Depravity, Frivolity, And Dissent: Are We Watching The End Of An Empire?

Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog,

A 40-year-old essay predicted the end of an empire and current events sure make it look like we’re watching it happen in real time.

I spend a fair bit of time scanning the news every day for my site, Preppers Daily News. And some days, I just have to shake my head as I realize that people are so desperate for…something…that they just keep going to further and further extremes to try and find that elusive thing their lives are missing.

The more I read, the more likeness I see to Sir John Glubb’s essay, The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival. (It’s only 24 pages and you should definitely read it – it’s brilliant.) Sir Glubb wrote this outstanding work when he was 79 years old, after a lifetime of being a soldier, traveling the world, and analyzing history. It’s well worth a read as he goes into detail about the fall of empires past.

The final stage of the end of an empire is the Age of Decadence.


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Some signs of this age are political dissensions (Antifa, anyone?), an influx of foreigners (Europe, anyone?), the welfare state (America, anyone?), despair (350 million people diagnosed), depravity (see below), and the rise of frivolity as people try to fill lives that have less and less meaning.

Sound familiar?

This video is a brief synopsis of the signs of an empire that is near its end.

A synopsis I read makes Glubb’s theory entirely applicable to modern society:

In the age of decadence many people choose to behave in ways that are unsustainable, apparently unaware of the consequences. They indulge in excessive, often conspicuous, consumption. An absurdly wealthy elite emerges, but instead of repelling the masses it is admired and celebrated. Those outside the elite aspire to similar levels of consumption, and are encouraged by the availability of cheap credit. People become convinced that increased consumption is the key to happiness, but in its pursuit they become measurably less happy. As David Morgan says, “you can never get enough of what you don’t need.”

At this point in the life cycle of an empire frivolity, as Glubb calls it, comes to the fore. In order to distract people from what’s really going on, the economy creates diversions. Voyeurism becomes central to culture: the gladiatorial spectacles in decadent Rome are mirrored in today’s ‘reality’ television. People become fixated on celebrity as the genuinely noteworthty become understandably camera shy. These invented celebrities are ‘famous’ just for being famous…

…Debauchery is another recurring theme at the end of empire. Society develops a strangely immature obsession with sex. People drink themselves to the point of unconsciousness and shamelessly collapse in the street. In Roman times, binge drinkers were left to their fate. Today’s debauchery is supervised by the police; its ‘victims’ are taken care of by hard-pressed health care professionals, placing further pressure on the public purse. And, all the while, supermarkets and corporations make a killing selling discounted booze to people barely old enough to buy it. This is our modern-day bread and circuses, with obese citizens literally becoming a burden on the state.

But the small can never satisfy the large. Cheap pleasures fail to compensate for the absence of meaning in so many people’s lives. A hankering for something greater remains…growing numbers are denied access to work; they can find no meaningful involvement in their community, so their potential goes unfulfilled. When people are prevented from fulfilling their potential, they often self-destruct. (source)

By “Empire,” I’m not referring specifically just to the United States in particular, but Western Civilization in general. We’re watching our friends in Europe go down the same path. How can anyone look at the following stories and think that we are all okay and that this is sustainable?

NOTE: The story below isn’t pretty and there is adult content. If you are offended by adult content, take my word for it and do not read on. If you do read on, don’t get mad that you read adult content and complain in the comments. Thanks. DL

Dissent

Never have America and Europe seen their citizens more at odds. Here in the United States, the last election caused more division than any other in history. Friendships and family relationships ended over who people’s voting choices. Once Trump was inaugurated, things didn’t settle down. There are still groups who want to overthrow the “Trump-Pence regime.” Some students can’t even tolerate the existence of those with opposite beliefs.

The education system doesn’t help. Some professors are actually encouraging violent revolt. Californians are talking about seceding from the United States because Trump won.

In Europe, the UK voted to leave the European Union and Catalonia voted to leave Spain.  People are firmly divided between welcoming immigrants and banishing immigrants.

Chaos is everywhere and there is little middle ground.

Unfathomable crimes

Crimes are becoming more horrific and mindboggling. A 17-year-old girl was trying to walk home through a “no-go zone” in the UK and was sexually assaulted 3 separate times in one hour. A man in Pennsylvania tried to strangle his girlfriend to death because she changed the passcode to the IPad. A Georgia woman murdered her two toddler sons by putting them in the oven and then video-chatted their father.

A Hollywood fixture has been accused of assaulting and harassing dozens of women, which led thousands of other women to share their horror stories with a #MeToo hashtag on Twitter. I have seen report after report recently of teachers having sex with their high school students.

Premature Sexuality

Sexuality is being introduced to our children far too early, For example, libraries around the country are having “Drag Queen Story Hour.” A picture is worth a thousand words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s the purpose of this? Here’s a quote from a magazine write up entitled “An amazing demon drag queen has entertained children in Michelle Obama’s library” that explains:

Drag Queen Story Hour aims to give young children “glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models,” according to the programme’s website…

 

…The Drag Queen Story Hour site explains that the event “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood”.

 

“In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real.

 

The programme “happens regularly in LA, New York, and San Francisco, and events are popping up all over the world!”

I actually don’t have an issue with adults who are drag queens – heck, I sang along at a show in Vegas, and as a libertarian, I believe that consenting adults can do what they want. I have not raised my kids to mistreat others because of their sexuality. They’d be in massive trouble if they did. I did, however, manage to teach them to be kind individuals without taking them to Drag Queen Story Hour when they were 3.

Let me be absolutely clear that while I don’t think Drag Queen Story Hour is an attempt to sexually abuse children, it does lead me to the over-sexualization of kids. I don’t even know the names of all the genders and sexualities that are being claimed and LBGT keeps adding so many initials, I can’t keep up. No wonder kids are confused. I’m confused and I’m a grown-up.

Decades ago, anything on TV before 9 o’clock was pretty innocent. We didn’t have laptops and cell phones that allowed us to learn way too much, way too soon. We didn’t take quizzes on Buzzfeed to see if we were ready to have anal sex that night and we didn’t turn to Teen Vogue to learn about oral sex. These days, Teen Vogue is racier than Cosmo was in the early 80s. How do we protect our children’s innocence in this environment? How do we let them just be kids and find their own ways? Heck, even in Disney movies, everyone’s gotta have a love interest. Why?

Normalization of pedophilia

Children are exposed to far too much, far too young. This makes them ripe targets for pedophiles. Let me be clear on this too. Pedophilia is always, always wrong and extraordinarily harmful to children.

To make matters worse, there is a sick attempt to normalize pedophilia. Salon magazine had published numerous articles with titles like, “I’m a pedophile but I’m not a monster” which has since been deleted due to the public outcry. There are even forums about “moral pedophilia.” Here’s a quote:

Our website is intended to reduce the stigma attached to pedophilia by letting people know that a substantial number of pedophiles DO NOT molest children, and to provide peer support and information about available resources to help virtuous pedophiles remain law-abiding, and lead happy, productive lives.  These are our stories.  There are brief bios of the two founders of the site and collections of other personal stories. (source)

I keep wondering, are the people in charge of media trying to normalize this so that when they inevitably get outed for molesting children, no one will care? Watch this video about the rampant pedophilia in the entertainment industry – and then remember, these are the people who influence the views of the folks who idolize celebrities.

Tony Podesta, the brother of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, was spotlighted for his incredibly disturbing art collection that showed the torture and murder of children. (Here is a shocking post with images found using “Tony and Heather Podesta’s art collection” as a search term.) And who can forget that sick “spirit cooking” scandal during the election? There are some things we simply cannot unsee.

The mainstream wants to blame the collapse of civilization on Trump, but they ignore the fact that in this administration, more than 1500 pedophilia-related arrests took place in the first full month of his presidency. Just last week, 84 children were rescued from a sex-trafficking ring, with the youngest of those sweet angels only 3 months old. A THREE-MONTH-OLD BABY WAS FOR SALE FOR $600!!!!

Bestiality

Speaking of “art,” a Slovenian woman just won a prestigious art award for being “in seclusion” with her dogs for 3 months. Of course, for some of us, just hanging with pets sounds awesome, but we don’t hang out with pets like Maja Smrekar does. She breastfed a puppy and fertilized one of her eggs with what she says was a “fat cell” from another of her dogs. Mmm hmm. This video that documents her “art” is another thing to add to the can’t-ever-unsee-it list. The jury that awarded her the prize said“What is making this artwork so special is the total commitment of the artist.” Apparently, I just don’t understand art. Or commitment. Or what cool people do with their pets.

They’ve had to make laws in numerous states to combat an apparent uptick in bestiality. One guy was arrested for sneaking into a neighbor’s yard and doing it with their donkey. Numerous times. This lady says she’s literally married to her dog. All of these people (Can’t-Unsee Warning) also claim to have romantic relationships with animals.

Bestiality is actually legal in these US states: Hawaii, Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming, and the District of Columbia. Apparently, parties are organized where people can engage in sex acts with animals. Publicly.

Not to be outdone, this gal is done with humanity altogether and says she now is…a cat. I wasn’t sure if this went in the bestiality section or where.

The emptiness of society

Perhaps people should first examine the depravity and frivolity that passes for art and entertainment these days.  A walk in the woods to look at fall leaves will not suffice for much of the population.

People are so desperate for that rush of endorphins that they’re constantly seeking something more and more outrageous to give it to them. Normal things no longer give them that fleeting feeling of joy. Their own lives are so empty that they focus on the lives of people famous for being famous to fill them up.

When society is more interested in reality television than actual reality, how can we expect that same society will be invested in our future?

 

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Diversity Is Our Strength.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Any original source for verification of that quote?

All I find seems to be re quotes and non verifiable non original ones.

Fiatman60
Fiatman60

“Diversity Is Our Strength.”
Sorry Anon………

That one is already taken by “Skippy” the leader of Canuckistan

Anonymous
Anonymous

Wow, right out the gate it turns into an anti-JooJoo article thread.
EC

sharonsj
sharonsj

There is no proof Netanyahu ever said this.

MN Steel
MN Steel

Seems some races are over-represented in the violence regime.

Seems another race is over-represented in the perverted regime.

And I’m a thought-criminal for noticing.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Whites?

Anon
Anon

Any time I see a headline like this: “A Georgia woman murdered her two toddler sons by putting them in the oven and then video-chatted their father” I know the race of the perpetrator. My intuition is correct 100% of the time. There is only one group that routinely commits horrific non-sexual crimes against small children. I wonder why that is, but the pattern is clear.

Anonymous
Anonymous

What group is that, JooJoo? NigNig?
EC

Glenfilthie
Glenfilthie

Libertarianism? Gah – the Z Man handles that one but it is also a sign our civilization is in the endgame. To me it’s obvious: if you are going to make homos and trannies into role models, you can hardly be surprised when they start pushing for pedophilia and praying on your kids. Libertarians shrug and say “What they do in their bedrooms is their business…”

Welp… mentally ill people can’t be expected to keep their mental illness in the closet can they? Or in their own bedrooms. That mental illness will manifest itself in the bathrooms, the boardrooms, the court rooms … and the classrooms.

The libertarian hid behind his non-aggression principles while depravity and degeneracy flourished. It’s cowardice for the rest of us too: rather than insist on any kind of public decency we go along to get along out of fear that some loon will call us racists/homophob/misogynists/etc. Hell there are as many thought crimes as phony genders now. Anyone that DOES stand up for moral decency is mocked and derided. The morons will smirk and sneer about pedophile priests diddling choirboys and blame the church rather than the mental illness of homosexuality.

I’m stocking up on booze, ammo and popcorn. Let it burn.

Hershel
Hershel

Regimen? They didnt even mention violence. Ignore about 1 billion people of european descents depravity and focus your microscope on a few thousand making money out of that willing market, its easier than taking stock of own responsibility. Its like smoking, drinking, eating crap and then when youre dying for it look and see if some other race owns more shares in marlboro, budweiser and burger king to blame.

Not Sure

I wonder if there was “The Burning Colliseum” during Romes final days, chronicling the hypocrisy and excesses of the Roman 1%, while recording hundreds of solutions to the averting of the coming catastrophe; all that never were implemented, due to the distractions of bread and circus events.
Were there not some, with enough of a sense of impending doom, ranting and raving in public forums that something ought to be done? But in the end, they folded their arms and went quietly into the night. How will our fate be any different?

Roman prepper blog: move away from Rome, find a BOL near an aqueduct and store up plenty of spears.

Gerold

If you’re old enough, you might remember the movie ‘Cabaret’ (1972) set in amoral, decadent Berlin in the early 1930’s when homosexuals (not called ‘gay’ yet) were encouraged to come out of the closet. Not all the 7 million ‘holocausted’ were Jews. About a million were political prisoners, mental defectives, Gypsies and homosexuals.

So, the homos went from the closet to the ovens.

It’ll happen again. Blowback is a bitch!

Anonymous
Anonymous

Gerry, they were de-loused. Why do you insist on perpetuating a myth about ovens?
I bet you doubt the official story about Vegas too.
EC

Desertrat
Desertrat

I guess that it was a half-century or so back, when I read the comment that the U.S. would go from barbarism to decadence without ever having been civilized.

Prescience…

Steve C.
Steve C.

Being the nerd that I am I like to read the comments section of an article that has been posted to several different websites to get a flavor for the people that visit and support (through their traffic) that site.

Sometimes the same article will appear on TBP, SHTF, Zero Hedge, Breitbart, TOP and others that I visit.

Daisy Luther’s site “The Organic Prepper (TOP)” is a ‘nice person’ site as opposed to a wide-open site like this one.

Her responses are often by women that post the, “Oh Daisy, you’re just so wonderful” stuff. I suppose that is OK. It gives her support to continue her articles and it gives them someone to look up to.

On this particular article, it also brought out the bible thumpers. One, some moron named Tim, posted a couple of times about how you MUST read and believe the bible and the old standby that ONLY Jesus can save you crap.

I let them slide until he posted that America was a 100% Christian nation at the time of its birth.

Being not just your average nerd, but a history nerd, I couldn’t let that one pass.

Considering that it’s Daisy’s site I did it in a very nice way. I even used some of what I posted on this site to one of Stucky’s posts about Israel where I mentioned that I am a deist and that so were some of the founding fathers of our country.

I was looking forward to bible-thumper Tim’s response, but there has been none. I suspect he sent one that Daisy refused. In a way that’s too bad, but she can run her site as she chooses. She does seem very nice and she probably wants to keep it that way.

That’s never a problem on TBP. I don’t post a lot, but I enjoy the fact that people such as yourselves have a site like this to express your opinions freely without moderation. It’s sometimes a bit over the top for me personally, but I think it’s great that you have it.

Then of course, there are the inevitable trolls.

Daisy also wrote an article last week called, “An Open Letter To Women That Want Gun Control”.

I posted a response giving some advice. As with everything that I post on TOP it was nice-nice.

But a troll that listed his name as ‘anonymous’ (can he get any dumber) posted all his reasons for ‘sensible’ gun control. Even on Daisy’s site, they took him apart. That was nice to see.

Trolls don’t seem to be a problem on TBP. I expect that’s because Stucky would scare off any troll that wants to post here.

Think about it. If you were a troll and you read some of Stucky’s comebacks would you want to tangle with that? No troll would stand a chance…

In that respect, you could say that Stucky does the TBP a great service. He is your own built-in troll repellent.

And if that’s not a glowing enough compliment to Stucky I will add that he is often ill mannered. What’s not to like?

As I said, I don’t post much to TBP, but I do enjoy reading them all here at TBP. Keep them coming.

Steve C.
Spring, Texas

Stucky

Stucky the Troll Killer?

Awwwwww … what a wonderful compliment! Thanks!!!

But, don’t give me too much credit just yet. I’ve been trying to get rid of that troll Asshole Without Brains (AWB) for some time now without success. Yet.

Regarding the forty year old article, it reminds me of King Solomon’s lament …. there is nothing new under the sun.

Steve C.
Steve C.

I always post as Steve C. – Spring, Texas – so no one thinks I’m just a troll (like anonymous).

And just so that you won’t think that I’m a complete bookworm, or recluse, or something this is my idea of decadence.

GREAT to do a Lindy Hop or a Jitterbug to. Anyone remember those?

Play it loud!

I love this band/video…

Here is the entire concert if you like this sort of music.

Steve C.
Spring, Texas

doug
doug

I thought Daisy was stuck’s alter ego!

Work-In-Progress
Work-In-Progress

“…invented celebrities are ‘famous’ just for being famous…”

Can anyone say Kardashian’s:

Zarathustra

Long before them was Zsa Zsa Gabor

RiNS

Seeing as this is a thread about depravity I thought I’d post this..

Coincidence or not.. timing seems very convenient..

http://yournewswire.com/corey-feldman-arrested-hollywood/

jimmieoakland
jimmieoakland

A new law took effect last month outlawing bestiality in Nevada. So, any of you planning to move there with your pets might want to reconsider.

BB

I used to have the ” let it burn attitude but then I got sick ” .Now for the next several months of my life I will be depending on the medical services from the hospital. It’s easy to say fuck it or let burn or Collapse until you really need the medical system. I’m 56 and this year I had a herina operation and then open heart surgery. Hell ,I thought I was in good health and then my body just ” collapsed “. Most of you are my age or older.You may need this system sooner than you think.All i can say is ” Thank God Christ in heaven the coming tribulations have not yet arrived.”

Mary Christine

BB, I get it. I had a similar attitude BC (before cancer). My cancer was aggressive and has a higher return possibility than other types of cancer.

That said, I know the health care system is going down, it’s just plain unsustainable.

My cancer is in remission and I just live like it won’t come back. It’s the only way you can live a normal life. Living in fear is not living.

Yesterday I received bad news. A friend who has been battling ovarian cancer has been given 1-2 years, maybe less. We were in chemo at the same time. She only got to enjoy 6 months of remission. She is only 45, still has kids at home. I lost interest in Stucky’s happiness post. I went for that “walk in the woods”. I am limiting myself on here. I go into hyperfocus mode and it’s hard for me to quit. The days are still nice and I have things to do.

So if anyone throws shit at me(Asinine Annie possibly?), I’m not likely to respond. Sorry Stucky, I just don’t have time for a shitfest although they are kinda fun. Maybe when the weather goes south.

I appreciate Daisy’s post. We know this stuff is happening, her post just puts it all in one place. I’m so glad she put in the “you can’t unsee” warning. There is never enough eye bleach for that.

EL Coyote
EL Coyote

Aw, Sister Mary Christine, we will keep you in our hearts always. Left a Comment may be gone but not forgotten. Take good care of the boobies. Boob Lives Matter and so does your own precious life. A good wife is a precious gift.

Cancer took my sister’s life at 62. When we were young, that seemed to be the age to die. Now it seems that many survive that age. It comes on, nevertheless.

larry morris
larry morris

the drugs have taken over feel good who cares screw you it’s all for me i was this 30 yrs ago but i read alot Trump is trying but to late i watch my friends buy buy buy never save a dime no insurance no rainy day money get mad at me when i won’t help them out like never get paid back every sunday watch football know all the players but try talk history world events there eyes roll please go away paid on friday broke 4 days later my dad told me yrs ago son sex is good but what do you do with the other 23 hours in a day. our army is over extended we are broke and this is a play of animal farm and 1984 sorry my thought unless we find a way to get along then it’s war here

Ed
Ed

You are another wacko… what are you doing to improve the world…like Trump you are brainwashed and obedient to evil things…another gloom and Doom hysteric….. Libertarian is your label… total kook.

BB

Mary , when I was in the hospital I spoke to a couple cancer patients. They were all young .In their 40s. They didn’t know how long they had.It was heartbreaking but they seem to be good spirits.They gave me hope .As I left I told them I would pray for them .They said they would appreciate my prayers.Mary ,I will pray for your good health as well as joy to be in your heart. It’s all I can do.

Mike G
Mike G

When you put too many rats in a cage they eat each other.

Time to separate from the rat race as best you can, there is no shame in that.

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