I think the positive polyanna stuff is good but this is a stretch. The difference today is technology. Man has always trended toward corruption, that hasn't changed. BUT the fact they can create drones, phones, internal tracking devices, push jabs that kill and likely load you with nanotechnology and the like, I just have no idea how …
I think the positive polyanna stuff is good but this is a stretch. The difference today is technology. Man has always trended toward corruption, that hasn't changed. BUT the fact they can create drones, phones, internal tracking devices, push jabs that kill and likely load you with nanotechnology and the like, I just have no idea how things are going to turn out fine. We're going to be able to get all this technology into the hands of good folks? That would be the only way and I have to laugh at even the thought of that. Good men do not do what needs to be done to get rid of bad men. It's like guns. Bad men will always have them. Good men follow rules and give them up. The good man on earth can't win.
The author Simon Black closes with these thoughts: "It's okay, because there's something better coming. We don't know exactly what it looks like, but it will absolutely be based on a true story."
He's confident something better is coming. Even if you agree with him, you can't discount, we may have to go through a lot of suffering to get to the something better.
And if that happens, some of us aren't going to make it.
Quite right, at this point we are still in the midst of a failed civilization in so many ways and on a global scale ; it is hard to imagine that there is a "something better coming" with humanity facing so many obstacles, much of it of our own making; human history and evolution have had their share of "true stories", the founding of America being a shining example, but I'm certain the Founding Fathers wouldn't recognize it as it is today; a future "true story" would have to involve a restoration of the principles of personal and national sovereignty but also with the recognition that man(kind) is not the measure of all things and never was; our troubled world is desperately in need of redemption and, as you say, we may yet have to go through a lot of suffering ...
I partly agree with you, but the technocrats are as vulnerable as we are WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT. They may be able to run their systems with generators but there would be nothing to control. We should also object to the monopoly of Microsoft and refuse new computers automatically being equipped with that system. Good men will not do what the bad are doing but going out of the way of bad men by using different systems could be a first step. I for one haven't used Google for quite some time and rather refer to the many research media in book form available to me.
Sure. But that's not happening. Even Trump stayed on the committee Twitter network until they through him off. No one refuses anything. Sure that's the point. Refuse msft. Soon you'll refuse everything as f you'll be living in the fringe in this new society.
Sorry - reach inside and find some courage and hope - if you decide you are going to fail before this even gets seriously started you become part of the problem. Look for solutions that put you and your family into a better position.
Sorry for what? Courage? I have more in my foot than you likely do in your whole body. I see very clearly what's going on. I don't need to reach to do anything. I'll last longer than you, believe me. I'm going out swinging. I am not sucumbing to anyone. I'l fight to the death if that's what it takes. You're the one that needs to check yourself. You're hope is going to kill you and make you unprepared. The end of days are here and no amount of hope is going to change that. BUT you do you and I'll do me.
I am a mother - I have plenty of courage. And I can have hope because I am prepared. And since I am a Grandmother... I sincerely hope you do live longer than me - swing away! Be well.
“There is one human story. Dressed in new clothing and using new tools, we endlessly relive it. If we read philosophy, literature, history, poetry, and theology – we see greed, hedonism, and hubris easily defeat empathy and reason.” – The Last Act of the Human Comedy – Chris Hedges
“The most important point to be made here is that as long as we remain egocentric beings, there shall always be sociopaths and psychopaths among us, who inevitably rise to authority driven by selfishness, greed, and apathy – who then capsize their entire sphere of influence despite the best intentions of all the rest of us. This perpetual cycle can only continue its descent until we undergo the spiritual and cultural transformation available by transmuting the egocentricity at its root.” – The Project
Thank you for this beautiful link. Sometimes when recognizing the philosophy of our situation there is the need for Intuitive Intelligence of the practical kind to step in and uphold and rescue these ideas. Anyone who has written an 'Emergency Plan' for their work environment will realize how much we have moved away from natural instincts.
Technology can accelerate the good as well as the bad. Those who give up their guns or other tech tools aren't necessarily good, just complacent. Lazy, even. Every technological advantage is always quickly overcome by new technologies. No one controls invention but ourselves.
Who is ourselves? You and I control nothing. It will be technology that enslaves us, becuase it can. It couldn't be more obvious. Furthermore you're missing my point or I'm not being clear. Good men will not do what bad men will do. Bad men will do whatever it takes to get ahead and the good men will not do what it takes to stop the bad man. IF a bad man will kill, rape, plunder, threaten, and rig to name a few but a good man won't, then what? Guns were just an example detailing what happens. In every country they took guns look what happened? It's not about giving up guns specifically, it's about good and bad men.
We're all bad. Most of us are usually restrained enough that we think ourselves good. Mostly a matter of circumstances. When society collapses, we'll see new depths of bad, in ourselves and others. We all have as much control of our circumstances as we choose to acquire. I use technology for my good all the time, as does everyone I know. No one controls us unless we permit it. Those who avoid tools are likely to be controlled by those who don't,
I think the positive polyanna stuff is good but this is a stretch. The difference today is technology. Man has always trended toward corruption, that hasn't changed. BUT the fact they can create drones, phones, internal tracking devices, push jabs that kill and likely load you with nanotechnology and the like, I just have no idea how things are going to turn out fine. We're going to be able to get all this technology into the hands of good folks? That would be the only way and I have to laugh at even the thought of that. Good men do not do what needs to be done to get rid of bad men. It's like guns. Bad men will always have them. Good men follow rules and give them up. The good man on earth can't win.
The author Simon Black closes with these thoughts: "It's okay, because there's something better coming. We don't know exactly what it looks like, but it will absolutely be based on a true story."
He's confident something better is coming. Even if you agree with him, you can't discount, we may have to go through a lot of suffering to get to the something better.
And if that happens, some of us aren't going to make it.
Quite right, at this point we are still in the midst of a failed civilization in so many ways and on a global scale ; it is hard to imagine that there is a "something better coming" with humanity facing so many obstacles, much of it of our own making; human history and evolution have had their share of "true stories", the founding of America being a shining example, but I'm certain the Founding Fathers wouldn't recognize it as it is today; a future "true story" would have to involve a restoration of the principles of personal and national sovereignty but also with the recognition that man(kind) is not the measure of all things and never was; our troubled world is desperately in need of redemption and, as you say, we may yet have to go through a lot of suffering ...
I partly agree with you, but the technocrats are as vulnerable as we are WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE OUT. They may be able to run their systems with generators but there would be nothing to control. We should also object to the monopoly of Microsoft and refuse new computers automatically being equipped with that system. Good men will not do what the bad are doing but going out of the way of bad men by using different systems could be a first step. I for one haven't used Google for quite some time and rather refer to the many research media in book form available to me.
Sure. But that's not happening. Even Trump stayed on the committee Twitter network until they through him off. No one refuses anything. Sure that's the point. Refuse msft. Soon you'll refuse everything as f you'll be living in the fringe in this new society.
Sorry - reach inside and find some courage and hope - if you decide you are going to fail before this even gets seriously started you become part of the problem. Look for solutions that put you and your family into a better position.
Sorry for what? Courage? I have more in my foot than you likely do in your whole body. I see very clearly what's going on. I don't need to reach to do anything. I'll last longer than you, believe me. I'm going out swinging. I am not sucumbing to anyone. I'l fight to the death if that's what it takes. You're the one that needs to check yourself. You're hope is going to kill you and make you unprepared. The end of days are here and no amount of hope is going to change that. BUT you do you and I'll do me.
I am a mother - I have plenty of courage. And I can have hope because I am prepared. And since I am a Grandmother... I sincerely hope you do live longer than me - swing away! Be well.
Very insightfully stated!
Indeed:
“There is one human story. Dressed in new clothing and using new tools, we endlessly relive it. If we read philosophy, literature, history, poetry, and theology – we see greed, hedonism, and hubris easily defeat empathy and reason.” – The Last Act of the Human Comedy – Chris Hedges
“The most important point to be made here is that as long as we remain egocentric beings, there shall always be sociopaths and psychopaths among us, who inevitably rise to authority driven by selfishness, greed, and apathy – who then capsize their entire sphere of influence despite the best intentions of all the rest of us. This perpetual cycle can only continue its descent until we undergo the spiritual and cultural transformation available by transmuting the egocentricity at its root.” – The Project
https://bohobeau.net/2021/01/29/woke-world/
Men are too fallen and dedicated to it.
Thank you for this beautiful link. Sometimes when recognizing the philosophy of our situation there is the need for Intuitive Intelligence of the practical kind to step in and uphold and rescue these ideas. Anyone who has written an 'Emergency Plan' for their work environment will realize how much we have moved away from natural instincts.
Technology just accelerates the same outcomes.
That's what I'm saying. And perhaps you know were just putting an ! on it. Which is fine.
Technology can accelerate the good as well as the bad. Those who give up their guns or other tech tools aren't necessarily good, just complacent. Lazy, even. Every technological advantage is always quickly overcome by new technologies. No one controls invention but ourselves.
Who is ourselves? You and I control nothing. It will be technology that enslaves us, becuase it can. It couldn't be more obvious. Furthermore you're missing my point or I'm not being clear. Good men will not do what bad men will do. Bad men will do whatever it takes to get ahead and the good men will not do what it takes to stop the bad man. IF a bad man will kill, rape, plunder, threaten, and rig to name a few but a good man won't, then what? Guns were just an example detailing what happens. In every country they took guns look what happened? It's not about giving up guns specifically, it's about good and bad men.
We're all bad. Most of us are usually restrained enough that we think ourselves good. Mostly a matter of circumstances. When society collapses, we'll see new depths of bad, in ourselves and others. We all have as much control of our circumstances as we choose to acquire. I use technology for my good all the time, as does everyone I know. No one controls us unless we permit it. Those who avoid tools are likely to be controlled by those who don't,
I agree but again, whose talking about you and me? It's all good.
Solutions have to begin somewhere. As they say, if not us, who? And if not now, when?
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Add me to your solution list.
That too. Hard to keep up as a human.
Well said.