Dear Friends,
It seems to me, the elite are reduced to arguing they’re stupid, not malevolent. How else can they frame their policy failures? I’m sure in their minds, the fault lies entirely with some janitor working third shift… and not them. Nevertheless, the elites who run the EU, bureaucrats, as well as most of the rest of the world’s rulers, have an unblemished track record of failure. So many failures, so close together, they just can’t stuff it down the memory hole anymore. It’s gotten clogged. Now the floor is soaked with proof of failure, and the people downstairs are complaining. Wars, economic difficulty, and societal tension are proof of failure, because success would look very different. Success, as opposed to the failure we’ve become accustomed to, has peace, prosperity, and low crime as defining features.
War is proof of the failure of foreign policy, because war is the last resort. Once someone is reduced to the last resort, that means all other attempts failed. As a result, people will have to die horribly because the leaders of the nations at war… failed. The same holds true of civil wars and revolutions. If the people are so fed up with their government they are willing to die to get out from under it, that is certain proof of failure. Because only people in dire straits are willing to go to such extremes. Those dire straits can only be caused by a worthless elite. Leaders who go about lowering the lot of the people. So much so that risking life itself becomes an option. So we see that wars… civil, revolutionary, and international are proof of failure of the rulers. War, however, isn’t the only way elites fail.
Economic troubles are proof of economic policy failures. That should be pretty obvious… but apparently it isn’t? From the Depression through the 2008 financial crisis to today, every economic downturn has been caused by government failure. Before government seized the levers of production in the early progressive era, downturns could be blamed on world events, weather, and animal spirits. Now, however, since the Fed controls interest rates, the bureaucracy runs the economy in a top-down manner, and the courts keep our Rights in check… every economic hiccup must be laid at the feet of our central planners. And they must share credit for economic successes. The strange thing is, the less control they have, the better the economy performs? It’s almost like failure is a feature.
Societal discord is proof of domestic policy failures. Crime, drug use, and hopelessness are signs of a culture and society that are failing the people. Both society and culture are the products of our societal and cultural elites. The elites put whatever they want in front of us. They couldn’t care less if we want to see it. Take the example of Disney, putting cultural rot before children and expecting them to eat it up. They shill the slut life to little girls, the gangster life to boys, and hopelessness to everyone else. There are no TV shows like Lassie, Leave It to Beaver, or Beverly Hillbillies anymore… unless they are a perversion of those shows. Meanwhile we watch as people destroyed by drugs stagger around our towns. They are the product of our elite’s cultural and societal failures.
With all these failures, the elite are reduced to arguing they’re stupid and not malevolent. Because if they admit the problems they have created are intentional, then they must be prosecuted. Moreover, there’s that old adage, “Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.” The trouble is, if we accept their argument, that they are astonishingly stupid, then we have to replace them. Because people who are admittedly dumb as a doornail shouldn’t be making decisions that lead to such disasters. They belong on the short bus riding out of power. The problem is, the stupid cling to power like a dog tick clings to a ball sack. Moreover, charisma and wisdom are different attributes. Having one doesn’t mean a person has the other… and charisma is what gets people elected.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
Failure Is A Feature
Dear Friends,
It seems to me, the elite are reduced to arguing they’re stupid, not malevolent. How else can they frame their policy failures? I’m sure in their minds, the fault lies entirely with some janitor working third shift… and not them. Nevertheless, the elites who run the EU, bureaucrats, as well as most of the rest of the world’s rulers, have an unblemished track record of failure. So many failures, so close together, they just can’t stuff it down the memory hole anymore. It’s gotten clogged. Now the floor is soaked with proof of failure, and the people downstairs are complaining. Wars, economic difficulty, and societal tension are proof of failure, because success would look very different. Success, as opposed to the failure we’ve become accustomed to, has peace, prosperity, and low crime as defining features.
War is proof of the failure of foreign policy, because war is the last resort. Once someone is reduced to the last resort, that means all other attempts failed. As a result, people will have to die horribly because the leaders of the nations at war… failed. The same holds true of civil wars and revolutions. If the people are so fed up with their government they are willing to die to get out from under it, that is certain proof of failure. Because only people in dire straits are willing to go to such extremes. Those dire straits can only be caused by a worthless elite. Leaders who go about lowering the lot of the people. So much so that risking life itself becomes an option. So we see that wars… civil, revolutionary, and international are proof of failure of the rulers. War, however, isn’t the only way elites fail.
Economic troubles are proof of economic policy failures. That should be pretty obvious… but apparently it isn’t? From the Depression through the 2008 financial crisis to today, every economic downturn has been caused by government failure. Before government seized the levers of production in the early progressive era, downturns could be blamed on world events, weather, and animal spirits. Now, however, since the Fed controls interest rates, the bureaucracy runs the economy in a top-down manner, and the courts keep our Rights in check… every economic hiccup must be laid at the feet of our central planners. And they must share credit for economic successes. The strange thing is, the less control they have, the better the economy performs? It’s almost like failure is a feature.
Societal discord is proof of domestic policy failures. Crime, drug use, and hopelessness are signs of a culture and society that are failing the people. Both society and culture are the products of our societal and cultural elites. The elites put whatever they want in front of us. They couldn’t care less if we want to see it. Take the example of Disney, putting cultural rot before children and expecting them to eat it up. They shill the slut life to little girls, the gangster life to boys, and hopelessness to everyone else. There are no TV shows like Lassie, Leave It to Beaver, or Beverly Hillbillies anymore… unless they are a perversion of those shows. Meanwhile we watch as people destroyed by drugs stagger around our towns. They are the product of our elite’s cultural and societal failures.
With all these failures, the elite are reduced to arguing they’re stupid and not malevolent. Because if they admit the problems they have created are intentional, then they must be prosecuted. Moreover, there’s that old adage, “Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.” The trouble is, if we accept their argument, that they are astonishingly stupid, then we have to replace them. Because people who are admittedly dumb as a doornail shouldn’t be making decisions that lead to such disasters. They belong on the short bus riding out of power. The problem is, the stupid cling to power like a dog tick clings to a ball sack. Moreover, charisma and wisdom are different attributes. Having one doesn’t mean a person has the other… and charisma is what gets people elected.
Sincerely,
John Pepin