Even among smart dissident types, the default explanation for the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan is basically just “grit” and “sticktuitiveness” and “giving 110%” (plus maybe “asabiyyah”, which is a $10 dissident word for “teamwork”).
Sodom Hussein Obama's mentor Zbigniew Brzezinski (Mika’s father, next to Nasty Pelousy in the link below) was the monster in the Carter administration who armed and financed the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan to fight against the Soviets . . .
After the Mujahedeen were armed with sophisticated weapons, the Soviets left, the result was the USA got 911, and women now can walk 3 paces behind the donkey, the Mujahedeen evolved into the Taliban, who evolved into Al-Qaeda, who evolved into ISIS/ISIL/Daesh.
Brzezinski, for all practical purposes, can be called the ‘Grandfather of ISIS.’
Really funny joke where you said you sympathized with Taliban Twitter addiction.
Pretty much all these themes, tensions, are reflected by the show Mayor of Kingstown, which is about gangs and police and their struggle to govern a decaying, destabilized city.
Was about to make this exact observation - holding and negotiating these precarious power equilibriums is more complex and fraught with second-order effects which are invisible to those whose attentions are focused only in one of the multiple mutually-hostile worlds in both Mayor of Kingstown and real social networks of rivals/competitors living in the same area.
Apr 1, 2023·edited Apr 1, 2023Liked by Bennett's Phylactery
Really interesting. I think this is a model I can accept for why (a) procedure can be flounted, Alex Jones fined a bazillion dollars, and J6 walking tour participants exiled to the shadow realm, but (b) the system simultaneously fails to crack down on lots of open dissident activity.
Perhaps this is just me indulging my personal preference for slactivism, but probably the right call is passive resistance. The system wants you to break the legible rules so it can destroy you. As seen by the parts of the internet that glow. So don't.
We haven't been losing as bad as the doomers insist. We lose every open battle — to the extent there is a "we", and not just an adhoc coalition — but the credibiity of the system is in shambles. Even boomercons seem to realize that the media is a propaganda organ now.
It's just difficult to see what types of passive resistance are effective, and which are just pathetic seething. "Imagine if a conservative did this!" on your gab account, etc.
very interesting analysis, quite stimulating thoughts
Sodom Hussein Obama's mentor Zbigniew Brzezinski (Mika’s father, next to Nasty Pelousy in the link below) was the monster in the Carter administration who armed and financed the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan to fight against the Soviets . . .
After the Mujahedeen were armed with sophisticated weapons, the Soviets left, the result was the USA got 911, and women now can walk 3 paces behind the donkey, the Mujahedeen evolved into the Taliban, who evolved into Al-Qaeda, who evolved into ISIS/ISIL/Daesh.
Brzezinski, for all practical purposes, can be called the ‘Grandfather of ISIS.’
https://cwspangle.substack.com/i/85711501/sodom-hussein-obama
Am listening.
Interested to hear your thoughts
Love this analysis!
Really funny joke where you said you sympathized with Taliban Twitter addiction.
Pretty much all these themes, tensions, are reflected by the show Mayor of Kingstown, which is about gangs and police and their struggle to govern a decaying, destabilized city.
The economic term is "switching costs".
In economics, a competitive product needs to be 10x better than the incumbent market dominant product for customers to switch en masse.
Was about to make this exact observation - holding and negotiating these precarious power equilibriums is more complex and fraught with second-order effects which are invisible to those whose attentions are focused only in one of the multiple mutually-hostile worlds in both Mayor of Kingstown and real social networks of rivals/competitors living in the same area.
Really interesting. I think this is a model I can accept for why (a) procedure can be flounted, Alex Jones fined a bazillion dollars, and J6 walking tour participants exiled to the shadow realm, but (b) the system simultaneously fails to crack down on lots of open dissident activity.
Perhaps this is just me indulging my personal preference for slactivism, but probably the right call is passive resistance. The system wants you to break the legible rules so it can destroy you. As seen by the parts of the internet that glow. So don't.
We haven't been losing as bad as the doomers insist. We lose every open battle — to the extent there is a "we", and not just an adhoc coalition — but the credibiity of the system is in shambles. Even boomercons seem to realize that the media is a propaganda organ now.
It's just difficult to see what types of passive resistance are effective, and which are just pathetic seething. "Imagine if a conservative did this!" on your gab account, etc.
Quite a simple lesson in the end. Be instrumental.
Hey bro here is the CNN Trump town hall, please tweet this:
Amazing how difficult it is to find! They are very embarrassed they got BTFO
Begins around 16 minutes in
https://rumble.com/v2n2yre-cnn-town-hall-with-donald-trump.html