Thank you sir. I’m reading more of your stuff-highly insightful and most of all, accurate. I’m new to Substack and I’m enjoying everything so far. X has become just another cesspool since the Musk takeover. I did want to be clear that I do agree with your premise about Biden - he’s a vacillating, cheating, corrupt scoundrel and always has been-now he’s senile to boot. But I do believe he’s being handled’ by those around him, for sure. I can’t vote for Biden-foolish. Not Trump-he’s too megalomaniacal and narcissistic. Leaning to RFK-at least he seems to have a semblance of honesty. But voting for a Kennedy makes me throw up in my mouth a bit. Thanks again for your recommendation-I’ll check it out. Best Regards, KBM
"There are school bullies…and then there are Americans - who have nothing to offer the world, just complete destruction. (an acquaintance in the US ashamed of being a US citizen)"...I think this speaks volumes...and it is sad. Is the entire Anglo/Saxon world so high on drugs not to realize this?
A big issue vis a vis the relationship between the citizens and the elected: as soon as someone is voted in any constituency most citizens go into mind neutral and elevate their bevoted to an "elite' status, which feedback to the elected is read as PERMISSION and ACCEPTANCE.
In 1978 (I was 18)I accompanied my mother to a Lieberal fundraiser at the Capilano Gardens Restaurant featuring PET in the flesh. There was a line up to shake hands with PET, I didn't participate but my mother, well, I swear she had an existential orgasm when shaking PET's hand! Ha! ha!
All he said to her was, "I deeply thank you for your vision and generous support". with that, mom says, "Such an incredible man! I am going to donate $1000 this campaign!"
And this kind of behaviour still obviously exists, although much more metastasized.
A thoughtful essay though I at this point am very cautious of laying much at all at Biden’s feet. He’s a puppet of Barack Obama and behind him is George Soros. I’m unsure how much the Clintons contribute-since the loss in 2016, Hillbillary have, in my estimation, been largely defanged. I feel though that they’re magnanimously along for the ride, as it were. Oddly enough, I do see a relationship emerging between Biden and the military industrial complex-strange bed fellows and all that. And reminiscent of The Phantom Menace, something elusive is afoot. What’s in a name? Democrats and Republicans are no longer holding sway-there are more independents than ever, or liberal republicans, conservative democrats. It’s all very odd.
Whether it is Canada or the US the party system broken.
I like to hear "there are more independents than ever", as that means more members are thinking for themselves and not swallowing a bunch of bullshit party dogma. The Greek democracy originally was an assembly of citizens.
You might find it very interesting to read Simone Weil's book on the Abolition of political parties. As she stated they ultimately become totalitarian .
It has been said that to save America the MICC and CIA must be dismantled as they are very much covert forces controlling the agenda. Kennedy wanted to destroy the CIA, which is one reason he was assassinated.
Every president is a by product of the lobbyists and and vested interests that control him. Kennedy made the "mistake" of being a visionary serving the peoples of the Republic, not the empire. Now the empire has absolute control.
The clues were there long ago. He was at the the bottom of his law class at Syracuse University, and he plagiarized a term paper in his first year there. Like a lot of other political thugs he is a way above his level of competence.
As part of political reform politicians have to be screened much more carefully, including psychological profiling.
The psychological profiling is part and parcel to my theory and prescription as to how to save the human race from itself. History has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that having narcissists as leaders results in bad outcomes every time. Not just some of the time, every time. And the more narcissistic someone is, and the more raw unfettered power they have, the more likely the situation is to end in disaster. An old guy once told me that with a narcissist all you end up with is a pile of broken, dirty glass in the corner. Brian Klaas wrote a book about why we choose bad leaders. It’s a function of the fact that they tend to be self selected narcissists and we, the followers tend to allow ourselves to be duped because we’re idiots. Jason Staley has written about facists. It’s the same story. M. Scott Peck wrote “People of the Lie” and the title tells it all.
This is something I want to study further but am pressed for time with so much going on. You are right narcissism and psychopathy are huge problems in politics. Our present prime minister is a narcissist , liar, ethically challenged
As Unfortunate as it is, here again, you’re exactly correct.
Thank you sir. I’m reading more of your stuff-highly insightful and most of all, accurate. I’m new to Substack and I’m enjoying everything so far. X has become just another cesspool since the Musk takeover. I did want to be clear that I do agree with your premise about Biden - he’s a vacillating, cheating, corrupt scoundrel and always has been-now he’s senile to boot. But I do believe he’s being handled’ by those around him, for sure. I can’t vote for Biden-foolish. Not Trump-he’s too megalomaniacal and narcissistic. Leaning to RFK-at least he seems to have a semblance of honesty. But voting for a Kennedy makes me throw up in my mouth a bit. Thanks again for your recommendation-I’ll check it out. Best Regards, KBM
"There are school bullies…and then there are Americans - who have nothing to offer the world, just complete destruction. (an acquaintance in the US ashamed of being a US citizen)"...I think this speaks volumes...and it is sad. Is the entire Anglo/Saxon world so high on drugs not to realize this?
A big issue vis a vis the relationship between the citizens and the elected: as soon as someone is voted in any constituency most citizens go into mind neutral and elevate their bevoted to an "elite' status, which feedback to the elected is read as PERMISSION and ACCEPTANCE.
In 1978 (I was 18)I accompanied my mother to a Lieberal fundraiser at the Capilano Gardens Restaurant featuring PET in the flesh. There was a line up to shake hands with PET, I didn't participate but my mother, well, I swear she had an existential orgasm when shaking PET's hand! Ha! ha!
All he said to her was, "I deeply thank you for your vision and generous support". with that, mom says, "Such an incredible man! I am going to donate $1000 this campaign!"
And this kind of behaviour still obviously exists, although much more metastasized.
Disclaimer: I voted Rhino.
Listening to foreign leaders and not thinking the US is correct all the time.
There used to be thoughtful discussions but now we get nothing!
Biden is hiding in plain sight.
A thoughtful essay though I at this point am very cautious of laying much at all at Biden’s feet. He’s a puppet of Barack Obama and behind him is George Soros. I’m unsure how much the Clintons contribute-since the loss in 2016, Hillbillary have, in my estimation, been largely defanged. I feel though that they’re magnanimously along for the ride, as it were. Oddly enough, I do see a relationship emerging between Biden and the military industrial complex-strange bed fellows and all that. And reminiscent of The Phantom Menace, something elusive is afoot. What’s in a name? Democrats and Republicans are no longer holding sway-there are more independents than ever, or liberal republicans, conservative democrats. It’s all very odd.
Whether it is Canada or the US the party system broken.
I like to hear "there are more independents than ever", as that means more members are thinking for themselves and not swallowing a bunch of bullshit party dogma. The Greek democracy originally was an assembly of citizens.
You might find it very interesting to read Simone Weil's book on the Abolition of political parties. As she stated they ultimately become totalitarian .
It has been said that to save America the MICC and CIA must be dismantled as they are very much covert forces controlling the agenda. Kennedy wanted to destroy the CIA, which is one reason he was assassinated.
Thanks for your insightful comment
I think the US is run by AIPAC.....very interesting how this came to be?
Every president is a by product of the lobbyists and and vested interests that control him. Kennedy made the "mistake" of being a visionary serving the peoples of the Republic, not the empire. Now the empire has absolute control.
If only we had some clue as to how bad Biden would be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IxJq15bQg4
The clues were there long ago. He was at the the bottom of his law class at Syracuse University, and he plagiarized a term paper in his first year there. Like a lot of other political thugs he is a way above his level of competence.
As part of political reform politicians have to be screened much more carefully, including psychological profiling.
Easy to look up his voting record.
The psychological profiling is part and parcel to my theory and prescription as to how to save the human race from itself. History has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that having narcissists as leaders results in bad outcomes every time. Not just some of the time, every time. And the more narcissistic someone is, and the more raw unfettered power they have, the more likely the situation is to end in disaster. An old guy once told me that with a narcissist all you end up with is a pile of broken, dirty glass in the corner. Brian Klaas wrote a book about why we choose bad leaders. It’s a function of the fact that they tend to be self selected narcissists and we, the followers tend to allow ourselves to be duped because we’re idiots. Jason Staley has written about facists. It’s the same story. M. Scott Peck wrote “People of the Lie” and the title tells it all.
Kevin you should take a look at political ponerology. Books are available on Amazon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_ponerology
This is something I want to study further but am pressed for time with so much going on. You are right narcissism and psychopathy are huge problems in politics. Our present prime minister is a narcissist , liar, ethically challenged
Kevin I just looked up Brian Klaas. Impressive!
You should start blogging on this subject. It needs to be popularized.