Posted on 03/11/2025 4:31:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The great question of the moment is whether the Trump Revolution is irreversible, or whether our Democratic friends will get their act together and return in clouds of glory to rule over us as they did so magnificently from the days of the New Deal to the Great Society. Far-right blogger Curtis Yarvin in “Barbarians and mandarins” thinks that the barbarian invasion of the Trump hordes will eventually submit to the superior organization of the mandarins of the administrative state.
He has a point. The barbarian invasions of China, from the Mongols to the Manchus, all ended up with the barbarian emperor sitting on top of the eternal mandarin bureaucracy. Until, that is, the foreign invasion of the Marx virus, which blew up the mandarin system and its merit system of examination and replaced it with a purely political administrative caste of the barbarian Communists.
Of course, the mandarin system was incredibly corrupt, if Jianing Chen’s Core of Chinese Classical Fiction is to be believed. And so is our own mandarin administrative state, if DOGE is to be believed.
The distinction between barbarians and mandarins is a constant in human affairs. Here are some more distinctions: disruption vs. stagnation; war vs. peace; famine vs. plenty; chaos vs. stability; creation vs. continuity. And let us not forget the latest distinction: armed insurrection vs. peaceful protest.
I think that we humans are programmed to believe in stability, safety, continuity. Doing things the way we have always done them. I suspect that in the old days of peasant agriculture a rigid observance of tradition was the best way to avoid starvation. Except when it wasn’t.
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“Trump has started a revolution and while it will be hard fought, the bloated, woke, leftist Fed.gov that existed before and controlled society will lose”
Well stated.
The only way to ensure success of humanity is to adopt Rome’s approach with Carthage. Or, the Brit’s with Tsugie.
AUTHOR NEEDS A RUBBER ROOM.
When MCI purchased Satellite Business Systems (SBS) in 1985, their entire engineering and operations teams took over MCI.
Richard Liebhaber: SBS senior vice president of engineering and development, from 1985 MCIs executive vice president and Corporate Office member, from 1992 Chief Strategy and Technology Officer.The truth was the SBS technicians who joined our work force ran circles around us.
Another anomaly happened with Telecom USA when MCI purchased them. Our Inter Machine Trunks were connected into a common network but their facilities in Florida were left intact. Even when Verizon purchased MCI, Telecom USA still existed. Telecom USA is a subsidiary of MCI, which itself is a subsidiary of Verizon. Apparently Telecom USA only handles phone calls from prisons and jails, along with other types of prepaid calling cards.
My former brother-in-law was 20 years military and he divorced my sister and originally had planned to give her NOTHING when she was on the front end of learning she had Alzheimer’s and she had NO Legal Representation! Not a lot of love lost for him. And he remarried within 6 months of the ink drying and they now make 0ver $200k/year while after going to court over it, Sherry gets $1900/month for a 25 year marriage, + 4 children together, and 3 tours in Germany. So, not every military guy is honorable in their lives.
Understood, and I appreciate when people thank me for my service, but it makes me feel a little uncomfortable. As I said I made the choice, and stayed as long as I did because I enjoyed it(mostly) and felt it was important
With that said, being a veteran doesn’t make you not make me immune to economic circumstances, and if a job is not needed then it is not needed.
Would be very surprised if veterans services will in any way be degraded by President Trumps actions, and though I feel for those who lose their jobs. The govt should not be a jobs program.
Hope that is not to harsh
“So, not every military guy is honorable in their lives.”
Absolutely. But that is the reality of life, isn’t it. Consolation... I truly believe that people like that will answer for what they’ve done in life and will suffer consequences on Judgement Day. I have experienced first hand that kind of selfishness and lack of consideration. It is what it is.... until it isn’t. They will find out.
Not too harsh. Charitably put. Thx. -OGINJ
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