A reader sent me a link to the Scott Adams podcast from yesterday. It’s nearly an hour long, but I’ve transcribed a brief portion of it. Adams is talking about the feeling he has that people have had enough, that there’s a growing sentiment of: We’ve had enough. He goes on a mild rant about the way he—and we—used to think just a few years ago, compared to where we’re at now. Of course it’s subjective, but I think it can be supported by a wide range of events that speak to public sentiment:
Bottom line to me is that we no longer have a government 'of, by and for the people.' D.C. to me is DEAD. Yet I know that the dead can have power, and in this case do.
Avoiding them as best I can is currently where I am at. Although I will act if I can be convinced there is someone somewhere with a meaningful response.
Basically as I see it it is a matter of "Coke vs. Pepsi." Each wants me as a customer for the sake of their own profit margin. Froth and sugar is what they offer with silly, wordy, people-tuned slogans.
What you get, though, is rotting teeth.. THAT is D.C.
I guess I finally figured out they hate us, and will win at any cost, no matter any eggs that need to be broken. So many lies. The dual system of justice is wrong.
Another lie is the eGOP is on our side. Nope, uniparty dupes full of failure theater.
Another area ignored us the Chinese influence in the us.
I have thought for a long time that our best quality as Americans is that we are by nature optimists. Our ancestors came here because of their faith that they could make better lives for themselves and have freedoms here that they were denied in the places from which they came. For most all of our history we have inherited the belief that this is a land of opportunity and freedom and we want to have faith in our neighbors and support our civic institutions to further that belief.
Now I wonder if for us older folks at least this has not actually worked against us. It makes it harder for us to see and accept what has happened to our country. Perhaps we been blind as to how perverted our popular culture and our current educational system have become - how both of them are now enemies of traditional American values and of having faith in America's future. Have we been blind to how God (the belief in whom this country's principles were based) has now been denied by virtually every part of our society?
Scott Adams is now an older guy. I have seen him vacillate on a lot of things over the last few years but perhaps he is finally waking up to the horrible realities we WILL have to deal with in the coming years both as individuals and as a society - realities that we largely brought on ourselves over the last 50 years. The only remedy to our ills I see is repentance and a return to God and His promises of justice, grace, and mercy. Perhaps Mr. Adams will come to that conclusion as well (hopefully).
The one bright spot is this article and the comments. We are on to what is going on. Our government is not worth saving. We are now post-'1984'. The biggie for me was the 2020 election fraud and the fact that all Washington was on board with the cover-up to assure a Biden-Harris administration that will bring this country to ruin. The future is that we 'proles' will go about our business ignoring and being ignored by the administration. We will be clever enough to keep within the law, barely, but our productivity will be channeled so as not to benefit Washington.
Just wait, you ain't seen nothing yet! It's Way, Way, Worse than you even imagined. Funny how all the so called conspiracy theorist have been proven right on so many subjects, no?
Well, as it was going down, passengers on Titanic more than likely thought, “A brand new ship just off the ways…this can’t be happening!! An iceberg? Are you kidding? Titanic can’t sink! She’s reported to be “unsinkable” & has all the newest technologies!”
All of it, each and every instance is top-down corrupt government actors foisting fairy tales obviously convenient to them with the eager help of big media and big tech on the unwashed masses. You bet we've all had enough of the BS.
Your last paragraph hits the nail on the head, Mark. I was the same way, but increasingly felt that things just weren't right. About 8 months ago, I bought several books on the malfeasance of the CIA, FBI, and corporations. Many of them documented the insidious cooperation between these various institutions and for profit companies to the point they're undeniable. It was so unsettling since I had always had faith in our institutions and businesses and felt that there were still many who would do the right thing. Now I'm overwhelmed by the greed, corruption, and raw lust for power and alternate between depression and well, I'll just live my life as best I can and not worry about things I can't change. Fortunately, we're seeing some incredible people making a difference, such as Aaron Siri, Ron DeSantis, Dr. McCullough, Dr. Malone, Steve Kirsch, Joe Rogan, Glenn Greenwald, etc. People standing on their principles - who give me hope. The list is long and comprised of many ordinary people who are just fed up with the left's BS.
Waking up is hard to do. We need to reassure ourselves, so we cling to whatever scraps of the consensus we can justify. We stop looking. We allow ourselves to focus on distractions and detour down twisty paths following details that ultimately don't matter. We compartmentalize.
That's why "limited hangouts" work as well as they do, and in turn why they are so well developed.
Im of the opinion that even guys like Scott Adams are still living in a fair amount of denial as to where we've actually fallen to. We sugar coat it in the weirdest of ways by using dismissive or blatantly inaccurate terms of the real issues.
The other biggie for me is the belief that we can/will vote ourselves backwards in time or that some court will issue some magical course correction to our nation.
That's not how it works... at this point we're only debating the speed of the decent, not the direction of the downward spiral.
As someone who long knew that the deep recesses of government are very likely despicable, it's not surprising that the rot, the corruption has advanced to the front, the facade that we can all see. Welcome aboard, Scott!
Bottom line to me is that we no longer have a government 'of, by and for the people.' D.C. to me is DEAD. Yet I know that the dead can have power, and in this case do.
Avoiding them as best I can is currently where I am at. Although I will act if I can be convinced there is someone somewhere with a meaningful response.
Basically as I see it it is a matter of "Coke vs. Pepsi." Each wants me as a customer for the sake of their own profit margin. Froth and sugar is what they offer with silly, wordy, people-tuned slogans.
What you get, though, is rotting teeth.. THAT is D.C.
Trumps super power is he has ripped off so many masks, and showed how bad things are to regular voters.
I’m surprised at how angry I am.
I guess I finally figured out they hate us, and will win at any cost, no matter any eggs that need to be broken. So many lies. The dual system of justice is wrong.
Another lie is the eGOP is on our side. Nope, uniparty dupes full of failure theater.
Another area ignored us the Chinese influence in the us.
Another is value of higher education,
I have thought for a long time that our best quality as Americans is that we are by nature optimists. Our ancestors came here because of their faith that they could make better lives for themselves and have freedoms here that they were denied in the places from which they came. For most all of our history we have inherited the belief that this is a land of opportunity and freedom and we want to have faith in our neighbors and support our civic institutions to further that belief.
Now I wonder if for us older folks at least this has not actually worked against us. It makes it harder for us to see and accept what has happened to our country. Perhaps we been blind as to how perverted our popular culture and our current educational system have become - how both of them are now enemies of traditional American values and of having faith in America's future. Have we been blind to how God (the belief in whom this country's principles were based) has now been denied by virtually every part of our society?
Scott Adams is now an older guy. I have seen him vacillate on a lot of things over the last few years but perhaps he is finally waking up to the horrible realities we WILL have to deal with in the coming years both as individuals and as a society - realities that we largely brought on ourselves over the last 50 years. The only remedy to our ills I see is repentance and a return to God and His promises of justice, grace, and mercy. Perhaps Mr. Adams will come to that conclusion as well (hopefully).
The one bright spot is this article and the comments. We are on to what is going on. Our government is not worth saving. We are now post-'1984'. The biggie for me was the 2020 election fraud and the fact that all Washington was on board with the cover-up to assure a Biden-Harris administration that will bring this country to ruin. The future is that we 'proles' will go about our business ignoring and being ignored by the administration. We will be clever enough to keep within the law, barely, but our productivity will be channeled so as not to benefit Washington.
Just wait, you ain't seen nothing yet! It's Way, Way, Worse than you even imagined. Funny how all the so called conspiracy theorist have been proven right on so many subjects, no?
It's that bad and much worse. It's been coming since Ike's farewell address.
Well, as it was going down, passengers on Titanic more than likely thought, “A brand new ship just off the ways…this can’t be happening!! An iceberg? Are you kidding? Titanic can’t sink! She’s reported to be “unsinkable” & has all the newest technologies!”
The joke was unfortunately on them.
1. The Russia Hoax
2. The Mueller Probe
3. The Flynn Persecution
4. Impeachment I
5. The George Floyd Race Hustle Riots
5. The COVID Hoax
6. The 2020 Election Fraud
7. The January 6th FBI Op
8. The White Supremacy Canard
9. CRT
All of it, each and every instance is top-down corrupt government actors foisting fairy tales obviously convenient to them with the eager help of big media and big tech on the unwashed masses. You bet we've all had enough of the BS.
Your last paragraph hits the nail on the head, Mark. I was the same way, but increasingly felt that things just weren't right. About 8 months ago, I bought several books on the malfeasance of the CIA, FBI, and corporations. Many of them documented the insidious cooperation between these various institutions and for profit companies to the point they're undeniable. It was so unsettling since I had always had faith in our institutions and businesses and felt that there were still many who would do the right thing. Now I'm overwhelmed by the greed, corruption, and raw lust for power and alternate between depression and well, I'll just live my life as best I can and not worry about things I can't change. Fortunately, we're seeing some incredible people making a difference, such as Aaron Siri, Ron DeSantis, Dr. McCullough, Dr. Malone, Steve Kirsch, Joe Rogan, Glenn Greenwald, etc. People standing on their principles - who give me hope. The list is long and comprised of many ordinary people who are just fed up with the left's BS.
Waking up is hard to do. We need to reassure ourselves, so we cling to whatever scraps of the consensus we can justify. We stop looking. We allow ourselves to focus on distractions and detour down twisty paths following details that ultimately don't matter. We compartmentalize.
That's why "limited hangouts" work as well as they do, and in turn why they are so well developed.
Im of the opinion that even guys like Scott Adams are still living in a fair amount of denial as to where we've actually fallen to. We sugar coat it in the weirdest of ways by using dismissive or blatantly inaccurate terms of the real issues.
The other biggie for me is the belief that we can/will vote ourselves backwards in time or that some court will issue some magical course correction to our nation.
That's not how it works... at this point we're only debating the speed of the decent, not the direction of the downward spiral.
As someone who long knew that the deep recesses of government are very likely despicable, it's not surprising that the rot, the corruption has advanced to the front, the facade that we can all see. Welcome aboard, Scott!
Disabused, disillusioned, disaffected.