On Leftist Violence

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, the left is violent at its core. The evidence, historic and topical, is undeniable, and the conclusion that the left exploits violence as a strategy is the only one that can be reached. So if one is violent in nature, the left is the ideal place for them. Progressives, however, will not tolerate any violence used against them. This creates a double standard, where violence is tolerated… if it’s from the left. Riots characterize leftist political agitation, from today’s “No Kings” riots to the 2020 Summer of Love. This predilection to violence is magnified when we tolerate it, and by the tacit approval of the administrative state. The deep state further encourage such antics when they drag their feet in prosecutions, and then pay rioters millions for “violating their Constitutional Rights.”

In Mein Kampf, Hitler said that the reason he established the Brown Shirts was to keep the Bolsheviks from violently dispersing his rallies. In other words, the violence of the Nazis was a direct result of the violence inflicted on them by their political foes, the communists. The reason Hitler was forced to go to such extremes was because the Weimar government wouldn’t do anything about the communists’ violent tactics. The rallies of the Weimar loyalists were also targeted by the Marxists to great effect… not only keeping the moderate message from getting out but driving everyone to the Nazis. The Brown Shirts would have fierce street battles with the communists to protect their rallies, so they could meet in peace, even if only to plot more violence. Showing tolerance of violence only encourages it.

In every union strike there is a threat of violence. From both the corporation and the union… all of it directed at the innocent worker. The union bosses and the corporate executives are free from the violence they prescribe to the rest, though. The scab is threatened with beatings, and the picketers are threatened with losing their jobs, and even gangs with clubs breaking up the picket lines. Even as both the unions and corporate executives favor the left. The unions because their grift is protected, and the executives because their lobbyists manipulating top-down economics allows them to monopolize their markets. Both use violence if it suits them. Because materialists aren’t concerned with right or wrong, the afterlife or the state of their soul, they demand results here and now.

The left generally holds atheistic materialism as their core philosophy. They claim to follow the “scientific method,” though a bastardized version, to be sure. In their view, consensus establishes a paradigm that can’t be overturned by evidence. Indeed, all attempts to falsify their paradigm are met with slander, attacks on credentials, and ostracism. This means what they want to be true must be true, and therefore any evidence to the contrary must be false. In other words, they’re idealists who think they’re pragmatists. Take this mindset to its logical conclusion and you get people who are willing to break a few eggs if they want an omelet. Because there are no immortal consequences… only temporal advantages. So why wouldn’t people who believe such things exploit violence?

It’s obvious that the more socialist a nation is… the more expansionist it is as well. While the US was in the position right after the Cold War ended to conquer the world by military might… it didn’t. By contrast, communist China expanded into Tibet and Mongolia at the first opportunity. Moreover, it threatens war with all its neighbors over “disputed” land. The Nazis were socialists, so were on the left, not right. The racist argument is undermined by the fact that the leftist Woodrow Wilson was also an unapologetic bigot. Therefore, looking at the historical data of leftist expansionism, the violence that accompanies all leftist organizations, and even the leftist violence we see on our streets today, all illustrate the violent nature of the leftist ideology. So if we want it to end, we should stop tolerating it.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Limericks

Dear Friends,

 

Drinking Champagne and living large,

Elites meet in Davos a controlling sarge,

The world has issues,

So get out your tissues,

But the buck stops with the people in charge.

 

Give Reform UK a cheer and shout,

They’re making the UK’s corrupt elite pout,

It’s a smoky haze,

The UK is ablaze,

But when on fire its best to put it out.

 

A message to the women who are unwed,

Government replaced the man in your bed,

Husbands are cads,

Elinore Rigby’s lads,

And no kids you’ll have a cat instead.

 

Taxing and spending has become obscene,

Putting the nation under a crushing lien,

To the bottom pare,

There’s nothing there,

Turns out government is just a grift machine.

 

The left are calling us normal people the jerks,

Defending the indefensible with ironic smirks,

Waving victims away,

As the Bible does say,

You will know them by their works.

 

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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The Problem Of Power

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, the root of all evil isn’t love of money, but of power… because money is power. Power of one over another leads to every crime, atrocity and tyranny in history. The answer then is as simple as the problem… simply limit the power of one over the other. Everything’s easy once you figure out the trick, the hard part is to discover it… and we haven’t. The alternative argument, the one Thrasymachus gave in Plato’s Republic, is that justice, law, and institutions exist to advantage the strong against the weak. His mindset was much the same as Margaret Sanger and the eugenics movement… that the strong should survive at the cost of the weak. The Christian worldview is quite different, that despised ethos posits… the strong should help the weak to become strong.

Political power of one over another has resulted in horrible large scale atrocities, as when Alexander razed Thebes, Tamerlane’s unspeakable atrocities against the Hindus, up to the total erasure of Armenians from Nagorno Karabackh. Unlimited political power is always sold as the solution to all our problems, just put them in the hands of enlightened, wise and caring experts, and with enough money, they can solve anything. They put a man on the Moon for heaven’s sake! Or so goes the spurious logic. Which the idealist gobbles right up. The pragmatist, however, looks at the history of power, limited and unlimited, and, judged by outcome, he rejects the argument. Because he understands history repeats. Unlimited power in the hands of politicians is as evil as it is in the hands of slavers.

Slavery is another perverted manifestation of power, it’s an ongoing atrocity, a crime against humanity that was discredited by Christianity. Then the taint Christianity gave it was spread across the world by colonialism. Only in a few places is slavery openly plied today. However, there’s no place that slavery isn’t covertly practiced. There could be people enslaved down the road from you, or me, and how would we know? A few decades ago slavery in the US for any reason was almost unheard of. Anyone caught was severely punished and human trafficking was considered up there with murder and rape. Because such crimes are often connected. When the political establishment exploits power, folks weak in moral character will follow… and exploit the vulnerable. Plus, human trafficking is now protected.

The unequal power dynamic of a business and the employees is storied and well documented by socialist writers. Which doesn’t make them wrong, it simply forces us to keep their Bacon’s cave and marketplace in mind. This power dynamic grows as the number and quality of jobs decreases. The unions were supposed to address the inequality of power, especially in corporate settings where it’s most pronounced. The unions however, had unchecked power in their realm and so instantly became corrupt. Falling in with the Mafia and the communists, the unions destroyed the very jobs they sought to protect. Showing in both cases, the unions and businesses, that abusing power proved more destructive to the abuser than the abused. Though abusing power is often an end in itself.

I’ve read that psychopaths love to get into positions of power where they can abuse people without the victims being able to fight back. Such people seek out unequal power dynamics and leverage them to their own advantage. Managers, for example, who exploit power provide negative value to the company. Slavery, while being a crime against humanity, is also caustic to innovation. Slaves don’t innovate… because the lash is their motivator, not self-interest. The armed robber uses the power of a gun even as the State’s monopoly on violence has delivered the most heinous atrocities yet. This leads me to conclude that it’s the power of one over another that’s the problem. The solution then is to limit power, ruthlessly, overwhelmingly, and decisively… so it stops limiting us.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Limericks

Dear Friends,

 

The more things change the more they stay the same,

In human affairs like government, medicine, and fame,

Groupthink is real,

The flames you feel,

Makes me remember the time that Covid came.

 

The UK went down that road just last year,

They bravely voted in Labour without a fear,

It quickly went wrong,

The mind of a throng,

But now reform is leading the polls with cheer.

 

Free food and welfare are quite the draw,

Especially when you’re above the local law,

A jihadist’s dream,

Run by a moonbeam,

And the result will be life by tooth and claw.

 

The cause celebre of the democrats is clear,

An alien gang banger who does sow fear,

A Maryland man,

He’ll do what he can,

To import his violent gangland culture here.

 

Only the experts should have a say,

Ordering farmers around all day,

Regulation that harms,

So to save our farms,

We should shut down ag and the EPA.

 

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Double Standards

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, a double standard is as good as a double cross any day. The “standard” suggests fairness, while it’s actually a con. The patsy is being hornswaggled into giving up Rights to people who will exploit that weakness to empower and enrich themselves. Anyplace that has a double standard is following Thrasymachus’ adage, that “justice” serves the strong against the weak. Further, agreeing with the Gallic King who sacked Rome, Brennus, said, So the stronger may live and the weak die off. In the case of a double standard, however, it’s not the physically, morally, or intellectually stronger that thrives… but the connivers. Those who enforce double standards are the Wormtongues of the world, using spurious logic to sway the masses into putting on a yoke.

When people are told there is a standard and everyone has to live up to it, we lower our guard against swindles. This is often the point. To open a door to accepting abuse in the name of the greater good. So we allow our Rights to be taken away to protect us. Those who take away our Rights, however, never allow theirs to be touched. One of the points of “trial by peer” is so that aristocrats would be judged by aristocrats… not judged by peasants. Therefore, held to the double standard of an aristocrat. Further, have you noticed that whenever someone says, “No one is above the law!” they consider themselves above the law? Even reporters consider some people above the law. Proven when the premise of their questions is… “how can they possibly be charged? The law couldn’t apply to ‘them.’”

In ancient China, some emperor erected an obelisk with the laws written on it so all could see and be held accountable. When one of Confucius’ disciples, commonly held to be Zilu, was asked if he thought it a good idea, Zilu replied, “No.” When asked why, Zilu went on, “Because people will argue to the head of a pin that the law doesn’t apply to them.” This, empirically, for the last two and a third millennia, has been the case. Showing that disciple to be prescient. In fact, the role of the Athenian Sophists was to go around and teach people how to bend the truth into a lie and a lie into the truth. The best ones commanded huge fees for their expertise. Thrasymachus being one. This illustrates the rich history of the elite bypassing the law, because they just don’t apply to the elite.

When laws apply to some but not others that is what’s commonly called a double standard. Trump was charged with a creative interpretation of law, despite the statute of limitations having run out on the foundational “crime.” Even as the media are aghast at the mere thought of Gavin Newsom being charged for harboring and abetting illegal alien criminals who are committing violent crimes in his state. But double standards are nothing new to Governor Newsom. When he locked down his state and arrested people walking alone on the beach… he was caught eating at the swanky French Laundry. Then again, double standards are fodder for hypocrisy, which is a sacrament among progressives. Since double standards have such a long and storied past, why should we reject them today?

Double standards eat at the fabric of society like moths eat silk. Once people realize they’ve been duped by arbitrary law, they stop playing along and exploit the lack of rules to their own ends. As more people do this, following their leaders’ example into corruption, economic growth grinds to a halt, crime increases, even as the rich get richer. Which is of no concern to the elite… until the societal collapse triggered by the double standard starts harming their bottom line, but then it’s too late. As in the cases of South Africa, Zimbabwe, North Korea, etc… the damage to the fabric of society is too great. Total societal collapse follows out of hand double standards. We’re not innocent, we’re complicit, so stop complying and demand that Wormtongue feel the same sting of law as we do.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Limericks

Dear Friends,

 

The UK exploits its people since WWI,

Oppressing lower classes just for fun,

Indigenous replacement,

It’s not your apartment,

And they’ve left you to rot out in the sun.

 

Europeanness is attacked far and wide,

The hate and derision is hard to hide,

The elite are waging war,

Chopping up the floor,

But what they’re really doing is culturecide.

 

Putting up solar panels and blocking out the sun,

Banning gas stoves and central heat for no one,

An elite run insurgency,

Climate change emergency,

Because your standard of living is too high son.

 

Judges must ever have their way,

Regardless of what our laws say,

Precedent doesn’t matter,

Bureaucracy gets fatter,

Proving the law is arbitrary today.

 

Don’t be dismayed at progressive’s antics,

In truth they are fascist globalist fanatics,

Aligning with anyone,

For time in the sun,

So any atrocity is justified by progressive politics.

 

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Limericks

Dear Friends,

 

He who controls the media also runs the narrative,

Creating consensus with propaganda comparative,

Do as they please,

No matter the sleaze,

And walk away rich lionized and powerful as a laxative.

 

All cultures have at their core a pith,

A soft inner heart all must deal with,

It must be protected,

But if it’s rejected,

That culture dies with its societal myth.

 

Many civilizations must have existed long ago,

Reaching heights we couldn’t possibly know,

But not scientific,

As this is specific,

The Moon lander will exist for a million years to go.

 

What a fine fellow is Dr Curtis Walker,

A great bureaucrat and smarmy talker,

A bit of heinous libel,

Thumping his medical bible,

And with ostracism lies and lawfare he does halter.

 

Our elite universities have simply rotted away,

Abandoning curiosity and logic for politics sway,

Truth is subjective,

Ostracism is effective,

And to globalist progressivism do educators pray.

 

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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People Are The Source Of All Value

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, the most valuable commodity that has ever or will ever exist, spanning time, scientific advancement, and philosophical achievement… are people. Human beings as free individuals are more valuable than gold, bitcoin, or knowledge… because people give value to those things. The lowest use of a person is for manual labor. Whereas ideas, innovation, and intent are paramount. These things can propel an organization, faction, or individual further than any amount of riches. In fact, gold weighs us down, bitcoin only works when the power is on, and knowledge requires a brain to use it. People, on the other hand, can leverage knowledge, give value to currency, and can carry you if you break a leg. These are but a few of the reasons people are the most valuable “commodity” there is.

What makes the loss of human life terrible is the loss of their knowledge, their potential, and their ideas. If someone has the idea how to cure cancer, but lacks the knowledge to bring it to fruition, that idea dies with them. A knowledgeable person added to the equation changes the potential outcome. With an idea and the knowledge to carry it out, cancer could be cured. Yet political favor is often far more important than good ideas, knowledge and even money… so a politically favored person added to the equation can change the entire paradigm. If one of those people dies however, the process is interrupted, perhaps forever. In this example, we see that the individual is important as a cog in a sprocket, but even more valuable as a partner in innovation. Each person’s abilities add value.

Nothing has innate value… other than human beings. Crude oil used to be just crude. It wasn’t until people came up with uses for it that it became useful. Illustrating our ability to make the crude refined. Gold has no use in a state of nature. It’s value, then, lay in its ability to be crafted. Which means the ability to craft is more valuable than gold or jewelry. The ability of people to overcome shortages means human beings are more important even than unlimited resources. Because, if we’re allowed to, no matter what runs out, people will think of ways to get around it. Even a car has zero utility without a driver. This shows us that stuff can be of use only if people are available to use it. In other words… valuing the tool more than the hand that wields it, is a sure way to lose both.

Often, the most overlooked person is the most valuable to the group. Take the guy or gal who “cleans phones,” as in the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. They seem redundant, foolish, and even stupid. Take them away, however, and the law of unintended consequences kicks in… where everyone dies from a plague contracted from dirty phones. This is kicking down Chesterton’s fence… where eliminating seemingly irrelevant people, who happen to be the 20% of the Pareto distribution that does the work… cuts productivity. After a few rounds of this a corporation is bankrupted and no one understands why. Because the 80% that do little work, politic their way through life…. even as the 20% do most of the work. What about the homeless, some might warn, aren’t they deranged and violent?

A fear of dangerous people is grounded in reality. I wouldn’t hire someone who’s stabbing people all the time. Can you imagine the pain, lost time at work, and cost of getting stabbed? As Kevin Bridges puts it. That is, if every underutilized and homeless person goes around stabbing people… which clearly isn’t the case. Moreover, what comes first, mental illness or hopelessness? I say that purpose breeds mental wellness. Value is never intrinsic to anything… people give things value. This makes human beings of incalculable value. Even the most ostensibly useless person then has worth, and if even the detested person has and gives value, how much more the underutilized person? Pragmatically then, there is nothing more valuable than people, because we bestow value to the valueless.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Limericks

Dear Friends,

 

The payola press has lost its effect,

The propaganda people now reject,

Circle the wagons about,

Lets the guns point out,

And makes sure never to self reflect.

 

There once was a despot named Xi,

A Winnie the Pooh lookalike was he,

He said with mouth full,

MMMMAMerica is awful,

And went back to raiding the bee tree.

 

The young should all remember this saw,

The politically favored are above the law,

They do as they want,

Then laugh and taunt,

And the video is destroyed in the FBI’s maw.

 

There once was an outfit called SCOTUS,

Their rulings became ever more bogus,

Wickard and Buck did sue,

As did Korematsu,

But justice wasn’t the end, exploiting power was.

 

Universities are run by the most excellent,

Open minded but tied to ideas dominant,

Protect the party line,

Within the paradigm,

Turns out the open minded are intolerant.

 

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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Politics, Institutions And Our Courts

Dear Friends,

It seems to me, the courts have destroyed their reputation by becoming political. By ruling both ways on every Trump order, the courts are authorizing and thus accepting responsibility for the outcomes… good or bad. This makes them open to political criticism. Whereas, had they ruled separation of powers, they would have no such culpability, and no political criticism. Instead of following their obligation to stay above politics… judges waded right in. Moreover, their nakedly political rulings discredit every decision they’ve ever made. Because no one trusts a partisan to be fair. So the court system has discredited itself, taken on culpability for every failure of the Trump administration, even as they have stood against them, ensuring they’ll get acrimony no matter what happens.

Our courts are corrupt. Everyone with their eyes open knows that courts across the planet are utterly corrupt. We see that courts are run by self-serving egoists who look down on humanity, like you would dog poop on your shoe… how could it make any human hearted rulings? Given their past judgments like Buck v. Bell, the courts are heartless. Which is fine for the corrupted as long as it stays hidden. They can go on abusing people under color of law all day and night… until their actions are exposed to the public. That’s why it’s imperative the courts only abuse little people with small voices. Otherwise their absolute corruption is exposed. Which is why in the past the courts have closed themselves to public participation, and tried to appear to be fair… to hide their true nature.

Our courts are political. A court that publicly takes a political stance and abuses the law to stop a political agenda, wipes the veneer off, exposing the corruption beneath for all to see. Once seen it can’t be unseen and it can’t be denied. Because the courts have taken a political stance, not a legal one. Even those who agree with the courts abusing their authority to stop Trump’s agenda, see the corruption. For now, they’re turning away… but that picture is seared into their psyche. The sure knowledge the courts aren’t fair, unbiased or perhaps even legitimate, but the expression of arbitrary rule masquerading as justice. Thrasymachus said the courts are a tool of the strong to take from the weak and call it justice. Though the implication is lost on no one. Our courts enforce political orthodoxy… not justice.

Our courts have discredited themselves. By blocking every action Trump makes the courts own the outcomes, with ridicule should they fail, and scorn should they succeed. Because the courts were against those policies before they “allowed” them, essentially taking both sides. This will make them appear responsible if those policies fail, because the courts had stopped them, or if the policy succeeds, the courts will be attacked as well. Because they tried to stop a successful policy. No matter how things play out the courts have egg on their faces. This is a classic lose-lose situation. Even as they shred their standing in the public’s eye doing so. Moreover, their becoming nakedly political opens them to political criticism. All of which discredits the institution of law itself.

Our judges lack wisdom. There was no upside for the courts to become openly political. They willingly and knowingly created a lose lose situation for themselves. A self-made trap that has discredited them and their institution. They’ve set themselves up as the fall guy no matter how things turn out. Which has made our courts a laughing stock. A mere joke that people increasingly take less and less seriously. As the press has shredded its reputation by becoming openly political, the medical establishment poisoned our trust by demanding we wear political iconography as a condition of service, and the courts have now corrupted their reputation by the same means. Politics, right or left, is apparently like a tar baby, something that inexorably draws the touch of establishments… then covers them with tar.

Sincerely,

John Pepin

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