Submitted by CCRider
Guest Post by Gary D. Barnett
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I’m a moron. Fool me three or more times consecutively, and I’m a voter.” ~ Jarod Kintz
My gracious sakes alive; it is amazing that it is only eighteen months away from yet another mentally deranged presidential ‘election,’ and the insanity circus is already in town. Who will run? Who will be nominated? Who will be your savior this time around? Who will give you a check? Who will ‘fix’ the country? Who will be tasked with continuing the madness? Which trimmer will get called into the game by the ruling ‘elites’ to compete in this selection-based political process? Will it be Biden again, Trump, DeSantis, M. Obama, or the new lauded democrat, RFK, Jr., or any others in the cadre of political scum of wanna-be rulers vying for the selected top spot? It does not matter you see, as so long as this voting insanity continues, this country and world will persist in flushing all freedom down the proverbial toilet bowl of dreams, while the lowly complicit masses cheer on their political gods.
The idiotic notion of the myth of representative government, democracy, and the ludicrous lie of “government of the people, by the people, and for the people,” will once again be shouted from the rooftops by most all involved, including the clueless voters. There have been 59 previous presidential elections since 1789, and things have worsened after every single ‘election’ in the history of this country. In case this fact is still difficult for most to grasp, this next cycle of a staged picking of a master, will culminate by allowing the lowest form of human to be placed in a dominating position of rule and power over the enslaved people. The only result will be more dominance, self-serving tyranny, and a continued democide of this population. As always, this fate of the people at large will have been voluntarily accepted.
What is so unforgettably deficient of mind about this absurdity, is that this will be the 60th time in a row, that the American people have intentionally and with free will, chosen a king and master to rule over them. This will be the 60th time consecutively, that the ‘voting public’ has allowed control of their personal behavior, accepted government theft of their property by forceable taxation, allowed the waging of continuous wars of aggression against innocents, experienced the destruction of their economy and wealth, and has given up freedom. While it is unlikely that Einstein voiced or wrote the quote: ‘insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result,’ that idea when concerning the voluntary approval of totalitarian rule, holds true. How can anyone with even a modicum of intelligence, ever fathom making the same mistake over and over 60 times consecutively? That truly is insanity.
Why does anyone expect this time to be different? How could anything be clearer than the understanding that government brings nothing but tyranny, economic devastation, and the death of liberty, and that accepting a ‘supreme leader’ is nothing more than openly embracing slavery? I wish someone–anyone–could explain this phenomenon to me, as I cannot fathom ignorance at this level.
There will be the Trump faithful, and it seems they will never falter until the last of them have their ‘Trump vaccine,’ are thrown into prison, or are lied to a thousand more times. His so-called party opponent, DeSantis, who cannot make up his mind as to what to say or do, who to support or not, but is the darling of the crossover crowd between the staunch ‘conservatives,’ the ‘libertarians,’ and those who think he is the real deal to save America because he was governor of a state that was slightly better than D.C. during the fraud and deception of fake ‘covid.’ There are many others as well, those like Haley, Hutchinson, Ramaswamy, (?) and Stapleton, on the Republican side, and the ever-braindead Biden, Williamson, and Scott on the Democratic side, at least so far. And then there is the ever-present Kennedy, who will cause all kinds of confusion, as libertarians, Democrats, and Republicans will get an aneurysm attempting to figure out how to handle this contradiction. Maybe they can all holds hands and sing Kumbaya, and all join together to rule the plebes. I am sure many others will throw their hat in the ring, just as soon as their ruling class masters gives them the green light.
One strives to present a picture of things so that most can at least understand the madness, gain some truth, and sort out the absurdity, but it is impossible to do so in this day and age without extreme sarcasm, and blatant parody. This is truly a circus event if ever one existed on this earth, and many still have the psychotic desire to not only participate and sanction this idiocy, but to expect a different outcome this time around. If Mencken were only alive today, he would likely be forever consumed by either maddening laughter, or deep and delusional schizophrenia. That would be the only saving grace of sanity in such a world consumed by this raving lunacy.
What in the world is to become of us? How can any sit back and watch this game show, and not come away thinking they are in a world of political fanaticism. If it were not so absolutely dangerous, it would be the most profound comedy of all time.
Instead, it is this manufactured and guided realty that has been foisted on this non-thinking society, and accepted by the masses as normal. If this is normal, what defines the ludicrous, and who could even comprehend such a state of confusion and neurotic existence? As Louis-Ferdinand Celine so correctly stated: “I have never voted in my life… I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it’s certain they will win.” And they have, over and over again, in a system of perpetual stupidity.
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
~ H.L. Mencken, On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe
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Don’t worry about it. You will be wasting your time and emotional energy. As long as we are voting by machine, counting by machine and determining outcomes by a legal system rift with malfeasance, our vote will not count. The USA is being run like any other banana republic at the present. If it is to turn around it will be by the blood sweat and tears of the citizenry. My best guess is the USA will balkanize in the near future. Lets hope I am wrong. All of this is being created by a small group of individuals and their minions for the quest of power and control. We now have to choose, liberty or slavery.
Even without machines, voting is still a pretense toward civility over the law of the jungle. When fifty people clobber thirty AFTER voting on whether it’s moral or not, it’s still the law of the jungle, only it’s worse, ’cause when a lion rips up a gazelle, it doesn’t pretend to rights or morals. You’re pretending to be civil by doing an alchemical OCD justification hamster dance, and THEN it’s OK to fuck somebody.
Abolish the state.
“How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does not justify these crimes. Legality, alone, cannot be the talisman of moral people.”
― Walter E. Williams, All It Takes Is Guts
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3322154-all-it-takes-is-guts-a-minority-view
“The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life…The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the road side and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; and it is far more dastardly and shameful. The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber…Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you as you wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road, against your will; assuming to be your rightful ‘sovereign,’ on account of the ‘protection’ he affords you.”
― Lysander Spooner
So please do tell us how you abolish the state when it has never been done in human history? So say I snap my fingers and do away with state, how do I keep it from coming back? Oh, well we will fight them! Congrats, you just reinstituted the state yourself.
Wherever you look on this planet you find the weak being preyed upon by the strong. From whales at sea to the microbes in the soil. Why would the human animal be saved from that? Perhaps that’s why a tiny fraction of humans experienced anything approaching a libertarian society in world history. I often think back from when our Revolutionary War was won in 1776 to the formal acceptance of the Constitution in 1787 as the freest mankind ever was. So, it has been done.
The CONstitution was a coup d’etat, and the revolution that really wasn’t one was forced on many who’d chosen to stay with the crown, such as 90% of Providence Plantations (later Rhode Island) residents, who were threatened with invasion if they wouldn’t go along with the impending united (lower-case) States.
Agreed. Hamilton was a British mole.
he was a malignant mole.
We did not win the War of Independence, if we did we’d still be free,and not asking for permission for everythong required in life or to be trully free. we are slaves still to Britain/U.K. and Europe. They cemented that power in 1812, 1871, then raped us royally on 1913, and 1933. Our articles of Confederation were our true,free America and Government . Our Government now is in name and power only. It is a corporation just like the East Indian Trading company with it’s own politicians, courts, newspapers, police and military. Only here inlike India they hide what they’re they trully are as it is Highly illegal and murderous the frauds they commit. That and were better armed but unfortunately not as smart or well informed, nor willing to use our arms as the Indian people. How could we if the enemy hides it’s true nature and legal status from
Actually it has been tried and succeeds only for as long as there is open free land and Men willing withe the means and numbets to kill to protect it from the tyrants goons attempting empire and turning it unfree. Tribal turns into town councils, then city states, then the process of civilization and eventually collectivization, empire, and tyranny anew. A cycle repeats like the mythical Ragnarok due to our species being collectively long lived, but individually short live with even shorter memories. This Amercan Federal foriegn Royal/ Banker controlled empire will end as all do. Violent Anarchy, chaos,war,and betrayal, as they have done much worsed.
Yes, that is the point, if you can get rid of state, and I will still argue that has very rarely if ever been done (collapse of the state may be the exceptions), it will almost eventually turn into the state.
The only time it has ever been as you say, is if it was a group of individuals that went into virgin land (or very low density non aggressive), that is not the same thing as getting rid of the state.
Most times, those men end up killing and or subjugating what population is there, and as such they are the state.
The more population the more chances and quicker the state.
Yeah, you are going to get screwed whether you vote or not. The difference is that by not voting you know for sure you are going to take it up the bung hole dry, but if you vote, you might get some lube.
It is funny though how these folk never say what the solution is.
Some folk do like it dry and rough I reckon.
So are you going to vote for Kennedy, CC?
Certainly not. But I cheer his entry into the campaign because, like Ron Paul, he will rattle the establishment. I always regarded presidential campaigns solely as entertainment, kinda like literary farce. Did you notice Pompeo, war pig that he is, has backed out of running although he burns with desire to rule others? I don’t think he wants to be center stage having to debate the Warren Commission Report. Just RFK’s entry into the race has bagged its first rat.
Pompeo the pig is smart enough to know he doesn’t have a snowballs chance in hell of getting nominated.
Well, after electing a dope like W Bush I’m not so sure.
There is only one Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ! Politicians are the problem, not the problem solvers. All politicians could be improved with the addition of 10 feet of rope.
All politicians would evaporate, if not for mass approval and support for them.
Really? So how are you going to get that warlord and his army to not approve and support making you his slave or dead? He doesn’t have mass approval, only force. He doesn’t require your approval, all he require is your slavery or death.
We will fight! Congrats, you will need mass approval for that, and you are right back where you started. Human life IS politics.
.Gov IS a warlord, or hadn’t you noticed? And it’s NOT on your side.
Thank you for making my point. That isn’t in question, the question is how do you avoid the same results, a warlord, without becoming a gov (something that has never been done in recorded history)? BTW, I would argue that not all gov is a warlord. As one or more people acting with authority is gov. That includes most people as sovereigns (monarchy), families, churches, business, associations, etc.
I like your demystifying govt. Too many have lost this understanding.
The reason arguments become strained is because US is a late-stage empire in collapse. “Community” used to mean shared values and trust, not imposed disorder from untouchable, unaccountable sociopaths. In high-function societies, every citizen signs on to the social contract by consent. Else infrastructure gets actively denied by regional guerillas (witnessed in the 51st, 52nd, and 53rd States). Unfortunately, we sovereign citizens neglected our end of the deal.
However, an update to 2nd Amend for better force multiplication could rebalance the dynamic. Some State govts will achieve this to ensure their own survival when they realize, “this sucker is going down”. By “update”, I’m thinking about the types of material US State Dept. flings unaudited into western Ukraine for their people’s use. (See National Defense Authorization Act 1208, 1033 program for what locally deputized militias could receive.)
Think of each county as an Ark getting ready for a biblical deluge. Make sure your’s is seaworthy and not a melting pot. A hard rain is going to fall.
And yet you are once again creating the thing they are decrying / whining. And how long does it last? As long as the articles? Don’t get me wrong, that was the closest we have come (I would love to believe this anarchist dogma was true, and it wasn’t just some pipe dream invented by people with small hats to keep them / install them in power), but as Franklin said, how do you keep it?
That is the whole problem with their argument, and you are especially not going to keep it without putting energy into it, or the people that do put energy into it will be your new warlord.
In fact, that was IMO the genius of the system of gov the FF gave us. It actually was the closest thing that we have come to having anarchy (no rule but self), not just in one place, but theoretical infinitely (limited only by the number of man). At the very least it limited power / the war lord to limited venues, because local boundaries acted as firewalls.
Now we can’t even create one free venue. Though some are certainly better in that aspect, but those were / are produced mainly by the character of the inhabitants already there.
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Hans-Hermann Hoppe . . . argued that no constitution could restrain the state. Once its monopoly of force was granted legitimacy, constitutional limits became mere fictions it could disregard; nobody could have the legal standing to enforce those limits. The state itself would decide, by force, what the constitution “meant,” steadily ruling in its own favor and increasing its own power. This was true a priori, and American history bore it out.
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As Hoppe argues, this is the flaw in thinking the state can be controlled by a constitution. Once granted, state power naturally becomes absolute. Obedience is a one-way street. Notionally, “We the People” create a government and specify the powers it is allowed to exercise over us; our rulers swear before God that they will respect the limits we impose on them; but when they trample down those limits, our duty to obey them remains.
http://www.sobran.com/reluctant.shtml
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yup
Aww the Jesus Gravy train. 🤣🤣🤣😩🤦♂️
Another whiner without a solution or alternative. We’ve already figured out it is corrupt and sucks. I guess we all dream of that place which is perfect just like it was in “XYZ Land” for five or six years a long long time ago. According to legend.
I suggest The Articles of Confederation.
Yes.
On May 25th, 1787, a group of 55 men gathered for a closed meeting in Philadelphia. Officially, it was being convened to discuss alterations to the then constitution of the United States of America: the Articles of Confederation. Some state legislatures had authorized their representatives to attend the meeting only on this basis, explicitly prohibiting them from considering a new constitution. To make certain that the general public did not find out about the nature of this conspiracy, the convention members swore an oath not to discuss any proceedings with the public…for the rest of their lives. The only first-hand accounts of the proceedings were published several years later after the death of the last survivor, James Madison, in 1836. The press was forbidden to attend. The meetings were held on the second floor of the building, so that would-be eavesdroppers could not hear anything. The new constitution would become the law of the land whenever nine state conventions ratified it. This was in explicit violation of the Articles, which required a unanimous vote for amendments. Thus did a group of men launch a coup-d’etat. This coup established a new national covenant in 1788, a covenant stripped of the Articles’ invocation of God, “The Great Governor of the World,” with only the old country’s name transferred for public relations’ sake: the United States of America.
. http://www.garynorth.com/philadelphia.pdf
And look how well that worked and or lasted.
It was overruled in secret, not tested in a republic. So, what do you suggest, beyond armed, vigilant market anarchism?
That is a good question. An eternal one at that. I’m actually a fan or the original concept (not all that unhappy with the constitution either), but anything man creates can be corrupted, some more post haste than others. That is the whole point of calling out the folly of the no gov crowd.
Truthfully, I’m not sure where you got the idea I’m a fan of market anarchism. It wouldn’t be long before the voluntary payment for protection as they insist would be the working norm, would be back to the same ole protection racket. Likely toot sweet.
Vigilant and armed? 110%.
so a reset. on the WABAC dial.
an equivalent suggestion: fewer articles & no confederations.
So what would the author of this article have the population do? Give up and isolate ourselves. We have to keep trying to defeat this process. Otherwise life becomes totally futile.
Agreed. One of the Saints said we are not expected to fix everything in our lifetime, but are supposed to do our best to keep moving it forward. I will not quit advocating for that chimeric Farmer’s Republic though I likely will never see it.
Yes, give up on a process that has failed the common person for well over 100 years. America got on the right track when it was begun as a constitutional republic. When the oligarchs overthru that with Lincoln we soon heard about the wonder of democracy.
Here’s some suggested reading, guys:
https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Economics-Politics-Perspectives-Democratic/dp/B09445R2QX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10DMCHCWZJJK5&keywords=democracy+the+god+that+failed&qid=1682188647&sprefix=Democracy+the+god%2Caps%2C1710&sr=8-1
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Vote more harderer.
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I was entertained by this one and the following comments. There is a lot to be said for his point of view. It does seem crazy. Just step back a little and realize that politicians campaign to fix the problems they themselves created. Reagan was right. In many cases government is the problem and not the solution. Just look how fast we have gone downhill in just the last 2.5 years. I did not think it was possible for America to fall this far this fast. Almost every policy the current administration is pushing is detrimental to America’s future. Trump was a breath of fresh air. I miss his “mean tweets”. People like Trump. He was in Fort Myers Florida yesterday. People were going crazy. Many of Trumps policies were spot on which is why the current administration reversed as many of them as they could as fast as they could do it. I can’t even imagine what is going to happen over the next 18 months. It is going to be wild as the left/deep state struggles to hold on to power. They are terrified of Trump. They have been trying to stop him since the day he walked down the escalator. They will double down over the next 18 months. They know if he gets elected he will drop the hammer on the so called deep state people. When they lose control of the DOJ/FBI, a number of them will be jail bound. They know it. They are not stupid. By the time the 2024 election gets here America will be wreck. Due to that fact, Trump may well get sufficient votes to overcome the left’s election fraud machine. You can only cheat just so much before it becomes so obvious that even dumb brainwashed people will figure it out.
I like the saying I keep seeing on this site –
It’s always darkest before it goes pitch black….
He’s always been very good at showmanship. Like P.T. Barnum good.
You don’t see in your comment where this leads?
Mission accomplished.
. . . reflecting the people’s innermost self.
I’ve already decided that if the next President is some dumb shit Globalist stooge I’m becoming an expat…I’m already looking for options because it’s pretty much a sure thing.
I predict many will be expats without having to move.
All I know is that Trump is not the Guy. He had his chance and appointed the team most unlikely to promote MAGA. He is a dick. Biden is more likely to enact some MAGA by mistake than Trump is intentionally.
I’ve always considered him as the controlled opposition. So now he wants to create the WEF 15 minutes cities? Done deal.
The true argument is that there is no guy. The whole notion of a benevolent technocracy, or even a non-repressive, substantially just republic, was never workable, as we have seen.
Even Ron Paul could only have done whatever we would have allowed him to, by having his back, with a hundred million citizen Minutemen, all on the same page (which has yet to happen).
Abolish the state.
And that would be bad, too, since men are not angels, as Robert Higgs argues:
. . . but at least there wouldn’t be a giant corporate Frankenstein amplifier of the brutal oppression of voting bloc factionalism, and /or malignant, sociopathic ambition.
Most comments seem to be of the ilk that most of us are going to be around for what is next.
WHY?
It is very UNLIKIELY to work that way.
They do not wish to control us……………….
They wish to KILL US!
1) War
2) Famine
3) Poison Vax