With the advent of social media, the concept of the "current thing’ has become evident to more people as they realize that what was formerly called "the 24-hour news cycle" has been condensed to 5 minutes.
Progs and bugmen calling people immoral... What can you do but laugh. The commandments of Moloch, Mammon and Beelzebub aren't particularly useful to anyone who likes civilization.
Pete, not directly related but I started reading Imperium finally and am about 140 pages in. Honestly the book is incredible with how quickly it gets to the point and lays it out, it could have been written yesterday to some degree with how perfectly he hits on all the problems. And to think it's just been sitting around for 70 years mostly neglected. I know you suggest and mention a lot of works for our elucidation but Imperium feels more like required reading.
Also liked this one from Bretigne Shaffer, You're Unlikely To Go Wrong Assuming Everything The Mainstream Media Says About Alternative Medicine Is False. The title says it all.
Online, no one hears your rebuttals either, they only arrive late to witness the intellectual pistol-whipping you may be doling out. They only see what appears to be a bully, further bolstering their sense of moral superiority.
I listened to this in the car with my wife until the point I knew she wanted me to turn it off. She said she agreed with Auron that you think you hate journalists enough but you don't .
I think love of the media is a prog core belief, and they've so completely internalized spin they could um akshually away literally anything if the media did it first.
Progs and bugmen calling people immoral... What can you do but laugh. The commandments of Moloch, Mammon and Beelzebub aren't particularly useful to anyone who likes civilization.
Pete, not directly related but I started reading Imperium finally and am about 140 pages in. Honestly the book is incredible with how quickly it gets to the point and lays it out, it could have been written yesterday to some degree with how perfectly he hits on all the problems. And to think it's just been sitting around for 70 years mostly neglected. I know you suggest and mention a lot of works for our elucidation but Imperium feels more like required reading.
After you're done you'll find yourself going back over it slowly.
Also liked this one from Bretigne Shaffer, You're Unlikely To Go Wrong Assuming Everything The Mainstream Media Says About Alternative Medicine Is False. The title says it all.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bretigne/p/youre-unlikely-to-go-wrong-assuming?r=berfq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Online, no one hears your rebuttals either, they only arrive late to witness the intellectual pistol-whipping you may be doling out. They only see what appears to be a bully, further bolstering their sense of moral superiority.
Well said, Pete!
Thank you, Pete!
Have you read this? https://open.substack.com/pub/richardhanania/p/why-the-media-is-honest-and-good?r=b5zww&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Idk if Pete has but Dave Greene (The Distributist) tore that apart in a live stream a while ago.
I listened to this in the car with my wife until the point I knew she wanted me to turn it off. She said she agreed with Auron that you think you hate journalists enough but you don't .
I thought Hanania made some good points.
I think love of the media is a prog core belief, and they've so completely internalized spin they could um akshually away literally anything if the media did it first.