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  • in reply to: Debt Rattle May 2 2022 #107155
    a kullervo
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    (philosophia perennis / urreligion)

    Not all philosophers are poets, still
    all poets are philosophers.
    Not all philosophy is poetry, still
    all poems are philosophy.
    Philosophers and poets perish,
    Poetry/Philisophy won’t:
    Man is the supreme poet,
    God as The Supreme Poem.

    Consciousness is a time bomb which we have no plans from and which we must learn to defuse.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 30 2022 #107062
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    Whenever praising, or condemning, human “achievements”, please remember today’s “old” was yesterday’s “new”, and that today’s “new” will be tomorrow’s “old”: it will help give you some perspective (it will help you accept The Everlasting Dissatisfaction.)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 18 2022 #106314
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    The Universe: recycling, or refining?

    [With any luck, the future will be Amish (but armed to the teeth). May the actual Amish be prepared to defend themselves, otherwise their future will be grim, probably as some warlord’s slaves.]

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 16 2022 #106210
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    @D Benton Smith

    Thank you for your kind words.
    I’m not the one deserving the encomium, though: all praise goes to The Eternal , which provided me with the means to observe and ponder.

    Kind regards.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 16 2022 #106191
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    (against the contingent)

    Good things are only good,
    bad things are only bad,
    if they remain good,
    if they stay bad,
    standing the test of time.

    (You better be God, or, at least, Methuselah, if you want to impose your ‘good & bad’ as the de facto ‘good & bad’.)

    How to identify the ‘good authorities’?
    Very simple: if the deeds of said autorithies benefit a discernible majority. (If you believe you’re part of the minority, be patient, be clever, learn how to prepare lemonade.)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 16 2022 #106190
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    (against ‘wrongthink’)

    Thoughts, what are they good for?
    – To keep private; or,
    – to disseminate? (like in ‘semen‘, like in ‘seed‘.)

    Thoughts are like mushrooms: some edible, some poisonous.
    The relevant question is:
    ‘Why both?’
    (Tentative answer: to tell apart the cautious from the hasty.)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 16 2022 #106189
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    (disparaging love & hate; against hope)

    Love is becoming the other
    without losing the self;
    hate is losing the other
    without losing the self.
    Love & hate are just a matter
    of self-preservation.

    Hope is the belief that, someday,
    ‘the self’ and ‘the other’ become a diluted,
    somehow palatable mess.

    [Yes, hope is a mess, a psychotropic easily accessible, free as a D.I.Y. kit or on sale ready to use. (Indeed, as far-fetched as it may seem, some willingly pay to “hope makers”.)
    Now, I’m not sure if there aren’t any not dying of hope deprivation, but I’m quite certain some are dying with – and even of – hope OD.]

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 14 2022 #106108
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    @oxymoron

    Thank you for your kind words.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 14 2022 #106087
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    Every citizen is a surveillance camera
    (and they love it.)

    Would you die* whithout the internet?
    Would you die* without food?
    * Of an untimely death.

    The need to pose these questions explains why the current civilization has reached a demented phase; like all other insanities, it either won’t be remembered or it will be disparaged because very few things will stand and, from those, most will be dangerous sites: toxic swamps/lagoons where cities once stood; radioactive deserts where nuclear power plants existed.

    What is civilization?
    – Civilization is the natural stockpiling of artifacts, between the limits of the commensurable scale available to humans at any given time (when humans only counted by the fingers, we had tribes; counting supported by papyrus/parchment/paper and ink, we had regional empires; using computers to count gave us global corporations.)
    This stockpiling is natural because it represents the corollary of the human brain imperative to amass as many artifacts as it can, either or both internal/immaterial artifacts (“ideas”) and external/material artifacts (“goods”).
    (We are also very keen on stockpiling “ideas” under a material guise; e.g., books, libraries, data farms.)

    Is civilization desirable?
    – From a rational standpoint, natural things can’t be desirable or undesirable, good or bad: they are unavoidable.
    Oswald Spengler is right: cultures (civilizations) are akin to organisms. They follow Nature’s imperatives: birth, growth, stability/production, decay, death. Current civilization is on its death throes: trying to stop or revert it is like going on a quest for fool’s gold (or any kind of gold, for that matter). Perhaps the wisest choice would be to elevate yourself to the position of the interested, compassionate observer.
    Savitri Devi is also right: three kind of men – Men In Time; Men Against Time; Men Above Time. If, by natural disposition, you don’t feel inclined to be a man above time then, in these crazy times of ours, IMHO, it is preferable to be a man against time.
    Vladimir Putin is a man against time (though having my sympathies, his fate is sealed); western and “westernized” leaderships are people (I should say ‘freaks’) in time: they are insane – they will go down in shame.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 11 2022 #105912
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    Here’s a little song she wrote
    “I’m a hapless f*ck because I don’t know we all die.”

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 11 2022 #105911
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    Mr. Putin*, with whom I sympathize, is doing what he must; Mr. Zelensky*, who I strongly dislike, is doing what he must.
    Ultimately, The Eternal simply doesn’t give a damn about what we humans consider to be “right & wrong” (not more than It cares about “left & right” or “good & evil”.)
    Peace is not an Universal value, merely a personal human bias.

    And us humans, all of us, what are we doing, here and elsewhere?
    We are adding our little grain of salt to the “Us vs. Them” imperative, to the thing I call The Dualistic Engine, The Eternal, The Everlasting Dissatisfaction.

    Some will agree with me;
    that’s the way it should be.
    Some will disagree;
    that’s the way it has to be.

    (The Universe:
    Is it worth it, or is it trash?)

    * and his enablers/supporters

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 10 2022 #105845
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    @V. Arnold

    Thank you.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 10 2022 #105829
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    (Conversations with grandchildren, part one)

    You can’t have a talk with children because there’s the mother, and nowadays the main role of the mother is not to raise children but to confront the father.

    (Who’s to blame? We, men, not only allowed but have encouraged women to stray that way. We decay; that’s the Law. So, don’t blame Putin, don’t blame Biden: blame yourself, blame your father. And after coming to grips with it, make peace with yourself – make peace with your Maker.)

    (Conversations with grandchildren, part two)

    Hard times make you strong;
    gentle things make you glad.
    Be grateful for both,
    fall in love with neither.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 8 2022 #105686
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    A simple rule:
    – If living alone is hard, people who live together must do what they can to help each other.

    A rule so simple, so basic, that it has been forgotten.
    Of course, this is a rule which can only by applied to small groups: in small groups, the individual is the main component, and the individual can compromise without being annihilated; in large groups (e.g., nations), the main component is the subgroup, and a subgroup cannot compromise without risking annihilation.
    Thus, a question arises: how can a large group be kept in a functional status?
    – By dramatically curtailing the subgroups number; and/or
    – by forcingly diluting the core traits of all subgroups.

    How to achieve this?
    – Organized (state) religion is the least violent way to do it.

    (Some nations have tried to replace organized religion with organized sports; naturally, it failed: not only organized sports cannot dilute subgroups, but it multiplies them and reinforces their core traits.)

    Anyhow, if mankind’s top priority is to overextend human presence on the planet, three requisites are to be met (the first two human dependent, the last human independent):
    – Eugenics;
    – World population strict control;
    – The Eternal’s will.

    Are you willing to bet against the third?

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 6 2022 #105567
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    (Sobornost)

    Finally, some good news:

    Carbon is no longer an issue.

    All it took was to cancel Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements.
    There you have it: carbon’s (and all other elements) gone.
    [Those pesky Russians and their dumb ideas – just gotta cancel them all (here looking at you, Mr. Solzhenitsyn.)]

    As required, Mr. Putin and his enablers (tip of the hat to Zerosum) are converting the Russian people into the epoch’s real martyrs. The intriguing part is the promotion(?) of the Ukrainians to the status of XXI century’s New Jews (are they one of the lost tribes?). Meanwhile – and by the way – Israel has adopted a conspicuous low-profile regarding the current events… the plot thickens.

    Burning petroleum as a fuel “would be akin to firing up a kitchen stove with bank notes“.
    (A remark credited to) Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 4 2022 #105449
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    The difference between the past:
    – Strong minds. With strong thoughts. Building things to last. (Few & stronger);

    and the present:
    – Feeble minds. Considering feeble thoughts. Building fleeting things. (Many & weaker).

    [From strong to weak. God’s will or human plan: we devolve (; we waive; we defer; we decline.)
    That’s why some of us peevishly long for the past, while others cluelessly hope for the future.
    ‘Longing & Hope’: our favorite resolve softener brand (longing and hope: mere mind softener agents.)]

    (Trading the dubious for the certain.)

    Learning to tell apart mind’s wants from heart’s needs.

    What does the mind want? God only knows.

    What does the heart need? To contract & expand within a certain limit. (The Limit is there to prevent the heart from both blowing up and collapsing.)

    Can you understand this?
    Above all, can you accept it?

    (… and since I’m forced into wanting)
    All I want is to want not.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 2 2022 #105355
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    new poll

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 2 2022 #105354
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    According to a new poll, all poll results are misleading.

    new poll

    (Tip of the hat to Scott Adams)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle April 2 2022 #105350
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    (How does one express gratitude?)

    Every newborn child is just another nail in the human fate.

    What is the human fate?
    – To colonize the Universe;
    – to straighten things out;
    – to rectify the bad, bringing good about;
    – to put an end to randomness, bringing order to a chaotic world, you say?

    (If you do, please come closer: see that bridge over there? It’s a bargain; it will be yours by a very reasonable price: your sanity.)

    Human beings are nothing more than state-of-the-art havoc spreaders; they do it using three main vectors: tourism, factories and bombs (alone or in combination, the choice being mainly geography/profits dependent.) And aviation is just the quickest way to spread havoc around.

    Why did Nature came up with such a destructive species?
    Because Nature wallows/basks in change.
    And one simply cannot stop Nature (even when one is somehow able to stop him/herself.)

    (How does one express gratitude?
    By not thinking too much about anything.
    By being as carefree as one possibly can.)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 29 2022 #105131
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    @willem

    If energy depletion is the mainspring behind the current machinations (as I believe it is the case, although sheer turpitude cannot be ruled out), whoever is left standing after the decimation is over, be they shitheads (the same or refurbished) or decent folks, it is undeniable that those human beings will eventually benefit from a less stressful situation energy-wise and thus enjoy an extended period of peace. Moreover, assuming that TPTB belong to the homo sapiens sapiens taxon, they die, therefore a replacement by a less pernicious strain of shitheads is a strong statistical possibility.

    (I still believe that the Georgia Guidestones seem to have been way too expensive – and way too deliberate – to be considered as a mere prank or dark humor display.)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 29 2022 #105091
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    The thing that (almost) never ceases to amaze me is how people fail to realize that all TPTB are doing is trying to extend mankind’s shelf life via a dramatic catharsis.

    That TPTB are doing it using the most vile and despicable methods is another discussion altogether. On the other hand, if you had real power (i.e., power of life and death over others), how would you deal with the (hypothetical? real?) issue of having to curtail the humans number? Would you go to the media and openly and clearly present the fact?

    Is extending the human race presence on the planet a noble end?

    If so, which means are justifiable and which aren’t?

    The only worthwhile pursuit is to sober up from the most potent psychedelic currently available: the future.

    in reply to: No posts today #105005
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    @Raúl Ilargi Meijer

    Best wishes (and a whole lot of ouzo.)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 25 2022 #104885
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    A requiem for free will (part three)

    The whole human mental frame is build around two single premises:
    1) How to delay personal demise; and
    2) how to postpone human extinction.

    For the most part, we can’t stray away from this trodden path; the few who do fall under a single moniker: the insane.

    Human mind was designed to handle gradual change fairly well; it was never meant to deal with abrupt change.
    Yet, abrupt change (e.g., earthquakes, stellar flares, death) is part and parcel of the universe.
    We are going through abrupt change times; those who’ve truly enjoyed ridding roller-coasters won’t have it as badly as those who’ve hated it.

    There’s no way to resist the allure of progress.
    There’s no way of stopping catabolism.
    Low functioning minds bring forth a minimal maintenance mode world.
    James Howard Kunstler is (partially) right: we live in a world that was made by hand, using manual tools; it will become undone by hand, using power tools.
    Manual tools will eventually return, possibly handled by another species’ hands, working to develop power tools.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 21 2022 #104628
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    Wise men grow complacent
    (sunken wisdom bellow
    event horizon.)
    Fools’ boldness grows
    (towering hindrance
    besieging us all.)

    Once again,
    Wisdom rises
    Twilight follows:
    Babel duly falls.

    Ignorance is the safest haven, but very few among us are wise enough to fully grasp the meaning of this (the author of these humble lines included.)
    A man bound to ignorance agonizes like Prometheus bound to the mountain
    Naive as we always have been, we swallowed this lie, hook, line and sinker and are frantically choking on it to this day.

    65
    Taoist rulers of old
    Did not enlighten people
    But left them dull.
    People are difficult to govern
    Because they are very clever.
    Therefore,
    Ruling through cleverness leads to rebellion. Not leading through cleverness
    Brings good fortune.
    Know these two things
    And understanding the enduring pattern. Understand the enduring pattern: This is called original Te.
    Original Te goes deep and far. All things reverse
    Return and reach the great headwaters.”
    Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu (translation by Stephen Addiss & Stanley Lombardo, 1993)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 20 2022 #104612
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    The Robinette guy is the perfect prelude for the anti-Christ.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 19 2022 #104506
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    As soon as oil starts to be rationed over the international market, the biggest buyer and/or the biggest seller will impose whatever currency fits their fancy.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 19 2022 #104504
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    The body is nourished so it can become nourishment;
    The spirit can’t resist the urge to keep on feeding and excreting.

    Body & Spirit (The Oroboro*): not really friends nor exactly foes;
    Body & Spirit: (more like) strange bedfellows, parasitic symbionts, partners in crime.

    Radical acceptance (no wants, no peace, no war: from hunger to anger and back, that’s all there is.)

    * The Oroboro: palindromic form of Ouroboros, better suited for the aim at hand.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 17 2022 #104389
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    A requiem for free will (part one)

    “All we build gets to be erased.
    Why bother, then?

    And yet, we can’t help ourselves.
    So keep on building, you silly fools,
    so other poor souls can keep on erasing.”

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 17 2022 #104379
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    A requiem for free will (part two)

    “We all eat sh!t;
    some wish it was preprocessed.”

    Radical acceptance (unmitigated hunger rules the known universe.)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 14 2022 #104201
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    ”Buy a 2nd freezer, and stock it. Soon.”

    “Media Isn’t Warning You” That US Careening Towards Food Crisis (ZH)

    It’d better be a pot-in-pot refrigerator.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 14 2022 #104199
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    If it’s in The Creator’s will, one day future generations will assess this moment with clear heads, and they will be dumbfounded with disgust.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 14 2022 #104198
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    @John Day

    I kindly disagree:
    Humans are not meant to be ecological stewards (their short lifespans prevent them to perform the adequate assessment of the consequences of their acts); the homo sapiens sapiens ecological role is to perform a major overhaul of the planet’s surface.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 14 2022 #104192
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    In a closed system, creation implies destruction.

    Energy restrictions >> Population decrease >> Civilization collapse

    Apparently, TPTB are trying to stage a controlled demolition.
    If so, one possible question is: is a civilization’s controlled demolition feasible?

    Human beings are nothing more than chaotic agents.

    The good news are that tranquility will return once again.
    The bad news (from a human standpoint) are that there will be no humans around to enjoy it.

    Radical acceptance (peace of mind is the loneliest place to be.)

    Desires are the wages of ignorance.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 7 2022 #103695
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    Sanity will return when once again the use of one’s own hands becomes the main tool to kill and prepare the next meal, with women and children witnessing and lending a hand. Yes, vegans out there, you also: someone has to kill the bugs feeding from the things you eat. Pesticides? How do you think those are developed? If you believe that killing in a lab wearing a white coat is any different from killing in a slaughterhouse, or by fishing or hunting, then I feel for you: you are really lost.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle March 5 2022 #103531
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    @anticlimactic

    Population reduction by forced sterilization

    The numbers to look for are not mortality rates, but the fertility rates, miscarriages and stillborn numbers occurring in the countries with female vaccination rates above 50% in the 16 to 40 years old tier.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle February 28 2022 #103171
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    Raging hope or quiet despair?

    It doesn’t matter: despair is only negative hope…
    and hope is nothing but a freely available, home made psychotropic which keeps far too many numb and aloof from reality*.

    * Reality: everything changes, gradually and then abruptly. Getting attached to anything is like falling in love with a burning match.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle February 21 2022 #102303
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    Everything changesEverything is transient

    Happiness: is it the pursuit of attachment or is it the pursuit of detachment?

    (Three kind of people:i. Those who have found the answer; ii. Those who are searching; iii. Those who don’t give a darn.
    Whatever the type you identify with, consider stop complaining.)

    (Strong beliefs are also a form of attachment.)

    in reply to: Debt Rattle February 15 2022 #101452
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    And please note that neither Dr. Fauci nor Dr. Collins nor Dr. Lane have any formal training in epidemiology.
    Robert Malone

    I’ve always wondered where did the first university professors got their formal training from.
    Formal training is a lame explanation and a poor substitute for solid common sense.
    Robert Malone is just another actor, hired to keep the gullible in the anti-vaxx aisle on their toes.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle February 12 2022 #100974
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    Everything is working on schedule:
    1) Poison the populace through vaccination (do the MSM ignore the adverse data.)
    2) Start releasing adverse data to keep the populace hysterical and in a frenzy (that’s why the MSM is now tackling the subject.)
    3) Start a war.

    You are stupid if you think TPTB are stupid.

    in reply to: Debt Rattle February 11 2022 #100734
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    Am I the only one who thinks Prometheus wasn’t punished enough?
    And what a punishment it was, with the psychological part arguably harsher than the physical one.

    (No, I’m not the only one: at least the person who came out with that myth also thought that Prometheus deserved all the pain he could get but wasn’t able then to devise an even more gruesome ordeal.)

    And no, it isn’t despair, it’s only old age, fatigue and sadness. I’m just an average schmuck, born and raised in one of Western Europe’s poorest countries, who along with all the other simple folk of my generation (born in the early nineteen sixties) was conditioned into believing that things could only get better, that we were working to make things easier and more enjoyable for our children and grandchildren. And now, being unable to ignore the signs of the impending inordinate (compared to what my generation have experienced) amount of pain that the younger generations more likely than not will have to endure due to their ancestors’ hubris is just one of those burdens I would rather not have to bear.

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