BEYOND THE RED RAGE HORIZON BY ANALYTICAL ENGINE MECHANIC

According to Hoyt ^ | Nov 15, 2022 | Sarah Hoyt

[grey_whiskers]

Once upon a time, in a far-distant world we called 1980, Frederik Pohl came out with a novel called Beyond the Blue Event Horizon as the middle book of a trilogy. (I’ve not yet read it, actually, but surely one of the catchiest book titles ever. So, stolen.)

And if, like our regular commenter and that vignette character, we think of ourselves (and our country if not our whole world) as having recently passed through some sort of political or historical event horizon (a surface which by definition can be crossed only once moving forward in time), we wouldn’t likely be far wrong.

This was true (for many of us) just about two years ago, when the fraud went from a sneaking ugly suspicion (or even an “oh crap, not again!” moment for Americans from places like Venezuela), through a slow-motion train wreck of revelations and failures, on to a vague but powerful clarity that some vital things were very rotten indeed.

[grey_whiskers]

A must read.

[grey_whiskers]

*PING* to an incredible piece on the meaning of the election and the battle for the mind, from a scifi/fantasy authoress.

[nopardons]

BTTT

[sauropod]

*waves*

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Once upon a time, in a far-distant world we called 1980, Frederik Pohl came out with a novel called Beyond the Blue Event Horizon as the middle book of a trilogy. (I’ve not yet read it, actually, but surely one of the catchiest book titles ever. So, stolen.)

Sarah should read "Beyond the Blue Event Horizon" - it's not as good as "Gateway", but few SF novels are. That doesn't mean it's not damn good in it's own right.

[metmom]

Excellent article and comments following. Longish, but well worth the read.

Thanks for posting this.

[ransomnote]

 

In the Bloggers & Personal forum, on a thread titled BEYOND THE RED RAGE HORIZON BY ANALYTICAL ENGINE MECHANIC, grey_whiskers wrote:

*PING* to an incredible piece on the meaning of the election and the battle for the mind, from a scifi/fantasy authoress.

Really good article. It's hard to articulate what is really happening with warfare conducted against the mind to disable action, reason etc.

Here are my favorite quotes:

I’m asking you to ask yourselves...if you ought blame your allies for losing in a rigged game to a bunch of cheaters. Where, without the cheating, they most likely would have won barely or hugely big.)

So many — certainly not all — now in their grief (and it is genuine) blame their allies, or even worse, themselves; anyone but the bad guys who really brought this to pass."

And another quote:

"....really does make about as much sense and work about as well as yelling in rage to solve a mathematical-physics problem, or “debugging” your misbehaving program by throwing its code listings across the room."

And I enjoyed the author's description for crazed leftists, "Rodent Liberation Front squirrels."

ThankQ for the link, Grey. I hope everyone gets a chance to read the article at the link. It honors our  legitimate feelings/reactions while at the same time reveals ways we can look at it through new eyes.

 

[ClearCase_guy]

bfl

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

metmom :" Excellent article and comments following.
Longish, but well worth the read."

I totally agree , and find the comments as enlightening as is the article.

[nikos1121]

I read it.

I would suggest that the writer put his or her thoughts into a single paragraph, as I haven’t a clue.

I hear that the article is pro Trump in 2024, but it implies that we as individuals have some power here.

We don’t. The media, the RINOs, the DEMs etc are all in on it. Election fraud now is pervasive and accepted as the end justifies the means.

They cheated. The only difference this time is they were more blatant about it, and more candidates affected.

[grey_whiskers]

I thought the important part is to not allow the other side to control our mindspace, and instill a sense of defeatism and panic.

Recall that even this election, Wisconsin took steps to cut down avenues for voter fraud.

Like Florida did earlier, and look how that paid off.

Counterexamples: California and Michigan.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks grey_whiskers.

[nikos1121]

I see about 20% of the FR crowd splintering. His article is directed towards them, but it got cluttered.

I wish he’d be more succinct. Maybe start the article with the last couple of paragraphs, and leave it at that.

I’m pretty straightforward and simple minded, and if the message is lost to me, then that’s bad. It means most people won’t get it.

I see where Pence is trying to pull the Jeb Bush/Mitt Romney by appealing to our higher motives. What crap.

In this world, domestic and abroad, you need a solid leader.

I truly think Trump has that capacity to unite the world.

[GOPJ]

Thinking with your emotions is like feeling with abstract mathematics.