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ecosophia
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the internet...Yes, it's me again on the Hermitix podcast, with host James Ellis, talking about the eldritch, rugose, squamous horror that is the political system of the United States, with a focus on that dread being whose mere name is able to strike madness and terror into the minds of pundits, celebrities, and people who thought they were opposed to hatred until 2016. Yes, James and I spoke aloud of Donald Trump, the King in Orange, and lived to tell the tale.
Are you prepared to see the Orange Sign, sound the cloudy depths of Demhe, and watch the cloud waves break on the black shores of Carcosa -- or at least to hear a discussion of American politics that flings down the conventional wisdom and dances on its tattered orange robes? Here's the link to the program on the Hermitix site, and here's a link to the program on YouTube.
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Date: 2020-10-02 07:32 pm (UTC)(Sonkitten’s a great guy, but I haven’t been alone in 6 years. I’m looking forward to getting away from everybody, even him, for a little while.)
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Date: 2020-10-02 11:30 pm (UTC)I do find it interesting the difference of methods you discussed in regards to 'The Magical Battle of Britain' - in that, strengthening yourself and those around you is a much better tactic than trying to force your opponent to fall. It is a trend that is through many of your books and is the general advice I have been giving to people for many years. You cannot control others but you can control yourself, through that you can potentially use Aikido on your opponent.
Jordan Peterson got an astounding amount of push back from the shouting class with his book '12 rules for life' simply because it encourage people to improve themselves first before going out to improve the world. Its not a great book but the message was fine.
Other wise, I am looking forward to this book and it will be fascinating to see in the context of what will happen later this year.
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Date: 2020-10-03 05:06 am (UTC)JMG, as long as I have you “on the line,” is imagining scenes the same as discursive meditation? I can watch the doings of the folks in Reality with ease. (If this should wait for Monday, please delete this paragraph and I’ll know to ask again Monday.)
Goodnight, all! 🌙😴
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Date: 2020-10-03 03:44 pm (UTC)1. I resonated with the theme about people wanting their lives to be depoliticized. I can't get a sense of if there are more people who are strongly identified as democratic or republican,versus what percentage of the population feel that neither party represents them well at all. Is there any chance of expanding beyond the two party duopoly?
2. I would have liked to hear you and the interviewer's thoughts about Trump's claims about voter fraud and encouraging people to go monitor the polls. Is voter fraud that big of an issue? I can't tell, the answer changes depending on what media source you listen to. Either way, encouraging voting vigilantism seems like it would promote more chaos and fear than fairness
3. Do you think economic inequality is an issue that could unite people in the US?
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Date: 2020-10-03 03:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-10-03 05:22 pm (UTC)Are you aware if there's still significant magical action on the "(alt)right" during this election as there was in 2016? I know the more skillful among them won't be publicizing their workings, but maybe you have your ear to the ground?
Interesting how the "left" makes increasingly public use of sigils (per neptunesdolphins) - a kind of lagging behind the clever kids of 2016 instead of (thankfully) coming up with other methods.
I mostly notice the sides' distinctions by the amount of humor revealed. You can guess which is sourfaced and shrill and which is exhilarated.
(Both are in quotes since we've moved into shifting grounds territory.)
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Date: 2020-10-03 06:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-10-03 06:57 pm (UTC)out of touch
Date: 2020-10-04 12:14 am (UTC)I had an interaction the other day with a Democrat at the bar who discovered that I didn't have a cell phone at all, much less a "smart" one. Oh, and good grief, he doesn't watch TV either? How can you exist? How can you have any idea what's going on?
It's as if nothing else I had to say made any sense because we didn't have a common language on which to draw. And she was giddy about the way the debate had put the final nail in Trump's coffin! I just nodded vaguely and back away slowly...
I really am (more than) a little concerned about potential psychotic breaks en masse in a month or so. Gods help us all.
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Date: 2020-10-04 02:59 am (UTC)2) Election fraud is as American as apple pie and both sides do it in every election. Thus it only swings very close elections.
3) The left has pounded that drum over and over again since the 1930s. You might want to think of something that hasn't been done to death already.
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Date: 2020-10-04 03:02 am (UTC)Re: out of touch
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Date: 2020-10-04 12:06 pm (UTC)It seems like an inevitable conclusion to the left adopting Christian worldviews in the first place by beginning to work with demons.
Of course, if these Christian magicians are successful, there are some more dramatic stages of possession that will become more obvious in the not too distant future.
Professional Class - Materialism overlap
Date: 2020-10-04 02:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-10-04 02:49 pm (UTC)Re: Professional Class - Materialism overlap
Date: 2020-10-04 02:50 pm (UTC)Re: Professional Class - Materialism overlap
Date: 2020-10-04 03:33 pm (UTC)Re: Professional Class - Materialism overlap
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Date: 2020-10-04 10:22 pm (UTC)I wonder which side would be more offended at the idea of Trump being the next FDR. :D
Now that I say that, I don't think the Bernie-Trump populist subsection would mind that much.
Your idea of magical combat reminds me of something I read recently (synchronicity), Yagyu Munenori's technique of No-Sword. Using certain techniques, he could put an armed opponent at a disadvantage against an unarmed opponent. If they tried to cut their opponent, they would be disarmed, and if they tried to avoid being disarmed, they would not be able to cut.
I think that what that has in common with magical combat is that in both cases, the attacker is forced to reveal their action, while the defender still has multiple options. I dunno, just something that got the noggin joggin.
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Date: 2020-10-05 02:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-10-05 02:08 am (UTC)Re: out of touch
Date: 2020-10-05 02:53 am (UTC)During the "debate" I was chatting with some adamant Trump-haters and they were complaining about how Biden couldn't get a word in edge-wise. One guy lamented how weak it made Biden look.
Months before, a major lamestream network interviewed former Trump supporters in the Midwest. Lo and behold a key criticism was Trump's weak leadership during the pandemic.
Trump is no 4d chessmaster but he went in that debate knowing exactly what he was doing.
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Date: 2020-10-05 02:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-10-05 02:57 pm (UTC)Excellent discussion.
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