Posted On: Monday - July 1st 2024 6:58PM MST
In Topics: Immigration Stupidity Globalists World Political Stupidity
(By "Nationalist", I mean someone who cares about his own people and nation. Why is that a bad word? Does it all go back to Hitler? I'd say more likely since The Great War and Woodrow Wilson.)
We've all likely been cheering on this ray of hope in the fight with the Globalist overlords, in his case, the big crowd of them in Brussels. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has been strongly resisting the Population Replacement Programme designed by the Globalists for the White people of Europe (along with the people of N, where N = any nation with a present or former White majority).
VDare, experts on immigration invasion issues here and worldwide, has praised this man and his work many times. I've read recently that the EU leaders will withhold some 10's of millions, maybe even 3-digit millions of Eurotrash currency, if Mr. Orban doesn't comply with their demands that he open up Hungary to the Hungry Hordes, hungry for welfare and White women that is. He's told them where to go.
Well, you learn something new everyday, and on one of the non-clickbait articles on The Gateway Pundit one Paul Serran reports Conservative Champion Viktor Orbán Takes Over European Union Presidency – Hungarian PM Vows to ‘Make Europe Great Again’. Whaaa? Yes. It's pretty surprising that the EU apparatchiks will honor it, but apparently, it's Orban's turn at a 6-month rotation as President of the EU. The Hungarian PM has described the EU as "the contemporary parody version of the Soviet Union’" Indeed.
The short article explains the complicated EU management, but unfortunately the EU Presidency seems to be worth that whole warm bucket of spit, after the consumption of Belgian-invented French Fries with mayo (Hmmm, this post is making me Hungary!):
“The presidency’s role is to set the agenda, chair meetings of EU members in all fields except foreign or euro zone matters, seek consensus among EU member states and broker agreements on legislation with the European Parliament.”"Except for foreign and EU zone affairs." What DO you get to set the agenda for? And when you do get to set this agenda, so what?
Oh, well. It's Hungary's turn. The fun part is that Victor Orban is out there saying he will MEGA, Make Europe Great Again. The EU people don't like that one bit, no, not one bit.
C'mon people! It's been over a century now - Make Nationalism Great Again!
PS: The Eurozone elections have been major good news lately, at least that from France. The continuation - after nothing but an introduction so far - of a comparison of America vs, Europe's prospects under the PRP and Globalism in general should include this news. I want to start with the damage already done though.
Comments:
Hail
Thursday - July 4th 2024 6:56AM MST
PS
So the name is Kellie Pickler (b.1986). She was not an ordinary person but an aspiring celebrity and singer, so wanted to cultivate a certain image. She was appearing "on the celebrity edition" of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader," in 2007 at age 21.
The "Budapest" video is a weird example of the phenomenon of female deception strategy. But it does, IMO, qualify. It makes its point all the more strongly for being so weird. And for those women PS readers who take offense, males can also do this (G. W. Bush did it), but the particular strategy being shown us by Kellie Pickler is a female variant.
For Peak Stupidity purposes, which is worse (or "stupider"): 'Being' stupid, or not being stupid while deliberately 'acting' stupid for public consumption? What is the end goal of that kind of contrived stupidity?
So the name is Kellie Pickler (b.1986). She was not an ordinary person but an aspiring celebrity and singer, so wanted to cultivate a certain image. She was appearing "on the celebrity edition" of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader," in 2007 at age 21.
The "Budapest" video is a weird example of the phenomenon of female deception strategy. But it does, IMO, qualify. It makes its point all the more strongly for being so weird. And for those women PS readers who take offense, males can also do this (G. W. Bush did it), but the particular strategy being shown us by Kellie Pickler is a female variant.
For Peak Stupidity purposes, which is worse (or "stupider"): 'Being' stupid, or not being stupid while deliberately 'acting' stupid for public consumption? What is the end goal of that kind of contrived stupidity?
Moderator
Thursday - July 4th 2024 6:00AM MST
PS: It'd be embarrassing to watch a man act this way, such as we saw with young Kellie Pickler. However, for a very cute girl like this, yes, I think it's part of her "charm" in some way. I believe she kept this stuff up to stay in front of the cameras longer. Nice smile!
Of course, people like this shouldn't be voting ... ever! (Maybe upon getting a Social Security card... even then ...)
Now as far as Mr. Smith's video, I'll have him know that he's being kind of harsh. Miss Upton is only Miss TEEN South Carolina, not Miss S. Carolina, who might have answered that question slightly less stupidly, we hope. ;-}
Plus, I agree: MOAR MAPS!
That was hellacious though. I think a debate between Caitlin Upton and Zhou Bai Dien would be a real nail-biter. Of course, it would be unfair if Miss Upton has grown up and gotten more coherent since them.
Of course, people like this shouldn't be voting ... ever! (Maybe upon getting a Social Security card... even then ...)
Now as far as Mr. Smith's video, I'll have him know that he's being kind of harsh. Miss Upton is only Miss TEEN South Carolina, not Miss S. Carolina, who might have answered that question slightly less stupidly, we hope. ;-}
Plus, I agree: MOAR MAPS!
That was hellacious though. I think a debate between Caitlin Upton and Zhou Bai Dien would be a real nail-biter. Of course, it would be unfair if Miss Upton has grown up and gotten more coherent since them.
Moderator
Thursday - July 4th 2024 5:52AM MST
PS: Thanks for your insight re Hungary, Mr. Hail.
"If there were still two Germanies, that 'East Germany' would by now easily have aligned with Hungary and a few others in a non-ethnomasochist Central Europe bloc."
Yes. Lots of people have remarked that these eastern Euro countries were better off having been Communist. Well, not better for those living there for those 40 years, that's for sure. However, it was the isolation through 1989 that gave them some breathing room. The borg is trying to assimilate them now. I hope they can resist the monetary incentives or whatever other kinds of pressure they are under.
"If there were still two Germanies, that 'East Germany' would by now easily have aligned with Hungary and a few others in a non-ethnomasochist Central Europe bloc."
Yes. Lots of people have remarked that these eastern Euro countries were better off having been Communist. Well, not better for those living there for those 40 years, that's for sure. However, it was the isolation through 1989 that gave them some breathing room. The borg is trying to assimilate them now. I hope they can resist the monetary incentives or whatever other kinds of pressure they are under.
Hail
Wednesday - July 3rd 2024 8:31PM MST
PS
Attention, Moderator!!
Adam Smith's video of the game-show woman is a perfect example of something being "peak stupidity": real or fake? Either way, it doesn't look good for the Stupidity Quotient.
By the way, if a big inflow of cash comes in, Peak Stupidity's powerful executive board ought to consider directing some of the layabouts on the staff to start a rolling Stupidity Index, similar the format of the Freedom Index discussed in this comment-thread. Rank different segments of U.S. society, or countries, or news-cycles, or anything, according to a scientific Stupidity Index. In fact, most entries could get a Stupidity Index rating.
Attention, Moderator!!
Adam Smith's video of the game-show woman is a perfect example of something being "peak stupidity": real or fake? Either way, it doesn't look good for the Stupidity Quotient.
By the way, if a big inflow of cash comes in, Peak Stupidity's powerful executive board ought to consider directing some of the layabouts on the staff to start a rolling Stupidity Index, similar the format of the Freedom Index discussed in this comment-thread. Rank different segments of U.S. society, or countries, or news-cycles, or anything, according to a scientific Stupidity Index. In fact, most entries could get a Stupidity Index rating.
Adam Smith
Wednesday - July 3rd 2024 11:22AM MST
PS: Greetings, Mr. Hail!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Pickler
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Is she an actress playing a part? Could be.(?) I don't know. But, she really could be this uninformed. The average American is pretty stupid/uninformed. (56% of American adults read at or below a sixth grade level. They are even worse at math) And it's not like intelligence is really valued or promoted among mainstream Americans. Some people wear their ignorance like a badge of honor. So who knows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
To be fair to Caitlin Upton (Miss South Carolina), I think she really did get some stage fright. This video may not be emblematic of anything pertaining to her intelligence. I have no idea who she is. She might be a very nice person.
Happy Wednesday! ☮️
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Pickler
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Is she an actress playing a part? Could be.(?) I don't know. But, she really could be this uninformed. The average American is pretty stupid/uninformed. (56% of American adults read at or below a sixth grade level. They are even worse at math) And it's not like intelligence is really valued or promoted among mainstream Americans. Some people wear their ignorance like a badge of honor. So who knows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
To be fair to Caitlin Upton (Miss South Carolina), I think she really did get some stage fright. This video may not be emblematic of anything pertaining to her intelligence. I have no idea who she is. She might be a very nice person.
Happy Wednesday! ☮️
Hail
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 10:43PM MST
PS
Re: Adam Smith's
"Dumbest Blonde Ever" Youtube clip
(posted March 11, 2011; 3.5 million views)
a scene from "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?"
hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.
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I have no reason to doubt the woman on that game-show was neither particularly bright nor 'worldly'. But, a lot of things in that clip make me suspect she was playing up her own ignorance. Exaggerating to a great degree.
Claiming to think Europe "is a country," but then naming specific countries in Europe. Saying "I've heard of Turkey, but Hungary?" That's a clever joke of a kind someone who is intending to get a laugh would say, and reveals she does know what Hungary is and is sharp enough to pun on it.
There are people like this, in adulthood being more often women than men, who deliberately try to look cutely ignorant to gain sympathy from others. (Children also do this in many cases, to gain sympathy or laughs from adults; it involves the child consciously deceiving the adult, but the adult believing the child and laughing at the child's seeming ignorance; the child has half- or fully-deceived the adult but it is harmless as the payoff is just a laugh or a groan and moving on; in good time a healthy boy will evolve out of doing that, for the world of White-Western Males, men amongst men, demands truth and not these childish cutesy deceptions.)
In this case, the White woman is doing what the show producers obviously want her to do: play (up) the part of Middle-America idiot, the "dumb blonde" we often hear about.
We don't know the full terms of the contract these people had to appear on the show. Although nominally they were playing for cash prizes, it could be that they got, say, $50,000 cash to appear at all under a certain understanding, and then extra prize money. So she was playing the clown for a salary.
Another reason to play the part of ignorant rube is that she genuinely didn't know which country Budapest was capital of, but didn't want to just guess wrong, so instead she made a play for sympathy. She made up some over-dramatic distractions to make light of the situation. In such a way she was playing directly to the strengths of her host, the "redneck" comedian, Jeff Foxworthy. Empathetic people know what people around them want and play to it.
So she was doing her best to fulfill in-the-moment obligations as she understood them. To the producers, who made it clear they wanted "dumb-seeming people"; and to Jeff Foxworthy, who wanted "funny people," and was there riffing off of her. A White woman of that age back then, in the late 2000s or so, would also know well enough of Jeff Foxworthy and would kind of go along with his game, his entire comedy being based on poking fun at "rednecks."
I think a close analysis of the video would reveal many small little clues that my explanation of this thing is right. For example, you see her grinning when the question is asked. As if she is in a beauty pageant. How many Jeopardy contestants grin like that when questions are asked? Same for the old "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" show. If you're nominally playing for money, you concentrate, you don't grin. I'll tell you when you DO grin: If you're playing for laughs, or for sympathy, or something else.
I could go on but as usual have already written too much! Thanks
Re: Adam Smith's
"Dumbest Blonde Ever" Youtube clip
(posted March 11, 2011; 3.5 million views)
a scene from "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?"
hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.
----
I have no reason to doubt the woman on that game-show was neither particularly bright nor 'worldly'. But, a lot of things in that clip make me suspect she was playing up her own ignorance. Exaggerating to a great degree.
Claiming to think Europe "is a country," but then naming specific countries in Europe. Saying "I've heard of Turkey, but Hungary?" That's a clever joke of a kind someone who is intending to get a laugh would say, and reveals she does know what Hungary is and is sharp enough to pun on it.
There are people like this, in adulthood being more often women than men, who deliberately try to look cutely ignorant to gain sympathy from others. (Children also do this in many cases, to gain sympathy or laughs from adults; it involves the child consciously deceiving the adult, but the adult believing the child and laughing at the child's seeming ignorance; the child has half- or fully-deceived the adult but it is harmless as the payoff is just a laugh or a groan and moving on; in good time a healthy boy will evolve out of doing that, for the world of White-Western Males, men amongst men, demands truth and not these childish cutesy deceptions.)
In this case, the White woman is doing what the show producers obviously want her to do: play (up) the part of Middle-America idiot, the "dumb blonde" we often hear about.
We don't know the full terms of the contract these people had to appear on the show. Although nominally they were playing for cash prizes, it could be that they got, say, $50,000 cash to appear at all under a certain understanding, and then extra prize money. So she was playing the clown for a salary.
Another reason to play the part of ignorant rube is that she genuinely didn't know which country Budapest was capital of, but didn't want to just guess wrong, so instead she made a play for sympathy. She made up some over-dramatic distractions to make light of the situation. In such a way she was playing directly to the strengths of her host, the "redneck" comedian, Jeff Foxworthy. Empathetic people know what people around them want and play to it.
So she was doing her best to fulfill in-the-moment obligations as she understood them. To the producers, who made it clear they wanted "dumb-seeming people"; and to Jeff Foxworthy, who wanted "funny people," and was there riffing off of her. A White woman of that age back then, in the late 2000s or so, would also know well enough of Jeff Foxworthy and would kind of go along with his game, his entire comedy being based on poking fun at "rednecks."
I think a close analysis of the video would reveal many small little clues that my explanation of this thing is right. For example, you see her grinning when the question is asked. As if she is in a beauty pageant. How many Jeopardy contestants grin like that when questions are asked? Same for the old "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" show. If you're nominally playing for money, you concentrate, you don't grin. I'll tell you when you DO grin: If you're playing for laughs, or for sympathy, or something else.
I could go on but as usual have already written too much! Thanks
Adam Smith
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 10:10PM MST
PS: Quick clip from the past...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8pnec4Hxps
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8pnec4Hxps
☮️
Hail
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 9:56PM MST
PS
-- When and why did 'The Blob' turn against Hungary? --
I am not sure why The Blob (U.S. foreign-policy elite and wider elite consensus) turned against Hungary and pursues a strange little vendetta against Hungary. It is strange to bully Hungary when it supports Ukraine, an even less-liberal state by all possible accounts, among other mismatches. So there is some story here, and I think I know its outlines.
I could probably say when exactly it was if I were a close Hungary watcher. (I know one or two of those, and although I don't know him I am a fan of the writings and commentary of Mr. John Morgan, an exiled American editor and writer who has lived some years in Hungary.)
What is certain is the U.S. foreign-policy elite have been against Hungary for around ten years, or more. In terms of secretaries of state, I would date the shift towards anti-Hungary views, and singling out Hungary for abuse, possibly to the years Hillary Clinton ran the U.S. State Dept (under Obama's first term), or at very latest a few years after that.
By about the mid-2010s, one of my Hungarian contacts told me he was seeing consistent anti-Hungary bias in just childish-looking ways. This man, who is now elderly but was still in fine shape ten years ago, said he saw simple errors being made in foreign English-language news-coverage which he attributed to reporters not knowing the language and so being reliant on being fed narratives by English-speaking local elites in Budapest. It seems it was not just mistakes but an agenda.
Here is the core of the matter: the U.S. foreign-policy elite, especially those on the Left, are heavily Jewish. I believe they, some of them at least, view Hungary and Viktor Orban as stand-ins for ancestral grievances against Central and Eastern Europeans. The Eastern-European Jews in the USA (the descendants of them) know well that the Hungarians (Christians) disliked them, resented their ways, were suspicious of them, and pushed back on attempts at complete economic monopolization. Then, Hungary willingly sided with Germany during the anti-Soviet crusade of 1941-44 (before collapsing, its remnants occupied by Germany late in the war, and the Soviet Army taking all the country).
The above may seem historical trivia to us, I mean to people living in this century. But make NO mistake, it's a huge political sin in the eyes of these Jews, the sorts that are likely influential and chutzpathic enough to push the needle in vilifying Hungary to prove a point, settle a score, show who's boss.
What is wanted, by this type of internationalist Jewish intellectual team-player and power-broker (or those with the ears of power-brokers), is this: pliant regimes that lay out the red-carpet not just for Jews as such, or even for their ethnostate of Israel, but for an entire grand-package of policies and attitudes which amount to what Mr. J Derbyshire calls "ethnomasochism." Subservience to U.S. hegemony in Europe is also part of this package. But the ethnomasochism part I believe is key. Hungary's sin is that it is not just non-ethnomasochist, it is practically anti-ethnomasochist, taking real measures to secure its people's future. (The USA prances around with pro-wrestling-like demagogic politicians who don't care about the future, which this type of liberal-internationalist also can get along with.)
Today's Federal Republic of Germany regime is an example of a good state in the sense I mean, the 'purpose' of the German state of our time being nothing but ethnomasochism. Why can't 2020s-Hungary be just like 2020s-Germany? There are elections in three or so eastern states in Germany coming this year, and the soft-ethnonationalist AfD could, in some scenarios, actually enter power in those places, which would be a real problem for the Berlin regime to deal with. If there were still two Germanies, that 'East Germany' would by now easily have aligned with Hungary and a few others in a non-ethnomasochist Central Europe bloc.
-- When and why did 'The Blob' turn against Hungary? --
I am not sure why The Blob (U.S. foreign-policy elite and wider elite consensus) turned against Hungary and pursues a strange little vendetta against Hungary. It is strange to bully Hungary when it supports Ukraine, an even less-liberal state by all possible accounts, among other mismatches. So there is some story here, and I think I know its outlines.
I could probably say when exactly it was if I were a close Hungary watcher. (I know one or two of those, and although I don't know him I am a fan of the writings and commentary of Mr. John Morgan, an exiled American editor and writer who has lived some years in Hungary.)
What is certain is the U.S. foreign-policy elite have been against Hungary for around ten years, or more. In terms of secretaries of state, I would date the shift towards anti-Hungary views, and singling out Hungary for abuse, possibly to the years Hillary Clinton ran the U.S. State Dept (under Obama's first term), or at very latest a few years after that.
By about the mid-2010s, one of my Hungarian contacts told me he was seeing consistent anti-Hungary bias in just childish-looking ways. This man, who is now elderly but was still in fine shape ten years ago, said he saw simple errors being made in foreign English-language news-coverage which he attributed to reporters not knowing the language and so being reliant on being fed narratives by English-speaking local elites in Budapest. It seems it was not just mistakes but an agenda.
Here is the core of the matter: the U.S. foreign-policy elite, especially those on the Left, are heavily Jewish. I believe they, some of them at least, view Hungary and Viktor Orban as stand-ins for ancestral grievances against Central and Eastern Europeans. The Eastern-European Jews in the USA (the descendants of them) know well that the Hungarians (Christians) disliked them, resented their ways, were suspicious of them, and pushed back on attempts at complete economic monopolization. Then, Hungary willingly sided with Germany during the anti-Soviet crusade of 1941-44 (before collapsing, its remnants occupied by Germany late in the war, and the Soviet Army taking all the country).
The above may seem historical trivia to us, I mean to people living in this century. But make NO mistake, it's a huge political sin in the eyes of these Jews, the sorts that are likely influential and chutzpathic enough to push the needle in vilifying Hungary to prove a point, settle a score, show who's boss.
What is wanted, by this type of internationalist Jewish intellectual team-player and power-broker (or those with the ears of power-brokers), is this: pliant regimes that lay out the red-carpet not just for Jews as such, or even for their ethnostate of Israel, but for an entire grand-package of policies and attitudes which amount to what Mr. J Derbyshire calls "ethnomasochism." Subservience to U.S. hegemony in Europe is also part of this package. But the ethnomasochism part I believe is key. Hungary's sin is that it is not just non-ethnomasochist, it is practically anti-ethnomasochist, taking real measures to secure its people's future. (The USA prances around with pro-wrestling-like demagogic politicians who don't care about the future, which this type of liberal-internationalist also can get along with.)
Today's Federal Republic of Germany regime is an example of a good state in the sense I mean, the 'purpose' of the German state of our time being nothing but ethnomasochism. Why can't 2020s-Hungary be just like 2020s-Germany? There are elections in three or so eastern states in Germany coming this year, and the soft-ethnonationalist AfD could, in some scenarios, actually enter power in those places, which would be a real problem for the Berlin regime to deal with. If there were still two Germanies, that 'East Germany' would by now easily have aligned with Hungary and a few others in a non-ethnomasochist Central Europe bloc.
Adam Smith
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 9:54PM MST
PS: Greetings, Mr. Hail!
The interwebs tell me that Most of Freedom House's funding comes from the U.S. State Department and other government grants. It also receives funds from various semi-public and private foundations, as well as individual contributions. I haven't looked into who these might be, but I'm sure there is a public reporting of these donations somewhere. (How accurate the reporting, well...)
The web also tells me that Freedom House had $93.4 million in revenue in 2022 and $85.3 million in expenses. (Not too shabby!)
Here's a little more info about Freedom House's trustees/directors...
https://freedomhouse.org/about-us/board-leadership
https://freedomhouse.org/about-us/board-and-leadership/board-trustees-member-biographies
Cheers! ☮️
The interwebs tell me that Most of Freedom House's funding comes from the U.S. State Department and other government grants. It also receives funds from various semi-public and private foundations, as well as individual contributions. I haven't looked into who these might be, but I'm sure there is a public reporting of these donations somewhere. (How accurate the reporting, well...)
The web also tells me that Freedom House had $93.4 million in revenue in 2022 and $85.3 million in expenses. (Not too shabby!)
Here's a little more info about Freedom House's trustees/directors...
https://freedomhouse.org/about-us/board-leadership
https://freedomhouse.org/about-us/board-and-leadership/board-trustees-member-biographies
Cheers! ☮️
Hail
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 9:29PM MST
PS
As far as I know, Freedom House is an influential Washington think-tank or NGO, the "N" as in, "Non" affiliated with any government officially speaking, but probably indirectly quite interwoven with the U.S. government.
In the 2010s, there was the rise of this term "The Blob" to refer to such groups as that. A nicer-sounding term would be "the foreign-policy elite."
Freedom House at its best would be a truly independent group monitoring 'rights' situations around the world in such a striving-to-be-neutral level that everything about their reports would be boring, like every UN report ever made.
But the Blob swallows all. Whatever its past, Freedom House is probably now mostly if not fully part of The Blob.
I do know that Freedom House is highly influential. So I am completely of two minds on 'dismissing' them and 'paying close attention' to them. It's the same reason why Steve Sailer is such a compulsive New York Times reader.
As far as I know, Freedom House is an influential Washington think-tank or NGO, the "N" as in, "Non" affiliated with any government officially speaking, but probably indirectly quite interwoven with the U.S. government.
In the 2010s, there was the rise of this term "The Blob" to refer to such groups as that. A nicer-sounding term would be "the foreign-policy elite."
Freedom House at its best would be a truly independent group monitoring 'rights' situations around the world in such a striving-to-be-neutral level that everything about their reports would be boring, like every UN report ever made.
But the Blob swallows all. Whatever its past, Freedom House is probably now mostly if not fully part of The Blob.
I do know that Freedom House is highly influential. So I am completely of two minds on 'dismissing' them and 'paying close attention' to them. It's the same reason why Steve Sailer is such a compulsive New York Times reader.
Adam Smith
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 7:42PM MST
PS: Good evening, Mr. Hail, Mr. Moderator...
Thanks for the interesting looking comments. (I've only given them a quick once over, I'll go back and read them here in a minute.)
Who is this Freedom House?
https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores
Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right to vote to freedom of expression and equality before the law—can be affected by state or nonstate actors.
I find it rather odd that they can enumerate "political rights" and "civil liberties" and even more odd that the numbers are so low. (Who'd a thunk we Americans only have 83 rights while Russians enjoy only 13? Both scores seem impossibly low.) I also find it odd that they think voting is a right when it is so clearly a privilege.
Scores from the Freedom Index Map:
🇫🇮 Finland = 100
🇸🇪 Sweden = 99
🇳🇴 Norway = 98
🇮🇪 Ireland = 97
🇨🇦 Canada = 97
🇵🇹 Portugal = 96
🇦🇺 Australia = 95
🇮🇸 Iceland = 94
🇩🇪 Germany = 93
🇦🇹 Austria = 93
🇲🇳 Mongolia = 84
🇺🇸 USA = 83
🇭🇺 Hungary = 65
🇲🇽 Mexico = 60
🇷🇺 Russia = 13
🇨🇳 China = 9
Interesting list, but I don't know what criteria they are using to determine their score. I don't think being able to vote in a rigged election is a very useful "right". I'd rather have the right to be left alone. Or to travel.
Does anyone on this list enjoy allodial title rights? 🤔
I would much rather have allodial title rights than the privilege to voat.
Why are there are so few countries with a Democracy Score?
https://freedomhouse.org/countries/nations-transit/scores
Why don't the U.S. or Canada (or wherever) have a Democracy Score? Is our score so high that it would be impossible to determine?
Anyway. Just wondering about who this freedom house is.
Also just wanted to say hi.
Happy evening! ☮️
Thanks for the interesting looking comments. (I've only given them a quick once over, I'll go back and read them here in a minute.)
Who is this Freedom House?
https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores
Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right to vote to freedom of expression and equality before the law—can be affected by state or nonstate actors.
I find it rather odd that they can enumerate "political rights" and "civil liberties" and even more odd that the numbers are so low. (Who'd a thunk we Americans only have 83 rights while Russians enjoy only 13? Both scores seem impossibly low.) I also find it odd that they think voting is a right when it is so clearly a privilege.
Scores from the Freedom Index Map:
🇫🇮 Finland = 100
🇸🇪 Sweden = 99
🇳🇴 Norway = 98
🇮🇪 Ireland = 97
🇨🇦 Canada = 97
🇵🇹 Portugal = 96
🇦🇺 Australia = 95
🇮🇸 Iceland = 94
🇩🇪 Germany = 93
🇦🇹 Austria = 93
🇲🇳 Mongolia = 84
🇺🇸 USA = 83
🇭🇺 Hungary = 65
🇲🇽 Mexico = 60
🇷🇺 Russia = 13
🇨🇳 China = 9
Interesting list, but I don't know what criteria they are using to determine their score. I don't think being able to vote in a rigged election is a very useful "right". I'd rather have the right to be left alone. Or to travel.
Does anyone on this list enjoy allodial title rights? 🤔
I would much rather have allodial title rights than the privilege to voat.
Why are there are so few countries with a Democracy Score?
https://freedomhouse.org/countries/nations-transit/scores
Why don't the U.S. or Canada (or wherever) have a Democracy Score? Is our score so high that it would be impossible to determine?
Anyway. Just wondering about who this freedom house is.
Also just wanted to say hi.
Happy evening! ☮️
Moderator
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 3:50PM MST
PS: Lauren Southern, for y'all's enjoyment:
"Immigrant non-Assimilation in Germany and 2 more items"
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=2272
"Immigrant non-Assimilation in Germany and 2 more items"
https://www.peakstupidity.com/index.php?post=2272
Moderator
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 3:47PM MST
PS: As you all know, the Peak Stupidity staff are not really the biggest fans of Communist Kickball around. ;-}
However, that's interesting that 90% White (last I read) Uraguay kicked our butts (or won, anyway. 1-0 is kicking butt in that game, I suppose.*) I have read your posts since the beginning of the Kung Flu, Mr. Hail. I did see that new comment on that post, as I check regularly.
That's an interesting point that I've never read anyone on iSteve or your site bring up - are the ringers a problem because they are not quite so on-board with winning when they play their actual-home team?
The fans are one thing. In L.A., they'll likely root for Mexico or any Latin Am country over their home that they've supposedly assimilated to.** In fact, many place in the US would see this, as they are some of the big soccer fans, so their presence might be higher than their proportion of the city's population.
The players, though? You want to win badly, and it's not about the money, as with the old rigged games. Aside from this, there's also the fact that diversity is the opposite of unity, and without deep understandings of each other, teamwork is not so great. (Just the communication alone...)
* There's a Simpson's clip on soccer that's just fantastic.
** I've got a post on this blog that was really more about Lauren Southern's cleavage than the actual point of her clip, but anyway, it relates here. The video was about Moslems in one city in Germany. When the soccer matches go on, which flags do you figure they hang outside?
However, that's interesting that 90% White (last I read) Uraguay kicked our butts (or won, anyway. 1-0 is kicking butt in that game, I suppose.*) I have read your posts since the beginning of the Kung Flu, Mr. Hail. I did see that new comment on that post, as I check regularly.
That's an interesting point that I've never read anyone on iSteve or your site bring up - are the ringers a problem because they are not quite so on-board with winning when they play their actual-home team?
The fans are one thing. In L.A., they'll likely root for Mexico or any Latin Am country over their home that they've supposedly assimilated to.** In fact, many place in the US would see this, as they are some of the big soccer fans, so their presence might be higher than their proportion of the city's population.
The players, though? You want to win badly, and it's not about the money, as with the old rigged games. Aside from this, there's also the fact that diversity is the opposite of unity, and without deep understandings of each other, teamwork is not so great. (Just the communication alone...)
* There's a Simpson's clip on soccer that's just fantastic.
** I've got a post on this blog that was really more about Lauren Southern's cleavage than the actual point of her clip, but anyway, it relates here. The video was about Moslems in one city in Germany. When the soccer matches go on, which flags do you figure they hang outside?
Moderator
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 3:34PM MST
PS: "I don't think we should take the Freedom House ranking as an absolute truth, for various reasons. But the data-set is interesting anyway to consider. Some of their possible 'misses' or distortions are interest in their own right."
They probably weigh some factors that you or I may not have included at all or counted for nothing or more. I'll say this to reiterate what I wrote earlier: To me, aside from countries that were Communist for 40 - 70 years or more, then your Latin American back-and-forth Communist-to-Right-wing military juntas that may have been in one phase or another upon the compilation, I see the world getting steadily less free, gradually, pretty soon maybe suddenly.
In other words, countries that were in the 90s on rank a half-century or century ago, cough, cough, U.S. of A., should be in the 50s even if that's the highest number on there. There's no objective standard, I assume, and I don't see having one being easy.
Do you see, then, a prejudice against countries associated or allied with Russia? I realize Russia has real problems and is no Denmark or 1970s USA, but I wonder if there is a bias based on "old times' sake".
As for us, freedom isn't all, of course, as, for example, our peer of Ghana.. Please! Mongolia? Who knows really, but I don't like the cold. I've been to just the lower part of Manchuria, and no freaking thanks!
They probably weigh some factors that you or I may not have included at all or counted for nothing or more. I'll say this to reiterate what I wrote earlier: To me, aside from countries that were Communist for 40 - 70 years or more, then your Latin American back-and-forth Communist-to-Right-wing military juntas that may have been in one phase or another upon the compilation, I see the world getting steadily less free, gradually, pretty soon maybe suddenly.
In other words, countries that were in the 90s on rank a half-century or century ago, cough, cough, U.S. of A., should be in the 50s even if that's the highest number on there. There's no objective standard, I assume, and I don't see having one being easy.
Do you see, then, a prejudice against countries associated or allied with Russia? I realize Russia has real problems and is no Denmark or 1970s USA, but I wonder if there is a bias based on "old times' sake".
As for us, freedom isn't all, of course, as, for example, our peer of Ghana.. Please! Mongolia? Who knows really, but I don't like the cold. I've been to just the lower part of Manchuria, and no freaking thanks!
E. H. Hail
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 12:13PM MST
PS
By the way, another the USA was knocked out of the top-tier of the Freedom House rankings in the past few years. The authors blame the downshift, in their scoring system, entirely on the sinister and malevolent influence of Trump and his anti-democratic supporters.
The USA's new near-peers, in the Freedom Index, include: Samoa, Mongolia, Romania, Panama, Croatia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Tonga, Poland, Jamaica, Ghana. If we can imagine the 0-to-100 Freedom Index system as a continuous spectrum, the USA of the 2020s is about mid-way between the world's best and most-free countries (Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Denmark...) and "partly-free" Hungary.
The reasons Freedom House's experts give for why the USA was downgraded are dubious and specious; BUT the overall result ends up right, in important ways.
A Third-Worldized USA, even with firm legacy institutions and norms (as developed and 'run' by White-Christians of high-trust NW-European ancestral origin), is always going to trend negative on freedom, among other factors. I believe that line I've just written is a de-facto slogan of the Peak Stupidity Project.
By the way, another the USA was knocked out of the top-tier of the Freedom House rankings in the past few years. The authors blame the downshift, in their scoring system, entirely on the sinister and malevolent influence of Trump and his anti-democratic supporters.
The USA's new near-peers, in the Freedom Index, include: Samoa, Mongolia, Romania, Panama, Croatia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Tonga, Poland, Jamaica, Ghana. If we can imagine the 0-to-100 Freedom Index system as a continuous spectrum, the USA of the 2020s is about mid-way between the world's best and most-free countries (Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Denmark...) and "partly-free" Hungary.
The reasons Freedom House's experts give for why the USA was downgraded are dubious and specious; BUT the overall result ends up right, in important ways.
A Third-Worldized USA, even with firm legacy institutions and norms (as developed and 'run' by White-Christians of high-trust NW-European ancestral origin), is always going to trend negative on freedom, among other factors. I believe that line I've just written is a de-facto slogan of the Peak Stupidity Project.
E. H. Hail
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 12:10PM MST
PS
As for URUGUAY, which I read you to imply, you may interested to know that thy eliminated the USA from the Copa America soccer-tournament yesterday.
The small, Whitest-in-Latin-America Uruguay eliminated the bloated multi-racial superpower 100x its size.
The "Copa America" is a version of the World Cup delimited to North America, Central America, Caribbean, and South America, and therefore include quite a few of the world's strong teams, Argentina, Brazil to name the biggest.
I saw a flow of people searching for my "Racial ancestry of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team" investigation from late 2022. (That was via Yandex; I get about as many clicks from Yandex as the tiny flow now from Google, which has near 100x Yandex's reach.) I wrote a little comment on this yesterday.
I can add that the U.S. team also lost to Panama, an even smaller country than Uruguay and with a complicated long-term relationship with the USA. But it was yesterday's loss to Uruguay guaranteed the USA's elimination.
A lot of "U.S. soccer" people are said to be angry. My working theory is the U.S. team consistently underperforms because it is too top-heavy with over-diversity, as in out-and-out non-American ringers on the team; and of those who do have U.S. ties, often a kind of mixed identity going on. See the comment at HailToYou.wordpress.com for more on that. This matters for "national teams" in sports, I think. Uruguay, meanwhile, has nothing of that problem.
Uruguay, incidentally, gets a great Freedom House ranking, right there "brazo a brazo" with the ranks of the best even of Northwest Europe and its diaspora. To them, and to all, I say: hail to you, Uruguay!
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As for URUGUAY, which I read you to imply, you may interested to know that thy eliminated the USA from the Copa America soccer-tournament yesterday.
The small, Whitest-in-Latin-America Uruguay eliminated the bloated multi-racial superpower 100x its size.
The "Copa America" is a version of the World Cup delimited to North America, Central America, Caribbean, and South America, and therefore include quite a few of the world's strong teams, Argentina, Brazil to name the biggest.
I saw a flow of people searching for my "Racial ancestry of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team" investigation from late 2022. (That was via Yandex; I get about as many clicks from Yandex as the tiny flow now from Google, which has near 100x Yandex's reach.) I wrote a little comment on this yesterday.
I can add that the U.S. team also lost to Panama, an even smaller country than Uruguay and with a complicated long-term relationship with the USA. But it was yesterday's loss to Uruguay guaranteed the USA's elimination.
A lot of "U.S. soccer" people are said to be angry. My working theory is the U.S. team consistently underperforms because it is too top-heavy with over-diversity, as in out-and-out non-American ringers on the team; and of those who do have U.S. ties, often a kind of mixed identity going on. See the comment at HailToYou.wordpress.com for more on that. This matters for "national teams" in sports, I think. Uruguay, meanwhile, has nothing of that problem.
Uruguay, incidentally, gets a great Freedom House ranking, right there "brazo a brazo" with the ranks of the best even of Northwest Europe and its diaspora. To them, and to all, I say: hail to you, Uruguay!
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E. H. Hail
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 12:03PM MST
PS
Part of my response some cut cutoff, though the conclusion of the sentence is obvious enough. "None get ranked..." should conclude that none of those old USSR-successor states get ranked anywhere near the Western, NATO-bloc average.
I don't think we should take the Freedom House ranking as an absolute truth, for various reasons. But the data-set is interesting anyway to consider. Some of their possible 'misses' or distortions are interest in their own right.
Part of my response some cut cutoff, though the conclusion of the sentence is obvious enough. "None get ranked..." should conclude that none of those old USSR-successor states get ranked anywhere near the Western, NATO-bloc average.
I don't think we should take the Freedom House ranking as an absolute truth, for various reasons. But the data-set is interesting anyway to consider. Some of their possible 'misses' or distortions are interest in their own right.
Moderator
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 11:30AM MST
PS: Hello, Mr. Hail. Most of the other central Euro nations experienced that same 40 years of Communism as Hungary. I guess it's not so easy to pull out of the mindset*. East Germany got reunified with W. Germany, so that make it easier for them. How about the Czech Republic, Poland, etc? (Been to the former - it was pretty nice.)
I can't claim Hungary as the panacea for the White man - good luck learning the language for one thing, and like the north Georgia hills, they can't take everyone.
At least they are holding their own against this existential threat. Since Mr. Smith brought up AnotherDad, he (and I) have noted that if you don't take care of, even reverse, the Population Replacement Program, why even care about everything else?
Thanks for the interesting info. Paraguay, huh? (It's probably pretty free and easy-going if you are called Whore-Gay Bush. Oh, wait, he died, but it seems like a bug-out place for these types.) I want to check out it's near-namesake, but not - for the geographically-minded - neighbor.
* Then too, I don't know how free these countries were back a century ago - I'm sure quite a bit more, as most places in the Western World were compared to their situations today.
I can't claim Hungary as the panacea for the White man - good luck learning the language for one thing, and like the north Georgia hills, they can't take everyone.
At least they are holding their own against this existential threat. Since Mr. Smith brought up AnotherDad, he (and I) have noted that if you don't take care of, even reverse, the Population Replacement Program, why even care about everything else?
Thanks for the interesting info. Paraguay, huh? (It's probably pretty free and easy-going if you are called Whore-Gay Bush. Oh, wait, he died, but it seems like a bug-out place for these types.) I want to check out it's near-namesake, but not - for the geographically-minded - neighbor.
* Then too, I don't know how free these countries were back a century ago - I'm sure quite a bit more, as most places in the Western World were compared to their situations today.
Moderator
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 11:22AM MST
PS: "• Undermining Global Cooperation:" Wait a minute, I thought this was a list of reasons Nationalism is problematic. Did ChatGP have a Bai Dien moment there, Adam? Check if smoke is coming out where your CPU fan is. :-}
I appreciate your thoughts on how Nationalism can work with requiring (too much) authoritarianism. AD's separate nations is unfortunately necessary when you have so, so many of the people that won't leave you alone and don't even understand the concept.
Libertarianism can only work when a significant majority of the population understands it, unlike Authoritarianism, which doesn't require anyone but the authorities to understand it, once it's implemented. This is very unfortunate - hence the hills of N. Georgia. But, we can't all be there.
I appreciate your thoughts on how Nationalism can work with requiring (too much) authoritarianism. AD's separate nations is unfortunately necessary when you have so, so many of the people that won't leave you alone and don't even understand the concept.
Libertarianism can only work when a significant majority of the population understands it, unlike Authoritarianism, which doesn't require anyone but the authorities to understand it, once it's implemented. This is very unfortunate - hence the hills of N. Georgia. But, we can't all be there.
E. H. Hail
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 10:48AM MST
PS
Freedom House releases ratings of countries by how "free" they are, and has long used a simple three-category system ("Free, Partly Free, Not Free") and a wider six-category system with points-systems applied, producing regional and global rankings of countries.
Hungary gets among the lowest marks in all of core Europe on their "Freedom Index." Its neighbors in the Freedom House global ranking are: Bhutan, Paraguay, Liberia, India, Malawi, Bolivia.
The Hungary of the 2020s is classified, by Freedom House, as a "Partly-Free Hybrid Regime," as in hybrid between democratic and 'authoritarian.' In Europe, Ukraine is lower but not by much.
Some of the minor states in the ex-Yugoslavia are lower. But those have recent histories of civil war and ethnic militias with thousands killed, which could devolve in that direction again (I'm looking at you, Bosnia "and Herzegovina").
These little states can also get major leeway by being U.S./NATO protectorates. (The direct U.S. protectorate of Kosovo has a lower-rank than Hungary. So much for The Unipolar Freedom Fries period of the 1990s to ca. 2010s.)
The other group of countries in Europe or on Europe's periphery that get low ranks in the Freedom House rankings are those with ties to Russia. Anyone who knows much of anything about Russia knows Russia has a weak tradition of the serious classical-liberal commitments that were do important for many centuries in the West, in many ways back to the Reformation or even earlier. Russia had only spots here and there of that kind of classical-liberalism.
You kind of say "Oh, okay" when you hear Belarus gets such a low Freedom Index ranking. The post-Soviet states east of Kiev get classified, by Freedom House, as either "Consolidated Authoritarian Regime" or, at best, Transitional or Hybrid Regime. None get ranked
Hungary is unique in Europe in that it has neither the Balkan wars nor ties to the Russian world to "make sense" of its low Freedom House score. It was part of the relatively liberal Austrian Empire. However, it did side with the Axis in the 1941-45 crusade against the Soviet Union.
There are a lot of reasons to be suspicious of the Freedom House list. One is that they give Israel a higher "Freedom Index" score than Hungary. Poke around for other big-picture oddities in the Freedom House big board, if you wish, here:
https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2024
There is of course reason to believe Freedom House could have an agenda against Hungary, but the 'who,' 'why,' 'when,' and like questions are difficult to tell with certainty.
Freedom House releases ratings of countries by how "free" they are, and has long used a simple three-category system ("Free, Partly Free, Not Free") and a wider six-category system with points-systems applied, producing regional and global rankings of countries.
Hungary gets among the lowest marks in all of core Europe on their "Freedom Index." Its neighbors in the Freedom House global ranking are: Bhutan, Paraguay, Liberia, India, Malawi, Bolivia.
The Hungary of the 2020s is classified, by Freedom House, as a "Partly-Free Hybrid Regime," as in hybrid between democratic and 'authoritarian.' In Europe, Ukraine is lower but not by much.
Some of the minor states in the ex-Yugoslavia are lower. But those have recent histories of civil war and ethnic militias with thousands killed, which could devolve in that direction again (I'm looking at you, Bosnia "and Herzegovina").
These little states can also get major leeway by being U.S./NATO protectorates. (The direct U.S. protectorate of Kosovo has a lower-rank than Hungary. So much for The Unipolar Freedom Fries period of the 1990s to ca. 2010s.)
The other group of countries in Europe or on Europe's periphery that get low ranks in the Freedom House rankings are those with ties to Russia. Anyone who knows much of anything about Russia knows Russia has a weak tradition of the serious classical-liberal commitments that were do important for many centuries in the West, in many ways back to the Reformation or even earlier. Russia had only spots here and there of that kind of classical-liberalism.
You kind of say "Oh, okay" when you hear Belarus gets such a low Freedom Index ranking. The post-Soviet states east of Kiev get classified, by Freedom House, as either "Consolidated Authoritarian Regime" or, at best, Transitional or Hybrid Regime. None get ranked
Hungary is unique in Europe in that it has neither the Balkan wars nor ties to the Russian world to "make sense" of its low Freedom House score. It was part of the relatively liberal Austrian Empire. However, it did side with the Axis in the 1941-45 crusade against the Soviet Union.
There are a lot of reasons to be suspicious of the Freedom House list. One is that they give Israel a higher "Freedom Index" score than Hungary. Poke around for other big-picture oddities in the Freedom House big board, if you wish, here:
https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2024
There is of course reason to believe Freedom House could have an agenda against Hungary, but the 'who,' 'why,' 'when,' and like questions are difficult to tell with certainty.
Adam Smith
Tuesday - July 2nd 2024 8:49AM MST
PS: Good morning, Achmed!
(What follows is a little meandering and disjointed as I am still sleepy brained. Hopefully it is in some kind of harmony with the original post.)
So, I asked ChatGPT "Why is nationalism bad?"
To which the robot replied...
Nationalism can be considered problematic for several reasons:
• Exclusionary Nature: Nationalism often emphasizes the interests and identity of one nation or group over others. This can lead to exclusion or discrimination against individuals or groups who do not fit the perceived national identity, such as minorities or immigrants.
• Potential for Conflict: Extreme nationalism can fuel conflicts between nations or ethnic groups, as it prioritizes the interests and superiority of one's own nation over cooperation and diplomacy with others.
• Historical Context: Throughout history, extreme nationalism has been associated with aggressive expansionism, imperialism, and even wars. It can be used to justify harmful actions against other nations or peoples perceived as threats.
• Undermining Global Cooperation: In an increasingly interconnected world, excessive nationalism can undermine efforts toward international cooperation on issues like climate change, human rights, and global health. It may prioritize national interests over global well-being.
• Ethnocentrism and Prejudice: Nationalism sometimes fosters a sense of superiority based on national origin or ethnicity, which can contribute to prejudice, racism, and xenophobia.
However, it's important to note that not all forms of nationalism are inherently negative. Patriotism, for instance, which involves pride and loyalty to one's country without necessarily denigrating others, can be a positive force. The negative aspects arise when nationalism becomes extreme, exclusionary, or used as a tool for division and conflict.
[/end ChatGPT answer]
The only reason I would think "Nationalism is bad" is because nationalism often depends on some sort of statism, which even in its most benign forms will usually devolve into something that advances psychopathy (wetiko) and has no interest in human liberty other than to stomp it out wherever it finds it.
I guess anarchism is like libertarianism in that we would need a better quality of people for an arrangement like that to work. (For some of us the live and let live, be a friendly hermit thing comes so natural but that atomization leaves us vulnerable to some of the more predatory/parasitic ethnic groups, especially if they are highly organized in their endeavors. This is really the only reason we need to organize in defense of our self interest. We would all be happier to just be left alone.)
Also... Most unfortunately... Humans have been selectively bred for obedience to authority for at least 10,000 years. Most people simply cannot handle anarchism (meaning "no artificial or unjust authority" and not the bastardized anarchism they like to associate with chaos and destruction) or libertarianism because they need some sort of "authority" (be it a god or a state or a flag or whatever) to mindlessly obey. It would be a little like expecting a Husky not to run or a Border Collie not to herd sheep to expect many (dare I say most?) people not to be so called "authoritarian followers" as it goes against deeply ingrained beliefs and behaviors caused by evolutionary processes.
Authoritarian followers really are a weird and dangerous bunch. It is this tendency that lies in an unfortunately large percent of the population that causes what could be otherwise "positive nationalism" to devolve into the uglier, more destructive forms that we so often hear about.
Anyway... I really don't follow European politics much, but Orban does seem like one of the proverbial "good ones" as far as statists go. (I guess. As I said, I really don't know.)
But to get back on track here a moment... In a world where White/European people are a shrinking minority we will need to carve out our own communities where we can be left alone. (Separate Nations as AnotherDad would say.)(Europe and North America used to be good places for such an experiment. Perhaps Europe can once again be for Europeans?) For some reason (which I have a little trouble fathoming) some people find this unacceptable for White people...
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/orania-battery-load-shedding-population-latest-news/
Nazism is now hiding in plain sight...
https://archive.ph/IHkeK
The above articles are a little off topic but hopefully illustrative nonetheless.
Perhaps, deep down, these parasitic classes know intuitively that they need us and that we not only don't need them but would be better off without them. (And this fuels their resentment.) Perhaps they know no such thing and are simply greedy and evil?
I don't know. I just hope they leave me alone. ☮️
(What follows is a little meandering and disjointed as I am still sleepy brained. Hopefully it is in some kind of harmony with the original post.)
So, I asked ChatGPT "Why is nationalism bad?"
To which the robot replied...
Nationalism can be considered problematic for several reasons:
• Exclusionary Nature: Nationalism often emphasizes the interests and identity of one nation or group over others. This can lead to exclusion or discrimination against individuals or groups who do not fit the perceived national identity, such as minorities or immigrants.
• Potential for Conflict: Extreme nationalism can fuel conflicts between nations or ethnic groups, as it prioritizes the interests and superiority of one's own nation over cooperation and diplomacy with others.
• Historical Context: Throughout history, extreme nationalism has been associated with aggressive expansionism, imperialism, and even wars. It can be used to justify harmful actions against other nations or peoples perceived as threats.
• Undermining Global Cooperation: In an increasingly interconnected world, excessive nationalism can undermine efforts toward international cooperation on issues like climate change, human rights, and global health. It may prioritize national interests over global well-being.
• Ethnocentrism and Prejudice: Nationalism sometimes fosters a sense of superiority based on national origin or ethnicity, which can contribute to prejudice, racism, and xenophobia.
However, it's important to note that not all forms of nationalism are inherently negative. Patriotism, for instance, which involves pride and loyalty to one's country without necessarily denigrating others, can be a positive force. The negative aspects arise when nationalism becomes extreme, exclusionary, or used as a tool for division and conflict.
[/end ChatGPT answer]
The only reason I would think "Nationalism is bad" is because nationalism often depends on some sort of statism, which even in its most benign forms will usually devolve into something that advances psychopathy (wetiko) and has no interest in human liberty other than to stomp it out wherever it finds it.
I guess anarchism is like libertarianism in that we would need a better quality of people for an arrangement like that to work. (For some of us the live and let live, be a friendly hermit thing comes so natural but that atomization leaves us vulnerable to some of the more predatory/parasitic ethnic groups, especially if they are highly organized in their endeavors. This is really the only reason we need to organize in defense of our self interest. We would all be happier to just be left alone.)
Also... Most unfortunately... Humans have been selectively bred for obedience to authority for at least 10,000 years. Most people simply cannot handle anarchism (meaning "no artificial or unjust authority" and not the bastardized anarchism they like to associate with chaos and destruction) or libertarianism because they need some sort of "authority" (be it a god or a state or a flag or whatever) to mindlessly obey. It would be a little like expecting a Husky not to run or a Border Collie not to herd sheep to expect many (dare I say most?) people not to be so called "authoritarian followers" as it goes against deeply ingrained beliefs and behaviors caused by evolutionary processes.
Authoritarian followers really are a weird and dangerous bunch. It is this tendency that lies in an unfortunately large percent of the population that causes what could be otherwise "positive nationalism" to devolve into the uglier, more destructive forms that we so often hear about.
Anyway... I really don't follow European politics much, but Orban does seem like one of the proverbial "good ones" as far as statists go. (I guess. As I said, I really don't know.)
But to get back on track here a moment... In a world where White/European people are a shrinking minority we will need to carve out our own communities where we can be left alone. (Separate Nations as AnotherDad would say.)(Europe and North America used to be good places for such an experiment. Perhaps Europe can once again be for Europeans?) For some reason (which I have a little trouble fathoming) some people find this unacceptable for White people...
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/orania-battery-load-shedding-population-latest-news/
Nazism is now hiding in plain sight...
https://archive.ph/IHkeK
The above articles are a little off topic but hopefully illustrative nonetheless.
Perhaps, deep down, these parasitic classes know intuitively that they need us and that we not only don't need them but would be better off without them. (And this fuels their resentment.) Perhaps they know no such thing and are simply greedy and evil?
I don't know. I just hope they leave me alone. ☮️
Happy Independence Day!
(Happy cuatro de Julio! for any Arrested Development fans.)
Achmed... First off, regarding Miss 𝑇𝑒𝑒𝑛 USA Caite Upton, well, I sit corrected. I didn't realize miss Upton was ~18 in this video. (Even more reason to give her the benefit of the doubt.) I really do think she flubbed her answer because of her stage fright. I really feel sorry for her.
In a different time she could move on from that event/performance and forget about it. Today, her shining moment is archived on youtube so people like us can discuss whether or not to use it as a point of reference on our Stupidity Index. (It seriously took me like 5 seconds to find this video in the youtube search.)(For the record, I don't think I would use this episode of stage fright as the meter stick by which to measure societal stupidity.) I'm sure she's moved on from that, but I would imagine that she wouldn't mind if that video were to somehow vanish from the interwebs forever.
On a little happier note, Caite Upton (Born March 27, 1989) is all grown up now and it looks like she's enjoying her life as a new mom...
https://www.picuki.com/profile/caiteupton
I don't know this girl, and I have no idea where she sits on the bell curve (not that it matters), but I hope she and her family are happy and comfortable. I wish her well.
Mr. Hail, I too would like to thank you for all the info you provided about Hungary, as well as your other thoughtful commentary regarding the Stupidity Index. Imagine the sort of work our intrepid scholars could produce if the Institute for the Study of Peak Stupidity had just a fraction of the funding Freedom House enjoys. Perhaps I will solicit the trustees at Freedom House for a donation(?) as they have several extra million dollar bucks just laying around. (No doubt collecting more than enough interest to fully fund our Preeminent Institute.)
Which is stupider? Being stupid, or not being stupid while deliberately 'acting' stupid for public consumption?
A riddle! I suppose it is situational and depends on context. (But...) Actually being stupid is 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 (in most cases) stupider than merely acting stupid (sometimes, acting stupid may indeed be clever, especially if it helps one achieve a desired outcome) though I think acting stupid for public consumption is more nefarious than merely being stupid. Also, interestingly, stupider does not get flagged by my spell check. Apparently, stupider (comparative adjective) is a real word in good standing with a long history of usage...
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/are-stupider-and-stupidest-real-words
(Who'd a thunk it?)
As for Kellie Pickler, I'm still undecided as to whether or not this video is an organic (albeit weird) example of the female deception strategy you describe or if she is merely playing a scripted role for Jeff Foxworthy's comedy show. Either way, it made for good enough TV/entertainment that here we are, talking about it 12 years later. Also, apparently, Miss Pickler did achieve some sort of minor celebrity status, for what ever reason, and has (allegedly, as per the internet) amassed a comfortable $4 million nest egg. If she had to play the stupid blonde to achieve this goal, well, who am I to judge. Probably the best business decision she made in her life.
Of course, this begs some questions as to why the agenda setters would so generously reward (or promote) her for playing a dumb blonde on TV instead of promoting some intelligent pretty face instead. I don't blame her for finding a niche and exploiting it. Chances are her other options were much less lucrative. She likely could have ended up working retail or as cashier at a gas station or as a cna in a nursing home if she were less photogenic.
Which brings me to a different (and I think better example for our purposes) poster girl who deserves some sort of place on the Stupidity Index.
Danielle Bregoli
The cash me outside girl brought to fame by the charlatan known as Dr. Phil.
While Miss Pickler and Miss Upton present as normal and even wholesome (even if stupid) to a large degree, Miss Bregoli is anything but. She is rude, crass, became famous for her violent tantrums, and has been generously rewarded and promoted by the ruling class agenda setters.
https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/models/danielle-bregoli-net-worth/
I know we can't always believe what we read on the internet, but the fact that this (not that pretty, actually kinda ugly in my opinion, untalented) girl has been promoted so heavily by the agenda setters really has me wondering about their goals. Why are they using people like this to influence girls and young women? What exactly are the promoting here?
(About a minute later...)
Ok, hold up a second. I think I may have found part of the answer to my previous questions under the Early life section of her wikipedia page...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhad_Bhabie
"Bregoli was born and raised in Boynton Beach, Florida. Her parents, Ira Peskowitz and Barbara Ann Bregoli, dated for a year before Barbara became pregnant, later separating when she was an infant. She is of 𝐴𝑠ℎ𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑧𝑖 𝐽𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ descent through her father and Italian descent through her mother."
Could her promotion simply be economic nepotism? Is she being used by the agenda setters to further aid in America's moral decline?
Whatever the heck is going on here, I think Danielle Bregoli is better example of American Stupidity than either Caite Upton or Kellie Pickler.
(Wow! Now I feel like I too have written too much about this topic. It's been fun nonetheless.)
Anyway...
It's beautiful here today. A little warm, but not hot like it was during our warm spell last week. Looks like a wonderful day for a holiday. Mrs. Smith and I are looking forward to the fireworks tonight. (Living on top of the mountain means we get to see all sort of fireworks without leaving home. Also, we get to hear lots of gun fire. The only downside is that Babygirl gets scared from all the noise, but there really isn't anything we can do about that. She'll just have to hide in her house until the noise subsides later this evening.)
I hope you guys enjoy your holiday. And...
I hope you gentlemen have a great day! ☮️