Thy enemy... yourself.
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Not to be confused with the gigantic insect — the alienated man — of Kafka’s Metamorphosis, the small-souled bugman is very much a ‘well-adjusted’, fully integrated neuron in today’s neoliberalist techno-corporate hive mind.
A consequence of a perilously overpopulated, brutally capitalistic, shamelessly hedonistic, morally decaying society, the humble bugman has come to define an age of technological dystopia in which everyone has everything — their gadgets, their fast foods, their fashion accessories — but somehow everyone also has nothing — no community, no natural spirit, no substance of mind. He is a zombified consumer, an emasculated wage slave, a vessel emptied of meaning and refilled with plastic, pixels and silicone.
He is what a sterile corporate wasteland spews out. Millions of him, almost exact replicas who are relentlessly told they are unique by clever marketers, and who believe it. He is a personality defined by brands, a blue-checkmarked Twitter user. Bugmen are what we get when a culture is infantilized, watered down and stripped of the very intellectual, philosophical and honourable fibre that once made it great. Totally dependent on the compromised support of his nanny state and high-tech devices, the bugman has been reduced to the status of a domestic animal. A 200-pound child.
And like a child, the bugman’s shallowness keeps him malleable to the fleeting whims and fads of a degenerate, smartphone-addicted, dopamine-hooked society. He bases his identity on passing trends that to him appear profound, priding himself on being a ‘step ahead’ of his peers — an ‘early adopter’ — not realizing it’s the marketer who’s always a step ahead of him. He is the millennial test subject, the lab rat brand loyalty experts are paid $20,000 an hour to pigeonhole. First in line for the latest Apple iPhone, he actively supports the unchecked rise of AI and notions of planetary relocation.
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Good post btw. Didn't know that.
Which step is: 'break up monopolies in education and healthcare to get the price down'?
"Know thy enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles, you will never be defeated. When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and of yourself, you are sure to be defeated in every battle."
Isn't one rule not posting about internal policies and skirmishes your having with the mods though?
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Whatever happened to brickbot?
Ha ha ha he hates faaaaags
BASED
Ivana Humpalot was an actress. A talented actress, back in the day.
Bless you, pede. The truth is more sacred than upvotes.
I go back and forth myself as well.
/#RedTsunami
To everyone complainibg about the media (which I agree with you btw)... THIS IS WHY WE NEED CONSERVATIVE JOURNOS AND TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY THE FEW WE NOW HAVE. Sat for the or for years hearing people say "get into the trades", "trades", "trades, trades, trades." That's all well and good but Leftists now own the levers of REAL POWER in our democracy. They OWN the Fifth Estate.. So, it's a good thing I have a conservative as a plumber. My conservative car engine and conservative roof are very well made. Sadly, that doesn't compare to having conservative voices at the reins of mass media, or conservative voices in education, nationalist voices in the arts, etc.
Lastly, this is a long term struggle. Read theory.
"FreeNorthener" has a few good "Reading Lists"
"Submission" by Michel Houellebecq
"America Alone" by Mark Steyn
"On the Shortness of Life", Seneca
Get those while the internet hasn't censured them.
LibraryGenesis.
LibraryGenesis.
LibraryGenesis!
Before the Caliphate closes us all down. Look up "wisdom books of Christianity" as well. "Imitation of Christ", "Confessions" by St Augustine, or just a good study Bible and start with the wisdom literature (Psalms, Job, Ecclesiastes, because this will take a lot of faith and there will be dark nights of the soul. If you're not having one now. Until we as a nationalist, pro-Western movement learn to support our media outlets, they'll continue raking in billions from China and drowning normies with lies... Like the lie that Biden is winning this election. Said it threw years ago, two years, one, last week, etc. 99% OF THIS BATTLE IS THE MEDIA. IS MEMETIC. IT'S CREATING AND PROMOTING A FUN, OPTIMISTIC, POSITIVELY PRO-WESTERN VALUES AND PRO-LIBERTY WORLDVIEW THAT ATTRACTS EYEBALLS AND THEN HEARTS AND HANDS. That's how I went from trolling you guys in early 2016 to dedicating my life to this president. This president who opened the door for America to see what we had lost and that we didn't have to. The West and this United States are worth fighting for. We aren't evil. It's not a Patriarchy. The West, under no circumstances, "invented racism!" These are the topics e should've stuck to for the last few years instead of stupid Sunday Gunday bullshit. And a few off-topic threads to, you know, have fun... remember that thing, FUN? Would an IT thread once a week have killed the mood? Was that too much work? One thread? Lol.
Ah well. There is no antidote to the red pill. Some of us are trapped with the knowledge of exactly how corrupt and despicable our media has become. How controlled many of our elected officials are. How rare it is for any outsider candidates to win Big League political power. What we do in the short amount of time we have on Earth, the hard decisions we make, as Steve Bannon correctly pointed out, is truly all that matters. Not the comfort we seek but the sacrifices we make for others. Including for our country.
The secret is just to smile, nod along politely and then yank every good meme you see in the Humor Threads. Pol, after Tuesday, certainly is a.. more spirited place. Though degeneracy seems to be the norm, that really is what makes good humor isn't it? Bad madness...well I was going to say 'manners' but okay spellchecker have it your way
Swear to you, I was like, "huh! I didn't know David Hogg had a sister." That's how bushed I am right now.
I got this.
Imagine if it really started over a BB though. The PING heard round the world!
Yeah, local is seriously not that bad.
Also, to be 100% open and honest, there was one or twice during the RNC primary debates.
Lol, got banned from pol days ago and forgot the shit even existed loll
Great post, pede! Thanks for the reading list!
As I said... we're really seeing what some people are made out of aren't we? :)
Not a popular opinion here but i say it anyways, it's up in the air what's going to happen and whether they'll be successful in stealing this election. Sadly for America, most people don't even follow politics (how many millions sat out this election?).... And I've met more than a few Democrat-leaning people who literally type in search words and then scan headlines, without even reading the fkn lying articles (!), too prove their point and apparently make up their minds! Fucking unbelievable. Good part? Those are the people thinking this is over and anyone supporting Trump, after four years, knows how stacked the entire media environment is. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE FIGHT. That was ONE of the reasons I went from being a Democrat.. to supporting Trump! Anyways, yeah. we're really seeing what people are made out of, aren't we?
Also, this comment section, where I got that quote, has resources for anyone getting fatigued and needing an hour or two rest. Good stuff. Some of these are insta-motivation warehouses filled with reminders on what we're fighting for and how to balance HIGH-ENERGY(!!!) with R&R. Etc. Be well, pede. Don't burn yourself out.
Maybe the Kraken is the friends we made along the way?