Month: November 2023

The world needs royalty

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Real, hereditary royalty, which works on a timeline of decades, rather than four-year stints as we have in the West. The system of monarchy was so natural, so amenable to human character, so charming, and so stable in comparison to our nitroglycerin tank democracies. The leveling spirit infuses and animates our democracies, and our technological hedonism instills a hatred in us of an aesthetic monarchy. No, the world needs the white cubicles and strobing LED lights of a western democracy. And this is how our form of government replicates.

We subjects of this IKEA form of government now move through the world as one moves through a museum. All beauty placed behind glass, all grand feats of architecture past looked upon with reverence, but with the assumption that this will never again be attempted. History has become a mausoleum, and it almost feels that we’ve reached the endpoint of history itself. Technology is now in the driver’s seat, and everything created now has the appearance of having emerged from the vacuum left by beauty’s absence. Beauty and romanticism are now scorned. Who are we to wish for anything more than our pocket computer and various screens that now fill our houses? Maybe one day soon, God will remember that we’re here and give the biosphere a nice shake. Maybe we’ll wake up in the 13th century and relearn what it means to be alive.

Robert Bigelow is DeSantis’ biggest donor

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Now that is a shocking revelation.

The government will soon have the power to shut your car down remotely

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Our vehicles are increasingly resembling prisons, total surveillance zones that control and own you, rather than vice versa. Car manufacturers now include technology in their vehicles that allow them to collect data on their drivers, track their movements, and in some cases record audio and video. How did we come to accept this slow descent, to the point that now we are on the verge of giving total power of our ability to independently drive our vehicle to a government agency? Imagine if this power had existed during the COVID era. Anyone flouting pandemic restrictions would find their car bricked and undrive-able, thanks to an unelected fanatic working the bowels of a federal agency.

It should come as no surprise, really. When given a choice, most people will choose an easy and convenient slavery, to the relative uncertainty of freedom. Modern cars almost do the driving for you, and so many will sell a piece of their souls for that convenience. It’s a freedom from thinking that appears so desirable to the modern Neanderthal. The bleeps, bloops, flashing screens, and high-tech light shows that appeal to the ape. The convenience, married to the appearance of wealth, and being on the cutting edge. Of having the latest gadget. Keeping up with the Jones now means plugging oneself into the Matrix the quickest. The machines will never even have to force us, we’re doing it ourselves.

The carbureted big block, a pinnacle of automotive design, cannot be controlled remotely, but is rarely seen or heard these days. These engines can be built and maintained by almost anyone, but who would even take the time anymore? We have no idea what is under our hood, and it leaves room for government to act as the supreme totalitarian gearhead, performing a grotesque transmogrification on what should be a beautiful machine.

We must protect our freedom to drive, just as we must protect cash. The underlying principle is identical.

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Education vs. intelligence

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Are all of our problems directly related to the fact that the world is being run by high-educated dummies? This seems to be nearing a crisis. Not only is no one listened to who isn’t credentialed, but the very people making life-or-death decisions regarding public policy are extremely stupid.