Here are my latest thinking points: The Best and the Brightest(TM) I’m struck by the parallels between the failures of The Best & the Brightest(TM) in the Vietnam War and now in the Covid War. They begin with high-minded ideals (perhaps). But their attempts to quantify progress create structural incentives for barbarity. In Vietnam it was body counts in the Covid war it’s vaccine counts.
Boy, some powerful stuff here, Toby. I am in awe of your fearlessness. Truly inspiring! Some comments...
"Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out," seems to be the current mantra, although it's becoming more and more Dr Strangelove as days pass and quickly approaching Pharma-karma.
The condescending manner of the Left towards adults treating them as children exposes the abusive parent relationship they try to hide. And treating minors as adults and all that entails in your shocking list should warrant arrests and imprisonment.
Rogan vs Young was a title fight sponsored by Merck and Pfizer, who own/manage Young's catalog. And his new deal with Amazon makes this corporate game even more ugly. The fight was rigged by fund managers.
If that video of Trudeau's fascist voice-over against the peace-loving freedom assembly of the Canadian people, their families and children, doesn't wake anyone up, I don't know what will. It's the most blatant piece out there exposing the dark evil web of the WEF Young Global Leaders and to the spider Schwab.
Society must be defended is their false narrative which really means Our maniacal power and stolen wealth must be defended. But you finished on a high with the people, families, kids, freedom and the Constitution - those we must be defend!
Creds, Brother. You are a leading voice here. I always find your posts stirring, utterly relevant and educational.
When those who claim "society must be defended," are shown increasingly to be covering their naked greed with claims of zeal for the public good and their credibility plummets, the next stage will be virtue through terror.
We've already been given a preview of terror in the actions of FBI pre-dawn raids on opponents of the deep state; however, the other more novel invention of the current elite is a sort of 21st century mob over which they exercise only indirect control.
The selective prosecution of political opponents while at the same time failing to prosecute repeat criminal offenders form a vice around the general populace. The more you have to worry about your personal safety or your business being openly looted, the less time you have to worry about Ukrainian energy deals or Chinese military scientists working for the NIH. This is what is referred to as anarcho-tyranny.
Oppose the state and be exposed to the full panoply of techno surveillance. The FBI will call up CNN to film as they kick your door in on the slightest pretext.
Terrorize the public with crime and be out on no bail for the third time this month.
This is deliberate and purposeful.
All that remains to be seen is how far they can escalate the terror in our erstwhile "liberal democracies."
The US started using Body Count, after the Tet Offensive, as a metric of success. During that time there were virtually no body count reports with figures ending in zero or five.
I read it in Neil Sheehan’s “A Bright Shining Lie.” After a battle, they would find body parts—a thumb, a foot, etc. How to you count bodies that aren’t whole? So of course they did “their best” to count ‘em up. But a round number? What brass would believe that?
Once again, great points! Each one worthy of its own ruminations.
I am praying for the truckers, and it's linked to what you wrote in "Orwellian." What matters is not the truth. What matters is the government's insistence-- with a complicit media-- to create a narrative of violent extremists from Day 1. Right now TikTok and citizen journalism seem to be providing protection for the peaceful protesters-- what if we didn't have those?
For an interesting broader discussion related to this excellent point
"But their attempts to quantify progress create structural incentives for barbarity. In Vietnam it was body counts in the Covid war it’s vaccine counts."
read/listen to this podcast episode on "the tyrrany of metrics:"
Some great points, and yes Foucault did not go out of his way to be clear in his arguments, partly I think because his ideas emerged as he wrote them. Or spoke them.
A key point in Society Must Be Defended is that creating "science" out of literally everything is not so very different from acts of Enclosure. Take some land, build a big fence around it, assert that it is yours and attack anyone who trespasses. Find some ecological niche for your ideas (see Ian Hacking: Mad Travellers), delineate some abstract ideas that are inherently unfalsifiable, call these science, attack anyone who trespasses by saying "I am the expert round here!"
EXTREMELY insightful. Thank you. Yes, the fact that many more people are now on the Internet and very few people were on the internet Sept 11th 2001 is the reason this Psyop has been less successful right out of the gate and over time will be less and less successful!!!! Thank you! I subscribed to Del Bigtree's and Ginger Taylor's sub stack at your prompting.
Don't try to understand Foucault. Just throw it in the wood chipper. Foucault's deliberate obfuscation is the root of everything that is wrong with academia today. (One of the larger roots anyway)
Society must be defended ~ the revolution must be defended.
Perhaps Marx got it backwards as to which class is the revolutionary class. If the last two years were planned, can it reasonably be described as reactionary?
Always 💯
hi Toby. I also wanted to share this: https://maybury.ca/the-reformed-physicist/2022/02/03/a-night-with-the-untouchables/?fbclid=IwAR0yw8WBmTtaaz4h7mjZQ-4g2p8wcJbcvm5oNnHjAP4F5ZEMnufMFjE8hW0
Beautifully written, but not the story we are being told otherwise by MSM, or our illustrious ‘leader’ (that truly is laughable).
Thank you. ❤️
Boy, some powerful stuff here, Toby. I am in awe of your fearlessness. Truly inspiring! Some comments...
"Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out," seems to be the current mantra, although it's becoming more and more Dr Strangelove as days pass and quickly approaching Pharma-karma.
The condescending manner of the Left towards adults treating them as children exposes the abusive parent relationship they try to hide. And treating minors as adults and all that entails in your shocking list should warrant arrests and imprisonment.
Rogan vs Young was a title fight sponsored by Merck and Pfizer, who own/manage Young's catalog. And his new deal with Amazon makes this corporate game even more ugly. The fight was rigged by fund managers.
If that video of Trudeau's fascist voice-over against the peace-loving freedom assembly of the Canadian people, their families and children, doesn't wake anyone up, I don't know what will. It's the most blatant piece out there exposing the dark evil web of the WEF Young Global Leaders and to the spider Schwab.
Society must be defended is their false narrative which really means Our maniacal power and stolen wealth must be defended. But you finished on a high with the people, families, kids, freedom and the Constitution - those we must be defend!
Creds, Brother. You are a leading voice here. I always find your posts stirring, utterly relevant and educational.
When those who claim "society must be defended," are shown increasingly to be covering their naked greed with claims of zeal for the public good and their credibility plummets, the next stage will be virtue through terror.
We've already been given a preview of terror in the actions of FBI pre-dawn raids on opponents of the deep state; however, the other more novel invention of the current elite is a sort of 21st century mob over which they exercise only indirect control.
The selective prosecution of political opponents while at the same time failing to prosecute repeat criminal offenders form a vice around the general populace. The more you have to worry about your personal safety or your business being openly looted, the less time you have to worry about Ukrainian energy deals or Chinese military scientists working for the NIH. This is what is referred to as anarcho-tyranny.
Oppose the state and be exposed to the full panoply of techno surveillance. The FBI will call up CNN to film as they kick your door in on the slightest pretext.
Terrorize the public with crime and be out on no bail for the third time this month.
This is deliberate and purposeful.
All that remains to be seen is how far they can escalate the terror in our erstwhile "liberal democracies."
Thank you for context and clarity and vision !
The US started using Body Count, after the Tet Offensive, as a metric of success. During that time there were virtually no body count reports with figures ending in zero or five.
Meaning that they were likely made up?
I read it in Neil Sheehan’s “A Bright Shining Lie.” After a battle, they would find body parts—a thumb, a foot, etc. How to you count bodies that aren’t whole? So of course they did “their best” to count ‘em up. But a round number? What brass would believe that?
But to your point, it underscores the folly of it all.
Once again, great points! Each one worthy of its own ruminations.
I am praying for the truckers, and it's linked to what you wrote in "Orwellian." What matters is not the truth. What matters is the government's insistence-- with a complicit media-- to create a narrative of violent extremists from Day 1. Right now TikTok and citizen journalism seem to be providing protection for the peaceful protesters-- what if we didn't have those?
Hi, it has never been about health....nor about that society must be defended.....it is about wealth. Fabio Vighi wrote some very good articles about it. Here's one; https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/red-pill-or-blue-pill-variants-inflation-and-the-controlled-demolition-of-society/ Cheers!
For an interesting broader discussion related to this excellent point
"But their attempts to quantify progress create structural incentives for barbarity. In Vietnam it was body counts in the Covid war it’s vaccine counts."
read/listen to this podcast episode on "the tyrrany of metrics:"
https://www.econtalk.org/jerry-muller-on-the-tyranny-of-metrics/
It includes education, crime, and health care.
Some great points, and yes Foucault did not go out of his way to be clear in his arguments, partly I think because his ideas emerged as he wrote them. Or spoke them.
A key point in Society Must Be Defended is that creating "science" out of literally everything is not so very different from acts of Enclosure. Take some land, build a big fence around it, assert that it is yours and attack anyone who trespasses. Find some ecological niche for your ideas (see Ian Hacking: Mad Travellers), delineate some abstract ideas that are inherently unfalsifiable, call these science, attack anyone who trespasses by saying "I am the expert round here!"
What does that remind you of..?
Great point! "Science(TM)", cartelization, and enclosure are all part of the same monster.
Toby asked us how we were doing amidst this week. Remarkably, no one answered that question yet.
At the start of the week I felt thrilled, by now the thrill petered out somewhat. Generally doing ok, but without 'physical' companionship.
and the liar.com was good. Was that def Elon?
Oh that's brilliant! 🙌
Hi, I'm finding your talking points useful, and am shamelessly stealing them. https://twitter.com/1Pr0p0rt10n2/status/1489900335741157376
EXTREMELY insightful. Thank you. Yes, the fact that many more people are now on the Internet and very few people were on the internet Sept 11th 2001 is the reason this Psyop has been less successful right out of the gate and over time will be less and less successful!!!! Thank you! I subscribed to Del Bigtree's and Ginger Taylor's sub stack at your prompting.
Don't try to understand Foucault. Just throw it in the wood chipper. Foucault's deliberate obfuscation is the root of everything that is wrong with academia today. (One of the larger roots anyway)
Society must be defended ~ the revolution must be defended.
Perhaps Marx got it backwards as to which class is the revolutionary class. If the last two years were planned, can it reasonably be described as reactionary?