To the Barricades! : We Will At Least Be Less Bored

Fred On Everything ^ | 24 August 2017 | Fred Reed

[VR-21]

Katie, bar the ever-lovin’ door. Compromise seems a forlorn hope in today’s strange version of America. Anger runs too deep. All that is left is to choose sides. We will then see whether the country sinks—continues sinking–into a Soviet future already largely upon us, or we see armed mobs battling in the streets.

Does this sound crazy? I don’t think so. The hostility is beyond anything I have seen in what has become a depressingly long life. In the media, on the web, anger seethes. Countries both civilized and not have plunged into bloodshed over as little. Think of Sunnis and Shias, Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics, Spanish and Basques.

In America, friends talk carefully to each other because they want to remain friends. Armed mobs take to the streets, blocking highways, shouting down speakers, burning cities, looting malls, playing the Knockout Game, organizing huge demonstrations. Things are far worse than in the upheavals of the Sixties. That rebellion, now receding from living memory, had a concrete and attainable goal: preventing young men from being forced to fight in a remote war in which they had no stake. When the draft ended, so did the riots.

Today’s hatreds are not about anything in particular. They are about everything in general, and thus irresolvable. The white insurrectionists seem to be adolescents of thirty-five, gripped by the strange immaturity that so many have noticed, angry at a world that they mistake for their parents. The blacks are furious because they somehow do not succeed in modern society. Their opposition, the Deplorables, feel drowned in everything they detest and fear. No peace is possible except by political coercion or conflict in the streets.

Half the country, led by New York, wants to control, and does control, everything of importance to the other half. Everything is decided remotely: what your children learn in school, what you can’t say to them because they might tell their teachers; who you have to hire, with whom you have to associate, what religious practices are permitted, whether you can have a Christmas tree in the town square or sing carols on the public streets, whether you can defend yourself and your family. New York versus the Deplorables. The city holds the high cards.

Bitter conflicts force the taking of sides, often with people one does not like. For example, I think Trump is a horse’s ass, dangerous, naive, uninformed, and a thoroughgoing damned fool. I detest the KKK (which barely exists, but never mind) and disagree with the Alt-Right on many things. Yet when I look at the other side, the armed bands, the censorship, thought control, indoctrination, the re-writing of history, their media arm, the identity politics, the push for control, control, control—I think,“I’ll take Trump—gack–and certainly the Deplorables.” And of course if violence comes, it’s one or the other. You can’t reason with a mob armed with lengths of rebar.

There is no principle in any of this. It is visceral. Animalic mobs of ill-bred semiliterates vandalize statues as eagerly as Muslims blowing up Buddhist monuments. This is war, of low intensity but still war. Culture war at first, but tending toward baseball-bat war. And the federal government sides with the vandals. So far the attacks not been answered, but a lot of the country is thinking, “Bring it on.” Conservatives are not creatures of the herd, and do not wave placards. But they too are armed.

The campaign highly orchestrated. The professional touch shows. The anger existed before Trump, and will exist after him, but he is being used by those who want to bring the Establishment, the Deep State, back into the White House.

Some time ago a fellow named Shicklgruber, a genius at marketing and cynical as Machiavelli, explained the technique for herding the public: Have a few simple ideas and repeat them over and over and over and over and over and over. Intellectuals, he said, want to make propaganda by offering complex ideas, and changing them frequently. This is because intellectuals become bored with simple ideas and want variety. Wrong, said Schick. Keep it simple and repeat it and repeat it and repeat it.

The public is stupid, he said, few think, their ignorance is profound, even the intelligent are usually ignorant and emotional. They will believe anything if told often enough. It is like training dogs. (He proved extraordinarily successful at marketing, though his reputation was later somewhat tarnished, but that is another story.)

JewsarebloodsuckersJewsarebloodsuckersJewsarebloodsuckersTrumpisKGBTrumpisKGBTrumpisKGBWhiteisevilWhiteisevilWhiteisevilWhiteisevilRacismiseverywhereRacismiseverywhereRacismiseverywhereTrumkpisaNaziTrumkpisaNaziTrumkpisaNazi….

This this was wildly successful in a forgotten time and a remote place called Weimar.

Anyone who has worked in politics or journalism can see how the thing is being done. There was the invention of Russian hacking, Trump’s racism, his hostility to Jews, his admiration for “White Supremacists,” who do not exist, and all the rest. Saturation by the media is of course the backbone–that, and making sure that the public never hears anything contrary. For the same reason, you see the same commercial seven times during the Superbowl, TrumpisWhiteSupremacistTrumpisWhiteSupremacistTrumpisWhiteSupremacist.

This is vintage Schicklgruber, and bears out his contempt for the public. I confess to a certain admiration for a thing well done. When New York gets serious, it works wonders. Control the media, it seems, and you control America.

What New York wants of course is Pence in the White House, a cipher in the pockets of Wall Street, the arms racket, and big corporations. I do not say this in hopes that saying it will have any effect. Writing coumns seldom affects anything. Those who know what is going on already know, and the placard-wavers won’t read it.

Will New York impose a virulent political correctness–read “submission”–on the whole country? My guess is that it will. But conceivably not. It badly misread the anger in the country that elected Trump. Perhaps it again makes the same miscalculation. We will find out when they impeach Trump.

As always, America’s racial catastrophe intrudes. Blacks demand–they always demand–removal of Confederate statues. Most can’t spell “Confederacy,” don’t know the dates of the Civil War, can’t name the three branches of government, have never read a book, but they demand. And demand. And demand. “Whah mah free stuff?” There is no solution, and nobody believes there is, but race is a battering ram for attacking the Deplorables.

Clearly the people at the top, in the editorial suites in Manhattan, at Goldman Sachs, at Lockheed-Martin, know what they are doing. They want Trump out so they can continue looting. From their point of view,the placard-carriers and ball-bat wielders are, merely useful idiots. It is an odd and amusing alliance. The useful idiots, Leftists all, apparently do not know that they are carrying water for the arms industry and international finance.

The country, methinks, approaches a decision point. Aux armes, citoyens. Let the games begin.

[TTFlyer]

Good article.

At this point the only question is whether the American Republic dies with a bang or a whimper.

[Lazamataz]

I aspire to write as well as Fred.

[MrEdd]

Armed mobs battling in the streets only involve the most stupid people on the continent.

[foundedonpurpose]

It will be a slow death, they almost always are!

[DaveA37]

“Anger runs too deep. All that is left is to choose sides.”........

Civil War II is starting, which side will YOU pick and support. Yesterday, I reloaded several rounds of ammunition, checked and oiled all weapons. I may not seek out the enemies of our country but will be prepared when/should they arrive on my door step.

[Liz]

(hat tip Viking2002)....... these whining Antifa types and social agitators are about 1/10th of 1% of the domestic population, concentrated in about 1% of the continental land mass......

It's only the ignorance of the MSM that permits wall-to-wall coverage of these incoherent activities and inane demands.

[pigsmith]

Bfl

[glock rocks]

You need to get a lot more ornrey Laz.

[Liz]

You've got this moron----Dirty Democrat NY Cong Yvette Clarke----undermining the US government---tearing down Confederate statues (to switch the focus from her crimes).

This idiot---NY Democrat Cong Yvette Clarke--- actually approved a $120,000 "write-off" of tax-paid tech Equipment Linked To the treasonous Paki/Awan clan.

AND GET THS The missing govt-issue tax-paid devices included many iPhones and iPads. At $800 each, Cong Yvette Clarke's $120,000 write-off would force taxpayers to pay for 150 electronic items for her staff of 16......that's about 10 iPhones and iPads each.

DIRTY DEMOCRAT CLARKE'S HYPOCRISY IS JAW-DROPPING.

Democrat Cong Yvette Clarke's payroll records indicate she has 16 employees......why did Cong Clarke need so many electronics for that small staff? (smirk---another way pols steal from taxpayers is one conclusion).

According to ace reporting by The Daily Caller, her chief of staff (who Cong Clarke directs) casually signed off on what appears to be a theft ring operating inside the Democrat Congressional Caucus. The facts suggest the Awan gang was running the oldest of scams......selling computer gear out the back door after first reporting it stolen to authorities. (hat tip The Daily Caller)

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"Oh, it's just a measly 120,000 tax dollars.....just write it off."

Cong Yvette Clarke describes herself as a "Caribbean-American."

Yoo hoo, Yvette, your orange jumpsuit is ready.

[TTFlyer]

(hat tip Viking2002)....... these whining Antifa types and social agitators are about 1/10th of 1% of the domestic population, concentrated in about 1% of the continental land mass......

And yet their influence on the Media, the 'Rat Party, Popular Culture, Academia, and yes - the GOP - is incalculable.

[Portcall24]

His bio is over the top!

[Liz]

Remember, taxpayers.....dirty Democrat Cong Yvette Clarke's 120,000 dollar "write off" is JUST ONE of the Dmocrats the Paki clan IT'ed for.

None of the 80 odd Democrats the Paki clan IT'ed have been audited for similar financing scams.

And if more than one Democrat did the Yvette Clarke Write-off Act, this indicates "organized crime".....they should all be prosecuted under RICO.

[Liz]

Presstitutes cant say no.

[JayGalt]

Poor author has his knickers so far in a twist that they are strangling him. Like most liberals he projects a lot so everyone is gripped in the same angst as he is.

Trump haters are like that. They need to swallow such a massive # of contradictions that they don’t know where to turn. He needs to change the water in his fishbowl or climb out.

[MV=PY]

Good stuff! Thanks for posting.

[ichabod1]

Allons mes enfants...

[HLPhat]

>>At this point the only question is whether the American Republic dies with a bang or a whimper.

That's a demoralizing opinion.

Meanwhile... the Mileage of other's "LIVES, FORTUNES, AND SACRED HONOR"... May Vary.

CHARLIE MIKE!

[NappyOne]

Over the years I have read a lot of Fred on Everything. He is usually right, with a clear vision of the wrong direction of things. I am surprised that he does not forecast the devastation that will come to the population centers of the country, and the rest of the world. He is usually pretty on top of such things.

The left clearly does not understand what New York City is in for if the breakdown comes. Los Angeles is in a worse pickle.

I currently live in a county where Fred lived in his boyhood. The mood here is palpable. I am also an LA expat. I know well the vulnerability of the basin: food, power, but especially, water. All of these things are too easily disrupted, even by an unorganized rebellion. The red states will likely turn their fury towards the cities. The port of Los Angeles, aka San Pedro (currently being renovated into a mass homeless shelter dump) will help, but only enough to keep the influential from suffering, as usual.

I do not advocate for these things. As Fred does, I see what is happening. The suffering of mankind, world wide, will be unimaginable in its horror. I hope not to live long enough to see it. Pray for peace and understanding.

The NappyOne

[DNME]

Saturation by the media is of course the backbone–that, and making sure that the public never hears anything contrary.

Ah, but now we DO hear contrary coverage. The ascension of "alternative media" has struck a mortal blow to the omnipotence of the global players.

The names are legion and constantly changing, with rising and falling levels of trust and public support (Drudge?), but the "alternative" media players can now "break" a story and keep it in the public eye.

How many news items, legitimate "headlines," would you know nothing about if not for Brietbart and other alternative media? Along with lying, the Mainstream Media has also been burying hot news stories for years.

But they can't bury those stories the way they used to. News stories that we NEED to hear about are now getting air time, thanks to the alternative media. There is still hope for the Union.