"But as Dr. Gottfried pointed out in episode 880, where most tyrannical states in the past didn’t have the support of the people, this one has a sizable portion of the population blindly marching along and championing it."
For what it's worth, Pete, it was this observation that made me abandon my libertarian beliefs. It just so happened that you were there putting out episodes during this time in which you were questioning the same things I was. If it wasn't for you, it might have taken me a bit longer to delve into the dissident sphere. Thank you for that.
Indeed the unimpressivity of many people is gag inducing and on full display these days. As a physical therapist with a history in the fitness industry as well I see much of it expressed in the form of physical capability but that certainly isn't the only realm it's showing up these days, just the one I deal with on a daily basis. It's both frustrating and amazing to me how so many people are perfectly ok with shirking off their own physical health like a dirty jacket, despite what they claim is debilitating pain and then wondering why they aren't seeing improvement or getting better. Worse sometimes is when I conduct assessments for SSDI claims. While I see many who are legitimately injured and disabled ( I live in a rural area with a high density of agricultural industry, railroad industry, and various manufacturing plants), there are many with ephemeral or amorphous diagnoses like "anxiety" or "fibro" that are clearly inflating their experience to just find a way to not work and aren't actually interested in doing anything to help themselves in anyway. Somedays it almost makes me want to scream.
Then when I try to talk to someone about books or when cultural/political issues come up (I try to avoid these at work for professionalism sake but patients can be a chatty bunch) sometimes I'm left a bit dumbfounded by people's opinions and logic (or lack there of).
But then I pull in my driveway and see my phenomenally capable husband fixing the rototiller covered in grease stains with tools and seedling pots scattered around him and I thank God for my little slice of the good life that I've been blessed to inhabit and be able to escape to at the end of each working day.
The face of the opposition doesn’t have to be impressive because they have the full power of the state and its corporate partners behind them. Of course, that doesn’t translate to allowing these weenies full-spectrum dominance in our day to day lives. And if we happen to find ourselves in situations where they attempt to assert dominance in isolation from their support networks, well...
"But as Dr. Gottfried pointed out in episode 880, where most tyrannical states in the past didn’t have the support of the people, this one has a sizable portion of the population blindly marching along and championing it."
For what it's worth, Pete, it was this observation that made me abandon my libertarian beliefs. It just so happened that you were there putting out episodes during this time in which you were questioning the same things I was. If it wasn't for you, it might have taken me a bit longer to delve into the dissident sphere. Thank you for that.
It's amazing how many people have told me that as I was putting out episodes questioning the libertarian ideology i was just echoing their thoughts
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Indeed the unimpressivity of many people is gag inducing and on full display these days. As a physical therapist with a history in the fitness industry as well I see much of it expressed in the form of physical capability but that certainly isn't the only realm it's showing up these days, just the one I deal with on a daily basis. It's both frustrating and amazing to me how so many people are perfectly ok with shirking off their own physical health like a dirty jacket, despite what they claim is debilitating pain and then wondering why they aren't seeing improvement or getting better. Worse sometimes is when I conduct assessments for SSDI claims. While I see many who are legitimately injured and disabled ( I live in a rural area with a high density of agricultural industry, railroad industry, and various manufacturing plants), there are many with ephemeral or amorphous diagnoses like "anxiety" or "fibro" that are clearly inflating their experience to just find a way to not work and aren't actually interested in doing anything to help themselves in anyway. Somedays it almost makes me want to scream.
Then when I try to talk to someone about books or when cultural/political issues come up (I try to avoid these at work for professionalism sake but patients can be a chatty bunch) sometimes I'm left a bit dumbfounded by people's opinions and logic (or lack there of).
But then I pull in my driveway and see my phenomenally capable husband fixing the rototiller covered in grease stains with tools and seedling pots scattered around him and I thank God for my little slice of the good life that I've been blessed to inhabit and be able to escape to at the end of each working day.
That's a great message. We must share our hope and happiness.
The face of the opposition doesn’t have to be impressive because they have the full power of the state and its corporate partners behind them. Of course, that doesn’t translate to allowing these weenies full-spectrum dominance in our day to day lives. And if we happen to find ourselves in situations where they attempt to assert dominance in isolation from their support networks, well...
I wonder at times if being dominated by morons, losers and lowlifes is an intentional demoralization tactic.