If the anti-Semites win the leftists will indeed feel awful about themselves. But, cheers! - they won’t have to suffer for long. Because then they will be forced to make the “unforced” choice - “la iqra fil al Din” - “there is no compulsion in faith” between becoming Muslim or being beheaded. If they “accept” Islam then they can celebrate being among the “winners” whilst they meanwhile will have to slave for their now co-religionist but pitiless masters. Or else having been decapitated they will no longer have awareness of anything - no more pain, no more regret (unless the prophets also spoke truthfully about a future Gehenna.) Then the world will have to suffer at least five hundred years of decline and collapse before somehow the spirit of liberty will be rekindled.
Well, totalitarians don't really care whether their narrative is strictly true or not. Truth is a non-totalitarian value. To them, it's expendable. Therefore if you hit them with, "A-ha! I found the holes in your logic!, they might just yawn. "Logic? What's that? Not on our agenda. We just use contrary logic as a mind-scrambler for the rest of you."
Although those who are on the verge of awakening might be pushed beyond totalitarian-land if they have the actual facts explained to them in ways they cannot refute. But they have to be moving towards a suspicion of the group narrative already.
What the bulk of them care about is that the given group narrative is emanating from their leader(s) -- psychotic or not -- and that this narrative is the glue that holds their group/herd together. Because these are people who have low-self-differentiation. They need a group identity because they do not have much of an individual identity. And due to the fact the leader is in a trauma-bond with his followers....they will seek the safety of the group.
Have you noticed that people on the right simply cannot criticize Trump? I will soon publish about this. In the Middle East, Trump is pursuing a policy that is (almost) identical to Biden's. But suddenly, now that this is Trump's policy instead of Biden's, the right-wing podcasters find nothing to criticize. Apparently, it is enough that Trump SAYS that he is pro-Israel. Neither Dave Rubin nor Ben Shapiro have uttered a peep to criticize Trump's Middle East policies since he took office.
I try to stay in the centrist lane, myself. Homeostasis and all that. I realize that both polar extremes of any spectrum are the places you do not want to be.
So who are the centrists these days? Are they Trump supporters? Where you stand on the political spectrum is not solid, but may shift according to circumstances.
Look at the situation in Canada, where by the end of nine years in office Troodo was polling very, very low. Then Troodo 2 comes along to replace him -- Mark Carnage -- with a new fabricated narrative about fighting Trump because Canada is an independent country (they suddenly found patriotism in the same party after all those years of Troodo trashing it), and the polls hike back up for his party. So the narratives can count as much as the leader.
Another question to ask -- is Canada actually working politically through a Uni-party, as Britain has?
As far as Ben Shapiro goes, I have been reading that he was miffed enough at personal stock market losses during tariff-week to question Trump. It seems that large personal financial loss is where some folk are drawing the line.
If the anti-Semites win the leftists will indeed feel awful about themselves. But, cheers! - they won’t have to suffer for long. Because then they will be forced to make the “unforced” choice - “la iqra fil al Din” - “there is no compulsion in faith” between becoming Muslim or being beheaded. If they “accept” Islam then they can celebrate being among the “winners” whilst they meanwhile will have to slave for their now co-religionist but pitiless masters. Or else having been decapitated they will no longer have awareness of anything - no more pain, no more regret (unless the prophets also spoke truthfully about a future Gehenna.) Then the world will have to suffer at least five hundred years of decline and collapse before somehow the spirit of liberty will be rekindled.
It seems you understand fully the present predicament.
Sadly, yes!
But thank you for continuing to explain what really seems inexplicable!
Well, totalitarians don't really care whether their narrative is strictly true or not. Truth is a non-totalitarian value. To them, it's expendable. Therefore if you hit them with, "A-ha! I found the holes in your logic!, they might just yawn. "Logic? What's that? Not on our agenda. We just use contrary logic as a mind-scrambler for the rest of you."
Although those who are on the verge of awakening might be pushed beyond totalitarian-land if they have the actual facts explained to them in ways they cannot refute. But they have to be moving towards a suspicion of the group narrative already.
What the bulk of them care about is that the given group narrative is emanating from their leader(s) -- psychotic or not -- and that this narrative is the glue that holds their group/herd together. Because these are people who have low-self-differentiation. They need a group identity because they do not have much of an individual identity. And due to the fact the leader is in a trauma-bond with his followers....they will seek the safety of the group.
Well put!
Have you noticed that people on the right simply cannot criticize Trump? I will soon publish about this. In the Middle East, Trump is pursuing a policy that is (almost) identical to Biden's. But suddenly, now that this is Trump's policy instead of Biden's, the right-wing podcasters find nothing to criticize. Apparently, it is enough that Trump SAYS that he is pro-Israel. Neither Dave Rubin nor Ben Shapiro have uttered a peep to criticize Trump's Middle East policies since he took office.
And in contrary polarized fashion, people on the left simply cannot praise him!
I try to stay in the centrist lane, myself. Homeostasis and all that. I realize that both polar extremes of any spectrum are the places you do not want to be.
So who are the centrists these days? Are they Trump supporters? Where you stand on the political spectrum is not solid, but may shift according to circumstances.
Look at the situation in Canada, where by the end of nine years in office Troodo was polling very, very low. Then Troodo 2 comes along to replace him -- Mark Carnage -- with a new fabricated narrative about fighting Trump because Canada is an independent country (they suddenly found patriotism in the same party after all those years of Troodo trashing it), and the polls hike back up for his party. So the narratives can count as much as the leader.
Another question to ask -- is Canada actually working politically through a Uni-party, as Britain has?
As far as Ben Shapiro goes, I have been reading that he was miffed enough at personal stock market losses during tariff-week to question Trump. It seems that large personal financial loss is where some folk are drawing the line.