Constitution Nullified

Posted on April 17, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, now we have the precedent that our Constitution is set aside for diseases, we can expect more diseases to “ravage” the world in the future. To combat this novel disease, which by all accounts is at most twice as bad as the seasonal flu… governors have been given unlimited arbitrary power. As Lord Acton said, “Power corrupts… absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Those given absolute arbitrary power today, will not easily give it up and will exploit it as best they can, to make the state of affairs permanent. By enacting emergency legislation that elevates vote fraud to a legitimate business perhaps? Our rulers are not idiots, psychopaths, but not stupid… they will recognize the advantage, to them, of a pandemic, and so will be quick to declare an emergency the next time any novel disease shows up.

The arbitrariness of the fiat declarations by some governors is astounding. Closing churches and even putting armed guards to stop people from attending drive in services! Strewing nails in the parking lots of churches, arresting congregants, etc… The measures taken to stop people from worshiping are as draconian as they are arbitrary. Because as Churches are shut down, abortion clinics are grinding up babies to feed to Moloch, as fast as they can. I suppose the governors, who have established Moloch worship as the State religion, feel that feeding their god is essential, while allowing people to attend Mass, even safely ensconced within the environmentally controlled confines of their car… are not. How many Wuhan Flu cases are passed in the sacrosanct abortion clinics?

In some states it is now illegal, by fiat, not constitutionally legislated law, to travel between one’s own home and a second house, say a camp on a lake. To supposedly stop the spread of the Kung Flu. A man was recently arrested for walking around on his own lawn! When confronted by armed police for his intransigence, he begged, he needed some fresh air. Which says openly and loudly that we are no longer protected by our Constitution, by edict of the governor. Even Roman governors of conquered peoples didn’t wield such arbitrary power. Panic has made us the lab rats of our rulers. At every level of examination, this pandemic has put us under unlimited arbitrary rule… for our own good. Then again, when is unlimited arbitrary rule, not for our own good?

It cannot have escaped the notice of the psychopathic power hungry progressive faction, that this “emergency,” has resulted in a centrally planned economy by default? Our sublimely wise and all knowing governors have taken it upon themselves to decide what can and cannot be sold in the marketplace. They are also looking into eliminating cash. (I suppose to “save us” in the event an emergency shuts down the electric grid and destroys all electronic money… or not)? The centrally planned economy has long been a central goal of the progressives since their inception. The American People have steadfastly resisted their attempts to get it through. Woodrow Wilson got some past but his innovations were rolled back as well as FDR’s. This panic however gives progressives new hope.

In no time, this new disease and the panic the media has generated about it, has given progressives everything they have ever dreamed of. They get to centrally plan the economy, they have arbitrary power to shut down churches while keeping abortion clinics open, they can lock anyone and everyone in their own homes under penalty of prison, they are even talking about giving us the Mark to buy and sell… their power has become absolute and arbitrary. The progressives will not easily give up such power. If it is pried from their hands, they will lustfully scan the world for another such emergency, to give them back the power over us that is rightfully theirs. That is why I suspect we will see many more “panics” over new diseases in the future… or at least unbiased media calls for panic.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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A Rock Solid Asset… Political Favor

Posted on April 15, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, the true value of political favor can be seen today, in that the worst corporate executives are given the biggest bailouts, at cost to the workers they are laying off. Great deal, that the poor are paying off the liabilities, as well as subsidizing the educations… of the rich. Yet, political favor pays dividends in spades, so it can be considered an asset. Examples abound of companies that have been poorly run, while the executives got rich, as they produced ever more defective products, that are being sustained by the magic of bailouts. Such zombies will continue to walk the Earth as long as they are fed the elixir of life… free government money. Heavens to Betsy, they must be sustained because if they are not, the employees they laid off might not have a job!

Boeing is just such a company. For years they have driven down the quality of their crucial products, while using leverage, (debt) to buy back shares, thus enhancing the bonuses of the executives. (Since their bonuses are largely dependent on the stock price). In the epic failures and cost overruns of that company’s flagship products, the 737 max, SLS and Starliner, and the subsequent awarding Boeing of more government contracts, shows unambiguously, the deep and lasting value of the asset of political favor. That political favor has allowed them to stay in the running for government contracts despite their horrible track record of actually completing them. Cost plus is a sweet deal, but only available to those with political favor… you know, like Boeing has.

I read the other day that there are hedge funds that returned over 3000 % profits the first quarter of 2020. Others are being bailed out as we speak. Making it clear that their profits are private but their losses are public. I would love to get such a deal! Every time I make a mistake and invest in a company that drops in value, buy precious metal and the price is manipulated lower by the big banks, have the value of my home gutted by a recession or made a bad bet on the ponies, the government would step in and bail me out. That would be too expensive though, my losses might exceed a few thousand dollars, while the hedge funds have been drinking at the bar for the last few months, to the tune of billions of dollars a month printed, to pay the tab. Political favor at work.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttrends.htmApparently the Federal Reserve is printing upwards of 20 billion a month now to keep the system above water, while the US government is passing trillion dollar spending packages, like a drunk throws darts in a pub… with the same accuracy. The pittance we are getting is, as Thrasymachus would say, to keep us silent at the raiding of our bank accounts, the theft of our Constitution and the ravaging of our Rights… to protect the wealth of those with political favor. Put another way, to make us think there is justice… as we are being treated unjustly. Every dollar they print takes a small piece from every dollar you have in your pocket, bank account, your paycheck and in your future. They are all taken from you in the darkness and given to those with political favor. Very progressive indeed!

Now, some will argue that the jobs at Boeing will be lost of they are allowed to fail, the failure of some hedge funds might be systemic and the economy needs that stimulus, else we might loose millions of jobs. All of which are reason to be concerned. The millions of jobs though, that has already happened. As to the hedge funds being a systemic risk, I say that is sufficient reason for their elimination in the first place, not reason to privatize their profits and make their losses public. Companies that are essentially zombies should not be sustained. If they are allowed to fail, the jobs will not be lost, except for the executives that ran it into the ground. The reason they are given bailouts, is to keep the inept, corrupt, psychopathic executives in power… based on political favor.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Miracles

Posted on April 12, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, on the day we celebrate Jesus Christ rising from the dead, it might be wise to dwell on the miracle itself, and the fact that miracles happen every single day. That the historical Jesus rose from the dead, is argued over, but there is sufficient historical record to show the story is probably true. Non Christian accounts tell of a Jesus, that Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea at the time, Crucifixion was common practice for revolutionaries, flaying was also in vogue at the time. These are historical facts. There is also Pilate’s letter. Rising from the dead is only the culmination of the miracles Jesus performed. Many of us think that miracles are a thing of the past, but I am hear to tell you, they still happen every day. Just as the angel of death passed over the Jews in ancient Egypt…

Physics is arguably the most sciency of the sciences. The smartest people get into it and they attempt to model every action, event and indeed the universe itself, with mathematics. So far they have been stupendously successful… and a total failure. While Newtonian physics gives us the ability to predict the motion of the planets, the wearing of steel and the motion of fluids. Einsteinian physics that allows us knowledge of the fabric of the universe, the equation that converts matter into energy and gives us a basic understanding of gravity. Meanwhile quantum physics explains the universe at the smallest level of observation. They all fit together… like a square, circle and a star. Physics has been held up for a century with very little real advancement since Plank, Bohr and Einstein.

Despite physics track record of success, it has failed for decades to create anything like a grand unified theory, that fits the disparate parts of physics into anything like a whole. Instead they contradict each other, depending on the level of observation, and no one can account for this. The paradigm is in need of smashing. Even as there are innovators out there who threaten to break the dominant paradigm for something totally new. Thomas Campbell is looking into such things as, how does our intent effect the universe on a quantum level. Now this is research that, if shown to have merit, can enlighten us at the cost to the present paradigm. If physics does prove that our conscious minds and our intent do in fact effect reality, then it will have melded science with religion… adding a cross to the mix.

Because if we can effect reality itself, and we do all the time, then miracles are a daily occurrence. How many times in your life have impossible coincidences happened? Try this experiment, pull over on a lonely road, that a car passes about once every 10 minutes, and make a 5 minute cell phone call. There will be a car that passes you, and will pass at the same time as another, almost guaranteed. How is that possible? Every oncologist has seen miraculous healing of cancer, children have been found in the woods after spending days there with strange stories of their “saviors,” mothers picking cars up off their children after an accident, the stories of miracles are as numerous as stars in the sky. Can we take all these anecdotal stories as proof though… probably not.

To conclude something astounding, takes astounding evidence, else the alternatives have to be more astounding. In the case of miracles, the anecdotal stories are insufficient to prove, but are indicative there is more to it. Physics itself, the most sciency of the sciences, is spooky in it’s lack of advancement in the last century, yet Quantum physics has given us tantalizing hints, that there is something behind the veil. Plus we have the historical evidence of Jesus and his rising from the dead. We don’t have extraordinary evidence, on the other hand, what other possibility is there? That there are waves of mass insanity crossing the planet daily? That Quantum physics is not science? That historical writings are deceptions, lies or fiction? To believe those things, over the evidence for miracles, takes real faith.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Happy Good Friday to Everyone.

Posted on April 10, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, given the interesting times we live in, it might be wise to read and think about the Nicene Creed…

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.

And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

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Trading Liberty for Security

Posted on April 8, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, soon we can judge the wisdom of Ben Franklin’s words, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Ancient Rome had a means of dealing with emergencies that required Romans give up their liberty for a limited period of time… the dictatorship. For the most part, it worked, saving Rome from the Gauls for example. It didn’t always work though, and the more the dictatorship was used, the more destructive of Roman liberty it became, until it utterly wiped out all Roman freedom, resulting in the post republic period. From that historical example we can glean the insight, that using dictatorship to negotiate an emergency is often more dangerous to the liberty, prosperity and independence of the people, than the emergency itself.

Fear is a powerful motivator of human beings. Put the fear of death into us, or more fittingly, the death of our loved ones, and we become putty in the hands of our masters. They know it… we don’t. How many wars have been fought over fear alone? In ancient Rome, if a plague would sweep through, the Romans would find a Vestal Virgin who “wasn’t chaste,” and kill her, to satisfy the gods. Then, miraculously, a month or two later the plague would go away. Obviously, killing the woman had nothing to do with the plague going away, but it made the people feel better by assuaging some of their fear. That emotion is so powerful because it is generated when we are in mortal danger from a lion, and even when we imagine a lion, both causes can result in panic that overrules our rational minds.

Criminal organizations work through the judicial use of fear. They display their violence so everyone else will see it and fear them. Then wield that fear like an epee to control people. That is why when there is a killing in a ghetto, the old saw is… there are never witnesses. Because everyone is too afraid to speak. So the criminal enterprise can continue unimpeded by the law. This is a way of using fear to get people to willingly give up liberty and become a slave of criminals. How many Zatoichi movies are based on this theme? Almost all of them? Since fear is a tool of organized crime to forward immoral and illegal acts, it is not a stretch to conclude that using fear as a weapon, is probably immoral as well. By the dictates of the golden rule… it certainly is.

Those who capitulate to fear of evil, to stay “protected” from that evil, only allows evil the time and space to become powerful enough to become an existential threat, rather than a nuisance. In the case of organized crime, clearly, exchanging liberty for safety gets one the opposite. It destroys liberty as well as making everyone far less safe. In the case of becoming cannon fodder to participate in a war out of fear… only empowers those who would manipulate you by fear. Becoming a quivering bag of jelly might not be wise though. Despite the magnificent banquet of fear, fed to us by the unbiased media, the cleptocracy and the bureaucracy, which we all know are totally on our side, not at all psychopathic or manipulative, so we can trust them. Regardless of the steady parade of lies they ply us with.

Is it possible that giving up all our liberty, out of fear of a pandemic, will lead to a good place? Maybe if we sacrifice a few more babies to Moloch the Wuhan flu will go away. That certainly is Planned Parenthood’s answer. Which is why they are demanding abortions be considered essential. The WHO has been astoundingly wrong, else have lied through this whole thing, so, they are either incompetent… or liars. The bureaucracy has passed us a few whoppers as well, like masks don’t work, before they ordered us to wear a mask, did they lie then, or now? Our central planners are deciding for us what is essential, and barricading off “non essential” store isles, for our own good. What do you think… can we trust liars, criminals and manipulators to restore liberty once taken?

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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The Character Of The Culture Determines The Future Of The Nation

Posted on April 5, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, the reason Third world countries are Third world, is not due to imperialism, poverty, poor geology or climate, they are Third World because corruption is endemic in their societies. Where you cannot trust anyone to do business, business doesn’t get done, and poverty results. The laws are necessarily draconian and arbitrary, and the people might display great humanity inter-personally, but they must follow the Golden Mean of their cultures. These are not causes they are effects. Obviously, where the culture itself fosters corruption, those with the least morality will rise to power. The dross always floats to the top. Moreover, anything they become involved in, they will carry the burdens of their culture, like the UN, which is corrupt from top to bottom and back up again.

Today we are getting a good view of the results of the endemic corruption in the World Health Organization (WHO). That corruption helped make a local outbreak of a disease become a pandemic that has shaved quite a chunk from the world’s GDP. I hear the WHO spends almost a third of their budget on first class airfare and other expenses. Now we find out they are the lackeys of Imperial Marxist China, which is not surprising, but also that schemes to defraud the UN of money are rampant… again, sadly, not surprising. While the WHO is utterly, completely and totally corrupt stem to cudgel, every other international body is just as corrupt. It is almost like giving psychopaths, from places where corruption is a virtue, unlimited power, with zero oversight, might not be the best idea?

The culture of a people is like the mindset of a person. It is a set of underlying programs that run the show when our focus is elsewhere. You don’t actively breathe when you are doing something do you? No… your subconscious does all that stuff for you. It does more than just that. When you drive a car, do you remember every moment of that experience? No, you listened to the radio, talked or your mind wandered. You did it on autopilot. Culture works the same way. The culture of a nation runs the show in the background. The body politic or corpus plebeian, might be focused on a present danger or opportunity, while the culture, society and economy work in the background. Like your subconscious. Moreover, that programming, in both you and the culture, determine your future.

You might have heard the old saw, the rich are rich because they have a rich mindset, and the poor are and always will be poor, because they have a poor mindset… or maybe you haven’t, nevertheless, it is true. That we achieve largely what our subconscious programming tells us is not great insight, it is common sense. That it also effects nations as it does people… is. I don’t think many people recon that way. That while their own subconscious effects their life outcomes, the subconscious of the nation, the culture, society and economy, effect it’s outcome as well. If the culture is of corruption, no one pays taxes, everyone cheats everyone else, the courts are corrupt, etc… the outcome of that nation will be diminished, just as it is for a person programmed to be poor. They are in fact the same thing.

How to solve the problem then of Third World nations always being Third World? To solve the culture problem one must get to first causes. Force the elite to follow their own laws to the letter. Hold those that make the laws to the highest standard, and do it by invasive surveillance. It is possible and inexpensive today to put every chamber and office of government on the internet for any citizen to see and hear. No part of government should be opaque to a citizen, unless it is up to no good, which they usually are. Such measures would force the top to become virtuous. Since, as Confucius said, the people follow their leaders, the people would follow and the culture would be changed. Only that way, can a Third World nation no longer need always be poor, disease ridden, lawless and oppressive.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Paltering

Posted on April 3, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

I learned a new word yesterday, it is to Palter, or to tell the truth in a way such as to deceive. It is different from lying by omission, in that it is actively deceiving, while lying by omission is passive. It is different from lying by commission, in that no actual lie is told. This form of deceit fills the void between the two rather known forms of lying. The way one palters is to tell a truth that is out of context, time, or on a different level of observation. I wonder if the term could be extended to news organizations that use factually correct news stories, that actually give no useful information, but instead instill a sense of unease? They are engaging in telling a truthful story, that is intended to deceive, rather than enlighten… the very definition of paltering.

One such story I recently read, was that the US Pentagon has allocated one hundred thousand body bags, in case they are needed for the Kung flu. The story is, I am sure, factually true, but it is out of context and in a different frame of reference. The story suggests that there is an immediate need for one hundred thousand body bags, when the frame of reference is the future. Meanwhile the article put’s the idea into the mind of the unwary reader, that since the Pentagon is doing it now, it is needed now, but the actual context of the action is for a possible need. Therefore it is clear that such stories are intended to instill a sense of fear and suggestibility to the reader, but not enlighten or inform, which is using a truthful statement to deceive. Which, as we now know… is paltering.

Another set of examples are the stories of impending riots, civil unrest, lawlessness and anger, when there is none yet. Perhaps the “news outlet” is trying to warn us of possible dangers? Maybe, but if that is the case, why do the articles suggesting they are going on now? I suggest these news stories are instead trying to normalize violence. When someone is prone to such acts, especially if they believe they have no stake in society… when told there is rioting, from the same media, subconsciously lose responsibility, so they are more likely to riot. Such news stories are effectively stochastic terrorism, pointing out a target and sending a mob, while pretending one’s own hands are clean. The articles are out of context and in a different frame of reference… paltering.

There are many stories that suggest emergency rooms are full and that there is no where near enough equipment to handle the crowds. On the other hand, citizen journalists have gone to those same places and recorded they are deserted. How do we rectify these things? Is it possible the media reporting these things, are reporting that there will be shortages? Reporting the truth, out of the frame of reference people assume, with an eye to deceive us into panicking… paltering by definition. Which brings us to why? Why would the unbiased media try to manipulate us into self harm, by panicking and rioting? Only a mind reader knows. Some, however, would point to that alone as reason enough not to believe they are doing it. Those who know history… know better.

The constant drumbeat of stories designed to manipulate us into panic and anger fill our day. If we don’t watch TV or listen to radio, they appear in our email, Facebook feeds, Twitter links, Gabs and Instagrams. We are deluged by paltering. It caused the run on toilet paper. Paltering became a self fulfilling prophesy then, and can again. If we examine the “news” we are fed with a keen eye, we will notice the unbiased media not only lies by omission and commission, but most often by paltering… a factually correct story, told out of context, intended to deceive. In the end, we will know if panicking was the right move, until then, it might be best to use reason to detect when someone is manipulating us by paltering… rather than running on the nitro methane of fear and anger.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Oppression as a Tool to Fight Oppression

Posted on April 1, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, using oppression to stop oppression, is like setting an arsonist’s house on fire, it does nothing to stop the arson, it only makes it worse. There is a powerful philosophical theory, making it’s way through the heads of young people and university professors today, that the best way to stop oppression, is to oppress those, the would be oppressor sees, are oppressors. They see oppression of those who have never damaged them personally, but are members of groups known to oppress, as righteous behavior. In other words, progressives see oppression as a virtuous act, when they do it. Not at all self serving or arrogant, progressives see themselves as being in the best position to decide which groups are oppressors and should then be oppressed.

Setting yourself up as judge, prosecutor, jury and executioner, is very empowering. Then going to the extreme of silencing the defense is a means certain to get a conviction, and then oppress the evil oppressor. Being the only opinion that counts, allows those in that illustrious position to sit above the common lot of mankind, lost in our personal bigotries, grudges, incompetencies and ignorance, those ubermen capable of being judge, prosecutor, jury and executioner, don’t have. They are, well, just better people. At least in their own minds. Another point of view might say that someone who puts herself into that position, rather than being sublimely wise and erudite, is in fact arrogant, hubristic, egoistic and unwise to the Nth degree. That is of course only an opinion.

Which does point out another problem with using oppression to fight the oppressor, that is how do you know who the oppressor really is? Progressives have that handled easily, they break humanity into groups, if you are a member of a group that has traditionally been oppressed, by the standards of the progressive faction of course, then you are the oppressed, no matter how much you might oppress others. If, on the other hand, you are a member of a group that is considered an oppressor group, then no matter your personal virtue, you are an oppressor and therefore should be oppressed, in the name of justice. By that standard, Eric Bonhoffer deserved to be oppressed, because of the group he belonged to, despite his personal virtue in giving his own life fighting oppression. Problem solved.

One might claim that using oppression to fight oppression, is an excuse someone who wants to oppress might use to justify his oppression, that notion is debunked. No need to look into it. Clearly, a progressive who is oppressing someone of an oppressor group, is only beating that 80 year old woman… to protect some young unemployed, unemployable, substance addicted gang members, from her oppression. She may look at them disapprovingly and thus oppress them. Plus being a member of a traditional oppressor class she has it coming, if for no other reason, than to balance out the books on oppression. When a speaker is shouted down and exposed to airhorns at close range, that is merely keeping the oppressor from oppressing the oppressed, by oppressing them first.

Personally, I feel oppressing others is a bad thing, but then again I am a libertarian, not a progressive. As such, I don’t have the personal absolute certainty that I am in all things correct, so correct that I am duty bound to oppress oppressors. It is handy that the rules are so clear cut, all members of oppressor groups are to be oppressed… couldn’t be easier to pick out who should be oppressed, in the name of justice. You see… in my libertarian/conservative world view, I would judge an Eric Bonhoffer, Schindler, Theresa of Calcutta or Pope John Paul II, by their acts and character, rather than the color of their skin. Then again, I don’t have the sublime wisdom or the hard heartedness of a progressive, to oppress the oppressor… even if I could tell who they really are. Instead… I’ll leave all that up to God.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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My Site Has Been Hacked

Posted on March 30, 2020 by john

My site appears to have been hacked and the hacker left a back door. My host… Hostgator.com will do nothing to help me… so it is possible that in the near future this site will have to be abandoned to the hackers. (I have paid for several years from them).

The ip of the attacker appears to be 122.55.94.34.

Does anyone know how I can purge my site of this backdoor?
Reply to [email protected]

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Risk in the Singular and the Plural

Posted on March 29, 2020 by john

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, if someone wants to risk his own life, that is up to him, but if he seeks to risk the lives of millions, that is not up to him. If a daredevil wants to jump a canyon on a motorcycle, that is his or her business. Yes it will cost some to scrape his bloody remains from the canyon wall, but in the meantime, they will remind others of the folly of that action. On the other hand, those who are willing to risk the lives of millions of others, to try to leap human nature, historical example and the hard laws of economics, are acting as villains, not heroes. One would think this obvious, but since so many today are willing to risk the lives of literally tens of millions of other people, clearly, it is not. Although, most of the people risking the lives of so many others, believe themselves heroes, not villains.

No villain believes him or herself to be the villain, they always believe themselves the hero, at least of their story, and that is all that counts to many people. Even and especially those captured by the idea of nihilism. They see everything as irrelevant, and believe that to be a great revelation of wisdom, and seek to prove that insight to the world by their nihilistic acts. They see their nihilism as an heroic stand against a cruel, compassionless and arbitrary universe, and if there is a God, so much the better. What is even more ironic, are the self described heroes who try to rectify the world, while being unable to make their own bed. Who else could possibly be more qualified to right the world… than someone unable to get their own lives in order? Then again, it’s easier to force another to do good, than do it yourself.

The consequences for society of a person who smears themselves across a canyon wall are minimal. At worse the body could be left to the buzzards. People will be put off and others will be incensed, but all in all, the consequences are pretty modest for society. Harsh for the idiot… but mild for society. Moreover, the example stands as a reminder to others of the foolishness of that action, one that will serve to save at least another, would be daredevil, or possibly encourage someone to try that impossible trick again. In the end, there will always be daredevils, they will risk their own lives, and as sovereign human beings that is their right, yet government suppresses their right to risk their own lives, while encouraging people who want to risk the lives of millions. Does that make sense?

This is partly because of, as Bastiat said, things seen and things unseen. We all see the entrails sliding down the canyon wall and chatter among ourselves how awful it is. It is seen. While the deaths of millions are hidden. The Black Death, that swept across the planet taking a substantial portion of humanity with it, was the result of living in filth. People didn’t recognize the danger of rat infested open sewers that provided the ground state for the plague. That was unseen, while the results, the deaths, was seen by all. We perceive the world not as it is but to maximize our ability to survive. Therefore there is much that we don’t see and occasionally it is a lethal danger to our survival. The fleas on rats was the unseen as a danger by Europeans, while it was obvious, socialism is the same today.

We don’t see the danger of socialism because the hundred million deaths that are the wages of it… are hidden from us. They remain unseen, and so we don’t account for them, when we make choices that put the lives of tens of millions more in jeopardy. The socialist thinks themselves a hero of humanity, standing up for the oppressed against the oppressor, they never stop to think the idea that has captured them has been tried over and over, and has always resulted in a human catastrophe. Because for the most part… they don’t know. So we are in the unenviable position of having people, ignorant of the history of socialism and unable to make their own beds, zealously putting the lives of millions of us at risk, should they get their wish. Remember… Pol Pot was a hero in many eyes at the time.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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