2022-03-30 23:46:08
Lies can have multiple aims of altering states of consciousness itself. To which I am now going to make a job back to nationalism. Let me quote George Orwell…
“[Hitler] has grasped the falsity of the hedonistic attitude to life. Nearly all western thought since the last war, certainly all “progressive” thought, has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security, and avoidance of pain. In such a view of life there is no room, for instance, for patriotism and the military virtues. Hitler, because in his own joyless mind he feels it with exceptional strength, knows that human beings don’t only want comfort, safety, short working-hours, hygiene, birth-control and, in general, common sense; they also, at least intermittently, want struggle and self-sacrifice, not to mention drums, flag and loyalty-parades ... Whereas Socialism, and even capitalism in a grudging way, have said to people “I offer you a good time,” Hitler has said to them “I offer you struggle, danger and death,” and as a result a whole nation flings itself at his feet”
Who knows this? Xi knows this. Putin knows this (I would argue Zelensky too).
The elephant in the room is that the west stands for nothing. The liberal hegemony took over the west. What’s the ethos of this era of foreign policy? What are the values of American Foreign Policy?
The effect of rights to globalisation has been to dislocate trade. Starting with Nixon the growth of China occurred. No longer was the Soviet Union supported by the west for cheap imports of materials. No longer was it sustained. The global cult looked for a new ally in China. Well good luck feeding a dragon.
A technocratic society has been well and truly born. Ready for rolling out across a one world liberal hegemony. Whether anyone wants to admit it or not. You don't win against nationalism. Most nations don't care about individual rights it's the wild wild west. Security implications come first. Security trumps rights. Always does, always has. Sanctions don't do shit. Putin has factored it into the equation. It's going to be a cold and expensive winter ahead. Let's see who backs down.
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