From Buck Throckmorton at Ace of Spades.
...unelected “world leaders” such as Klaus Schwab are most afraid of not having top-down control over all political and economic activity. Schwab does not fear any disobedience from a mega-corporation that has been entrusted as the enforcer of the WEF’s anti-freedom agenda, but he is very fearful of decentralized bodies that are not under his control.
Related A milestone on the road to serfdom: "Agenda 2030 has arrived in Tempe, Arizona: This is the 15-minute city model for the rest of America".
And so he should be. There's historical precedent for what can happen to authoritarian oligarchs like Schwab.
ReplyDeleteI just saw that Cul De Sac deal the other day.
ReplyDeleteIt's about 2 or 3 miles from my place.
I was thinking of driving the Caballero there tomorrow, sorta rev it up and waste all the gas they're saving.
H.L. Mencken (I believe) once described a Puritan as somebody afraid that someone, somewhere was enjoying himself.
ReplyDeleteThe wokescolds are similar. Although they are not against fun per se, they demand that it be carefully and properly supervised so it is never inappropriate. You may have fun, under very carefully monitored circumstances, but it must of the type they approve of. You also must have the exact amount they determine suits their definition of equity.
And oddly enough, nobody enjoys the "fun" they demand. Not even they do.
Rebecca: Yes, I believe walls figure into the scenario. And blindfolds.
ReplyDeleteV: Good man. Btw, it's been a while since you've mentioned the Caballero. How's it running? Is it fixed up to your satisfaction?
Stephen: That was Mencken, alright.
Merriam-Webster defines "culdesac" as "a street or passage closed at one end".
ReplyDeleteIn other words: a dead end.
How fitting.
This is the wave of the future.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a surfer, so they can take their wave and shove it!
There are a lot of people working to create a world they won't like, when it arrives.
There'll be a Blade Runner branch opening in Tempe Arizona very soon.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldOHZZQpXgg
As a historian (harrumph!) I thought Yuval Harari was very dubious right from the start, when some people were recommending his big world 'history' book, which I found lightweight and unconvincing.
ReplyDeleteWhen I checked, even his PhD was crap. He published it as a book:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Special-Operations-Age-Chivalry-1100-1550/dp/1843834529
and it's just an exercise in journalistic reframing of stuff everyone already knew. Who gave him a PhD even?
Why, he got his PhD from Professional Academic Credentials Online! He just sent in ten dollars and two box-tops from one of our consumer products (in his case, I believe it was beard pomade).
ReplyDeleteBeard pomade? Haw!
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly why the fake "war in Ukraine", which is a continuation of Great Reset, which started with the fake "pandemic".
ReplyDeleteA unique perspective on Tucker's interview with Putin, whose purpose and essence no one understood (backed up with all the necessary sources). I mean, there really is nowhere else to meet it, backed up by the necessary factual justification. In case you are interested in more details, scroll down and review the next comments of the same person. This, for example (recommend). And I argue that this is exactly the actual reason for the interview (review, open the links and review more if you wish).
Explanatory context, concerning the above.
Also, "Strategy for the development of nature-like (convergent) technologies" (summary) - a fundamental strategy for Russia's future. Here and here. In case someone is interested. (You can read about this nowhere else, I don't know why, since Russia has been the most talked about country in the world for almost 2 years.)
Paco,
ReplyDeleteThe Caballero is running pretty well.
Getting it fixed was typical. Lots of typical crap.
Like the new gas tank, the guy didn't attach the gas gauge, which I didn't find out until after I'd had it towed to be worked on by another mechanic.
It was running like crap, not just gunk in the leaking gas tank, a different mechanic on a tune up had put the wrong shaped spark plugs in it.
Now it's running pretty well, it goes from 80 to 100 without even noticing.
Since I didn't drive it much, my tires are 7 years old and in Phoenix, that's far too long, especially when it jumps speeds like crazy. .
But once again, I'm done spending money on it for a while.
So I'll put tires on it to drive it in the summer while my convertible is parked.
It gets just under 10MPG, my driving style doesn't help.
Glad to hear that it's still rollin'.
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