To me this was nowhere more shockingly apparent when during lockdown I went back to the bad bar where not much previously I had quaffed many a pint and shared many a toke in the seedy back alley among the self-declared radicals and rock-n-roll rebels who sang War Pigs from their cradles ffs.
In fact I had left because I wanted to cling on not to respectability, I admit (and look at me now, ha ha) but also physical health
I thought for sure these rebel angels would be the loudest denouncers of the mask of death, of anti-social distancing, of the lockdowns that had already by then put so many other music venues, cafes, pubs and restaurants in jeopardy, never, as it turned out, to return.
AND YET. Going in I was accosted immediately not only with a demand I wear a mask, but also I give up my ID. (I wonder now whether proximity tracking was completely accomplished, or whether they've shelved that for now?)
I pointed out to the fierce-looking, denim and leather-clad, pierced and tattooed, scowling maitre d'/bouncer that the mandates weren't binding, that lockdowns weren't lawful, that the newsmedia were owned and manipulated, that small businesses should have been the biggest opponents of the typrannical power play against them... but he was adamant, hostile, defensive, irrational - which he had always been to be truthful, but at least previously he had at least talked the talk of resistance.
All this to say the metalheads and rockers and other "rebels" turned out to be the saddest flimsy pack of pansy-assed pussies of them all. Cowards come in all stripes.
It was such a disappointment, so disillusioning, such a downer. Apocalypse has been something of a drag so far, gotta say.
Although on the flipside I've hardly been to a bar again since that day in 2020.
It’s really no mystery. It’s immature adults who are afraid of the world and lack confidence to make it on their own, so they want a helicopter mommy government to protect them.
Our heroes we look up to don't do things all by themselves. Luke has Han, Chewie, Obiwan, Yoda, R2 Leia and the entire rebel alliance on his side. Neo has Morpheus, Trinity, the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar. I didn't watch Hunger Games. Batman has Alfred, Peter has MJ, Superman has Lois.
Heroes don't do heroism alone. But during covid, we were made to be alone. All the things we would have used to form alliances were attacked. That's the real dark thing that was done. And it's a clue as to where true heroic power lies.
They said "15 Days To Stop The Spread" and yet people took only 15 seconds to bend the knee.
Safety, along with this "stop bullying", is destroying our ability to think for ourselves and in our kids in particular. We have no calluses built up, we have so many beta corporate aholes steeped in hyperbole who are ushering in more Safety Sally mindset. It's creating aphids, not robust humans. And it's part of the Critical Theory put forth by Marcuse, mental health "professionals" have adopted that nomenclature and it is dismantling strength and engendering mental instability.
Neo NEEDED the Matrix. Josey Wales only needed himself.
Mental health "professionals," yes. "Professionals" of every stripe have removed us from so many basic human strengths, joys, and responsibilities. Teaching. Parenting. Caring for the dying. Burying the dead. Making music. Dancing. Entertaining ourselves. And of course, coming to terms with this existence. For all these we now have these technology-brandishing specialists with their HR-sanctioned best practices to keep us from experiencing for ourselves, thinking for ourselves, living for ourselves. While paying through our children and grandchildren.
My writing is a reflection of who I am. The good guys on Crann Na beatha live in Saorsa da Riontean Mora "Freeholds ol the golden plains." The only government they have is a council of land holders and the only military they have is a mercenary army in which all freemen participate.
"How is it that some of the most popular movies of our times depict the minority trying to overcome the fascism and tyranny of an oppressive enemy that wants to control and break the populace, yet in the real world, this is exactly what a great portion of society wants?" I find this all the time, or have found it. You go hard on the principle that people seem to espouse, and they hate you. It's like, "Okay, I guess you didn't mean it."
James True has a good take. They play the Pied Piper, leading the people who don't get it off to doom.
To me this was nowhere more shockingly apparent when during lockdown I went back to the bad bar where not much previously I had quaffed many a pint and shared many a toke in the seedy back alley among the self-declared radicals and rock-n-roll rebels who sang War Pigs from their cradles ffs.
In fact I had left because I wanted to cling on not to respectability, I admit (and look at me now, ha ha) but also physical health
I thought for sure these rebel angels would be the loudest denouncers of the mask of death, of anti-social distancing, of the lockdowns that had already by then put so many other music venues, cafes, pubs and restaurants in jeopardy, never, as it turned out, to return.
AND YET. Going in I was accosted immediately not only with a demand I wear a mask, but also I give up my ID. (I wonder now whether proximity tracking was completely accomplished, or whether they've shelved that for now?)
I pointed out to the fierce-looking, denim and leather-clad, pierced and tattooed, scowling maitre d'/bouncer that the mandates weren't binding, that lockdowns weren't lawful, that the newsmedia were owned and manipulated, that small businesses should have been the biggest opponents of the typrannical power play against them... but he was adamant, hostile, defensive, irrational - which he had always been to be truthful, but at least previously he had at least talked the talk of resistance.
All this to say the metalheads and rockers and other "rebels" turned out to be the saddest flimsy pack of pansy-assed pussies of them all. Cowards come in all stripes.
It was such a disappointment, so disillusioning, such a downer. Apocalypse has been something of a drag so far, gotta say.
Although on the flipside I've hardly been to a bar again since that day in 2020.
It’s really no mystery. It’s immature adults who are afraid of the world and lack confidence to make it on their own, so they want a helicopter mommy government to protect them.
Our heroes we look up to don't do things all by themselves. Luke has Han, Chewie, Obiwan, Yoda, R2 Leia and the entire rebel alliance on his side. Neo has Morpheus, Trinity, the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar. I didn't watch Hunger Games. Batman has Alfred, Peter has MJ, Superman has Lois.
Heroes don't do heroism alone. But during covid, we were made to be alone. All the things we would have used to form alliances were attacked. That's the real dark thing that was done. And it's a clue as to where true heroic power lies.
They said "15 Days To Stop The Spread" and yet people took only 15 seconds to bend the knee.
Safety, along with this "stop bullying", is destroying our ability to think for ourselves and in our kids in particular. We have no calluses built up, we have so many beta corporate aholes steeped in hyperbole who are ushering in more Safety Sally mindset. It's creating aphids, not robust humans. And it's part of the Critical Theory put forth by Marcuse, mental health "professionals" have adopted that nomenclature and it is dismantling strength and engendering mental instability.
Neo NEEDED the Matrix. Josey Wales only needed himself.
Mental health "professionals," yes. "Professionals" of every stripe have removed us from so many basic human strengths, joys, and responsibilities. Teaching. Parenting. Caring for the dying. Burying the dead. Making music. Dancing. Entertaining ourselves. And of course, coming to terms with this existence. For all these we now have these technology-brandishing specialists with their HR-sanctioned best practices to keep us from experiencing for ourselves, thinking for ourselves, living for ourselves. While paying through our children and grandchildren.
My writing is a reflection of who I am. The good guys on Crann Na beatha live in Saorsa da Riontean Mora "Freeholds ol the golden plains." The only government they have is a council of land holders and the only military they have is a mercenary army in which all freemen participate.
"How is it that some of the most popular movies of our times depict the minority trying to overcome the fascism and tyranny of an oppressive enemy that wants to control and break the populace, yet in the real world, this is exactly what a great portion of society wants?" I find this all the time, or have found it. You go hard on the principle that people seem to espouse, and they hate you. It's like, "Okay, I guess you didn't mean it."
James True has a good take. They play the Pied Piper, leading the people who don't get it off to doom.