Reflections XLVI - Processing Time

The primary objective of the radical left is to convince the populace to hate itself, so that they can destroy the system from within.

Free Enterprise will build a national economy. Corporate Capitalism will help destroy it. A nation’s productivity centers on extending the dominance of the former and delaying the onset of the latter.

The sad truism of sport is that your latest result can temporarily wipe out your legacy.

For what it is worth the poverty of artistic quality in the modern makes AI all the less intrusive.

The challenge of modern physicists will be to liberate the discipline from the mathematical obsession that has engulfed it for the last five decades.

The biggest tragedy that has befallen the Palestinians is that their leadership evidently cares nothing about their well being.

Without the requirement to wrestle, question and struggle with God organized religion can very easily slip into cultism. This is why the Islamic notion of complete submission to Allah is particularly dangerous.

It is my personal observation that most political pundits remove wisdom and insight to a discussion instead of adding to it.

The self inflicted wound that much (not all) of Christendom has inflicted on itself is trying to justify the non-biblical concepts of the Trinity and Original Sin. Both open it up to easy attacks from external  polemicals.   

Reflections XLV - Glimpses of Reality

 A sad truism of university education is that it prejudices knowledge over wisdom instead of allowing the two to complement one another.

On the surface Trump was more successful in the Middle East than any of his predecessors as he understood that power speaks louder than mutual respect, with self interest screaming at the highest intensity.

How would the Arab nations look without oil? The answer resides with the poorer South American nations.

Mineral wealth is no substitute for incompetent leadership. This is the modern tale of South Africa.

The one systemic reality that fits all of Africa is the virus of corruption. It has an inertia that seems to defy most good will.

Revolutions rarely lead to democracies as most are brought in with violence and can only be controlled by added violence.

Democracy was never about giving the people the power. Its main driver has always been about creating the illusion of people power. Most so-called democratic leaders fear the public.

Since they are faithful to their doctrines, ideologues cannot be honest brokers in negotiating a compromised solution.

Reflections XLIV - Political Pontifications

 The reality of post-modernism is that it has elevated the insane to the normal. It has made permanent effigies to a lack of lucidity in thought.

South Africa’s ANC government ‘s sordid legacy was to demonstrate to the world that it could outdo the previous Nationalist administration in the realm of poor leadership.  In this it succeeded fully.

The main purpose of globalism is to destroy national identity in advance of an international hegemony. In this aim it has largely succeeded in Canada, is reaping rewards in Australia, the UK and Ireland and has been temporarily halted in the United States as of 2025.

George Galloway has worked consistently with maximum intensity to represent the worst that there is in British politics. In this regard he is successful.

Keir Starmer’s term in office provided a visual demonstration as to how weakness can transform into pathos.

Great nations can whither away. This is the story of Britain since World War Two. It is losing whatever charm it had left.

One of the key aims of globalism is to make the individual nation state stand for nothing.

Incompetency is in many a way more effective than evil in destroying a society as the majority of the population view it as less harmless.

The strongest indicator that Israel is a force of good is that it is universally loathed by Marxists, Communists and Fascists and generally supported by those who abhor such ideologies

Reflections XLIII - Upsream against the Decadent Current

 Democracies often bring into power mediocre feckless leadership. Dictatorships lead to authoritarian domination. Our hope is that the former is better than the latter but it isn’t always the case. Mediocrity can at times be more dangerous especially when brave action is required.

I am told that Marxism works on paper which naturally makes me question not only the quality of the paper but the writing utensil as well.

If you ever thought that humans were brighter than chimpanzees never forget that many people in the contemporary believe that there are more than two genders and that men can have babies.

It must be noted that if  one values nations built on Islamist ideals then why are such societies as a rule prime examples of failed states.

The left most hated Charlie Kirk as he stood in their way of their ongoing project to corrupt the youth.

It is laughable how so many critics of free speech become urgent champions of the first amendment when their particular rights are challenged.

The failure of secular humanism is its inability to understand that without a transcendent moral code human beings as fallen bodies will act from a position of self interest. Goodness is at best a secondary consideration.

Reflections XLII - Observations from a Constantly Churning World

 I have zero respect for anybody who eludes to or promotes a conspiracy of any kind and then provides zero evidence to back it up.

Always curious as to how much evil has been committed by perpetrators with the intent of going to heaven or paradise.

Free Speech ought to come with a accountability to both the truth and objective reality however it often doesn’t. This is the price we pay for a flawed right that has no better alternative.

More so than any other religion Islam has a well established history of butting heads with our faiths viz. Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Bahaiism etc. This is no coincidence but a consequence of a belief system that at its core sees its self as the ultimate revelation. The reason is that Islam is both a faith based system and a political ideology which by its very nature invites conflict.

There are virtually no Green based parties that at its epicentre aren’t Marxist. The environment serves the same role in conning the masses to accept a new top down dictatorship as did the class struggle from yesteryear.

There will always be a preponderance of stupid ideas in society as many of these ideas are comforting to one group or another. Comfort tends to outweigh the harsh hand of reality.

Every Chinese dynasty including the latest Marxist-nationalist version share one political commonality that serves them well – a resolute drive to make their population as compliant as possible. Confucian ethics works well here as duty can be swapped out for compliance.

Reflections XLI - Avoiding Despair

 You can rationalize yourself into insanity.

The Far Left has weaponized compassion to the point that it has transformed it into its antithesis.

The secret to serenity in one’s life is to keep at bay the menace of the busy body.

If Covid revealed anything it was the power of the herd mentality over the herd immunity.

Kindness becomes cruelty if it is not balanced with justice.

Chaos thrives as we are prone to double down on stupidity instead of admitting that we are wrong.

Live a principled life and you will have very few regrets. The problem is that the principled life isn’t always the easiest option.

Most of human history is the story of the people recovering from bad ideas.