[Bangkok, 12/30/22] Southeast Asians start their day very early. Walking down Phra Sumen around 5:40AM, I saw businesses setting up, with a handful already open. On Soi Kraisi, all the vegetable stalls were on full display. A monk was doing his round swapping blessings for food. A white man bought roasted bananas on sticks. A noodle vendor stirred her broth.
Just two examples of people who are not afraid to stick their necks out to speak unflinchingly. Kevin Barrett is another one.
Compare these men to timid Spencer Brown, who defends his fear of naming his enemy or even signing his own name to an article, "Anonymity is a useful tool. Identifying yourself to hostile authority figures is only worth doing if you obtain a suitable benefit in return. Giving up your anonymity for nothing is not a "sacrifice." It's a foolish, sentimental gesture. Make an actual argument if you have one, but at the end of the day, I'd rather be a pussy than a retard."
The key phrase is "benefit in return."
For every Gonzalo Lira or Kevin Barrett, there's a million Spencer Browns.
Though Brown won't stick his neck out or speak up now, he's apparently preparing for some distant insurrection, "Of course I'm learning from the Bolsheviks [...] Whether or not they were "vicious, back stabbing weasels," the Bolsheviks--and Communists more broadly--organized a global network of revolutionaries that achieved some serious results. How they managed to do so is a question of immense interest to anyone opposed to the status quo."
With such opponents as Spencer Brown, the status quo needs not worry.
Speaking of "benefit in return," the Bolsheviks certainly got theirs.
Consider Grigory Zinoviev, a Jew born in present day Ukraine. He had a luxurious apartment plus a suite at the Astoria Hotel, with access to "an assortment of young mistresses," to quote Victor Sebestyen.
As for Trotsky, he "had one of the grandest houses in the region, Arkhangelskay, once owned by Princess Yusupov."
Exiled to Mexico, Trotsky still lived in a very fine house. Cuts above, Trotsky had his requirements.
I think more in the US care about the things that have been (and are being) done in their name in other parts of the world. And even more certainly care about what seems to be the obvious national suicide. But what one can do about them is something else entirely.
I think one problem is "bigness"--the System has grown so large that it makes individual effort seem small and insignificant by contrast. And those who can perceive what is going on often feel that the system is so broken, the country so messed up, the mess so widespread, and the atomization of US society so far advanced that things have moved beyond our ability to repair them. And thus we retreat to the personal level, where seeking shelter for yourself and those close to you feels like it is the best you can do.
It is not that people don't care. It is rather the "learned helplessness" they have deliberately trained into the population. And for some, it is easy to float downstream until it shows up on your own front porch. Graham Siebert doesn't realize it, but he is among those being sacrificed by Zelensky--like some of the rest of us, he just hasn't felt the pain yet.
Uncle Sam may feel he needs to 'stick his missiles everywhere,' but lately it seems like it is the West, rather than Russia, who is rumored to be running out of them!
I feel you when you say you forget way too much. I have often felt that if I could even remember everything I once knew, the knowledge at my fingertips would be vast indeed. And believe it or not, much of it is still in there, Your mind has simply lost the pathway to it. How many times do we recognize or remember something we thought we had forgotten, when re-exposed to it? Have you ever had the experience of hearing a joke again and recognizing it without remembering the punch line, only to 're-remember' it when you hear it?
When you said your mind automatically deletes things to make room for fresh impressions, it reminded me of Sherlock Holmes, who believed that when your brain was full, each new fact would push an old one out. He told Dr. Watson not to tell him anything he didn't need to know, for fear that it would cause him to lose something important.
Great piece! Hope you make it back to Vietnam in one piece soon.
Just simply thanks for every post you write. I am so enjoying Postcards from the End of America. I read a story almost every day. Keeps me living in gratitude for my humble but sweet life. Happy New Year. I love forward to reading more of your posts in 2023!
"An aspiring Angry White Pussy writer is afraid to say “Jews” or even to publish under his own name, because, “I’m not going to dox myself.” When your “men” won’t sacrifice the least bit, your nation is finished."
Hi Linh.
I suppose the Bolsheviks and the authors of the Federalist Papers and good old Ho Chi Minh himself were "pussies." Or perhaps it's the case that you don't know what you're talking about. Anonymity is a useful tool. Identifying yourself to hostile authority figures is only worth doing if you obtain a suitable benefit in return. Giving up your anonymity for nothing is not a "sacrifice." It's a foolish, sentimental gesture. Make an actual argument if you have one, but at the end of the day, I'd rather be a pussy than a retard.
As for saying "Jew," I suppose I should repeat "Jewjab" five times in everything I write. Then I'll be worth taking as seriously as the great Linh Dinh.
The "news" folks said last weeks cold snap was a once in a generation event. We've had similar events within the last five years so what gives? Sub zero temperatures with wind chills near negative forty last week. I bundled up and fought it for a half hour before getting scared and turning around. I'm crazy but not suicidal (yet, chuckling). When it made the low teens, it felt "warm" outside and I got out for a much better walk. Encountered a pretty black cat on a corner near an old apartment who I spoke to. I petted it and enjoyed watching it saunter down the middle of street, the highlight of my day.
It's fifty five degrees right now and I was wearing a t shirt yesterday. Just keep going. Take it as it comes.
Regardless of all of this orchestrated terror, wishing all a safe and manageably joyous new year!
I'm curious Linh, do you make any distinction between Uncle Sam's thinking and "Jewish thinking"? The relatively tiny country of Israel has managed to assert an undeniable level of influence over American government and cultural institutions, despite Jewish people being around 2% of the population there. The "genocidal righteousness" of both countries has been on full display for decades now. Anyone who can read an IQ chart would be hard-pressed to label Jews stupid, yet despite a seemingly global reverence for American cultural products, many people in many countries characterize Americans as ignorant and boorish. Maybe Jewish people are just smarter and therefore more succesful in their quest to press for any possible advantage regardless of consequences?
As a Canadian, I've recently seen firsthand how the leaders (and majority of people) in a supposedly liberal country can descend to previously unthinkable depths basically overnight. In addition to Covid totalitarianism, my government has been enthusiastically supporting American imperialism (not to mention neo-Nazis in Ukraine) for years now. I'm all for your right to speak negatively about anything at all (though I've been puzzled by the "Jew-jab" thing), so my question is: do you think there's something that makes "Jewish thinking" more pernicious than any other strain of thought that righteously justifies immoral abuses of power and casual violence?
You should've seen the backlash I received after I wrote that the Phoenix Suns upgraded from a Multi-Millionaire Jew (Sarver) to a Billionaire Jew (Mat Ishbia). Holy Shit !....If the deal had been arranged by a bunch of Catholics, I would've said the Suns pulled a Pope-A-Dope. Guess these Jewish people don't have a sense of humor.
There was a letter sent to Merrick Garland on Dec. 8th that was signed by journalists worldwide & human rights watch groups, imploring him to drop all charges against Julian Assange. Garland didn't have time for that but did have time to attend the State Dinner for Zelensky.
I was amazed at the footage of my old hometown, Buffalo, NY. I remember back in the "Blizzard of 66" we got 2 straight Mondays off school (to the dismay of my mother) because the snow drifts were so high. No reports of looters back in those days. We moved to PHX in '68.
Hi everyone,
Here's Gonzalo Lira on Victoria Nuland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzR---YDDIQ
And Brother Nathanael on Zelensky:
https://www.realjewnews.com/?p=1563
Just two examples of people who are not afraid to stick their necks out to speak unflinchingly. Kevin Barrett is another one.
Compare these men to timid Spencer Brown, who defends his fear of naming his enemy or even signing his own name to an article, "Anonymity is a useful tool. Identifying yourself to hostile authority figures is only worth doing if you obtain a suitable benefit in return. Giving up your anonymity for nothing is not a "sacrifice." It's a foolish, sentimental gesture. Make an actual argument if you have one, but at the end of the day, I'd rather be a pussy than a retard."
The key phrase is "benefit in return."
For every Gonzalo Lira or Kevin Barrett, there's a million Spencer Browns.
Though Brown won't stick his neck out or speak up now, he's apparently preparing for some distant insurrection, "Of course I'm learning from the Bolsheviks [...] Whether or not they were "vicious, back stabbing weasels," the Bolsheviks--and Communists more broadly--organized a global network of revolutionaries that achieved some serious results. How they managed to do so is a question of immense interest to anyone opposed to the status quo."
With such opponents as Spencer Brown, the status quo needs not worry.
Linh
Hi everyone,
Speaking of "benefit in return," the Bolsheviks certainly got theirs.
Consider Grigory Zinoviev, a Jew born in present day Ukraine. He had a luxurious apartment plus a suite at the Astoria Hotel, with access to "an assortment of young mistresses," to quote Victor Sebestyen.
As for Trotsky, he "had one of the grandest houses in the region, Arkhangelskay, once owned by Princess Yusupov."
Exiled to Mexico, Trotsky still lived in a very fine house. Cuts above, Trotsky had his requirements.
Linh
I think more in the US care about the things that have been (and are being) done in their name in other parts of the world. And even more certainly care about what seems to be the obvious national suicide. But what one can do about them is something else entirely.
I think one problem is "bigness"--the System has grown so large that it makes individual effort seem small and insignificant by contrast. And those who can perceive what is going on often feel that the system is so broken, the country so messed up, the mess so widespread, and the atomization of US society so far advanced that things have moved beyond our ability to repair them. And thus we retreat to the personal level, where seeking shelter for yourself and those close to you feels like it is the best you can do.
It is not that people don't care. It is rather the "learned helplessness" they have deliberately trained into the population. And for some, it is easy to float downstream until it shows up on your own front porch. Graham Siebert doesn't realize it, but he is among those being sacrificed by Zelensky--like some of the rest of us, he just hasn't felt the pain yet.
Uncle Sam may feel he needs to 'stick his missiles everywhere,' but lately it seems like it is the West, rather than Russia, who is rumored to be running out of them!
I feel you when you say you forget way too much. I have often felt that if I could even remember everything I once knew, the knowledge at my fingertips would be vast indeed. And believe it or not, much of it is still in there, Your mind has simply lost the pathway to it. How many times do we recognize or remember something we thought we had forgotten, when re-exposed to it? Have you ever had the experience of hearing a joke again and recognizing it without remembering the punch line, only to 're-remember' it when you hear it?
When you said your mind automatically deletes things to make room for fresh impressions, it reminded me of Sherlock Holmes, who believed that when your brain was full, each new fact would push an old one out. He told Dr. Watson not to tell him anything he didn't need to know, for fear that it would cause him to lose something important.
Great piece! Hope you make it back to Vietnam in one piece soon.
Just simply thanks for every post you write. I am so enjoying Postcards from the End of America. I read a story almost every day. Keeps me living in gratitude for my humble but sweet life. Happy New Year. I love forward to reading more of your posts in 2023!
I never understood your obsession with people doxing themselves.
"An aspiring Angry White Pussy writer is afraid to say “Jews” or even to publish under his own name, because, “I’m not going to dox myself.” When your “men” won’t sacrifice the least bit, your nation is finished."
Hi Linh.
I suppose the Bolsheviks and the authors of the Federalist Papers and good old Ho Chi Minh himself were "pussies." Or perhaps it's the case that you don't know what you're talking about. Anonymity is a useful tool. Identifying yourself to hostile authority figures is only worth doing if you obtain a suitable benefit in return. Giving up your anonymity for nothing is not a "sacrifice." It's a foolish, sentimental gesture. Make an actual argument if you have one, but at the end of the day, I'd rather be a pussy than a retard.
As for saying "Jew," I suppose I should repeat "Jewjab" five times in everything I write. Then I'll be worth taking as seriously as the great Linh Dinh.
The "news" folks said last weeks cold snap was a once in a generation event. We've had similar events within the last five years so what gives? Sub zero temperatures with wind chills near negative forty last week. I bundled up and fought it for a half hour before getting scared and turning around. I'm crazy but not suicidal (yet, chuckling). When it made the low teens, it felt "warm" outside and I got out for a much better walk. Encountered a pretty black cat on a corner near an old apartment who I spoke to. I petted it and enjoyed watching it saunter down the middle of street, the highlight of my day.
It's fifty five degrees right now and I was wearing a t shirt yesterday. Just keep going. Take it as it comes.
Regardless of all of this orchestrated terror, wishing all a safe and manageably joyous new year!
Much thanks Linh!
I'm curious Linh, do you make any distinction between Uncle Sam's thinking and "Jewish thinking"? The relatively tiny country of Israel has managed to assert an undeniable level of influence over American government and cultural institutions, despite Jewish people being around 2% of the population there. The "genocidal righteousness" of both countries has been on full display for decades now. Anyone who can read an IQ chart would be hard-pressed to label Jews stupid, yet despite a seemingly global reverence for American cultural products, many people in many countries characterize Americans as ignorant and boorish. Maybe Jewish people are just smarter and therefore more succesful in their quest to press for any possible advantage regardless of consequences?
As a Canadian, I've recently seen firsthand how the leaders (and majority of people) in a supposedly liberal country can descend to previously unthinkable depths basically overnight. In addition to Covid totalitarianism, my government has been enthusiastically supporting American imperialism (not to mention neo-Nazis in Ukraine) for years now. I'm all for your right to speak negatively about anything at all (though I've been puzzled by the "Jew-jab" thing), so my question is: do you think there's something that makes "Jewish thinking" more pernicious than any other strain of thought that righteously justifies immoral abuses of power and casual violence?
Linh
You should've seen the backlash I received after I wrote that the Phoenix Suns upgraded from a Multi-Millionaire Jew (Sarver) to a Billionaire Jew (Mat Ishbia). Holy Shit !....If the deal had been arranged by a bunch of Catholics, I would've said the Suns pulled a Pope-A-Dope. Guess these Jewish people don't have a sense of humor.
There was a letter sent to Merrick Garland on Dec. 8th that was signed by journalists worldwide & human rights watch groups, imploring him to drop all charges against Julian Assange. Garland didn't have time for that but did have time to attend the State Dinner for Zelensky.
I was amazed at the footage of my old hometown, Buffalo, NY. I remember back in the "Blizzard of 66" we got 2 straight Mondays off school (to the dismay of my mother) because the snow drifts were so high. No reports of looters back in those days. We moved to PHX in '68.
Bill