https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/volney-the-ruins-or-a-survery-of-the-revolutions-of-empires
“Then the factious, taking advantage of the general discontent, flattered the people with the hope of a better master; they scattered gifts and promises, dethroned the despot to substitute themselves in his stead; and disputes for the succession or the division of power, have tormented the state with the disorders and devastations of civil war.
In fine, among these rivals, one individual more artful or more fortunate than the rest, gaining the ascendancy, concentred the whole power in himself. By a singular phenomenon, one man obtained the mastery over millions of his fellow-creatures, against their will, and without their consent; and thus the art of tyranny appears also to have been the offspring of inordinate desire. Observing the spirit of egotism that divided mankind, the ambitious adroitly fomented this spirit: he flattered the vanity of one, excited the jealousy of another, favoured the avarice of a third, enflamed the resentment of a fourth, irritated the passions of all. By opposing interests or prejudices, he sowed the seeds of divisions and hatred. He promised to the poor the spoil of the rich, to the rich the subjugation of the poor; threatened this man by that, one class by another; and isolating the citizens by distrust, he formed his own strength out of their weakness, and imposed on them the yoke of opinion, the knots of which they tied with their own hands. By means of the army he extorted contributions; by the contributions he disposed of the army; by the corresponding play of money and places, he bound all the people with a chain that was not to be broken, and the states which they composed fell into the slow decay of despotism.” (Online Library of Liberty The Ruins or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empires - Portable Library of Liberty).
The nation is in collapse. Few wish to stop it’s decline. We can bicker easily but remedy the situation we will not. We want a hero. A Savior God. County by country we allow ourselves the luxury of comedy. Biden’s coup is intact. Men weep over Tucker Carlson. 18 more months before the next Federal election and consulting no AI and not inclined to be charitable as we die from a million little cuts I can say we are no Republic and the illusion of being one we cherish. We are a Bureaucratic State. The Bureaucrats and Hirelings run the nation on behalf of Oligarchs. The last election stolen and people think nothing of it aside from saying so in an opinion poll designed to ascertain how best to steal the next one.
In 2020 Judicial Watch compared the registration data available for 37 states with the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recently available American Community Survey (ACS) numbers for the period 2014–2018 on a county-by-county basis.
“This new study shows 1.8 million excess, or ‘ghost’ voters, in 353 counties across 29 states,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in a statement announcing the study Oct. 16. “This data highlights the recklessness of mailing blindly ballots and ballot applications to voter registration lists. Dirty voting rolls can mean dirty elections.”
Montesquieu-The men who enjoy the government I have spoken of are like fish who swim in the sea without constraint. Those who live in a prudent and moderate monarchy or aristocracy seem to be in large nets, in which they are caught, though they think themselves free. But those who live in purely despotic States are in such tight nets that they feel themselves to be caught right at the outset.
https://ko-fi.com/thejournaloflingeringsanity
Jabcinda has been given a job at Harvard.
Can see that any reasonable person would not want to go to Harvard.
Following on is that any reasonable person would not want to go to a university.
Following on is that all the *qualified* ones will be woke unreasonable types.
Just what we need, more idiot experts.https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/131862878/jacinda-ardern-appointed-to-three-harvard-university-fellowships
The gaining of ascendency is the medium the legislative branch lounges in and fouls the clean water with the greed that leaks out as they float in, in seclusion, they got guards, while their people hustle up a buck and a vote of confidence, China and Saudi Arabia take over and they may be worse, we get Hamurabbi and Underdog on tv ,one after the other, over breakfast but all they got is big talk we can't see through.
Just wait for the robots .
They'll have it right.
"Total assault on the culture by any means necessary including rock and roll, dope ,and fucking in the streets. We believe that the general social structure of the western world is crumbling and that now is the time to increase the assault on this culture."
John Sinclair and his pals, MC5 way back a long time ago.
Still working on it. Time however, has passed, so there's that.
I don't know.