I follow a YouTube channel sometimes. The guy has been suspended twice by Big Brother at YouTube, so he went on posting about kittens, but added a link to Rumble so those who wanted to see his videos could watch them uncensored. Russell Brand has gone to Rumble as well to go further. I am impressed by Dr. John Campbell who manages to say what he wants most of the time and only has gotten one video banned. The anger he shows now towards the authorities is palpable but they can't censor that, at least at the moment.
I'd love to do a series on Germany, but I couldn't show my face because then I couldn't walk around anonymously in Berlin and I can tell you that the Germans would not like what I have to say about their dysfunctional society. I'll start with this: Every policy of Angela Merkel was wrong, every single thing. Not just wrong but stupid. She damaged Germany beyond repair.
I think we're in trouble, but we've always been in trouble as a race. We all look back at the past and see that humanity always survived, but historically we've missed some big problems. When the Song Dynasty in China fell, it was replaced by the Mongols. When the Ming replaced the Yuan Dynasty of Kubla Khan, the Chinese population was half of what it had been 100 years earlier. For those of you who don't do math, that's a lot of people who died in a period of huge turbulence. We know about the Black Death because there were some records kept in the Middle Ages, and that reminds us of disasters. But for the American Indians, before the White Man came, 95% of their population was wiped out by disease. That's an apocalypse.
I still don't know what happened with Covid. That is, I know that the government, media, and politicians all lied about the so-called disease, but I have no idea what motivated them to make a pandemic out of a mild flu. I also don't know why they forced the vaccinations on everybody. Was it collective madness? or what there a plan? I still agree with Bret Weinstein who said that if they were making mistakes along the way, they should have at least got something right, but in fact every decision was the opposite of right. It means that they did it intentionally. But why?
Last week, I went to Strasbourg, France to visit some friends, people linked to the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe. It's a lovely place and it was so nice to get out of Germany for a few days.
This looks like as good a place as any to test-fly a little theory that has occupied my mind lately: so out, out of the nest, thoughtlet, and let’s see if you have the wings to carry you.
It begins with streamfortyseven’s observation that Merkel was an Ossie. I go a step further and say that, brought up commie from infancy, she was, in fact, a Soviet asset, a deep penetration agent, or, in military terms, a unit LIC (left in contact) after the main force withdraws.
In effect, her accession to power meant that the Red army had achieved what it wanted to do but couldn’t in the war: get all the way to the Rhine. What does this mean? My conclusion is that this fatally undermines the “NATO expansion made us do it” excuse Putin and the russophiles give for Russia's invasion.
With Merkel in power (and Schroder before her wasn’t much better) Russia achieved the subjugation of Europe’s foremost military power, a prize that easily outweighed the accession of all the other states to NATO in the following years. The so-called eastward shift of NATO’s border was in fact—far from being an “existential threat” to Russia—useless, since its rear was already fatally compromised by Germany’s hollowed out military, treacherous leadership, and dependence on Russian energy supplies. If not for the freedom loving and Russia-wise Ukrainians, Putin and Merkel might today be celebrating the demise of NATO and cementing Russian ownership of all Europe.
Within the territorial sprawl of Eurasia, Dugin's program focuses on the formation of three key axes: Moscow-Berlin, Moscow-Tokyo, and Moscow-Teheran. With regard to the future of Europe, Dugin writes: "The task of Moscow is to tear Europe away from the control of the U.S. (NATO), to assist European unification, and to strengthen ties with Central Europe under the aegis of the fundamental external axis Moscow-Berlin. Eurasia needs a united, friendly Europe" (369). In advocating this path, Dugin appears to be influenced by the writings of the European New Right, which from the 1970s on, argued for "the strict neutrality of Europe and its departure from NATO" (139). The basis of the Moscow-Berlin axis, Dugin writes, will be "the principle of a common enemy [that is, the United States]" (216).
In exchange for cooperating with Russia in this project, Dugin proposes that Germany be given back "Kaliningrad oblast' (Eastern Prussia)" (228). As a result of a Grand Alliance between Russia and Germany, the two countries will divvy up the territories lying between them into de facto spheres of dominance. There is to be no "sanitary cordon." "The task of Eurasia," Dugin emphasizes, "consists in making sure such a [sanitary] cordon does not exist" (370). Russia and Germany together, he insists, "must decide all disputed questions together and in advance" (226).
The integration of swaths of Western and Central European territory into a German sphere of dominance will be encouraged directly and abetted by Eurasia-Russia. The formation of a "Franco- German bloc" especially is to be supported (171). "In Germany and France,'" Dugin asserts, "there is a firm anti-Atlanticist tradition" (369). Germany's influence likely will spread to the south--to Italy and Spain (220). Only Britain, "an extraterritorial floating base of the U.S." is to be cut off and shunned (221)." https://tec.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/aleksandr-dugins-foundations-geopolitics
Looks like Ukraine has blocked Dugin's grand scheme as Germany was prodded into support. Perhaps an even greater failure for Putin. But the game is still on but the trend for Putin is not good.
But they now have a huge supply of vaccine! Most of it will get trashed of course. Perhaps somebody gained, but at public expense. Seems the standard way of business nearly everywhere.
Interesting question. My answer is - very few. The tax mules will be at a premium, much in demand. They can move to greener pastures if the load is too heavy. The tax burden has to come down, and the improvident and incompetent will have to shift for themselves. Imagine!
as to the vaccinations - the virus was the "stick" - I'd put it down to rank stupidity, incompetence, ego, and greed in the rulership structures that have been allowed to rise up by a lazy and complacent population. Going along to get along is what herds do, these particular herds just went over a series of cliffs.
The Peter Principle is one the great parables. I have seen it many times. Once, a friend who thrived as the assistant director was promoted to the director. He had worked at the firm for years, and he was good at his job. The old director left, and my friend filled the post, but he was not good at it and was soon fired. He didn't go back to the job in which he was very good. He left the company and he hasn't worked since.
I once had a General Manager at a business that I owned. He was good as long as I supervised him, but when I sold the business, he ignored all the lessons that I had given him over the years and the business went bust. It was a solid thriving business and should be still. viable, turning a healthy profit, but now it's an empty storefront.
I follow a YouTube channel sometimes. The guy has been suspended twice by Big Brother at YouTube, so he went on posting about kittens, but added a link to Rumble so those who wanted to see his videos could watch them uncensored. Russell Brand has gone to Rumble as well to go further. I am impressed by Dr. John Campbell who manages to say what he wants most of the time and only has gotten one video banned. The anger he shows now towards the authorities is palpable but they can't censor that, at least at the moment.
I'd love to do a series on Germany, but I couldn't show my face because then I couldn't walk around anonymously in Berlin and I can tell you that the Germans would not like what I have to say about their dysfunctional society. I'll start with this: Every policy of Angela Merkel was wrong, every single thing. Not just wrong but stupid. She damaged Germany beyond repair.
I think we're in trouble, but we've always been in trouble as a race. We all look back at the past and see that humanity always survived, but historically we've missed some big problems. When the Song Dynasty in China fell, it was replaced by the Mongols. When the Ming replaced the Yuan Dynasty of Kubla Khan, the Chinese population was half of what it had been 100 years earlier. For those of you who don't do math, that's a lot of people who died in a period of huge turbulence. We know about the Black Death because there were some records kept in the Middle Ages, and that reminds us of disasters. But for the American Indians, before the White Man came, 95% of their population was wiped out by disease. That's an apocalypse.
I still don't know what happened with Covid. That is, I know that the government, media, and politicians all lied about the so-called disease, but I have no idea what motivated them to make a pandemic out of a mild flu. I also don't know why they forced the vaccinations on everybody. Was it collective madness? or what there a plan? I still agree with Bret Weinstein who said that if they were making mistakes along the way, they should have at least got something right, but in fact every decision was the opposite of right. It means that they did it intentionally. But why?
Last week, I went to Strasbourg, France to visit some friends, people linked to the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe. It's a lovely place and it was so nice to get out of Germany for a few days.
It would be worth cataloging Angela Merkel's screw-ups.
- Allowing huge numbers of immigrants, legal and illegal
- Providing welfare support for said immigrants
- Protecting these minorities from prosecution for crimes such as rape
- Abandoning nuclear
- Becoming dependent on Russia for fuels
- Failing to force implementation of the Minsk accords
- Giving in to all of the gender nonsense
- Putting undue pressure on eastern EU countries to adopt misconceived western notions of social justice, etc.
- Failing to fund and to respect the Bundeswehr
- Allowing illegal drug use to grow
My mind grows tired thinking of it.
The Greens are the Watermelon Party - green on the outside, red on the inside. Merkel was an Ossie and still is.
This looks like as good a place as any to test-fly a little theory that has occupied my mind lately: so out, out of the nest, thoughtlet, and let’s see if you have the wings to carry you.
It begins with streamfortyseven’s observation that Merkel was an Ossie. I go a step further and say that, brought up commie from infancy, she was, in fact, a Soviet asset, a deep penetration agent, or, in military terms, a unit LIC (left in contact) after the main force withdraws.
In effect, her accession to power meant that the Red army had achieved what it wanted to do but couldn’t in the war: get all the way to the Rhine. What does this mean? My conclusion is that this fatally undermines the “NATO expansion made us do it” excuse Putin and the russophiles give for Russia's invasion.
With Merkel in power (and Schroder before her wasn’t much better) Russia achieved the subjugation of Europe’s foremost military power, a prize that easily outweighed the accession of all the other states to NATO in the following years. The so-called eastward shift of NATO’s border was in fact—far from being an “existential threat” to Russia—useless, since its rear was already fatally compromised by Germany’s hollowed out military, treacherous leadership, and dependence on Russian energy supplies. If not for the freedom loving and Russia-wise Ukrainians, Putin and Merkel might today be celebrating the demise of NATO and cementing Russian ownership of all Europe.
See this: "The Moscow-Berlin Axis
Within the territorial sprawl of Eurasia, Dugin's program focuses on the formation of three key axes: Moscow-Berlin, Moscow-Tokyo, and Moscow-Teheran. With regard to the future of Europe, Dugin writes: "The task of Moscow is to tear Europe away from the control of the U.S. (NATO), to assist European unification, and to strengthen ties with Central Europe under the aegis of the fundamental external axis Moscow-Berlin. Eurasia needs a united, friendly Europe" (369). In advocating this path, Dugin appears to be influenced by the writings of the European New Right, which from the 1970s on, argued for "the strict neutrality of Europe and its departure from NATO" (139). The basis of the Moscow-Berlin axis, Dugin writes, will be "the principle of a common enemy [that is, the United States]" (216).
In exchange for cooperating with Russia in this project, Dugin proposes that Germany be given back "Kaliningrad oblast' (Eastern Prussia)" (228). As a result of a Grand Alliance between Russia and Germany, the two countries will divvy up the territories lying between them into de facto spheres of dominance. There is to be no "sanitary cordon." "The task of Eurasia," Dugin emphasizes, "consists in making sure such a [sanitary] cordon does not exist" (370). Russia and Germany together, he insists, "must decide all disputed questions together and in advance" (226).
The integration of swaths of Western and Central European territory into a German sphere of dominance will be encouraged directly and abetted by Eurasia-Russia. The formation of a "Franco- German bloc" especially is to be supported (171). "In Germany and France,'" Dugin asserts, "there is a firm anti-Atlanticist tradition" (369). Germany's influence likely will spread to the south--to Italy and Spain (220). Only Britain, "an extraterritorial floating base of the U.S." is to be cut off and shunned (221)." https://tec.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/aleksandr-dugins-foundations-geopolitics
Looks like Ukraine has blocked Dugin's grand scheme as Germany was prodded into support. Perhaps an even greater failure for Putin. But the game is still on but the trend for Putin is not good.
But they now have a huge supply of vaccine! Most of it will get trashed of course. Perhaps somebody gained, but at public expense. Seems the standard way of business nearly everywhere.
Germany currently has all cause mortality of 37% above the baseline, the highest in Europe.
Just think how well we are doing in reducing the population. But who will be paying the taxes?
Interesting question. My answer is - very few. The tax mules will be at a premium, much in demand. They can move to greener pastures if the load is too heavy. The tax burden has to come down, and the improvident and incompetent will have to shift for themselves. Imagine!
You are not alone in not knowing. Great minds are putting more energy than you or me into answering that question.
Too right!
as to the vaccinations - the virus was the "stick" - I'd put it down to rank stupidity, incompetence, ego, and greed in the rulership structures that have been allowed to rise up by a lazy and complacent population. Going along to get along is what herds do, these particular herds just went over a series of cliffs.
Let's begin with some of Angela Merkel's mistakes.
Using the US Army as its de facto defense force.
Repressing German wages to keep exports more affordable outside Germany.
Focus on exports as opposed to creating internal demand, the two largest external markets being China and the US.
Allowing the army and Navy to deteriorate, especially for a country which borders nine other countries.
Funding the EU and continuing to support the Euro.
Allowing mass migration of undocumented immigrants.
Suppressing the truth about the actions of those migrants within Germany
Not fully funding NATO
Going green which ends of raising prices of energy in Germany so that electricity costs more than twice as much as any other European nation.
Building Nord Stream one which undermined the sovereignty of Ukraine and contributed to the ongoing war.
Going forward with the Nord Stream pipeline in spite of its neighbors opposition.
As to Toby Rogers' idea, you can't have a cracking good conspiracy and leave out the Pilgrims Society: https://www.isgp-studies.com/pilgrims-society-us-uk Otherwise, my theory is based on the Peter Principle: “Look around you where you work, and pick out the people who have reached their level of incompetence,” he wrote. “You will see that in every hierarchy the cream rises until it sours.” The concept is funny; the reality, for those unfortunate enough to run into it, is not." https://www.forbes.com/sites/roddwagner/2018/04/10/new-evidence-the-peter-principle-is-real-and-what-to-do-about-it/?sh=429eeff81809 Mix in a dollop of unbridled greed and you have the present situation.
I learn a lot from you. I have downloaded the 127-page Pilgrim Society book and will look at it today. Thanks.
The Peter Principle is one the great parables. I have seen it many times. Once, a friend who thrived as the assistant director was promoted to the director. He had worked at the firm for years, and he was good at his job. The old director left, and my friend filled the post, but he was not good at it and was soon fired. He didn't go back to the job in which he was very good. He left the company and he hasn't worked since.
I once had a General Manager at a business that I owned. He was good as long as I supervised him, but when I sold the business, he ignored all the lessons that I had given him over the years and the business went bust. It was a solid thriving business and should be still. viable, turning a healthy profit, but now it's an empty storefront.