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Kunstler: Covfefe Land
“This is one of the things I find funny about the radical Left protests on campus…. You want to have it both ways. You want to be a fledgling member of the elite and a champion of the underprivileged. So, how narcissistic can you get? You want to have all the benefits of having all of the benefits, and you want to have all the benefits of having none of the benefits, because just having all the benefits isn’t enough for you.”
— Jordon Peterson, University of Toronto Psychology Professor
“The empire could no longer afford the problem of its own existence.”
— Joseph Tainter on the collapse of complex societies
The extraordinary thought disorders of this moment in history are equally distributed across the political spectrum. They’re an inevitable product of what Sigmund Freud identified as the discontents of civilization, but they grow especially acute as that civilization enters an economic crack-up zone. The craziness is equally distributed while the nation’s wealth is not. The old middle, or center, is imploding both economically and psychologically, concentrating distortions of reality at each end, Left and Right.
The disordered thought in Trumpism is as self-evident as (a) covfefe, though it came into being out of the authentic pain of those classes that bear the brunt of accelerating collapse. The thought disorders among Trump’s adversaries interest me more, because they emanate from the far more educated ranks of society, the place where rational leadership is supposed to spawn. If you can’t depend on those people to think straight in difficult times, then it raises the question of what exactly is the value of an advanced education?
For instance: the incredible new idea put out by CNN that it is verboten for officials in the government — the president especially — to meet with the Russian ambassador to the United States. I’ve asked this question before, but obviously it needs to be repeated in the face of this persistent nonsense: why do you think nations send diplomats to other lands if not to meet with and communicate with government officials? Since when — and why — are we shocked that a US president would meet in the White House with the Russian ambassador and foreign minister? Did previous presidents not meet with Russian diplomats? Did incoming officials in earlier election transitions never meet with Russian diplomats on the way to assuming their duties? And if they did meet, what do you suppose they talked about? The Baltimore Orioles pitching prospects? The newest fusion cuisine? Or serious matters of mutual geopolitical interest? Do American diplomats in Moscow avoid meeting with Russian leaders? Why do we even bother to send them there?
Whether it is a misunderstanding of reality by the educated people who work on Cable TV news, or a malicious twisting of the public’s credulity, it is producing a grievous breakdown in collective coherence with the potential of causing enormous political mischief in American life. The Dem/Prog “resistance” may think that it is taking a bold stand against a rogue government, but it is only making itself look dangerously unreliable as a supposed alternative to Trumpism.
Otherwise the Dem/Prog Left is dissipating its political and cultural energy in a species of quixotic agit-prop campaigns against reality and ultimately against the project of civilization itself. For instance, the crusade to erase any firm notions of American manhood. Case in point: the front page story on Friday’s The New York Times website: How to Raise a Feminist Son.
For children to reach their full potential, they need to follow their interests, traditional or not. So let them…. Offer open-ended activities, like playing with blocks or clay, and encourage boys to try activities like dress-up or art class, even if they don’t seek them out, social scientists say. Call out stereotypes. (“It’s too bad that toy box shows all girls because I know boys also like to play with dollhouses.”)
From the Times article, art by Agnes Lee
In case you’re wondering why pop culture is so saturated by and preoccupied with comic book superheroes it’s because American men are no longer permitted to enact the petty heroics of everyday life, including the ability to support a family by working for a living. (What a quaint idea, I know!) So there is nothing left for them but absurd grandiose fantasies of what it means to be a man. Destroying the boundaries between sexes, and denying that biology even enters into the matter, will only make it more difficult for this nation to navigate through the straits of extreme economic distress.
Second case in point: The trend this year among college students demanding new racially segregated dormitory arrangements, in the name of “inclusion and diversity.” It’s one thing for 19-year-olds to be confused but quite another, and more interesting, that adult college deans go along with this deranged hypocrisy — and so far, I have not heard of a dean or college president willing to oppose this arrant affront to reason. The ultimate victim of all this nonsense is the truth, or course. If you think that truth doesn’t matter, you’ll be very disappointed with the way things turn out in Covfefe Land.
68 Comments on "Kunstler: Covfefe Land"
DerHundistlos on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 5:02 pm
“He’s (Trump) not ignorant or stupid.”
Someone who proudly claims not to be a reader is.
DerHundistlos on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 5:18 pm
Theedrich-
Do you ever wonder why nobody responds to your posts. I see you now claim the “Democratic Party” paid off Seth Rich’s parents? Is it asking too much for evidence? And the Rich’s do not need money, you fool. Try again now that your motive is flushed down the toilet, clown.
You must feel lonely as the only person still preaching the “Democratic Party” killed Rich. Even Fox News issued a full story retraction along with a letter of apology to the man’s family.
joe on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 5:18 pm
Muslims think genies are as real as humans, christians think God can create a son and be that son if he wants because he’s god and can do anything, other people think climate change can be stopped, guess what, the world is not made by super smart people.
London burns baby, the jihad is growing, not shrinking!
Cloggie on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 5:26 pm
May’s lead shrunk to 1%. #Bregret
Again terror attack with van at London bridge:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html
Cloggie on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 5:42 pm
Muslims are in the mood tonight, 2nd “incident” in London:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/03/london-bridge-incident-armed-police-respond-several-people-mown/
Cloggie on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 5:48 pm
Katie Hopkins has not used the phrase “final solution”… yet:
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/871128313749745664
Cloggie on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 5:52 pm
3rd incident in London:
https://nieuws.vtm.be/drie-incidenten-schrikken-hartje-londen-op
Is there already news about what Richard Heinberg thinks the oilprice will be in 2025?
Oh and LoseHound, the Dems are a dangerous party.
joe on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 5:57 pm
Twitter saying suicide bombers on the loose and knife attacks and a van attack. Happy Ramadan everyone!
onlooker on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 6:00 pm
Is Kathy Griffin’s prank psyop to distract from some other antics that the deep state is up to which may involve collusion with Trump?
it does seem that the whole incident was over-dramatized. From, the head, to the reaction from Mrs. Griffin. If all this was staged it would signal collusion between Trump and Deep State as the the latter controls thoroughly the Media
joe on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 6:02 pm
So goes the EU as well. Islam is a legacy issue of globalism, Trump will end the alt – left /alt – energy fantasy and tight oil will end opec and Islam will try to destroy the world.
Apneaman on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 6:13 pm
What Both the Left and Right Get Wrong About Race
Setting the scientific record straight on race, IQ, and success.
http://nautil.us/issue/48/chaos/what-both-the-left-and-right-get-wrong-about-race
Davy on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 6:19 pm
The left has gone off the deep end with the means justify the ends. They don’t even know why much like the Muslim suicide attacks. It is a call to action without rational focus. You can call Trump supporters stupid but they are not acting stupid like the left. As for the conspiracy theories, the severed head spectacle is pretty uneventful for a deep state action. Missles to Syria is more their MO. The severed head was little more than a cry for attention by an MSM idiot. Anymore most of the MSM are idiots.
Cloggie on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 6:26 pm
And while London is burning, the TalmudTurd keeps trying to sell us his third world invaders for no other intention than to destroy us. Perhaps we should destroy him back a little.
makati1 on Sat, 3rd Jun 2017 6:33 pm
Ap, Good article! Supports my own long held theory that upbringing (culture/education) is more important than ancestry in molding the person. It explains how a whole country can be dumbed down, like the U$, even though it is a genetic cocktail. A few generations and you get … Snowflakes.
JuanP on Sun, 4th Jun 2017 7:47 am
Ap, the article you linked makes the following claim, ” If those who are the smartest reproduce at higher rates than the less bright, an overall genetic shift in the IQ distribution could be achieved in a matter of a few generations …” I believe the exact opposite has been happening for at least two centuries and, maybe, for up to 10 millenia since we started settling down as a species. The less intelligent are producing more offspring and every generation of humans has a lower average level of intelligence than the one before. I have no evidence of this but my experience has led me to this conclusion. I also think this phenomenon is growing exponentially and is quite obvious in the last 4 or 5 generations. I have held this opinion based on my interactions with and analysis of the people I meet since I was a child. The quality of music, literature, and art in general also point this way. Humanity is devolving and every generation is worse than the one before. The moment I realized that my generation was more stupid than my parents’ was a low spot in my life.
Davy on Sun, 4th Jun 2017 8:28 am
I am of the opinion that it is intelligence that is the problem. Anyone promoting IQ or culture as more evolutionary is pissing up a rope. It is the nurture part of humans that is out of balance and the nature part we had as semi-nomadic hunter gathers that is far more evolutionary stable. What man has turned into is unfettered techno want satisfaction creatures. It is the limits nature imposes on us and the balance of nature/nurture that made our species robust before we civilized.
Civilization is actually species devolution. I find the smartest people are the biggest assholes which is very evident with most of us on this board. Yea, we here are examples of evolutionary dead end and whine about others being the problem. Fuck us.
Apneaman on Sun, 4th Jun 2017 9:09 am
Juan, the sentence you quoted is speculative, “if” & “could”. Undoubtedly there has been some major dumbing down going on since at least the introduction of TV and to a lesser degree a lot longer. That technology plus the internet unleashed on a society whose sole purpose in to sell and consume MORE is a combination for disaster.
Human intelligence ‘peaked thousands of years ago and we’ve been on an intellectual and emotional decline ever since’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-intelligence-peaked-thousands-of-years-ago-and-weve-been-on-an-intellectual-and-emotional-8307101.html
Juan, I have the strongest of suspicions that the problem will be resolved permanently within an average human lifetime.
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