It’s a very long essay and shouldn’t be spoiled by using many excerpts. Besides, if you don’t read the whole thing, you miss the connections he makes to a more palatable future. In order to understand those connections you need to see his take on a previous grab for power by the elites.
In the course of arriving at his optimistic prediction, he shares some gob-smackingly amazing
For example, we have this to ponder, as Whiskey describes the mindset of the trans-national elites:
This model, that of a trans-national elite, taking steps to control the US Presidential election, does seem to describe what Obama’s campaign really is. There are other data points. San Francisco columnist Mark Morford describes Obama as a “Lightworker”, a near-parody of the WB series “Charmed” “White Lighter” characters.
Here’s where it gets gooey. Many spiritually advanced people I know (not coweringly religious, mind you, but deeply spiritual) identify Obama as a Lightworker, that rare kind of attuned being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but who can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet, of relating and connecting and engaging with this bizarre earthly experiment. These kinds of people actually help us evolve. They are philosophers and peacemakers of a very high order, and they speak not just to reason or emotion, but to the soul.
Yep, these folks really believe that Philosopher-King Obama is going to help us to evolve into more soulful beings. I can’t wait.
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Whiskey compares the rise of Obama-ist transnational elites to the rise of monarchies and the consequent taking by force the wealth of which monasteries were the repositories:
The Kings of Medieval Europe could not match the production of wealth that the Catholic Church’s Monasteries produced. The Kings could not produce the large amounts of educated, loyal to Rome, and absolutely required functionaries that the Church alone provided. But the Kings could create alliances to seize said Monasteries and distribute the wealth among themselves and barons, such as Henry the VIII. Or found universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, and the University of Paris, to create their own, loyal, literate functionaries. Because while the Monasteries were a huge source of wealth, they could not be defended. Defending the wealth required men under arms, something the Church was never able to produce.
So, Whiskey says, did Obama perform likewise, in creating alliances to gain power, though he sees a problem arising in O’s bypass of the large populist group in America:
In the same manner, the “Obama Model” of media in the tank, illegal foreign money (not reported by said in the tank media), voter fraud, and thug tactics has a weakness.
By moving entirely outside the media, through building grass-roots organizations, populists can control their message and use it create wedge politics, particularly through using nationalism and populism. This would include such things as various social events, private insurance, entertainment events, and so on. Particularly as the global economic crisis makes the ability of trans-national elites to provide welfare payoffs to broad slices of the electorate very questionable…
I don’t want to give away the rest of his argument. Go read it for yourselves and make your own judgment in the matter. I will leave you with this quote, though it is not his last word on the subject:
…It is a simple matter to show the intimidation and thugocracy of minority-oriented governments, be it an Obama thugocracy, or that of a Sarkozy, or Gordon Brown Sharia-compliant regime, and make the case that the majority, made second-class citizens or worse in their own nation, have no other alternative but the populists…
I prefer the term “Culturism” myself. As the author of the text on it says:
The words “multiculturalism” and “racism” undermine important policy discussions. “Culturism” can start them again.
5 comments:
" These kinds of people actually help us evolve. They are philosophers and peacemakers of a very high order, and they speak not just to reason or emotion, but to the soul."
I hate to blow my own blogs horn but! I had an experience recently with a couple of Obamatons that relates to this quote. The post is called "youre life will personally change". Scary,creepy stuff.
Thank you so much, Dymphna.
I want to take time to express my gratitude for this site, it's European emphasis (I love Europe, Europeans, and do not wish them or their fine cultures to vanish).
You have endured much abuse (I too btw have been banned from LGF for expressing my sentiments as outlined in the post). All of it undeserved.
Gates of Vienna is my first read in the morning, I find the content here simply priceless -- commentary from informed people like yourself, the Baron, El Ingles, and of course, Fjordman, that I see nowhere else.
I would point out that Ace of Spades is already calling for a reform of the Republican Party by grass-roots organizations, finding and putting up candidates, who are Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and taking a populist bent.
Thank you so much for the link.
whiskey --
I was about to point people to the link to Ace on our blogroll to follow up on your news re his effots..only to find he isn't there. Odd, since I read him fairly often.
Here's the general link to Ace's site. He will probably be putting more information out about this project, so I won't link to a specific post.
Get Out the Vote
Ace is doing something. Right now it's an attempt to match up resources. He says, in the current top post:
State where you are, where you can go, and if you're offering or seeking transpo or lodging.
No digressions. Don't make a maniac out of me. Do digressions, tips, and chitty-chat in an open thread post I'll start now. Keep this clean of static. Just to match willing canvassers and phone-bankers with rides and beds.
An excellent idea. So why isn't the RNC doing something on a wide scale like this?
No, never mind. It doesn't matter anymore. The Aces will have to rebuild from scratch so I'm glad they're willing to do this now.
Later they will have the creds and moral muscle to rally others.
Let's face it: the GOP needs rebuilding from the trunk back to the tail. It is going to take people like Ace to get the energy flowing, never mind the logistics.
That is, if the Fairness Doctrine doesn't close him down before oh, say, 2010 or therabouts. If the Dems make their move on this, it will be in time to snuff the next round of campaigning two years from now.
Meanwhile, for our American readers, go over and see if there is any way for you to participate in this effort.
Great essay.
...finding and putting up candidates, who are Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan...
More importantly, these guys will have combat experience, which I suspect will prove useful in the coming crises.
Whiskey Gives Us Hope
Whishkey always gives me hope! [hic!]
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