Comments on: Trying times

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 03:23:04 +0000

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Ever wonder why he said patriots along with tyrants?

There’s no war in human existence where you can sit safely killing the enemy, but not get killed yourself. Not even for drone pilots in asymmetrical wars.

If you live by the sword, you can expect to die by the sword. Which is actually a lot better than how people could die in those times.

But this goes all around. It applies to them. It applies to you. So what matters is who does it first.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:04:13 +0000

The press wouldn’t be an issue if they could be replaced. They like to claim that they are irreplaceable, however, the 4th estate and all that. Why, without them, even the Constitution might fall… as if.

By: gracepc

gracepc — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 23:43:59 +0000

I think the demographic and multi cultural change coupled with technology and the complete submission of the press has been the most damaging.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 22:11:16 +0000

I’ve felt this way since 2008.

About elections, yes. But did you feel and comprehend the emotion related to recognizing the Leftist alliance as an enemy of humanity that must be wiped from the face of existence or else some things become inevitable?

Emotions are not as simplistic as the Left wanted their zombies to believe. There are some things which cannot be seen nor understand without Hate and Love. Logick is not enough.

Also, those emotions undergo transformation when combined with logick or intuitive thought processes. That takes time. Time, which people do not necessarily have.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 20:05:03 +0000

Ymarsakar:

I’ve felt this way since 2008. I think a lot of people have. The feeling has increased of late, but it’s been pretty strong since then, and particularly since the 2012 election.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 19:56:16 +0000

People are beginning to understand the Emotions I felt back in 2007 then. Which is nice, but they are rather late, on the emotional level, and intellectual level too.

What does that matter? In War, time is not something you can just sacrifice and still pull a utopian victory out at the end. It doesn’t work like that.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 19:09:47 +0000

Plato witnessed how quickly Athenian democracy devolved into tyranny, and most of his political philosophy devoted to finding ways to avoid such decline. His prescription was “educated tyranny”, or oligarchy of philosophers imposing authoritarian rule on the larger society. Modern liberal thought both in USA and Europe looks increasingly like parody of Plato republic. In absence of Judeo-Christian moral, this seems to be inevitable final of evolution of any pagan society. So when asked what was turning point to decline, I feel that it was secularization, the scourge of 19 and 20 centuries.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:54:57 +0000

In Russia women are sure more conservative than men in their values and social norms because this is expected from them: to be guardians of these values and norms is their traditional social role. In politics, though, they are often the most fierce revolutionaries, but very few people in Russia actually are involved in politics.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:07:33 +0000

Orson:

Tyranny happens whether women vote or not (I could argue that not allowing women to vote is a form of tyranny, as well, but that’s not the point I’m making here).

Women could not vote or hold office in ancient Rome, for example. And yet—same old same old happened.

I would say that a bigger turning point here was the giving of the vote to non-property-holders. But universal suffrage is a populist trend in democracy that cannot be turned back.

That said, it is true that women tend on the whole to be more liberal than men, at least in this country. Not sure what’s true worldwide.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:01:52 +0000

Sergey:

Nice seeing you here again. It’s been awhile.