Friends, DJT has spoken! The U.S. will close the Strait of Hormuz until such time as it can be opened free of Iran's malign influence, i.e. toll-free. Bravo! This is exactly what should happen. The Strait right now is a psychological and financial lifeline for the Iranian leadership. That must end. Perhaps if it does the mullahs will draw the appropriate conclusions and accede to our demands? Hey, miracles happen...
In other news, California Congressman and leftist darling Eric Swalwell is reeling from multiple allegations of sexual assault, which just happen to coincide with his run for Governor of the Golden State. Gee, it seems like we might have seen this playbook before? Establishment Democrats seem happy to go along with these smears, in any case. It sure is fascinating how the political calculus of the Left's moral outrage works, i.e. who gets shielded from all charges, and who is automatically presumed guilty of anything and everything. These people live in a fact-free ethical ecosystem that will always baffle the likes of you and me.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: I'd suggest that the "American" far left mind is cognizant of objective matters like facts and that they do embrace an ethic of sorts. That ethic is, in my opinion, that they have been freed of any responsibility for those historically evolved standards which inform Western civilization by a convenient doctrine which considers that history to be an inevitable progression to a human perfection which utterly rejects any recognition of its formative factors. The interim is a yet ongoing dialectical struggle the outcome of which is foreordained by scientifically perceived forces.
ReplyDeleteThe "American" left has since the '60s seen itself as , by dint of their having embraced this ":reality" ,free to follow their "feelings" in the mundane world of pre perfection ."Whatevah" is their watch word and it may well explain their "evolving" attitude to Mr. Swalwell. If he is to be jettisoned , "then since we will it , it is to be!Whatevah!"
Should they ever triumph it would be some consolation to consider how summarily this intellectual flotsam would be introduced to the real world of Marxist hell so verifiable by luckless hundreds of millions who were tragically unaware of much worse their often hard lives could be. Of course their oppressors took care to insulate themselves from the , we now KNOW, onerous consequences of their imposition of an unendurable way of life.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: One small consolation from Orban's loss in Hungary: Having grown up in the Cold War its still fascinating to see a country once ravaged by what seemed then to be intractable Marxist oppression settling its political differences democratically. I remember the news accounts of how they endured savage Russian repression in 1956 when they tried to free themselves to gain the blessedly sane government they have now. It still seems miraculous.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: That is not to say though that it is not disappointing to see the new Hungarian government making eyes at the EU and its incipiently authoritarian bureaucracy. And it is a blow to the tendency toward anti Marxist common sense regimes we have seen lately. A PM Farage in the U.K. would be a refreshing recovery. Since Hungary has to have seen the deleterious effects of badly controlled emigration from some nonWestern cultures , a relaxation of Orban's vigilance in this regard would tend to indicate that the new government wants this incursion and not for purely altruistic reasons. They might ,if they do this, have the same "fundamental transformation" intent that Biden and his controllers had for our country. And I think Hungarians have had quite enough of counterintuitive change in their 1945-1989 history. Unlike so many dreamy "Americans" they know always tyrannical Marxism for just what it is. Re: MIchener's The Bridge at Andau.
ReplyDeleteThere's much truth in what you say, Jack, but can a Marxist be utterly ignorant of Marxism? I guess that depends what "Marxism" is... If it's Marxist to be insufferably arrogant, then they're a dime a dozen!!!
ReplyDeleteJack: I would observe that, if Orban were a tenth of the "dictator" that his detractors invariably claimed, his election loss last weekend would have been unthinkable. So let's give Orban credit: he was, for 16 years, a POPULAR leader, and who knows that he may not be popular again before long...
Well, Hungary's new leader is described as "center-right", and he's quite cautious about repudiating Orban's nationalist policies. Let's hope that continues. The best case scenario would be that Magyar will be Orban-like, only more honest and effective.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: The widely understood meaning of the term Marxism has probably evolved beyond what Marx and Lenin meant it to be. There are or have been of many variations of it. I suppose we could call them "quasi Marxism " but that takes too long to write. I'd suggest its fairly accurate to call any doctrine which advocates or guides far left totalitarian rule, believes oppression of one group by another to be history's major dynamic and expects it to be inevitably and finally triumphant could be called Marxism. I think a lot of people who purport to embrace Marxism cannot define it even within those essentials. Probably safe to say Marxism has been the fount since the late 19th century of the far left curse which has so threatened civilization. But the French Revolution did pioneer the imposition of some of the salient features of Marxism (eg. summary and radical rejection of established doctrine , class struggle, absurd attempts to reconstruct civilization out of whole cloth).
ReplyDeleteWhen I use the term Marxism I try to include at least some of the commonly understood principles , philosophical (well!) and/or demonstrated, with which it can be characterized (eg. guaranteed totalitarian misrule and yes , murderous arrogance).