Posted On: Thursday - March 28th 2024 5:13PM MST
In Topics: Lefty MegaStupidity Political Correctness Trump
I get and like that expression, but the "strange" ought to be left out here, really. My respect of the man from what I see in the clip below is not so strange. It's new only because I didn't know him back in the day.
Other than knowing he was on TV with some show about "you're fired!", I'd not heard much of this guy until about '08 when he was on suspected AntiChrist Øb☭ma's case about his place of birth. Then, for another 7 years, I didn't follow him in a literal or virtual sense until that amazing Summer of '15.
The rest is recent history, of course, hopefully to be a bigly enlarged saga in the coming years. Peak Stupidity has included plenty of words disparaging the shortcomings of the ex-Pres, but we have never faulted him on the Political Correctness stupidity, now enhanced as Wokeness. Fighting that crap is probably what Trump is best at. Well, he was the same 31 years ago.
At a Congressional hearing in 1993 Trump testified to defend his then near-monopoly on gambling, ooops, errr, gaming, in the northeast (his big venue being Atlantic City, NJ). There was new encroachment into the business by the Connecticut Indians (as opposed to the Connecticut Yankees). I'm not here to argue whether Trump was right about the mob infiltration or the business end of things. If you want the biased Washington Post view of the whole thing, look here. I got there inadvertently, but I do like this bit:
Trump had arrived late to the hearing. The chamber was packed with people, including a class of first-graders whose school was built with Indian casino revenues.Haha! Yeah, great role models for the kids there, both in the casino business and in the US Congress!
Additionally, the article says that Trump went way off the "script" he'd been told to stick to by his business-end handlers. Going off script is another thing Donald Trump is very good at. This is off-script, and I love it!:
"... that you've approved... you, Sir, in your great wisdom, have approved ..." ;-} Outstanding!!
Man, standing up to this piece-o-work George Miller must have been a blast for The Donald. Note Congressman Miller's holier-than-thou attitude at the end there. This was no ordinary lefty Congressman from California. Put it this way: Per wiki, Congressman Miller "has been considered Nancy Pelosi's most trusted confidant, with conservative columnist Robert Novak describing him as 'her consigliere, always at her side.'" George Miller, of the 7th District, which includes much of State Capital Sacramento,
Lastly on this guy, and keeping in mind that being voted against 424-1 doesn't have to necessarily be a bad thing (Ron Paul may have been on the low end of that one), we see this on wiki:
Miller's biggest defeat was when he lost 424-1 in congress for his amendment to House Resolution 6 of 1994. His refusal to make provision for homeschooling caused the national home school community to lobby the whole congress against Miller's amendment to the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994.Did I mention George Miller was a scumbag?
It was heartening to see young-vintage Donald Trump do anything but cower to that man with his shocked PC bullshit. I respect him for that in 1993, and I respect him for the same thing in 2024. Nice job!
PS: I did skim through iSteve comments under his recent Pretendians post (as referenced in our quick post designed to show lots of skin). That's where I found this one. I could not find the great Sopranos scene with something similar, but without asshole Congressmen.
Comments:
Adam Smith
Friday - March 29th 2024 11:33AM MST
PS: White men, like that Judge Engoron(?)
Is he though?
https://www.rosenbergestis.com/blog/2023/06/jewish-lawyers-guild-44th-annual-gala/
https://i.ibb.co/Qc0wwK6/Every-Single-Time.jpg
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Is he though?
https://www.rosenbergestis.com/blog/2023/06/jewish-lawyers-guild-44th-annual-gala/
https://i.ibb.co/Qc0wwK6/Every-Single-Time.jpg
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Hail
Friday - March 29th 2024 9:21AM MST
PS
Dieter Kief's comment is in part about so-called Trump Derangement Syndrome. But this of course did not occur in a vacuum.
I wrote an essay on Germany's energy-politics that I believe is directly related to D. Kief's comments here on German political culture.
https://www.unz.com/isteve/kahnemans-gun/#comment-6491099
(300 words, on anti-nuclear politics, Merkel, 2010s, the popular "Dark" Netflix tv-series and its politics, and how these things may have anticipated the success of the Corona-Panic of 2020).
-- --
Germany's political culture has been sick for a long time, certainly many decades' running.
I reluctantly concluded that the "1989" events in which the "East German" state fell apart and was annexed to the entity known as the Federal Republic, was a political tragedy. Who says there needs to be only exactly three German-speaking states (the "Federal Republic", Austria, and Switzerland)? Why not four?
It would be great if the East German state still exist, for it would now be run by the AfD or similar, heavily influenced by the ethnonationalist wing of the AfD, That state would align with Viktor Orban's bloc of pro-European states in Central Europe, and would like quite attractive as an alternative to the Federal Republic of Germany's ridiculous political culture. It would be good for Germans, good for Europeans, good for us all...
Dieter Kief's comment is in part about so-called Trump Derangement Syndrome. But this of course did not occur in a vacuum.
I wrote an essay on Germany's energy-politics that I believe is directly related to D. Kief's comments here on German political culture.
https://www.unz.com/isteve/kahnemans-gun/#comment-6491099
(300 words, on anti-nuclear politics, Merkel, 2010s, the popular "Dark" Netflix tv-series and its politics, and how these things may have anticipated the success of the Corona-Panic of 2020).
-- --
Germany's political culture has been sick for a long time, certainly many decades' running.
I reluctantly concluded that the "1989" events in which the "East German" state fell apart and was annexed to the entity known as the Federal Republic, was a political tragedy. Who says there needs to be only exactly three German-speaking states (the "Federal Republic", Austria, and Switzerland)? Why not four?
It would be great if the East German state still exist, for it would now be run by the AfD or similar, heavily influenced by the ethnonationalist wing of the AfD, That state would align with Viktor Orban's bloc of pro-European states in Central Europe, and would like quite attractive as an alternative to the Federal Republic of Germany's ridiculous political culture. It would be good for Germans, good for Europeans, good for us all...
Moderator
Friday - March 29th 2024 5:55AM MST
PS: "It is fascinating to see that former Anti-Trump fighters from the left and right turn .t.o.w.a.r.d.s. him now, and that too might have to do with his trait to simply stand up for the right things: Even they trust him now in this hindsight. Two examples that can't be overestimated here: Brett and Eric Weinstein. And - - - by and by - Jeff Sachs."
I don't follow these guys, but I do know the names, Mr. Kief. Here's what I think. Even people who really can't stand the man Donald Trump, and erroneously think he's somehow bad for the country, can understand where this rule-of-black-bitches leads. (Whether they be White men too, like that Judge Ergeron(?) too, of course.) The guys you mentioned are probably principled enough to realize that if you can get the one pompous egotistical rich guy they don't particularly like, the system can get anybody now, on a whim.
I don't follow these guys, but I do know the names, Mr. Kief. Here's what I think. Even people who really can't stand the man Donald Trump, and erroneously think he's somehow bad for the country, can understand where this rule-of-black-bitches leads. (Whether they be White men too, like that Judge Ergeron(?) too, of course.) The guys you mentioned are probably principled enough to realize that if you can get the one pompous egotistical rich guy they don't particularly like, the system can get anybody now, on a whim.
Moderator
Friday - March 29th 2024 5:51AM MST
PS: Now, regarding Trump's current wealth, that is good to here. I have railed against Trump before for not using his Bully Pulpit and his great ability to gather loyal followings for better purposes when he was President. I mean the selective focus on impeaching/recalling judges, some instruction to Americans to get involved in the voting process, etc. Those are things he would have been much better off tweeting about, or delegating that tweet-work for.
His ability to raise money from his followers* is legend. I wonder how much of that $6.5 Billion is from patriotic Americans going-and-funding him. Maybe most is from returns from this propped-up market, but still, $10 a month from 10% of his followers, say $100 million monthly, that adds up...
Americans can at least fight the system this way, even though seeing the States of New York and Georgia** flat out steal someone's money like this does not make one feel good about it. I mean, the next evil law-breaking scum could just mulitply the fine by 10. "Stroke of the pen, bill of Attainder against the guy we hate."
* My wife gives $47 a month. The 47 is for 47th President. (That's confusing, BTW. That's not the 47th guy to BE President, and not the 47th term either.)
** Or whatever jurisdiction it was in which that $80-odd million fine was arbitrarily imposed on him for some unproven BS.
His ability to raise money from his followers* is legend. I wonder how much of that $6.5 Billion is from patriotic Americans going-and-funding him. Maybe most is from returns from this propped-up market, but still, $10 a month from 10% of his followers, say $100 million monthly, that adds up...
Americans can at least fight the system this way, even though seeing the States of New York and Georgia** flat out steal someone's money like this does not make one feel good about it. I mean, the next evil law-breaking scum could just mulitply the fine by 10. "Stroke of the pen, bill of Attainder against the guy we hate."
* My wife gives $47 a month. The 47 is for 47th President. (That's confusing, BTW. That's not the 47th guy to BE President, and not the 47th term either.)
** Or whatever jurisdiction it was in which that $80-odd million fine was arbitrarily imposed on him for some unproven BS.
Moderator
Friday - March 29th 2024 5:40AM MST
PS: Also, your discussion of the lefty German media is amazing to me. They are deluded so badly in seeing things 180 degrees off, with Trump being the new Hitler, and I guess the J6 folks being the new Brown Shirts. So, they are so excited to see (wrongly, as you add) that Trump is being taken down peacefully by the US and NY Gov'ts, before he can, you know, start the American 2nd Reich, errr, Republic.
It's truly a bizzarro political view. I think that's because these people decline to make observations that show the mistakes in their thinking. I.e., the attempt to take down Trump was a perversion of the law, and a precedent in the trashing of further rule of law, and instead an example of the rule of men ... or, yeah, ugly black bitches.
Same with the J6. I'm not sure these people you mention would ever want to be shown just some varied footage of the peaceful protests of 100's of thousands of Americans that day, then the unusual actions by cops, the outright killing of a 100 lb lady by a black goon cop, and the sentencing of people vs. the non-sentencing of looters, arsonists, and vandals for the whole summer before that. "I see NOTHINK!" - come to think of it, that was another German leftist... probably - Shultzie wasn't into politics I guess, just strudel, haha.
It's truly a bizzarro political view. I think that's because these people decline to make observations that show the mistakes in their thinking. I.e., the attempt to take down Trump was a perversion of the law, and a precedent in the trashing of further rule of law, and instead an example of the rule of men ... or, yeah, ugly black bitches.
Same with the J6. I'm not sure these people you mention would ever want to be shown just some varied footage of the peaceful protests of 100's of thousands of Americans that day, then the unusual actions by cops, the outright killing of a 100 lb lady by a black goon cop, and the sentencing of people vs. the non-sentencing of looters, arsonists, and vandals for the whole summer before that. "I see NOTHINK!" - come to think of it, that was another German leftist... probably - Shultzie wasn't into politics I guess, just strudel, haha.
Moderator
Friday - March 29th 2024 5:32AM MST
PS: Thanks for the very interesting comment, Dieter - I'll delete the 1st draft in a little while.
"Back to Donald Trump - the ability/the character trait to stick to one's gut feeling no matter what is what connects leaders with the pack*** - it is one of the - - big - - social powers that make - history (and societies) - since we started as small bands in the savannah."
Well, there are plenty of guys (note, specifically guys) who DO stick to their gut feelings and don't back down. The problem is that they DON'T have that power/nobility. Only a very few politicians are like Trump in that they don't really "play politics" nicely. The thing about Trump is, as opposed to a Ronald Reagan or Ron Paul, he doesn't really have any ideological principles, per se. However, the way things are now, Trump does know that the ctrl-left are truly the enemy, and he won't submit or "compromise" with them. (Nowadays, a compromise with them just means holding off on the destruction for a little while longer.)
" This is the main reason why the system went after Donald Trump: Because he really is a populist. He does have this gut-connection to reality - and therewith to the masses - this is the .e.s.s.e.n.c.e. of your clip above Mod.)."
Agreed. That George Miller was really pissed that Donald Trump just came right there in front of Congress and was politically incorrect. That shows not "Contempt of Congress", but contempt OF Congress, something most of us have plenty of.
"Back to Donald Trump - the ability/the character trait to stick to one's gut feeling no matter what is what connects leaders with the pack*** - it is one of the - - big - - social powers that make - history (and societies) - since we started as small bands in the savannah."
Well, there are plenty of guys (note, specifically guys) who DO stick to their gut feelings and don't back down. The problem is that they DON'T have that power/nobility. Only a very few politicians are like Trump in that they don't really "play politics" nicely. The thing about Trump is, as opposed to a Ronald Reagan or Ron Paul, he doesn't really have any ideological principles, per se. However, the way things are now, Trump does know that the ctrl-left are truly the enemy, and he won't submit or "compromise" with them. (Nowadays, a compromise with them just means holding off on the destruction for a little while longer.)
" This is the main reason why the system went after Donald Trump: Because he really is a populist. He does have this gut-connection to reality - and therewith to the masses - this is the .e.s.s.e.n.c.e. of your clip above Mod.)."
Agreed. That George Miller was really pissed that Donald Trump just came right there in front of Congress and was politically incorrect. That shows not "Contempt of Congress", but contempt OF Congress, something most of us have plenty of.
Dieter Kief
Friday - March 29th 2024 12:50AM MST
PS - Mod. - this is the corrected copy of my former post!
As mentioned before: Donald Trump has something of an aristocrat in him - and that means here: Personal sovereignty (not being dwarfed by the common consensus - and sticking to your guts).
That is a very prescíous ability/character trait (in the Big Five it isn't even included: To withhold under pressure - maybe that is because the Big Five are rather about ordinary people...)
Back to Donald Trump - the ability/the character trait to stick to one's gut feeling no matter what is what connects leaders with the pack*** - it is one of the - - big - - social powers that make - history (and societies) - since we started as small bands in the savannah.
- This is the reason why nobility weighs/ means so much.To add one more point: This is the main reason why the system went after Donald Trump: Because he really is a populist. He does have this gut-connection to reality - and therewith to the masses - this si the .e.s.s.e.n.c.e. of your clip abve Mod.).
It is fascinating to see that former Anti-Trump fighters from the left and right turn .t.o.w.a.r.d.s. him now, and that too might have to do with his trait to simply stand up for the right things: Even they trust him now in this hindsight. Two examples that can't be overestimated here: Brett and Eric Weinstein. And - - - by and by - Jeff Sachs.
Another thing is, that people delighted in the effect of the juridical acts of highest (!) aggression against Donald Trump: I saw the lefties in Germany - quasi 100% of them -rejoice about the prospects of an economically ruined Trump via the court rulings: they went wild - crying that out triumphantly: This is a bogus king, because they showed in court that he is economically dead/ dwarfed: He'll never recover from these blows - and see how .t.h.e. .p.e.o.p.l.e. are against him - because these are juries of .o.r.d.i.n.a.r.y. Americans who agree: Donald Trump is a fraud (!) and not least therefore to be economically destroyed: This was the collective fantasy on the "anti-populist" left and right in Germany in which people .d.e.l.i.g.h.t.e.d.: See how robust the US-system is: They get rid of this blonde German Hitler in the most civilized way: Via the power of the justice system . . . etc. pp. - - - they were in a triumphant delirium. And lots of young women journalsits (!) delighted in bringing this bogus king down in the FAZ and all other papers of record (Sophia Dreisbach and Nina Rehfeld in the FAZ at the front here with all in all hundreds of articles and comments all in this triumphant vein: The king is dead! the king is dead! - The US system triumphs by bringing him down - whether or not they finally throw him in jail does not matter: Most important: He is not dangerous any more because it now came out he is a fraud - and he does not even have the -.m.on.e.y. really to campaign - that is the decisive blow - ho-ho, ho-ho, ho-ho - they delighted - seemingly! - - endlessly...
But what did happen yesterday: The money Donald Trump had to pay in the end turned out to be a sum (175 Mio. $) that he can simply afford - end of story? - No: - - - No!!There is more to it - it is the third or so act in the play and we are at a turning point of dramatic proportions: Bloomberg Business News published the latest data about Donald Trumps net worth and as of Bloomberg Business News - as of yesterday: Donald Trump came out of the financial attacks/turmoils/law cases, intended to finish him: Stronger than before: With a net worth of 6,4 billion he is now member in the small club of the 500 richest persons - on earth.
I said this about this important social fact and - complete turn of the financial tide for Donald Trump - on X yesterday
https://x.com/DieterKief/status/1773439084238704678?s=20
English translation of my post:
Claudius Seidl, prominent features editor, on December 29, '23 in the FAZ, the German paper of record:
Donald Trump is no! Entrepreneur. He is just a former television entertainer. Nothing else: Economically a fraud and a dwarf!
Bloomberg Business News this morning:Donald Trump's net worth is currently $6.4 billion. This puts him in the club of the 500 richest people in the world.- However, he is still not THE film critic of the FAZ. That's right.
****this is the deeper reason, why it is so insightful that Steve sailer brought down the nimbus of world fame that was bestowed upon the intellctual pocket-players Kahnemann and Tversky: Because by attacking the gut feelings of people, they aimed at this principle that creates the bond between leaders and - the masses: The gut feeling.
Steve Sailer said it with all clarity in his good-bye piece to Kahneman, who died this week: Kahnemanns supposedly super-insightful meta-analyses going against the gut feeling of people were: Artefacts! - No real insights. and he was super-mild on a personal level with Kahneman - - - to camouflage that he basically destroyed what the worldwide fame of Kahneman is based on: Kahnemann, Steve Sailer writes if you read closely! - - is a king without cloths when it comes to serious insights into cognition. - I say. Steve did not say that here**: The important books here are Gerd Gigerenzer's Risiko and a few others***, but not Kahnemann /Tversky's megasellers.
***PS Book-Club members know these!**Steve holds Gerd Gigerenzer's books in high esteem. I have commented on that on his blog - and I have on James Thompson's Unz blog. James Thompson has worked with Gerd Gigerenzer - but stopped writing for Ron Unz. He is now focused on Aporia Magazine together with Greg Cochran from The 10 000 Year Explosion - another PS Book-club favorite, hehe! (Btw.: Cochran and Thompson and Steve Sailer were amongst the way-off Covid panickers. The serious knowledge of Gigerenzer's work did not do much in their case. - The intellect is a very deception-prone thing (when in doubt ask Goethe - - - and Schopenhauer and: one of their famous pupils: Dr. Feud).
Btw. - - one of the well informed commenters on Matt M. Briggs blog Statistician to the Stars recently remarked that Gigerenzer's work would have been enough to reject most of the wrong arguments that were brought forward during the Covid debates...
PPS:
I write a daily column about TITAN, a novel by 18th/19th century Franconian genius Jean Paul. And in it I came back time and time again to these basic themes: Gut feeling and nobility. Gut feeling and women. Gut feeling and deception. Feeling and clairvoyance and - mental clarity: How to balance feelings/interactions/love/hate and - insights.
And it turns out that Iain McGilchrist is not only a Goethean - but also - unknowingly: a Jean Paulian///
I translate my daily Jean Paul columns and invite PS readers to drop by by my twitter/X site...
this is my (kind of) research project into the emotional, cultural and intellectual roots of modernity.
- Btw. This is exactly what great novels are for. Steve Sailer understood that - and once even tried to install a novel reading group at Unz Review - but he seemed to have not gotten too much of a positive response - especially if I subtract my support of his idea - and might have decided that a reading group consisting of - at its core - - - the two of us, hehe, might be a bit over the top with regards to the degree of bearable exclusivity on his blog... sigh! - - - And I can't even contradict him here.
As mentioned before: Donald Trump has something of an aristocrat in him - and that means here: Personal sovereignty (not being dwarfed by the common consensus - and sticking to your guts).
That is a very prescíous ability/character trait (in the Big Five it isn't even included: To withhold under pressure - maybe that is because the Big Five are rather about ordinary people...)
Back to Donald Trump - the ability/the character trait to stick to one's gut feeling no matter what is what connects leaders with the pack*** - it is one of the - - big - - social powers that make - history (and societies) - since we started as small bands in the savannah.
- This is the reason why nobility weighs/ means so much.To add one more point: This is the main reason why the system went after Donald Trump: Because he really is a populist. He does have this gut-connection to reality - and therewith to the masses - this si the .e.s.s.e.n.c.e. of your clip abve Mod.).
It is fascinating to see that former Anti-Trump fighters from the left and right turn .t.o.w.a.r.d.s. him now, and that too might have to do with his trait to simply stand up for the right things: Even they trust him now in this hindsight. Two examples that can't be overestimated here: Brett and Eric Weinstein. And - - - by and by - Jeff Sachs.
Another thing is, that people delighted in the effect of the juridical acts of highest (!) aggression against Donald Trump: I saw the lefties in Germany - quasi 100% of them -rejoice about the prospects of an economically ruined Trump via the court rulings: they went wild - crying that out triumphantly: This is a bogus king, because they showed in court that he is economically dead/ dwarfed: He'll never recover from these blows - and see how .t.h.e. .p.e.o.p.l.e. are against him - because these are juries of .o.r.d.i.n.a.r.y. Americans who agree: Donald Trump is a fraud (!) and not least therefore to be economically destroyed: This was the collective fantasy on the "anti-populist" left and right in Germany in which people .d.e.l.i.g.h.t.e.d.: See how robust the US-system is: They get rid of this blonde German Hitler in the most civilized way: Via the power of the justice system . . . etc. pp. - - - they were in a triumphant delirium. And lots of young women journalsits (!) delighted in bringing this bogus king down in the FAZ and all other papers of record (Sophia Dreisbach and Nina Rehfeld in the FAZ at the front here with all in all hundreds of articles and comments all in this triumphant vein: The king is dead! the king is dead! - The US system triumphs by bringing him down - whether or not they finally throw him in jail does not matter: Most important: He is not dangerous any more because it now came out he is a fraud - and he does not even have the -.m.on.e.y. really to campaign - that is the decisive blow - ho-ho, ho-ho, ho-ho - they delighted - seemingly! - - endlessly...
But what did happen yesterday: The money Donald Trump had to pay in the end turned out to be a sum (175 Mio. $) that he can simply afford - end of story? - No: - - - No!!There is more to it - it is the third or so act in the play and we are at a turning point of dramatic proportions: Bloomberg Business News published the latest data about Donald Trumps net worth and as of Bloomberg Business News - as of yesterday: Donald Trump came out of the financial attacks/turmoils/law cases, intended to finish him: Stronger than before: With a net worth of 6,4 billion he is now member in the small club of the 500 richest persons - on earth.
I said this about this important social fact and - complete turn of the financial tide for Donald Trump - on X yesterday
https://x.com/DieterKief/status/1773439084238704678?s=20
English translation of my post:
Claudius Seidl, prominent features editor, on December 29, '23 in the FAZ, the German paper of record:
Donald Trump is no! Entrepreneur. He is just a former television entertainer. Nothing else: Economically a fraud and a dwarf!
Bloomberg Business News this morning:Donald Trump's net worth is currently $6.4 billion. This puts him in the club of the 500 richest people in the world.- However, he is still not THE film critic of the FAZ. That's right.
****this is the deeper reason, why it is so insightful that Steve sailer brought down the nimbus of world fame that was bestowed upon the intellctual pocket-players Kahnemann and Tversky: Because by attacking the gut feelings of people, they aimed at this principle that creates the bond between leaders and - the masses: The gut feeling.
Steve Sailer said it with all clarity in his good-bye piece to Kahneman, who died this week: Kahnemanns supposedly super-insightful meta-analyses going against the gut feeling of people were: Artefacts! - No real insights. and he was super-mild on a personal level with Kahneman - - - to camouflage that he basically destroyed what the worldwide fame of Kahneman is based on: Kahnemann, Steve Sailer writes if you read closely! - - is a king without cloths when it comes to serious insights into cognition. - I say. Steve did not say that here**: The important books here are Gerd Gigerenzer's Risiko and a few others***, but not Kahnemann /Tversky's megasellers.
***PS Book-Club members know these!**Steve holds Gerd Gigerenzer's books in high esteem. I have commented on that on his blog - and I have on James Thompson's Unz blog. James Thompson has worked with Gerd Gigerenzer - but stopped writing for Ron Unz. He is now focused on Aporia Magazine together with Greg Cochran from The 10 000 Year Explosion - another PS Book-club favorite, hehe! (Btw.: Cochran and Thompson and Steve Sailer were amongst the way-off Covid panickers. The serious knowledge of Gigerenzer's work did not do much in their case. - The intellect is a very deception-prone thing (when in doubt ask Goethe - - - and Schopenhauer and: one of their famous pupils: Dr. Feud).
Btw. - - one of the well informed commenters on Matt M. Briggs blog Statistician to the Stars recently remarked that Gigerenzer's work would have been enough to reject most of the wrong arguments that were brought forward during the Covid debates...
PPS:
I write a daily column about TITAN, a novel by 18th/19th century Franconian genius Jean Paul. And in it I came back time and time again to these basic themes: Gut feeling and nobility. Gut feeling and women. Gut feeling and deception. Feeling and clairvoyance and - mental clarity: How to balance feelings/interactions/love/hate and - insights.
And it turns out that Iain McGilchrist is not only a Goethean - but also - unknowingly: a Jean Paulian///
I translate my daily Jean Paul columns and invite PS readers to drop by by my twitter/X site...
this is my (kind of) research project into the emotional, cultural and intellectual roots of modernity.
- Btw. This is exactly what great novels are for. Steve Sailer understood that - and once even tried to install a novel reading group at Unz Review - but he seemed to have not gotten too much of a positive response - especially if I subtract my support of his idea - and might have decided that a reading group consisting of - at its core - - - the two of us, hehe, might be a bit over the top with regards to the degree of bearable exclusivity on his blog... sigh! - - - And I can't even contradict him here.
Mod. and Mr. Hail - - -there sure is something wrong with Germany. If I'd have to name but one book it would be the little one by Heidelberg (then Kosntanz, then St. Gallen) historian Rolf Peter Sieferle, that he left behind after he had killed himself with 61 or so (he seems to have been terminally ill):Finis Germania.
It has 100 smal pages and was on his computer- ready to print, found after his death. - He copied what his great predecessor Arno Borst did - Borst left a small book behind on his computer when he died called Mein Leben (My Life) a summa of his work as a historian (mostly of medieval - but also a historian of world historical dimensions - - - his 2400 p. book about the idea (!) and its worldwide reception of The Tower of Babel was one of the huge exceptions of the mostly medieval work he did.)
Ok - Sieferle knew who Borst was (and I knew both of them from the University of Konstanz) - and who he was in comparison (a gifted pupil - - - ) but he did manage to write down the root causes of the German misery in 100 small pages. A great little book. Root cause: A constant confusion of personal guilt VERSUS responsibility for the Nazi regime.
Fun fact in this context is that this is a complete unnecessity because all the great minds in this debate were absolutely clear that there should be nothing like the idea of collective guilt. Guilt is a personal category. Full stop. But still - or:Even though, people felt that way - and were made/pressed to feel that way via mass media and all kinds of authorities on all kinds of levels in society. I at itmes talk to german teenagers and the brighter ones realise what's going on in hteir schools. Hitler/Nazi routines on all lwevels an din all contexts... By and large a hollowed oput routine which serves not least the lazy and overburdned amongst heir teachers...They sigh and roll their eyes...and say it has turned into an utterly boring routine.
My explanation is highly abstract and extremely simple: Feeling something (no matter what!) makes you bigger than you are. _ If it had to be guilt: Well - right on - give us whatever there is... and add this to this guilt scheme: It was - for many - a never before encountered comfortable life under the US' protective shield...