I went to a prestigious University for my Masters in Philosophy where Conspiracy was front and center. It was something of an on-going test whether your ideas were too smart or probing or suggestive for taste. This went all the way to the point that very smart people needed to make open public statements against Conspiracies in general to make it out, even when suggestions made were in fact reasonable interpretations of facts. Asking the wrong question could be enough. It was sometimes a matter of who got to know what and when, but too often it could be leveraged politically. Trapping someone by leading them into territory that logically led them to make questions which for their own sake they shouldn’t, could be performed as a game and lead one into real and physical trouble. For this and other reasons I have made the suggestion of elections into the Intelligence Community. Writing and publishing atheoryof.us was very bold for someone like me (atheoryof.me). Whatever comes of me please don’t forget. In the end it really was a logical integrity that saved me, despite any and all creativity I display in these or other writings. But yes, Trump and other’s are making my case for a democratic IC (or MIC) easy. The need for at least representation among those with resources to understand the truth couldn’t be more apparent, whether you support the left or the right side of the aisle. I hope that turns blessing over the current curse.
Tag: Trump
As Trump goes to the continent, these would be my recommendations.
First, he cannot show hard-line nationalist support. If he does this during his visit to Brussels, America stands a lot to lose diplomatically. He is not a tool of the Right, but he is likely viewed as a tool of the Right, and he has to actively work to undermine these perceptions. He can do this by showing a commitment to civil liberties, which as a New Yorker, shouldn’t be so hard to do.
Second, he cannot show Russian support. Not only will this inflame the current inferno, but any wink/nod that really we are all on the same team will actively undermine liberty, promote fear, and further give way to Russian-style Network-Authoritarianism on the continent. As much as he might think he can tell Brussels one thing and America another, he can’t. This will not appease anyone.
Third, he needs to lean on Brussels to take a lead in diplomacy with Islam, while reiterating support for NATO, especially in a war on terror, now centered on the continent. He should also work with the Vatican in this direction, while assuring them that the crisis in the American Church is over.
Trump has been at a continuous stand-off with the press in America, but in Europe, where they more readily see him for what he is, this will not fly. Trump never does it, but the time is now, to drop the con and speak from the heart about Liberty under God. There may be no other way.
“He was a strange type, yet one frequently met with, precisely the type of man who is not only worthless and depraved, but muddleheaded as well – one of those muddleheaded people who still handle their own little business deals quite skillfully if nothing else. […] Again I say it was not stupidity – most of these madcaps are rather clever and shrewd – but precisely muddleheadedness, even a special national form of it.” – Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
He who shall remain nameless has left us with some difficulty. We must always remember the pen is mightier than the sword, but when only one person is allowed to speak and all the rest are left to react, then we are drawn into the muddleheadedness ourselves and it is better to just ignore it as best one can. I am left to wonder what America is left with without him, and that is a great divide tilting in a distinctly un-American direction.
Cruz and Sanders represent dueling polemics and make for wonderful satirical caricatures of the positions they represent. This leaves two sensible candidates – in principle – though one – in Kasich – who has far less backing than the other – Clinton – who despite the Clinton legacy, continues to drift toward Socialism. Clinton’s drift can be seen as a matter of positioning for the general election – in addition to stealing Sander’s thunder – but if Clinton is being forced that way in part under fear that he-who-shall-remain-nameless is a threat to her blue collar vote, and into socialist promises which she must later live up to, then the putsch on the Republican party can be seen as an eventual win for Socialism.
Socialism in Sander’s form and Conservatives in Cruz form are each equally damaging to America’s ideology in general – equally ‘un-American’ if you will. But America must quickly become firm in its ideology or they will lose a greater war. This may eventually entail a viable third party – properly libertarian, with a broad view of national security and broad protection of civil liberties. For now, Kasich is the only candidate who appears firm in American ideology as long as Clinton continues to drift.