> The difference between the Left and Right is that the Left is serious.
The Left also only has to agree on one thing: destroying the Right and its institutions, thereby depriving it of power.
The Right has to agree on MANY things, so it needs a unifying worldview, which it sorely lacks. (And I think many on the Right are conscious of this now.)
Building is orders of magnitude more difficult than destroying.
I really don't think it will find us. Bugmen are almost universally terrified of the mysterious land beyond the city limits. They only know that it's where regressives go to spoil nature.
Some have a vague idea that it's where food comes from, at least until they work out the kinks in those vertical farms and meat vats and whatnot.
But what they don't like is visiting, let alone living there. Gives them the creeps, and even if it weren't for that, it's sooo boring. All the TV shows say so.
No, what they'll do is try to rule from afar, with the ultimate goal of forcing us all into cities (after all they're so much more efficient, I heard it said in a TED talk, and besides we shouldn't allow people to go messing up, like, the nature and stuff?)
So the but problem is just successfully resisting that, which I suspect will be easier in the US than in parts of Europe where they're already working on this. Only have to hold out for a few generations at most.
My friend, Jeff Diest, once said, "The difference between the Left and Right is that the Left is serious."
Thanks Pete for writing this! Very well written and I appreciate your candor. It helps give others confidence to stand up and hold their ground.
> The difference between the Left and Right is that the Left is serious.
The Left also only has to agree on one thing: destroying the Right and its institutions, thereby depriving it of power.
The Right has to agree on MANY things, so it needs a unifying worldview, which it sorely lacks. (And I think many on the Right are conscious of this now.)
Building is orders of magnitude more difficult than destroying.
You help me from going black-pilled, Pete. Thank you so much.
I really don't think it will find us. Bugmen are almost universally terrified of the mysterious land beyond the city limits. They only know that it's where regressives go to spoil nature.
Some have a vague idea that it's where food comes from, at least until they work out the kinks in those vertical farms and meat vats and whatnot.
But what they don't like is visiting, let alone living there. Gives them the creeps, and even if it weren't for that, it's sooo boring. All the TV shows say so.
No, what they'll do is try to rule from afar, with the ultimate goal of forcing us all into cities (after all they're so much more efficient, I heard it said in a TED talk, and besides we shouldn't allow people to go messing up, like, the nature and stuff?)
So the but problem is just successfully resisting that, which I suspect will be easier in the US than in parts of Europe where they're already working on this. Only have to hold out for a few generations at most.