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We, herds of Modern Moron Slaves (official certification achieved with OPERATION COVIDIUS) will never be able to use the sub-system "democracy".

This sub-system was invented NOT to make the slaves lives better and happier but to provide the necessary wall of fog so that the herds never turn against the real OWNERS of the MAIN SYSTEM (MONETARY SYSTEM).

You fellow MMS can engage with whatever dream/action you want, BUT, as soon as the action starts to affect the Life & Control & Peace of the Secular Ruling Families & Billionaires, you're done.

Why on Earth you guys want to use a corrupt and terrorist sub-system in order to achieve something balanced beats me! There is no chance of that working out.

Unless we are willing to LOSE ALL there is no chance for ACTUAL REAL CHANGE.

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What has sunk the entire “Left/Right” paradigm – and with unmistakable force – is the covid operation. The device of ascribing even the slightest doubt about the reality of the pandemic to “Right Wing” influence was used from the beginning and never ceased. And as a long time “Leftie” I could see right away that if I hadn’t already had suspicions I might easily have been taken in by this manoeuvre. Such is the almost visceral force. No “self respecting” Leftie could bear to be associated with e.g. Peter Hitchens and the “Daily Mail” contingent.

And so when I saw my old Leftist associates invariably fall for this con, I found it as insufferable as it was understandable.

Thus “Left/Right” is now purely about mind manipulation.

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It is also sad that the most “Marxist” take on the view that rejects the covid tale comes from Simon Elmer before he unwisely started to make a big issue out of the “woke” aspect.

And that highlights another problem. It is so easy to feel such disgust for the Left's capitulation to covid – and other pseudo-Left “specialities” – that it is tempting to swing to an “anti-Left” stance that is equally invalid.

There is a parallel here with the Israel situation where understandable disgust with Israel may tempt you towards genuine antisemitism.

There is also the unfortunate defensiveness that emerges too. Simon has blocked me for reasons I don’t know. Previously, one (ultra?) Left writer, Phil Greaves, blocked me as soon as I followed him.

There is a paranoia that can easily come about from those Lefties who reject Covid. As well as a long time arrogance about “stupid” non-Left positions where the Left don’t think they have to explain their objection. They have to wake up to the fact that they must work towards solidarity and that means having the humility to put their ideas out there for the general public who can’t be expected to know about Das Kapital.

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It's also been an eye-opener for me - coming to the realisation that large elements of the Left, particularly as represented by Elmer and Greaves, are as authoritarian (if not more so) than so-called liberals or conservatives on the Right. Neither side really wants to change the system to benefit the underdog. That's too scary for them. They both simply want control of it for their own ends. The refusal to engage with people they deem beneath them actually speaks to a deep-seated insecurity in their positions. They're terrified of being 'found out' - i.e. just plain being plain wrong. Which is a fundamental psychological underpinning of authoritarianism.

And I know I'm repeating myself, but it's dangerous to get so sucked into the hatred of woke that you end up attributing everything to it. Woke is ultimately a symptom, not a cause.

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It’s disappointing re: Simon because I have four of his books (actually most of the material therein can be found on his site) and he is very good in many of his observations. His wrath against the Left is understandable but counterproductive. I’ve let fly myself quite often but it’s an admission of defeat and even despair.

(There’s the case of Guido Giacomo Preparata, author of “Conjuring Hitler”, whose invective against all things Marxian is as extreme as can be imagined but I think that is due to his shabby treatment from the present “academic Left” – a faction which, I am sure, Marx himself would have despised!)

Also, Simon’s prose style is inelegant – with a dismaying penchant for enormous lists. But it is his lack of engagement that is the killer. He seems to have become increasingly bitter.

As far as his “woke” issue goes, I think it goes like this: The superrich are the tiniest of minorities but they own the material resources and the media. And through the media they promote images in which the white participants are becoming increasingly “marginalised”. And, since the whites are the major part of the population in the UK, this is the rulers’ way of alienating most of the masses. There is, however, the danger of an apparent corollary to this: that the non-whites are identified with the superrich, which is absurd.

(The obvious parallels between this line of argument and the stereotypical racist reactionary Right view is very clear.)

One of the most annoying things about this is that it is really unnecessary to go into it anyway. The “colour issue” (if I may call it that) is a matter of indifference to the vast majority of the public. It is like the issue of sexual orientation. Nobody has an issue with gay people these days. Which I reckon is one of the reasons why the media has now presented this incoherent and frankly oxymoronic new demographic, “transgender”. And the reason that “Pride” marches are so relentlessly promoted is to “rub the faces” of the public with what is a private activity which, as long as it takes place between consenting adults, is of no concern to anyone. In short it is always about “stirring them up”.

And the ruling class have always been adept at ruling through division.

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Totally agree.

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