“The prolonged absence of any free exchange of information within a country opens up a gulf of incomprehension between whole groups of the population, between millions and millions. We simply cease to be a single people, for we speak, indeed, different languages.”
"the cunning predators who capitalize on society’s trust for profit and control; motivated not by a sense of noblesse oblige which nominated elites of the past, but by noblesse malice - a desire to punish and destroy society" These are the psychopathic parasites we need go free of.
Whow, just found this Subtrack.....it's now 2 am but can't stop reading. Thank you for your insight. Been on this path all my adult life (long time) what a pleasure to find a mind like yours and this community of thinkers.
Loving this article! And when you wrote "It is specifically directed at dissidents", I cringed at "dissidents", because despite knowing what you mean, I see what looks like the mistake of allowing our victimizers to define the words/categories of our thought.
Jason Köhne has persuaded me that we must be the heroes in our own story, rather than the villains in our victimizers' stories. He argues (ABIR) that we ought not call ourselves "dissidents" if we want to win over our more conforming compatriots.
Thanks for the comment, Jerome. I don't think the term "dissident" has pejorative value that results in a Pavlovian reaction by liberals, and I think it has proper descriptive value for those who have values that are incongruent with the establishment's. What term(s) do you prefer to refer to yourself as?
I agree with your evaluation of "dissident", inside our community. I'm happy to identify as such. My concern is how we ought best refer to ourselves when engaging with the conforming. I wish I had a constructive suggestion. Brainstorms of the moment include: Honest? Truth telling? Truth facing?
I'll pray for a good idea. (Maybe I'll ask Jason - he's a lexicon genius.)
"Those sensitive to the fundamental nature of reality have it tougher than regular people, who accept their cultural and media programming in order to more easily get through life. These regular people, derided in various dark corners of the internet as, to use a gaming term, “non playable characters” (“NPC”) think in narrowly proscribed lines as dictated by society and are effectively a form a cattle who are exploited by the elites. Thinkers who feel a pull toward understanding how the world works have cognitive dissonance surrounding society’s rules, around establishment programming and how they are exploited; and for those thinking more deeply, about the suffering nature of reality itself. Labeled “dissidents”, these free thinkers are unusual, rare, and set apart from the masses of gray, unthinking NPCs that populate the world."
Well, that's one way to view things. Rather dark. In my view, it's more like the difference between a tired (therefore irrational) two year-old (your NPCs) and a rested adult (your free thinkers) -- and there, in my experience, are far more rested adults than you appear to believe.
"the cunning predators who capitalize on society’s trust for profit and control; motivated not by a sense of noblesse oblige which nominated elites of the past, but by noblesse malice - a desire to punish and destroy society" These are the psychopathic parasites we need go free of.
This is the deep stuff that keeps me coming back to Substack!
Boy that 4chan post is depressing.
Whow, just found this Subtrack.....it's now 2 am but can't stop reading. Thank you for your insight. Been on this path all my adult life (long time) what a pleasure to find a mind like yours and this community of thinkers.
Thanks Dixie, I appreciate your feedback! And welcome. I agree that the Substack community is a special one...
Loving this article! And when you wrote "It is specifically directed at dissidents", I cringed at "dissidents", because despite knowing what you mean, I see what looks like the mistake of allowing our victimizers to define the words/categories of our thought.
Jason Köhne has persuaded me that we must be the heroes in our own story, rather than the villains in our victimizers' stories. He argues (ABIR) that we ought not call ourselves "dissidents" if we want to win over our more conforming compatriots.
Thanks for the comment, Jerome. I don't think the term "dissident" has pejorative value that results in a Pavlovian reaction by liberals, and I think it has proper descriptive value for those who have values that are incongruent with the establishment's. What term(s) do you prefer to refer to yourself as?
I agree with your evaluation of "dissident", inside our community. I'm happy to identify as such. My concern is how we ought best refer to ourselves when engaging with the conforming. I wish I had a constructive suggestion. Brainstorms of the moment include: Honest? Truth telling? Truth facing?
I'll pray for a good idea. (Maybe I'll ask Jason - he's a lexicon genius.)
"Those sensitive to the fundamental nature of reality have it tougher than regular people, who accept their cultural and media programming in order to more easily get through life. These regular people, derided in various dark corners of the internet as, to use a gaming term, “non playable characters” (“NPC”) think in narrowly proscribed lines as dictated by society and are effectively a form a cattle who are exploited by the elites. Thinkers who feel a pull toward understanding how the world works have cognitive dissonance surrounding society’s rules, around establishment programming and how they are exploited; and for those thinking more deeply, about the suffering nature of reality itself. Labeled “dissidents”, these free thinkers are unusual, rare, and set apart from the masses of gray, unthinking NPCs that populate the world."
Well, that's one way to view things. Rather dark. In my view, it's more like the difference between a tired (therefore irrational) two year-old (your NPCs) and a rested adult (your free thinkers) -- and there, in my experience, are far more rested adults than you appear to believe.
According to my googling:
"The best lack all conviction, while the NPC's are full of passionate intensity.”
Children throwing tantrums are full of passionate intensity, too.
A lot of children can't throw tantrums because they are maimed or dead from "vaccines" created by very quiet people.