I find my subscription real value for money when compared to what MSM are charging for propaganda. I am being educated by your work Lily and that is real value for money and provides a sense of genuine satisfaction in a world hell bent of ripping us off at every opportunity.
I know the frustration of writing and getting nothing back although people keep reading the work. You are a gifted lady and so credit where credit is due. I am not writing but researching at present and your work is of great help to me. Keep it up lovely lady.
I can't believe how well you encapsulated the entire situation in one article. Well done!
I'm addition, I believe there are two more points that are important. First, all of this isn't by accident. It didn't just happen. It is the result of many decisions by those in charge and their puppet masters to prioritize money over people. As an example, you mentioned the Ukraine war. A friend of mine said this to me yesterday, "Hi Brent, I was putting some money into shares yesterday and, out of interest, looked at the world's leading arms manufacturers. Many of them are posting record returns. Only some of them declared profits from this last year. Of those, some have experienced 30% increases in share values. When the average return is 8%, fossil fuels are doing well due to the price hikes they have carried out from the fear induced by Iran being dragged into a war. Since this is how we evaluate success, it makes economic sense to create conflict."
The same is true of political division and the obscene government spending. Much of that is siphoned off through NGOs and corporations who profit through government contracts.
The second point is that this isn't just happening through a natural maturing of a civilization or by accident. It is driven top down. Political polarization helps political parties differentiate themselves like other large businesses. I noticed on our ballot that the wording is to select the party you are voting for, not the individual. They want you to choose a party and forget about the front stage actors. Ideology gives them an emotional platform, but their decisions and the implementation of them really benefit themselves and the power elite who control them. As you say, they're just puppet bobbleheads in political theater. They are supported by media who also benefit from polarization because it garnishes much more attention and attention is their product for their advertisers. It makes them more money. All of this at every level is all about the money.
I've read many books on solving the political divide. They all say the same thing. If we just change the values and behavior of the American people, it will fix everything. I don't believe that you can just change people. I believe you can drive political change from the bottom up but you drive societal change from the top down through administration.
You don't change things by changing what people say and believe. You change things by changing the process through which things are done. The process determines the outcome. That's why I looked at the processes of making decisions and choosing leaders at the federal level. By changing those two processes, we can disempower and prevent influence on federal decisions by political parties, their puppet masters, lobbyists, special interests, and foreign governments. And we can change how our leaders are chosen through a money election of campaign contributions before the general elections. We can keep psychopaths out of government. The blueprint for those process changes is in my book End Politics Now. I know it sounds like I just keep trying to sell the book but I don't care about that. It contains the only realistic solution and a plan to get there. That's what it is important. That's what I care about. Unfortunately, as you say, we have moved into self-soothing with entertainment and instant gratification perhaps as a defense against a situation we deem as unchangeable. But it is changeable unless no one cares. We are all voting with our time and attention. It's time to vote for actually solving the problem.
Great write up! A synopsis of the reality of the western situation at present. It is identical here in Canada, our parliamentary debates have become nothing more than who can virtue signal the loudest and Twitter sound bites. A sad state we find ourselves in. Unfortunately this is our new reality, our “Brave New World”.
Excellent writing, as usual. I’d like to point out what to me seems obvious, that America no longer shares one morality. America’s founders subscribed to some form of rational self-interest, sometimes called “rugged individualism.” That is what united Americans. That is what attracted the best and the brightest to emigrate here, without any guarantee of success. However, between the influence of religion (altruism, self-sacrifice), the Progressives (altruism, self-sacrifice), and the pragmatism of the political class, America has truly lost its way. Everyone believes they are “moral” and the “other side” is “immoral” but most can’t describe their morality, let alone that of the "other side."
I find my subscription real value for money when compared to what MSM are charging for propaganda. I am being educated by your work Lily and that is real value for money and provides a sense of genuine satisfaction in a world hell bent of ripping us off at every opportunity.
Thank you for your support, John. Always happy to hear about someone finding value in my work.
I know the frustration of writing and getting nothing back although people keep reading the work. You are a gifted lady and so credit where credit is due. I am not writing but researching at present and your work is of great help to me. Keep it up lovely lady.
I can't believe how well you encapsulated the entire situation in one article. Well done!
I'm addition, I believe there are two more points that are important. First, all of this isn't by accident. It didn't just happen. It is the result of many decisions by those in charge and their puppet masters to prioritize money over people. As an example, you mentioned the Ukraine war. A friend of mine said this to me yesterday, "Hi Brent, I was putting some money into shares yesterday and, out of interest, looked at the world's leading arms manufacturers. Many of them are posting record returns. Only some of them declared profits from this last year. Of those, some have experienced 30% increases in share values. When the average return is 8%, fossil fuels are doing well due to the price hikes they have carried out from the fear induced by Iran being dragged into a war. Since this is how we evaluate success, it makes economic sense to create conflict."
The same is true of political division and the obscene government spending. Much of that is siphoned off through NGOs and corporations who profit through government contracts.
The second point is that this isn't just happening through a natural maturing of a civilization or by accident. It is driven top down. Political polarization helps political parties differentiate themselves like other large businesses. I noticed on our ballot that the wording is to select the party you are voting for, not the individual. They want you to choose a party and forget about the front stage actors. Ideology gives them an emotional platform, but their decisions and the implementation of them really benefit themselves and the power elite who control them. As you say, they're just puppet bobbleheads in political theater. They are supported by media who also benefit from polarization because it garnishes much more attention and attention is their product for their advertisers. It makes them more money. All of this at every level is all about the money.
I've read many books on solving the political divide. They all say the same thing. If we just change the values and behavior of the American people, it will fix everything. I don't believe that you can just change people. I believe you can drive political change from the bottom up but you drive societal change from the top down through administration.
You don't change things by changing what people say and believe. You change things by changing the process through which things are done. The process determines the outcome. That's why I looked at the processes of making decisions and choosing leaders at the federal level. By changing those two processes, we can disempower and prevent influence on federal decisions by political parties, their puppet masters, lobbyists, special interests, and foreign governments. And we can change how our leaders are chosen through a money election of campaign contributions before the general elections. We can keep psychopaths out of government. The blueprint for those process changes is in my book End Politics Now. I know it sounds like I just keep trying to sell the book but I don't care about that. It contains the only realistic solution and a plan to get there. That's what it is important. That's what I care about. Unfortunately, as you say, we have moved into self-soothing with entertainment and instant gratification perhaps as a defense against a situation we deem as unchangeable. But it is changeable unless no one cares. We are all voting with our time and attention. It's time to vote for actually solving the problem.
Great write up! A synopsis of the reality of the western situation at present. It is identical here in Canada, our parliamentary debates have become nothing more than who can virtue signal the loudest and Twitter sound bites. A sad state we find ourselves in. Unfortunately this is our new reality, our “Brave New World”.
Thanks as always for sharing your thoughts!
Excellent writing, as usual. I’d like to point out what to me seems obvious, that America no longer shares one morality. America’s founders subscribed to some form of rational self-interest, sometimes called “rugged individualism.” That is what united Americans. That is what attracted the best and the brightest to emigrate here, without any guarantee of success. However, between the influence of religion (altruism, self-sacrifice), the Progressives (altruism, self-sacrifice), and the pragmatism of the political class, America has truly lost its way. Everyone believes they are “moral” and the “other side” is “immoral” but most can’t describe their morality, let alone that of the "other side."