Ultimately, I don't think anything concrete will be solved by limiting immigration based on political affiliation. I understand the frustration of having to put up with the hypocrisy of sanctimonious virtue signalers who jump ship as soon as they have to face the consequences of their wishes. But externalization of consequences is not unique to liberals. Have conservatives had to personally experience the political and financial instability that resulted from the bombing of Iraq?
It is easy to blame one side or another, but is this rush to make every scenario one with a good side and bad side helping or hurting? Are we attributing the blame where it lies, or chasing our tails?
What is the fundamental issue?
People desire security in their romantic, financial, and environmental lives. That has been a universal part of human nature throughout history. Have things gotten better or worse in the past century?
We have witnessed the downfall of domestic industries, the evaporation of full time jobs, the growth of hurdles to small business formation, and the increase of cost of living. Western countries have shifted to rentier economies where the top 1% own all the assets, and the rest become debt serfs with no job security. The smart get out or position themselves accordingly, but the common man suffers.
We have witnessed the complete breakdown of good will and cooperation between men and women. The obesity rate has pushed most women outside the realm of attraction, and what women remain are ruthlessly competed among by the masses of single men. False rape accusations are a sword of damocles perpetually hovering above the heads of men, who are living in a state of silent terror in the fear they might one day come across a cluster B psychopath. The rates of psychological depression and invention of movements like MGTOW speak to the state of degeneracy we've reached.
We have witnessed the complete destruction of the nuclear family. The divorce rate in many western countries is hovering around 50%. The rate of people marrying has fallen, and the rate of family formation has collapsed. Strong, intact nuclear families are no longer the norm. Now there are pushes to allow prepubescent children to chop their balls off, and to take them away from their parents if they protest. Is this progress?
Note that this destruction of human needs has taken place at the helm of
both liberal and conservative administrations. If there is much difference between Bush Jr. and Obama, I fail to see it. Also note that your average liberal and conservative have
far more in common than they do with their favored politicians that rule over them.
If there is a solution to the current political environment, we have to understand the cause. Otherwise-- we will continue chasing the symptoms-- which gets us nowhere.
Does democracy function as it was sold to us?
We are told that democracy is the ideal form of government, because it puts the power in the people. Further, that a free press ensures an educated electorate. Yet a simple assessment of democracy's performance will show us the opposite.
- The people possess no checks and balances on government. People elect "representatives" based on the promises they make. However, once they become elected, politicians can operate with complete impunity. If they violate their promises, they do not face fines or jail time, despite siezing power on false testimony. In reality, voters in a democracy hold effectively zero power.
- Those with money and power continue to control politics through money and power. Lobbyists will pay the right politicians to railroad through bills that serve their own interests. A 2014 Princeton study confirmed that the US operates as a de facto Oligarchy.
- Democracy is crushed by "democratic" nations when it does not align with the desired political goals. Some recent examples are the elections in Crimea and the Donbass, and the democratically elected Assad administration in Syria.
- You rarely get to vote on the issues that actually matter. Brexit will have little impact in the long run, and look at the political shit show it's created. The migrant crisis which has created a wave of crime and terrorism and created permanent demographic and cultural change across an entire continent was done without any consultation from the electorate. Some polls show that it is overwhelmingly unpopular.
In a democracy, people can vote, but what are the motivations behind their votes? The idea we are sold, and which soothes our egos, is that we're all open minded, rational, critical thinkers who are educated on a wide range of issues. But given the polarity of differences on such fundamental issues, this cannot be the case as a whole.
In reality, our beliefs and motivations are easily manipulated. They are a result of our social environment, our education, our biological and psychological need to be accepted within a social group, and our fears of social costs. Even before we are born, our social environment has been set, our parents have fully developed political and social views, our school has a specific set of values and agendas. And so does all of our as of yet unborn friends: who we will want to be accepted by, and who will want to be accepted by their parents, teachers, and the rest of society.
How social values control our lives
As I've discussed above, the social values and climate we're exposed to is set for us before we're even born. We are bombarded with the pressures of living up to the expectations of those around us, and adopting the "correct" viewpoints in order to function in a complex, modern society. Sometimes the "correct" viewpoint goes against our beliefs and our best interests, but we
must signal loyalty to the "correct" view, otherwise we will face social and likely financial or violent repercussions.
An example which should be easy to recognize for those on this forum is that women will often launch false rape accusations when it benefits them. Even though this is easily proven from thousands of direct examples, this is tantamount to heresy, or crimethink in our era. It garners much the same reaction as would questioning the existence of God in front of the Spanish Inquisition.
Those who hold the view that "women will often launch false rape accusations when it benefits them" thus hold a viewpoint which is antithetical to that which is upheld as correct by society. By holding the wrong view, crimethinkers are subject to social isolation, shame, financial and career limitations, even legal sanctions, violence, or death.
Those who whole the "correct" view, even if it's demonstrably false, garner social status, a sense of moral superiority, greater social security and various awards or legal protections from the rest of society. Thus it's easy to see the system of incentive and decentive for policing "correct" viewpoints, even when they're wrong.
Is it annoying when a smarmy leftist is virtue signalling over an issue they personally don't have to face the fallout over? Absolutely, but ultimately, they are not the root cause of the issue, and blaming them will not solve anything in the long run.
There is an inherent split in mentality among different political affiliations, even between men and women. Different groups have different needs for security, for social cohesion, for the pursuit of truth and ideals over social upheaval, for the pursuit of personal rights over group rights. A collective tribe with millions of individual minds is something incredibly difficult to reconcile and unite. There will always be conflicting priorities.
But I would argue that this spectrum of needs has been weaponized so that those who both share the same inherent desires in life are tricked into a perpetual battle with each other, while their real opponents escape critique, even acknowledgement.
Our strings can be pulled in ways so that we believe we are the ones pulling them, that the strings do not even exist. Values and viewpoints can be pushed on to us without us realizing it.
The field of psychology has shown how easily manipulated we are. We are easily influenced by authority figures. We seek out information which affirms our beliefs rather than questions them (normalcy bias). We will remain in a burning movie theater if we see that everyone else isn't getting up from their seat. Some experiments like the Stanford prison experiment speak to the potential darkness and fragility of the human spirit.
The question is, where do we get our values and viewpoints from?
Who really controls Democracies?
In democracies, people vote for politicians who make policy. But where do the people get their values?
Edward Bernays, the father of the wildly successful advertising and public relations industry explains:
Quote:The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society.
...In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons...who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind.
From this admission of Bernays, an insider who rubbed elbows in the true circles of power, we can see that much of our ideas are the result of an intentional manipulation from a few people who control the direction of society.
Therefore, we should not blame the lone auto union worker or the middle America farmer who both ultimately want a life of peace and security.
What can we do?
Rather, we must place the blame where it lies. On the controlled press, on the intelligence directors, on the corrupt politicians, on the complicit educators.
We must come together from the ground up with those who are mired in the same fallout that always gets thrown on the backs of the little guys, and shielded from the thugs. Even when it is excruciating to listen to each other, and even when no dialogue seems necessary.
I live in one of the most thin-skinned places on earth, where critique of bad government policy or broken promises is seen as an attack on the people itself. The politicians have successfully hoodwinked most people into having skin in their game, even when the people suffer from them.
I once made a critique about broken promises in government, about rife corruption and policies which will force the suffering of millions. The reactions I garner are usually something along the lines of me being an arrogant motherfucker, or accused of being in bed with the inept and corrupt thieves of a previous administration.
The first instinct is to lash out at them, to point out their stupidity and lack of critical thinking. Or to troll them and bask in the schadenfreude. But this accomplishes nothing. I've found it's much more constructive to to take a deep breath and walk away for a moment, and to return with.
"My brother, why are we sitting here attacking each other, when we are both suffering under this horrible oppression? I know the pain and anger you suffer at the crimes against the people committed by the previous administration, because I suffer them to. I know the hope you have for a brighter future for your loved ones, because I am just a normal guy who wants it to.
We had the same hope of the previous admin, but look where they took us. They want to use our hope as a weapon to attack each other when we point out the error of their ways, and a shield which they can use to escape justice when they attack us. Let's not get caught up in their tricks to turn us against each other time and again, because we know they live in their ivory towers while we struggle to survive.
We must watch vigilantly for their attacks against the people, and do what we can to help band together and help each other. They want to break us apart. Look at where the world is going. At every turn, communities are being dismantled, families are being destroyed, while the state gathers more and more power against us. Time has shown that no matter the government, the politicians escape punishment for their crimes while the people suffer. We share the same fate, So let's work together.
If you need a favor brother, I'll be there. If you need to be heard, or a voice of support, I'll be there. There is no justice, just us. It is easier to tear down than it is to build. But we can do it together. Let's build a better future for all of us."
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