I have very low regard for comparisons between the US and the Roman Empire, so no pings.
- Life Among the Ruins [03/06/2023]
Posted on 03/06/2023 11:15:24 AM PST by ma_che62
Our crisis was not the next generation of foreign Hitlers and Stalins. It was not earthquakes, floods, or even pandemics. It was not endemic poverty and want. It was not a meager inheritance from past generations of incompetents. Nor was it a dearth of natural resources or bounty. Instead our catastrophe arose from our most highly educated, the wealthiest and most privileged in American history with the greatest sense of self-esteem and sanctimoniousness. Sometime around the millennium, they felt their genius could change human nature and bring an end to history—if only they had enough power to force hoi polloi to follow their abstract and bankrupt theories that they had no intention of abiding by themselves.
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I think we all know this: the big question is, How do we pry their fingers from the levers of power? Short of invoking Rule .308, I’m not sure we can.
Outwit, outplay, outlast
Highly dubious as the corrupt elite controls every major institution with the exception of a few state governments. But as we can see from the last election in MI, AZ, GA and PA, the RINOs and Dem vote cheating are even diminishing that.
I was hoping for some robust action from Texas or Florida, but all I see is showboating and photo ops and no real opposition.
Much as I like Bannon, "voting harder" isn't really going to work. Right now even our most basic rights hang on the continued heartbeat of a few older SCOTUS justices.
I think we pry ourselves away from the woke NFL, NBA, and MLB and start joining groups...or contributing $ to groups...that are fighting the good fight.
Victor gives an excellent summary of life as it is today in this article.
Yes making personal changes are step one.
Divest from general mutual funds and utilize conservative friendly funds. Divest from woke companies. Change your bank and credit cards as appropriate. Don’t buy stuff from some companies (Disney, Hollywood, Starbucks…) (see 2ndvote.org). Run for a local race or find someone you can heartily support. Become a delegate or committeeman.
Use rumble instead of YouTube, drop other social media except maybe twitter, quit using PayPal, apple products, use goodsearch instead of google, direct instead of Amazon, shop local rather than mail order…
Raise your kids and grandkids properly. Invest in THEM.
Then we have those vote counter’s.
Agree. Succinct, hard hitting, and all too true. I forwarded link to a few friends who are still reliably intelligent about the ongoing disaster we live in.
My formerly safe city is now in the lowest 2% on the safety scale. Met a new neighbor last week who moved from a gorgeous place downtown to our far less gorgeous but nice complex 2 miles away. Crime drove her here and she now orders dinner delivered every night from great downtown restaurants she used to frequent.
Our tent city is almost totally cleared out, so that’s supposedly good. Only good if the residents are moved to another place where they and we can be safe. Some homeless people are only on the streets because lockdowns killed jobs and they were thrown out of apartments for not paying rent. So sad.
This just kicks the can down the road. Ultimately, it will be a contest of force; or, we will just have to roll over for a suffocating one-party corporate fascist state like California's.
> Some homeless people are only on the streets because lockdowns killed jobs and they were thrown out of apartments for not paying rent. So sad.
I am seeing many RV people living in dilapidated RVs parked on streets. What is going on? I do not recall seeing any such people 15-20 years ago.
How about just going back to those old voting machines with paper ballots. They worked very well for a long time.
Yes. It’s not up to us to prove voting fraud. It’s up the the government to institute voting procedures that are secure beyond a reasonable doubt. Otherwise “voting” is a simply farce designed to legitimate fraud.
I have very low regard for comparisons between the US and the Roman Empire, so no pings.
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