot of sense for me. 🤔😅
I'm perfectly fine with a mass purge on ideological lines (I call it ideocide)... but that's even more work. You gotta investigate hundreds of millions to figure who goes into the dirt. That's serious work.
So, I prefer to start my own country after collapse. That's manageable, and ironically, it's the more realistic approach.
@VooDooMedic - To that point: Even if success were somehow guaranteed, why would I liberate a country for people who disgust me... and are disgusted by me and my own love of freedom?
I wouldn't. 💁🏻♂️
@VooDooMedic - I'm long winded, and not a fast typist. 😅
Personally, I don't think the overthrow is ever gonna happen in a way that results in a unified country. For this and other reasons, though I'm a natural citizen of the United States... I no longer call myself American.
I expect collapse, balkanization, and then the gun crowd will have their way in their own locale.
But there's a small chance things go different, if the govt gets dumber (maybe not so small a chance after all them). 🍻
@VooDooMedic - America is a big place, with lots of people. And there's been multiculturalism from the beginning (hence, the mutt pedigree). Point being, not everyone is on the same page, or holds the same values, or speaks the same language.
A lot of very vocal people love the thought of being a well-cared for slave, and if it costs their children... Well that's a sacrifice they're willing to make.
We're still trying to figure out who stands where.
@VooDooMedic - I once got pulled over for speeding when I wasn't. A car was passing me, and the radar gun must've picked that up. I talked my way out of it, but had I been unsuccessful... it's not as though I would've shot a cop over it.
Much like jumping out of a plane with no parachute, the "muh guns" maneuver can be pulled precisely once. And most all the people who would ever do such a thing, understand this.
So there's that to consider.
@ButtWorldsMan - Hits close to home. 👀
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@shortstories - I just always found it funny that children of a Muslim father are automatically Muslim and subject to apostasy, and that children of a Jewish mother are automatically Jewish and subject to apostasy.
So what happens when a Muslim guy and a Jewish broad get together? Is that where suicide bombers come from? 🤔🤔🤔
@shortstories - So I don't think that approach would work for most people, if anyone at all. It sounds like playing with fire.
I've seen misery ruin a few lives, and many relationships (of all sorts). Sometimes the people ruined by misery were children when they were ruined... and they had no part in the events that led to misery, and no part in the chosen response to misery. They were just at the mercy of a miserable soul.
Sorry to rain on a parade. I'm gonna think happier thoughts now.
@shortstories - Jacuzzis are often located right next to swimming pools. I'll usually jump into the cold pool periodically, just to enhance the warmth of the hot tub.
But that's just sensory contrast. I'm pretty sure that genuine misery is a different beast altogether. I've gone through spells of it. And I've known too many genuinely miserable people.
I have found misery to be self-reinforcing, and self-perpetuating in the absence of great conscious effort to find peace.
@Tfmonkey @VooDooMedic - In unrelated news, I've heard an export ban on civilian firearms companies was imposed today. And I also heard of an anonymous whistleblower employed with a major US ammo manufacturer, says that production lines have been shut down without explanation.
Both reports are unconfirmed (who am I? Walter Cronkite?)... But it could get interesting. Oh yeah, and apparently Kamala Harris publicly states US needs Australia style gun control within last couple days. 🤔🧐💪
@VeganMGTOW @Tfmonkey - free for 5 years work... I'm thinking that's homesteading? 🤔
To be fair, I wouldn't call that free, exactly. The land was often contested by indians. It wouldn't cost money, but homesteaders had to deal with the occasional raid, and sometimes it cost lives. 🫗
@Tfmonkey - day off. Recharge. Enjoy another day before shit pops off.
@UncleIroh - I believe that just such a world is on its way. 🍻 ...just as soon as living standards shit the bed, and life gets hard.
I'm actually kinda looking forward to it. 🫡
@shortstories - I'm not learning new languages. 🫡😅🍻