Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Andeddu
From : Dennisk
Date : Thu Aug 20 2020 22:03:00

-=> Andeddu wrote to Dennisk <=-

 An>   Re: Re: Neuralink
 An>   By: Dennisk to Andeddu on Wed Aug 19 2020 10:09 pm

 > I think Trump partly is against the establishmnent, not because he's not
 > part of it, but because of conflict of interest.  He does seem to have a
 > different worldview.  As for the media, the media are part of an established
 > ruling "elite" (and I use the term "elite" loosely).  It was during the 2016
 > when the mask came off, that even they admitted that there IS an
 > establishment.  And there is, you get into power by meeting a particular
 > image, a particular way of thinking, a particular mode of though and a
 > particular ethical stance.  You can see this in many parts of society.
 > "Professional" is another euphemism.  And that particular class of people
 > are failing to deliver.
 >
 > Conflict is always in our future.  "Only the dead are safe; Only the dead
 > have seen the end of war", said George Santayana.
 >
 > We are at this stage PRECISELY because the people who want to keep their
 > power (ie, the establishment), utterly failed.  The solution is most
 > definately not to keep the status quo, that will only make things work.  The
 > riots and division in Europe and problems with migration are due to this
 > idiotic idea of "open borders".  Diversity is THE reason we have more and
 > more laws against speech, why there is so much division between us.
 > Identity politics and "socialism" is the reason for so much division.
 >
 > It will take some turmoil to set things right, but its too late for any
 > other alternative.

 An> Have you read Douglas Murray's book The Strange Death of Europe? Much
 An> of what you're talking about is discussed in this book. The stagnation
 An> of Western society coupled with a general disinterest in national
 An> pride, old fashioned values, etc...

 An> When half of the population appear to support open borders, socialism
 An> and censorship, and the other half support capitalism, property
 An> ownership, second amendment rights and free-speech... things are going
 An> to have to come to a head.

 An> I fear that the chaos we've seen in 2020 is set to continue throughout
 An> the decade, as no compromise appears to be in sight.

I did buy and read Strange Death of Europe.  A lot of it were things I had
ruminated on, or guessed to some degree, but Douglas Murray wrote with great
clarity.  I'm pretty convinced we are in a general civilisational decline,
don't let the iPhone's fool you.

People have become so cocooned, coddled, they have lost connection with
reality, and are functioning in a make-believe world.

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