Light in the Darkness

Guest Post by Jim Kunstler

“I hope you realise the ideological brain worms possessing group narcissists preclude condemnation of anything done in the name of the cause no matter how evil. The ends justify the means — no matter how depraved. This is why you can’t reason with them. Ideology binds and blinds.”Aimee Therese on X

The sun is low on the horizon all day long now, and darkness creeps in like a home invasion of your mind. Demons descend through a red and black sky and no help is on the way. Our country is so mentally hog-tied trying to unravel the twisted events of just a few years past that it has no mojo left for rationally anticipating the events of just a few years ahead. Have you ever felt more alone?

This is the end-process that we’ve been softened up for: the inability to think and plan. The gigantic “intel community” evolved from something intended to act as sensitized antennae for detecting threats against our republic into what is now a remorseless mind-fucking operation against our republic. That word, by the way, derives from the Latin res publica: the public thing, a society that literally belongs to the people, who decide its affairs. Now, so much is mysteriously decided for us, and not in any good way.

It’s no wonder more than half the country can’t think straight, and it’s a whopping irony that this group comprises most of our country’s thinking class —the bureaucratic managers, the professors, the curators, the editors, the reporters lost in mis-reporting. This group used to play a critical role in the res publica: to earnestly determine what is true and what is real, and to present us with a way of understanding all that so we can think and plan. They appear to be captured by malign forces. The scribes are hard at work defending every act of official malice. The dishonesty at work is epic. You need a decoder ring to keep your mind right.

You are probably desperate to understand why this is happening — how, for instance, a blatantly corrupt and ignorant attorney general in New York state can get away with bringing a politically-motivated nonsense case against the leading presidential candidate in a courtroom ruled by a judge who acts like a jester in a Shakespeare play. New York AG Letitia James gets away with it because the flagship organ of the thinking class, The New York Times, is in on the gambit. But why?

We struggle to sort this out. One explanation is that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has infiltrated the management of our country at every level so as to eventually conquer our territory for its resources while eliminating or enslaving the population? Surely, the CCP has made significant inroads, starting with the successful bribery and compromise of “Joe Biden,” probably other elected officials, too, in placing many CCP agents in the vast array of university research departments, NGOs, PACs, and lobbying gangs, and extending to the purchase of vital businesses and farmland to prepare the gameboard for eventual takeover. My opinion is they’ve accomplished a good bit of this, but it’s not the answer you’re seeking.

Another popular idea out there is that a sinister cartel or cabal composed of the World Economic Forum, the WHO, the EU, and a claque of super-rich megalomaniacs (e.g., Bill Gates, George Soros, Mark Zuckerberg) trying to usher in the so-called “transhumanist” next chapter of human history. This scheme is so full of preposterous contradictions that it remains hard to take seriously. The main one is that their engineered collapse of techno-industrial civilization would destroy the very network of complex systems that might support their supposed cyborg nirvana, especially a reliable electric grid. Secondarily, collapse would result not in centralizing power but just the opposite, re-localizing power away from the center, negating the possibility of global rule.

A third theory is that the USA has somehow gone “communist.” The universities have, for sure, but in a most half-assed way imaginable that presents more as a case of collective mental illness than a true political ideology. Higher education has lately enjoyed stupendous subsidies and revenues that funnel down to the miserable cat-ladies who have taken over the faculty department chairs, plus the deans and president’s offices. The Niagara of grants and lavish salaries has funded the dissemination of incoherent cat-lady ideas, such as the foundational notion that all men are hopelessly defective except the ones who pretend to be women or vice-versa. Such postulations lead to ridiculous actions like the drag queen story hour, or men competing in women’s swim competitions. These actions-and-effects are “communistic” only insofar as the induce some Marxist-Gramscian overthrow of normality (i.e., a coherent cultural consensus) in order to usher in the utopia of perfect social equity, where nobody is allowed to do better than anybody else — that is, a society of cat-ladies (plus men pretending to be cat-ladies), all equally miserable.

Are the editors and reporters of The New York Times all bought off by the CCP, Soros, Gates? I doubt it. That’s not what’s going on here. And the same goes for the Intel Community, much of the rest of the executive branch of the US government, the various “blue” state and blue city governments, and the great social media companies. Are all the employees of these vast bureaucracies dedicated communists?  Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha….

What’s going on is that all these players are now desperate to evade the blame for and consequences of their many crimes. Hundreds of top bureaucrats and elected officials will be liable for prosecution for monstrous acts of perfidy and treason against our republic and its citizens. The New York Times and other compliant news outlets that lied about everything from Russian collusion to election fraud to the safety of Covid-19 vaccines to protect their fumbling allies in power are desperate to save their reputations — though that will be impossible as the truth eventually unfolds, and it will. Their knowing lies did real and lasting harm to the public thing.

Take heart in these darkening days. The light will not be extinguished. It will return, as everything does in this universe of endless cycles. A nation turned upside down will find its feet again. The wicked will answer. The counter-revolution has begun. You are not alone.

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32 Comments
B_MC
B_MC
November 13, 2023 10:39 am

Another popular idea out there is that a sinister cartel or cabal composed of the World Economic Forum, the WHO, the EU, and a claque of super-rich megalomaniacs (e.g., Bill Gates, George Soros, Mark Zuckerberg) trying to usher in the so-called “transhumanist” next chapter of human history. This scheme is so full of preposterous contradictions that it remains hard to take seriously.

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Anonymous
Anonymous
  B_MC
November 13, 2023 12:33 pm

The events of October 7 seem to have shocked Jim back to Normie-town.

Given his sudden belief that the media isn’t controlled and there are no communists at The NY Times, I’d say he was shocked all the way back to Normie-town circa 1950.

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
November 13, 2023 11:03 am

I bought my Savage 30-06 with leftover grant money! Boy! I felt good THAT day!

MASTER OF UNIVERSE
MASTER OF UNIVERSE
  The Central Scrutinizer
November 13, 2023 9:49 pm

Big gun little penis.
Big truck little penis.
Big talk little penis, Dickhead.

MOU

Colorado Artist
Colorado Artist
  MASTER OF UNIVERSE
November 14, 2023 1:09 am

Langley keeping up appearances for the commentariat.
He got him a gun wiff gubmint money!
He jus like us!
HURRR!!!

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  Colorado Artist
November 18, 2023 10:45 am

I’m glad Colorado is squarely in Russia’s nuclear cross hairs. Probably incinerate your entire blood line. Invest in sunscreen and AC.

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  MASTER OF UNIVERSE
November 18, 2023 10:43 am

Interesting take from someone who chooses to call himself a fucking master of the universe. So when did your penis invert into a sloppy vagina?

Tex
Tex
  The Central Scrutinizer
November 13, 2023 10:03 pm

You don’t mean part of Trump’s “stimulus”, more than Biden’s “stimulus”? LOL, that stat (fact) must really be some butt hurt for tRump worshippers.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Tex
November 14, 2023 6:42 am

You seem to be the one who dogs Trump with every other comment.
That’s TDS by definition.
Trump hatred that is so prevalent he must be brought up constantly, as the target of vitriol, along with anybody who accepted the flaws of an egotistical businessman over a career, corrupt politician. FFS.

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
  Anonymous
November 18, 2023 10:47 am

Sorta like you not being able to stop sucking Trump’s dick. I hope Iran cuts his head off on live TV.

Feel free to “feel” all over THAT.

zappalives
zappalives
November 13, 2023 11:33 am

This piece sure is gonna piss off the cat people here.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  zappalives
November 13, 2023 12:54 pm

To hell with cats and the people that collect them.
If you want unconditional love and companionship, get a dog.
If you want a pet that only puts up with your shit because you feed it, get a cat.
On Topic: Kunstler refuses to let go of his fantasy that the people responsible for the mess we are in, are ever going to held accountable and punished. Not. Going. To. Happen.

WAKE UP
WAKE UP
  Anonymous
November 13, 2023 5:18 pm

No “white hats” are coming to save us either. Another fantasy that needs to die.

Tex
Tex
  Anonymous
November 13, 2023 10:07 pm

What does your dog actually do? Does he/she kill gophers? Fuck you, you don’t know jack shit about any kind of pet animal.

MASTER OF UNIVERSE
MASTER OF UNIVERSE
  zappalives
November 13, 2023 9:52 pm

That’s the only real point he made.

I agree that the universities & unions have been taken over by the Cat Ladies
& LGBTQ+ crowd, but they ain’t pinko bastard Communists like I am. They
are the fake ideologues that spew union drivel, swill and vomit.

MOU

Harrington Richardson: Call Him "Weimar Joe"
Harrington Richardson: Call Him "Weimar Joe"
November 13, 2023 11:40 am

Jim sees light at the end of the tunnel today. We don’t know how long the tunnel is or whether the light is on a big locomotive. Still, a little optimism goes a long way these days.

mark
mark

Try this HR…12 minutes

kfg
kfg
November 13, 2023 12:19 pm

” It will return . . .”

Sure, but, forgive me for being a bit selfish here, at my advancing age I don’t think that I will personally survive the 400-1000 years that history indicates that it takes.

So I’m afraid I find the prospect of renaissance a bit academic.

NtroP
NtroP
November 13, 2023 12:27 pm

Jimmy must of got laid this weekend, way full of optimism this morning!

Trapped in Portlandia
Trapped in Portlandia
November 13, 2023 12:27 pm

Whoa, Kunstler’s seems a bit more optimistic than usual for a Monday morning:

“The light will not be extinguished”.
“A nation turned upside down will find its feet again”
“The wicked will answer”.
“The counter-revolution has begun”.

Jim must have been on his second bottle of hooch when he wrote this article.

blaine
blaine
  Trapped in Portlandia
November 13, 2023 1:48 pm

“Jim must have been on his second bottle of hooch”
If true, who could blame him.

“6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts”
Proverbs 31

Anonymous
Anonymous
  blaine
November 13, 2023 7:51 pm

Stay with it for a while.

B_MC
B_MC
November 13, 2023 2:15 pm

What’s going on is that all these players are now desperate to evade the blame for and consequences of their many crimes. Hundreds of top bureaucrats and elected officials will be liable for prosecution for monstrous acts of perfidy and treason against our republic and its citizens.

OK. I’ll buy that; they deserve it. But these are “the people you are allowed to see, hired “face men” and “face women.” They are expendable.”

A limited hangout.

When their veil of secrecy is shredded and they can no longer rely on a phony cover story to misinform the public, they resort to admitting—sometimes even volunteering—some of the truth while still managing to withhold the key and damaging facts in the case.

Now let’s see Jim talk about the people you don’t see, the people who are behind all these “monstrous acts.”

From “The Great Taking” by David Rogers Webb….

Private, closely held control of all central banks, and hence of all money creation, has allowed a very few people to control all political parties, governments, the intelligence agencies and their myriad front organizations, the armed forces, the police, the major corporations, and of course, the media. These very few people are the prime movers. Their plans are executed over decades. Their control is opaque. When George Soros said to me, “You don’t know what they can do,” it was these people to whom he referred. Now, to be absolutely clear, it is these very few people, who are hidden from you, who are behind this war against humanity. You may never know who they are. The people you are allowed to see are hired “face men” and “face women.” They are expendable.

https://thegreattaking.com/

WAKE UP
WAKE UP
November 13, 2023 5:16 pm

I cannot talk to a person that doesn’t have common sense. I disengage immediately. Not worth the stress.

Stucky
Stucky
November 13, 2023 5:56 pm

“Take heart in these darkening days. The light will not be extinguished. It will return, as everything does in this universe of endless cycles. A nation turned upside down will find its feet again. The wicked will answer. The counter-revolution has begun. You are not alone.”

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That right there is about One Billion Pounds Of Hopium!

It ain’t enough.

Gosh Jim, Are You A.S.K. ing?
Gosh Jim, Are You A.S.K. ing?
November 13, 2023 7:18 pm

Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”

Taras 77
Taras 77
November 13, 2023 8:58 pm

It has been many noted many times below but waaaay too much hopium; accountability just ain’t going to happen, not in this century, not ever.

Jeez, jim, what are you drinking this am?

MASTER OF UNIVERSE
MASTER OF UNIVERSE
  Taras 77
November 13, 2023 9:56 pm

Jim drinks tea every morning. He is a tea drinker that buys the type of tea
that writers would buy if they lived near New York $hitty.

MOU

MASTER OF UNIVERSE
MASTER OF UNIVERSE
November 13, 2023 9:45 pm

James Howard Kunstler obviously believes in the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and
his cherished Orange Buffoon wannabe dictator with 96 felony indictments under
his Hitlerian belt yet Jim forgets that dictatorship is an impossibility in a Parliamentary
democracy. I mention Parliamentary democracy because the UK, Canada & Oz won’t be
advocating for American dictatorship in the face of American bankruptcy the world over.

Jim will continue to spread misinformation via his prognosis for what will transpire in
the years ahead. He bases his analysis on his past work writing futuristic novels for which
he is well known today. He will be proved wrong when Orange Felon Buffoon is jailed
in federal pound him in the a$$ prison ahead of any perceived election out come in 2024.

K-dog said he is trolling everybody now and I, for one, agree with that assessment from
what I’ve read regarding Jim’s articles he writes Mondays & Fridays for the last six years.

Jim is an excellent writer when he puts his mind to it, but he’s not putting his mind to it anymore as his tripe
grows old, tired and leaves one wanting.

MOU

Tex
Tex
  MASTER OF UNIVERSE
November 13, 2023 10:24 pm

You don’t seem to be much of a tRump supporter. Just saying. /s

Other that that anyone has to be some kind of idiot to think tRump serves prison time. The whole fucking thing with tRump is in order to sell more tabloids.

Two if by sea.
Two if by sea.
November 13, 2023 10:06 pm

Somewhere, over the rainbow…

Anonymous
Anonymous
November 15, 2023 5:13 am

No it will not. The core is rotten. You cannot rebuild a rotten core.