Piccadilly is one of my favorite places on earth. It is full of organizations with 'royal' in their name. All of these organizations are committed to making the world better and most of them are open to anyone who decides to become involved.
In fact all this 'royal' business makes for some very good value government. Most of these outfits are self funding and do good work that would otherwise be done at public expense. In return for selfless labour the member gets to meet other socially concerned individuals, access to a luxurious clubhouse and some obscure rights such as the right to dress in a weird tricorn hat, blow trumpets on the Thames, drink Madeira wine and count swans for the Queen. (The Queen buys the drinks.)
It would be interesting to calculate the economic value of many thousand organisations that members of the royal family are patron of. My own guess is that it exceeds the cost of maintaining them many fold.
The Royal Institution is the oldest scientific research institution in the world. They sometimes (slightly bombastically) claim to have 'invented' science. There is some truth in this claim because the institution was the first to carry out research in the modern manner with peer review and an emphasis on systematic experimentation.
The heyday of the Royal Institution was the time of Michal Faraday, the great rock star scientist of the British Empire. This man could not leave the house without being mobbed by women who would sometimes faint with excitement at seeing him. He instituted the Christmas Lectures to encourage an interest in science among the Victorian public.
Since these heady days the status of science has declined along with the fortunes of the British Empire. Maybe the two are linked?
I believe in science but do not follow it as my mind is forced to think of more practical matters these days. My real reason for joining (apart from loving its public work) is that it allows the use of letters after ones name.
Part of me feels this is slightly fraudulent. I am associating myself with some of the greatest minds in history without ever having done anything to deserve it apart from pay a membership fee of £28 a year.
I do this because employers expect far more from their employees than they ever did in the past. It is now quite common for employers to prefer security guards with degrees and I do not have one. Letters after my name evens up the score a great deal. If someone ask me what they mean I will be truthful- but the Queen says I can use them and who am I to argue?
Saturday, 30 April 2011
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Another 'royal' institution I have joined is Kew gardens. It is similar to the Royal Institution in that it combines entertainment, education and serious scientific research. Although most people call this organisation Kew gardens, this is misleading. The organization runs no less than 23 facilities in the UK and many research operations overseas.
My main 'selfish' reason for joining was to gain free entry to the gardens. Kew is the largest and probably the most beautiful of these, consisting of a variety of greenhouses containing plants from various nations, park lands, a couple of museums, art galleries and some palaces and stately homes. It is huge.
There are also free shows of one kind or another most days. They vary from music and fireworks to the quirky little sideshow the English do so well.
The main benefit to mankind is the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst place. This aims to store the seeds of plants facing extinction so that they will not be permanently lost should they die out in the wild. This is a low cost operation when we consider the potential benefit. A species can be saved for just a few pounds.
If you would like to see Kew for free, just contact me.
These photographs cannot convey the mad and jumbled nature of the place.
There is limited opportunity to participate because I am not a plantsman. I believe that membership helps to reduce my carbon footprint.
During Englands golden age, art, science politics were overlapping subjects. Rulers would demonstrate their power and wealth by building beautiful palaces and gardens. In this way the King could deter agerssion without making overt threats.
My main 'selfish' reason for joining was to gain free entry to the gardens. Kew is the largest and probably the most beautiful of these, consisting of a variety of greenhouses containing plants from various nations, park lands, a couple of museums, art galleries and some palaces and stately homes. It is huge.
The main benefit to mankind is the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst place. This aims to store the seeds of plants facing extinction so that they will not be permanently lost should they die out in the wild. This is a low cost operation when we consider the potential benefit. A species can be saved for just a few pounds.
If you would like to see Kew for free, just contact me.
These photographs cannot convey the mad and jumbled nature of the place.
There is limited opportunity to participate because I am not a plantsman. I believe that membership helps to reduce my carbon footprint.
During Englands golden age, art, science politics were overlapping subjects. Rulers would demonstrate their power and wealth by building beautiful palaces and gardens. In this way the King could deter agerssion without making overt threats.
Be honest.
Has it ever occurred to you how strange it is that most people are honest?
The fact that most people are honest most of the time would seem to disprove evolution (in fact some creationists make this argument).
Surely the honesty of the majority only makes the dishonest minority more powerful?
Surely the honesty gene would have died out by now?
I turn this argument on its head and say that this proves that honesty does pay in the longer term. It is true that dishonest does work as a quick fix- but sooner or later word gets around and the dishonest person becomes a pariah.
The fact that the honesty gene (or meme) is so common proves that it 'works' in evolutionary terms. This indicates that we should consider adopting it.
The fact that most people are honest most of the time would seem to disprove evolution (in fact some creationists make this argument).
Surely the honesty of the majority only makes the dishonest minority more powerful?
Surely the honesty gene would have died out by now?
I turn this argument on its head and say that this proves that honesty does pay in the longer term. It is true that dishonest does work as a quick fix- but sooner or later word gets around and the dishonest person becomes a pariah.
The fact that the honesty gene (or meme) is so common proves that it 'works' in evolutionary terms. This indicates that we should consider adopting it.
Be humble.
It is almost impossible to con the honest man. Most people only believe things that are 'too good to be true' if they think they are smarter than the other guy and getting one over him.
One example of this is the 419 scam. This generaly originates from West Africa. The mark will receive an email claiming to be from a corrupt official (usualy Nigerian). The email will contain a number of spelling mistakes and a general air of childlike artlessnes. This flatters the mark into believing that he must be smarter than these third world bumkins. The letter asks the mark to help him spirit money out of the country and offers a huge reward for doing so. The criminal nature of this scheme causes the mark to believe a vast fortune may be available to him for little work.
The whole scheme is predicated upon the ego and greed of the mark. It is unlikely he would believe himself smarter than a European statesman and so he would not get sucked into his web. Unfortunately the mark is entrapped by his own assumptions of superiority towards Africans and so becomes their pawn.
We find the same elements within most scams. The mark is induced to believe he has an edge when he does not. This may be supernatural (in the case of magical charms and spells) or secret information not generally available (betting systems, stock market tipping sheets ext). Each of these scams require the mark to believe themselves cleverer than they actually are.
In fact most people believe themselves to be of above average intelligence- which cannot possibly be true.
One example of this is the 419 scam. This generaly originates from West Africa. The mark will receive an email claiming to be from a corrupt official (usualy Nigerian). The email will contain a number of spelling mistakes and a general air of childlike artlessnes. This flatters the mark into believing that he must be smarter than these third world bumkins. The letter asks the mark to help him spirit money out of the country and offers a huge reward for doing so. The criminal nature of this scheme causes the mark to believe a vast fortune may be available to him for little work.
The whole scheme is predicated upon the ego and greed of the mark. It is unlikely he would believe himself smarter than a European statesman and so he would not get sucked into his web. Unfortunately the mark is entrapped by his own assumptions of superiority towards Africans and so becomes their pawn.
We find the same elements within most scams. The mark is induced to believe he has an edge when he does not. This may be supernatural (in the case of magical charms and spells) or secret information not generally available (betting systems, stock market tipping sheets ext). Each of these scams require the mark to believe themselves cleverer than they actually are.
In fact most people believe themselves to be of above average intelligence- which cannot possibly be true.
Friday, 29 April 2011
Do not become a meme.
Most people treat the Internet as if it were a private conversation- something with no record. It would be better if we thought of it as carved in stone. Once material gets out it is impossible to control and there is no way of telling how far it may go.
Citizenship.
To an ancient Greek or a Roman, citizenship was far more than an accident of geography. It was something that was earned. The Greeks even went so far as to say that the struggle for citizenship is also the struggle to become a human being. The isolated individual can be neither truly intelligent nor moral and therefore lives as a form of intelligent beast. The term 'idiot' actually means 'private individual'. This may seem harsh until we consider the people we know who have no interest in the world. What can they talk about? Celebrity gossip? Rumors about co workers? Shopping. These guys are idiots whatever their I.Q.
I am not arguing in favour of restricting the vote to some self appointed group of 'worthy' people. I am proposing a system that actually already exists. Idiots (with their limited mental world) will be invited to vote every five years. Citizens (who see themselves as part of a larger world) will create great art, great business empires and other advances. Each group will remain almost unaware the other exists.
We must realise that voting every five years is a very minimal form of democracy. We cannot control the governments we elect. All we can do is kick them out if they become corrupt or self serving. Much of the time elections are won or lost on the basins of economic cycles rather than politics. If the economy is doing OK then the government gets the credit regardless of its effectiveness.
This is democracy for idiots (in the Greek sense). Even quite dim people can grasps the basics of the party political system. They know that the Conservatives offer lower taxation and that Labour offer higher spending even though they have probably not read either manifesto. In this way an idiot can participate in public life to the limit of his ability.
But what of the rest of us? What if we want more?
There are a variety of options.
a) Take power and rule the country for the benefit of the idiots until they can be sufficiently educated.
b) Do what needs to be done without bothering (or being bothered by) the idiots.
The first option is the history of the Soviet Union and every other bloody dictatorship. An educated elite takes power but ends up slaughtering thousands or millions of its own followers. This occurs because there is no way of telling who is worthy to rule. Monarchies have rules of inheritance. Democracies have popular elections but Marxists and their allies can only settle their differences through violence because there are no other criteria open to them.
Needless to say I am not keen on this option.
The second option is the source of almost all human progress. Every technical advance in history occurred because a group of men (nearly always men) got together and simply got on with it. The same is true of great art and worthwhile institutions such as public libraries. Each of these things were created by people with the citizen mindset who simply got on with it.
A citizen is simply a person who concerns them self with the public good. This may be done in a hundred ways. The citizen simply looks around them, selects a target and then gets on with improving that area of life.
The citizen does NOT wait for majority opinion to catch up with them. This is a recipe for stagnation because majority opinion is made up largely of idiots. Idiots (by definition) are people who are only dimly aware the outside world even exists. I would advise you all to talk to an idiot or two and ask them some questions. Have they heard any news about Japan recently? (No). Do they know where Japan is? (It is a country in the war... or is that China?). What can they tell you about Japan? (The most common answer is that it is Communist).
Try this for yourself. The answers will shock you.
The citizen makes the world better but he does not ask any ones opinion about it.
I am not arguing in favour of restricting the vote to some self appointed group of 'worthy' people. I am proposing a system that actually already exists. Idiots (with their limited mental world) will be invited to vote every five years. Citizens (who see themselves as part of a larger world) will create great art, great business empires and other advances. Each group will remain almost unaware the other exists.
We must realise that voting every five years is a very minimal form of democracy. We cannot control the governments we elect. All we can do is kick them out if they become corrupt or self serving. Much of the time elections are won or lost on the basins of economic cycles rather than politics. If the economy is doing OK then the government gets the credit regardless of its effectiveness.
This is democracy for idiots (in the Greek sense). Even quite dim people can grasps the basics of the party political system. They know that the Conservatives offer lower taxation and that Labour offer higher spending even though they have probably not read either manifesto. In this way an idiot can participate in public life to the limit of his ability.
But what of the rest of us? What if we want more?
There are a variety of options.
a) Take power and rule the country for the benefit of the idiots until they can be sufficiently educated.
b) Do what needs to be done without bothering (or being bothered by) the idiots.
The first option is the history of the Soviet Union and every other bloody dictatorship. An educated elite takes power but ends up slaughtering thousands or millions of its own followers. This occurs because there is no way of telling who is worthy to rule. Monarchies have rules of inheritance. Democracies have popular elections but Marxists and their allies can only settle their differences through violence because there are no other criteria open to them.
Needless to say I am not keen on this option.
The second option is the source of almost all human progress. Every technical advance in history occurred because a group of men (nearly always men) got together and simply got on with it. The same is true of great art and worthwhile institutions such as public libraries. Each of these things were created by people with the citizen mindset who simply got on with it.
A citizen is simply a person who concerns them self with the public good. This may be done in a hundred ways. The citizen simply looks around them, selects a target and then gets on with improving that area of life.
The citizen does NOT wait for majority opinion to catch up with them. This is a recipe for stagnation because majority opinion is made up largely of idiots. Idiots (by definition) are people who are only dimly aware the outside world even exists. I would advise you all to talk to an idiot or two and ask them some questions. Have they heard any news about Japan recently? (No). Do they know where Japan is? (It is a country in the war... or is that China?). What can they tell you about Japan? (The most common answer is that it is Communist).
Try this for yourself. The answers will shock you.
The citizen makes the world better but he does not ask any ones opinion about it.
Saturday, 23 April 2011
The £100, £500 and £2500 survival kits.
£100 Survival Kit.
£100 will prep against the most likely cause of death in the home- fire. Buy a smoke detector and a fire extinguisher as well as a blanket for the kitchen.. When you come to replace your furniture, pay a little extra and make sure it does not produce toxic fumes in a blaze. Get a carbon monoxide tester too if you have gas in the home.
£500 Survival Kit.
This contains the previous kit plus about sixty Kilner jars. This may seem a great deal but they have multiple uses.
Firstly, they may be used for food storage. Use them for all of your survival rations (rice. flour and so on) but they also keep breakfast cereal fresh. Kilner jars are also useful for household organization. Sort oddments into categories until they can be processed properly.
Keep one jar for water. This is to allow you to make a cup of tea even when the mains have burst. The remainder of the budget should go on food. You now have six months rations!
£2500 Survival kit.
Now we are getting serious! Include the previous kit and also buy a 'bug out bag' containing a tent, a little food and other personal items in case you need to leave your home quickly. You should own some physical gold (sovereigns have some minor tax advantages in the UK) and should start making contact with other preppers. An outdoors survival course would also fall within this budget and you should have some safe refuge in mind.
£100 will prep against the most likely cause of death in the home- fire. Buy a smoke detector and a fire extinguisher as well as a blanket for the kitchen.. When you come to replace your furniture, pay a little extra and make sure it does not produce toxic fumes in a blaze. Get a carbon monoxide tester too if you have gas in the home.
£500 Survival Kit.
This contains the previous kit plus about sixty Kilner jars. This may seem a great deal but they have multiple uses.
Firstly, they may be used for food storage. Use them for all of your survival rations (rice. flour and so on) but they also keep breakfast cereal fresh. Kilner jars are also useful for household organization. Sort oddments into categories until they can be processed properly.
Keep one jar for water. This is to allow you to make a cup of tea even when the mains have burst. The remainder of the budget should go on food. You now have six months rations!
£2500 Survival kit.
Now we are getting serious! Include the previous kit and also buy a 'bug out bag' containing a tent, a little food and other personal items in case you need to leave your home quickly. You should own some physical gold (sovereigns have some minor tax advantages in the UK) and should start making contact with other preppers. An outdoors survival course would also fall within this budget and you should have some safe refuge in mind.
This cut me to the core.
All 'overnight' successes have a history of being successful in minor things prior to their major triumph. It may be that they also have a history of spectacular failure but you will also find some success there too.
What are we to make of this? We could easily give up if our personal history is one of plodding progress. I think we should look closer.
Success is simply a habit that grows over time. It is a matter of keeping ones promises to oneself.
The failure never completes anything. He becomes depressed and self hating because he never believes his own intentions. He tells himself to eat healthy food and half an hour later he is stuffing a kebab in his face. He writes long 'to do' lists without any faith in their completion.
Other people pick up on this lack of self belief and come to despise the failure without knowing why. He is never trusted because he can never make a definite stand.
The good news is that this is simply a bad habit. It is possible to develop will through practice. The point is that one should never stretch the will to breaking point because this leaves one weaker than before.
One reason the failure is so weak is that he believes that he is weak. How can one truly commit to completing a thing when one knows that one never completes anything? There will inevitably be an element of make believe from the start.
The solution is to build the habit of success from the ground up. Suppose one was always rushing to work and never has time for breakfast. The answer is to get up a little earlier. Resolving to do this and succeeding is a victory of sorts. Simply knowing that one has power over the minor details of life can do more good than a thousand affirmations.
I know that my readers are reacting to this in one of two ways. One group (the successful ones) cannot believe that anyone believes they have no control over what time they get up in the morning.
The second group says 'yes, I should rise earlier' but in their hearts know they will not.
Building this habit is the greatest skill any man could learn. Neither intelligence not hard work get us very far in life. I know this from personal experience- but now I am developing my will and beginning to see the fruit.
I am replacing my 'bucket list' on this site with far more active 'I am doing' and 'I have done' sections. Do you see the difference? One is a list of daydreams that may (or may not) come true. The other is a list of active projects. This is the difference between Alphas and Betas in pickup theory. There is no mystery why women prefer men who keep their promises and achieve things in life.
There are three main benefits to living in this way.
ONE.
Ones mental state improves. In fact it is impossible to be truly active in life while remaining depressed. One also becomes more outgoing and social- and this lengthens life by about ten years.
TWO.
One becomes rich- not all at once but by degrees and by struggle. This is not a problem because work becomes more enjoyable because it is something one chooses to do rather than having it forced upon us.
THREE.
We becomes a source of good emotions to others. We feel good most of the time. We have many good friends and become sexually attractive to our chosen sex. We are respected and deferred to. The world is our oyster.
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Political framing.
Most positions of power in the UK are held by socialists. This is true not only of government but private industry too. This occurs because the left acts as the gatekeeper of the establishment.
Suppose you wish to enter government. How might this be done? Generally the best way to do this would be to acquire a sociology degree. This subject are founded upon assumptions that many people have come to question. Sociology looks at poverty and calls it underprivilege. The idea that income inequalities may be deserved is alien to the basic language.
Private business has very similar assumptions built into it except that they are called 'equal opportunities'. This assumes equal outcomes are the same thing as equal opportunity. Anyone who points out the difference is assumed to be a racist or a sexist of some kind.
The art of political framing is the art of disagreeing with false notions without becoming the target of a witch hunt.
It all comes down to who is the more political.
Political correctness is a Marxist agenda because it denies the right to rise above the average through hard work. It is political but denies it.
If you believe in..
a) Hard work.
b) Developing your talents.
c) Thinking in original ways.
You may be accused of 'privilege'.
If you point out the personality faults of someone who is different from you (however true this may be) you will be called 'sexist' or 'racist'.
In other words we see a highly political group of zealots projecting their zealotry on to basically non political people. It is very easy to set these guys off on to a rampage. They will try to reverse the truth if they can. They will deny their own agenda while projecting one on to you.
The first line of defense is to make it clear that you are non political- and it is true! All we wish to do on blogs such as this one is to find a way to be free. We have no intention to impose our will upon others and in this sense we are non political.
The second line of defense is to get VERY POLITICAL INDEED. Point out that we have a Conservative Prime Minister who has said he is in favour of hard work and achievement. Tell them that they are breaking the law by reserving all the top jobs for Marxists and fellow travelers. Get a dictionary out and remind them of the actual definition of the word 'equal' and the word 'democracy'.
Attack, attack, attack.
Suppose you wish to enter government. How might this be done? Generally the best way to do this would be to acquire a sociology degree. This subject are founded upon assumptions that many people have come to question. Sociology looks at poverty and calls it underprivilege. The idea that income inequalities may be deserved is alien to the basic language.
Private business has very similar assumptions built into it except that they are called 'equal opportunities'. This assumes equal outcomes are the same thing as equal opportunity. Anyone who points out the difference is assumed to be a racist or a sexist of some kind.
The art of political framing is the art of disagreeing with false notions without becoming the target of a witch hunt.
It all comes down to who is the more political.
Political correctness is a Marxist agenda because it denies the right to rise above the average through hard work. It is political but denies it.
If you believe in..
a) Hard work.
b) Developing your talents.
c) Thinking in original ways.
You may be accused of 'privilege'.
If you point out the personality faults of someone who is different from you (however true this may be) you will be called 'sexist' or 'racist'.
In other words we see a highly political group of zealots projecting their zealotry on to basically non political people. It is very easy to set these guys off on to a rampage. They will try to reverse the truth if they can. They will deny their own agenda while projecting one on to you.
The first line of defense is to make it clear that you are non political- and it is true! All we wish to do on blogs such as this one is to find a way to be free. We have no intention to impose our will upon others and in this sense we are non political.
The second line of defense is to get VERY POLITICAL INDEED. Point out that we have a Conservative Prime Minister who has said he is in favour of hard work and achievement. Tell them that they are breaking the law by reserving all the top jobs for Marxists and fellow travelers. Get a dictionary out and remind them of the actual definition of the word 'equal' and the word 'democracy'.
Attack, attack, attack.
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
The war about the debt.
UK politics is likely to be about debt for some time. Whoever sets the agenda for this debate controls the future direction of UK politics.
The present government was elected on the basis that 'something must be done' and have turned this into a mandate to reduce public expenditure. This is clearly the public will and yet the public could just as easely have gone the other way and given a socialist government authority to tax and regualte. As it is we see that the public is torn two ways over the issue. On the one hand they wish to end government waste but on the other hand they would like to string bankers from lampposts. This means that the debate could move us to the left or to the right depending upon how the question is framed.
Various groups have sprung up to educate, confuse and mislead us to this end. Even the government is playing what it believes is a sophisticated political game by making it appear that they are cutting more deeply than they are. In reality most of the supposed cuts are actually cancellations of programmes that were planned by the previous government but would have been canceled whoever won the election. The plan seems to be to cry 'disaster' so that they can blame everything on the previous government. This sets the scene for a second act in which they increase expenditure once again because of their good management.
The trouble with political theater is that most people believe the show more than reality. In other words this government will go down as the second age of austerity despite never making the cuts that are needed.
THE DEBT DENIERS.
The most intelligent of this group are http://falseeconomy.org.uk/. They make a number of dishonest claims- chief of which is the lie that nobody voted for cuts. They minimise the debt by pointing out that the UK had more debt at the end of the second world war than we do now. This is true (sort of) but it ignores the fact that much of the present debt is hidden. Items such as unfunded retirement obligations, capital projects and PFI make the debt even greater than it appears on paper. This is ignored by the debt deniers who focus purely upon the national debt and ignore the fact that government has assumed all sorts of long term obligations that are entirely unfunded at present. This may be contrasted with the situation in 1945 where the obligations of war could be fairly easily wound down.
The great failure of debt denial is that it is dishonest. It would be possible to make a case for paying off the debt by nationalising industry but nobody truly believes that we can ignore it. The result is angry and violent protests that basically refuse to name a solution themselves.
THE DEBT REALISTS.
The right is waking up to the notion that the public may be ready for change provided they understand the gravity of the situation. The trouble is that most people believe that the hard work has already been done even though the cuts are largely imaginary. The present government cuts do not address the national debt. They do not even come close. If we assume the government achieve all of their savings which is doubtful- all that will be achieved that the government will achieve break even by 2015. This means that the present government plan to pile on more and more debt in 1011, 2012, 2013 and 1214. They have no idea how any of will be repaid because their plans do not stretch beyond 2015.
The Tax Payers Alliance is the leading body pressing for change. They are demanding a culture change leading to the actual repayment of the debt. The left are so afraid of this group that they have created their own Other Taxpayers Alliance to throw childish insults at it. Nevertheless the fightback has begun. A rally against the debt will take place on 16 April.
The present government was elected on the basis that 'something must be done' and have turned this into a mandate to reduce public expenditure. This is clearly the public will and yet the public could just as easely have gone the other way and given a socialist government authority to tax and regualte. As it is we see that the public is torn two ways over the issue. On the one hand they wish to end government waste but on the other hand they would like to string bankers from lampposts. This means that the debate could move us to the left or to the right depending upon how the question is framed.
Various groups have sprung up to educate, confuse and mislead us to this end. Even the government is playing what it believes is a sophisticated political game by making it appear that they are cutting more deeply than they are. In reality most of the supposed cuts are actually cancellations of programmes that were planned by the previous government but would have been canceled whoever won the election. The plan seems to be to cry 'disaster' so that they can blame everything on the previous government. This sets the scene for a second act in which they increase expenditure once again because of their good management.
The trouble with political theater is that most people believe the show more than reality. In other words this government will go down as the second age of austerity despite never making the cuts that are needed.
THE DEBT DENIERS.
The most intelligent of this group are http://falseeconomy.org.uk/. They make a number of dishonest claims- chief of which is the lie that nobody voted for cuts. They minimise the debt by pointing out that the UK had more debt at the end of the second world war than we do now. This is true (sort of) but it ignores the fact that much of the present debt is hidden. Items such as unfunded retirement obligations, capital projects and PFI make the debt even greater than it appears on paper. This is ignored by the debt deniers who focus purely upon the national debt and ignore the fact that government has assumed all sorts of long term obligations that are entirely unfunded at present. This may be contrasted with the situation in 1945 where the obligations of war could be fairly easily wound down.
The great failure of debt denial is that it is dishonest. It would be possible to make a case for paying off the debt by nationalising industry but nobody truly believes that we can ignore it. The result is angry and violent protests that basically refuse to name a solution themselves.
THE DEBT REALISTS.
The right is waking up to the notion that the public may be ready for change provided they understand the gravity of the situation. The trouble is that most people believe that the hard work has already been done even though the cuts are largely imaginary. The present government cuts do not address the national debt. They do not even come close. If we assume the government achieve all of their savings which is doubtful- all that will be achieved that the government will achieve break even by 2015. This means that the present government plan to pile on more and more debt in 1011, 2012, 2013 and 1214. They have no idea how any of will be repaid because their plans do not stretch beyond 2015.
The Tax Payers Alliance is the leading body pressing for change. They are demanding a culture change leading to the actual repayment of the debt. The left are so afraid of this group that they have created their own Other Taxpayers Alliance to throw childish insults at it. Nevertheless the fightback has begun. A rally against the debt will take place on 16 April.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
The Paradox of Submission.
It is a strange irony that the only people who talk openly about female submission are women. Men have been shamed into silence and our natural need for this has been turned into a parody of itself. Nevertheless women (who carry less shame on the subject) have been forced to raise the subject themselves. This creates a plethora of paradoxes. On the one hand women crave strong men because they are exhausted by the need to adopt 'male' personas a work. They want the protection of strong men, to be told what to do and to be appreciated for their femininity. This unmet need can become so strong that an apparently sensible woman may fall in love with a criminal and allow him to wreck her life. It also results in the strange notion that romance only took place in previous centuries. Jane Austin is popular because she wrote of an age where men were not pussies. The irony is that almost nobody married for pure love in her books. Each party aimed to make a 'good' marriage- meaning that they wished to increase their wealth by doing so. The present age is the true age of romance where most people marry for love- or at least it would be if men could be men once again.
Another manifestation of this need is the taken in hand movement. This is an entirely female led movement dedicated to the supremacy of husbands. The website receives about half a million hits a day- almost all from women. Some aspects worry me. Many women need to fear their husbands in order to feel he is the boss. These women give their husbands permission to punish them in ways they know they will hate- even if they object at the time. This seems to be sailing quite close to real abuse to me.
Another (more helpful) aspect is the large number of female relationship coaches who now advise submission as a way of building intimacy. This is a more 'equal' sort of submission where each party gets something back.
We also have the irony of the African Churches in the UK where the male pastor hectors his female audience on the virtues of obedience to male authority. These churches typically have five or more women for every man- and even higher ratio than the mangina Church of England.
We see a growing interest in BDSM that has been fueled by the Internet. Most large citys have regular meetings and events although they are not widely known. Again we see that there are about five submissive women for every dominant.
Another irony is that women dislike working for female bosses. This means that feminism can either please female managers or female employees but not both. Women simply prefer to follow the orders of men because they (quite rightly) believe that he has her interests at heart. They would rather follow a man who is biologicaly programmed to care for her than a feminist who loudly protests her support for all things female but who sees her as a threat.
The reason these manifestations are so odd is that in most cases the women (who dream of submission and passivity) are doing all the hard work themselves. They are effectively dominating themselves which results in an escalation of the submissive activity.
Three hundred years ago a woman would have been almost unaware of her need for male leadership. She would spend her girlhood under the guidance of her father and then be passed on to her husband. Now she is free but she is also alone. This results in a great many strange behaviours such as blaming men for everything that goes wrong in their lives. In effect a woman who blames a man for her mood swings and her bad decisions is blaming him for for not controlling her. Feminism (ironically) can be seen a a gigantic complaint that men are not sufficiently controlling!
So what is the answer? Are we to return to a simpler age and chain them barefoot and pregnant to the kitchen sink? No. This is both inhumane and economically wasteful. It would simply replace the nonsensical complaints of women with real ones.
So do we try to accommodate feminism? This is impossible as feminism itself has no idea what it really wants except to avoid responsibility for anything at all.
The only remaining alternative is for men and women to understand their true natures. This means making peace with the notion of submission and combining it with economic and political equality. An increasing number of women demand that men assume the leadership role. The final irony is that we must follow their lead in order to do so.
NB: If you want a sure fire conversation starter with women- ask them what they think about female submission. An interesting conversation will follow.
Another manifestation of this need is the taken in hand movement. This is an entirely female led movement dedicated to the supremacy of husbands. The website receives about half a million hits a day- almost all from women. Some aspects worry me. Many women need to fear their husbands in order to feel he is the boss. These women give their husbands permission to punish them in ways they know they will hate- even if they object at the time. This seems to be sailing quite close to real abuse to me.
Another (more helpful) aspect is the large number of female relationship coaches who now advise submission as a way of building intimacy. This is a more 'equal' sort of submission where each party gets something back.
We also have the irony of the African Churches in the UK where the male pastor hectors his female audience on the virtues of obedience to male authority. These churches typically have five or more women for every man- and even higher ratio than the mangina Church of England.
We see a growing interest in BDSM that has been fueled by the Internet. Most large citys have regular meetings and events although they are not widely known. Again we see that there are about five submissive women for every dominant.
Another irony is that women dislike working for female bosses. This means that feminism can either please female managers or female employees but not both. Women simply prefer to follow the orders of men because they (quite rightly) believe that he has her interests at heart. They would rather follow a man who is biologicaly programmed to care for her than a feminist who loudly protests her support for all things female but who sees her as a threat.
The reason these manifestations are so odd is that in most cases the women (who dream of submission and passivity) are doing all the hard work themselves. They are effectively dominating themselves which results in an escalation of the submissive activity.
Three hundred years ago a woman would have been almost unaware of her need for male leadership. She would spend her girlhood under the guidance of her father and then be passed on to her husband. Now she is free but she is also alone. This results in a great many strange behaviours such as blaming men for everything that goes wrong in their lives. In effect a woman who blames a man for her mood swings and her bad decisions is blaming him for for not controlling her. Feminism (ironically) can be seen a a gigantic complaint that men are not sufficiently controlling!
So what is the answer? Are we to return to a simpler age and chain them barefoot and pregnant to the kitchen sink? No. This is both inhumane and economically wasteful. It would simply replace the nonsensical complaints of women with real ones.
So do we try to accommodate feminism? This is impossible as feminism itself has no idea what it really wants except to avoid responsibility for anything at all.
The only remaining alternative is for men and women to understand their true natures. This means making peace with the notion of submission and combining it with economic and political equality. An increasing number of women demand that men assume the leadership role. The final irony is that we must follow their lead in order to do so.
NB: If you want a sure fire conversation starter with women- ask them what they think about female submission. An interesting conversation will follow.
Our girls are hotter than their girls.
This is not a trivial point. White knights think that sucking up to feminism will get them laid. Well maybe it will if you like THIS...
JuJu Mamma
The really interesting thing about self described submissive women is their personal power. Watch this video and feel the force of this woman's charisma. I feel quite sorry for her man the day she decides he is not doing a good job of controlling her!
This is quite funny. This woman has a mild and nerdy husband (who she has an open relationship with) who wrote a book called 'Tame your woman'. The irony is that he appears to have done this on her orders.
Actually I like this woman a great deal. I find her attractive and she talks sense. She is trying to free women from the need to be in control all the time but I do not think she has achieved this herself.
Here we go again. JuJu mamma is interviewed by another Alpha submissive in front of an audience of Alpha submissives. Both women drag their meek and 'dominant' husbands along as they rant on and on about submission. Beyond parody.
I visit a lair. (Magnetic Man).
Last night I attended my first lair meeting. I suspect that the organisers would not like the term (they are anti bullshit and anti manipulation) and yet it was a lair. First impressions? I was the first man there and was met by Kalpna, an ethereal hippy chick (apparent girlfriend and poster girl for the methods effectiveness). She was one of those terrifyingly intuitive types who look into a mans soul whenever she glances at him. We made a little small talk while she fixed me with her brown eyes which was both unnerving and pleasant at the same time. This was an odd sensation that I will have to get over if I am to meet higher quality women.
I talked to each of the men who arrived. They were older than I thought they would be (between 35 and 55 I would guess) and very conventional in appearance. I would place them in the exact middle of average when it came to looks and style.
The show begins with the arrival of the John Morgan. Normally I feel the need to test alpha guys but this man was the real deal. He did not talk about himself at all- everyone just assumed that he must be good with women- which probably means that he is. He held court in the center of the room without appearing to seek the role- the most natural of naturals. He proceeded to to tell us about the Magnetic Man which is (according to him) a guy who has developed certain masculine traits that cause women to go instantly wet. The whole thing was gloriously politically incorrect. Men should always be the leader, always choose for women in restaurants and so on. Kalpna gazed up at him as if transfixed. She then explained how it felt to meet such a man. Explaining how her body responded and how she could become instantly aroused. I have heard such things before and believe it is true FOR HER but that the majority women are afraid to truly be women. She was so in touch with her feelings that she gave an unconscious erotic display as she told us these things- stroking her own body and even appearing aroused at the mere thought. Equally she showed distress as she described a man getting it wrong. She went even further in the 'man should lead' theme and talked of women's desire to obey. This is a secret fantasy that many women are too scared to admit even to themselves.
All in all it was a gloriously anti feminist evening and I will try to be there every Tuesday from 7pm. If you would like to come then get an invite via meetup.com. The event is called Real Human Contact.
I talked to each of the men who arrived. They were older than I thought they would be (between 35 and 55 I would guess) and very conventional in appearance. I would place them in the exact middle of average when it came to looks and style.
The show begins with the arrival of the John Morgan. Normally I feel the need to test alpha guys but this man was the real deal. He did not talk about himself at all- everyone just assumed that he must be good with women- which probably means that he is. He held court in the center of the room without appearing to seek the role- the most natural of naturals. He proceeded to to tell us about the Magnetic Man which is (according to him) a guy who has developed certain masculine traits that cause women to go instantly wet. The whole thing was gloriously politically incorrect. Men should always be the leader, always choose for women in restaurants and so on. Kalpna gazed up at him as if transfixed. She then explained how it felt to meet such a man. Explaining how her body responded and how she could become instantly aroused. I have heard such things before and believe it is true FOR HER but that the majority women are afraid to truly be women. She was so in touch with her feelings that she gave an unconscious erotic display as she told us these things- stroking her own body and even appearing aroused at the mere thought. Equally she showed distress as she described a man getting it wrong. She went even further in the 'man should lead' theme and talked of women's desire to obey. This is a secret fantasy that many women are too scared to admit even to themselves.
All in all it was a gloriously anti feminist evening and I will try to be there every Tuesday from 7pm. If you would like to come then get an invite via meetup.com. The event is called Real Human Contact.
Monday, 4 April 2011
Beyond Game
Game, in its short history has come a long way. There have always been men who wish to be good with women but 'Game' as such started with Ross Jefferies. He taught men that they should run 'pattens' on women and hypnotise them to bed. This is not quite as bad as it sounds- all NLP claims to be able to do is to change emotional responses. It cannot make one do anything against ones will.
Next came Mystery with his bag of social tricks. Mystery taught men to hold their head high in the company of other men and talked of the need for a man to have an attractive life. Nevertheless the Mystery Method is focused entirely upon short term manipulation. There is no recognition that self improvement is worthwhile for its own sake.
Next came RSD which ditches lines and tricks. RSD maintains it is more honest than the Mystery Method but it simply reverses the manipulation. RSD does not seek to directly manipulate the woman but manipulates the man into being a friendly extrovert. It is more authentic on one level because his conversation is real but runs the risk that the PUA may lose his true self.
Finally we have the natural game guys. This turns full circle and simply advises the man be his best self. Natural Game rejects all forms of inauthentic behaviour. This runs the risk of abolishing the entire subject.
More and more men are going beyond game and becoming the men women crave FOR REAL. Getting women is not even the focus any more- it is the natural result of personal growth.
Next came Mystery with his bag of social tricks. Mystery taught men to hold their head high in the company of other men and talked of the need for a man to have an attractive life. Nevertheless the Mystery Method is focused entirely upon short term manipulation. There is no recognition that self improvement is worthwhile for its own sake.
Next came RSD which ditches lines and tricks. RSD maintains it is more honest than the Mystery Method but it simply reverses the manipulation. RSD does not seek to directly manipulate the woman but manipulates the man into being a friendly extrovert. It is more authentic on one level because his conversation is real but runs the risk that the PUA may lose his true self.
Finally we have the natural game guys. This turns full circle and simply advises the man be his best self. Natural Game rejects all forms of inauthentic behaviour. This runs the risk of abolishing the entire subject.
More and more men are going beyond game and becoming the men women crave FOR REAL. Getting women is not even the focus any more- it is the natural result of personal growth.
No need to be a pirate.
There is no need to be a pirate when there is so much good stuff available for free legally.
The allure of an each way bet.
Talk to any financial advisor in the current climate and they will tell you the same thing. The public is looking to hedge their bets and they are quite realistic about the modest profits that result. There are broadly three ways UK investors can do this- active funds that use futures and options as well as direct ownership, structured products and hedge funds. Each of these have drawbacks and yet the public would rather take their chances with the offshore gnomes of the hedge fund industry than face the pendulum of the stock market.
This helps to explain the growing popularity of middle class survivalism. These guys are smart and see themselves as masters of their own destiny. They would rather stake their fortunes on a bet chosen by themselves than leave themselves open to chance.
The New Survivalsit simply approaches every aspect of his life in the same was as an educated investor. They wish to be rewarded both on the upside and the downside. I will give you an example. A New Survivalist may find themselves with a sum of money and decide they would like a wine cellar. Wine is an excellent hedge against inflation and it generally improves with age. The New Survivalist builds his cellar underground. This is ideal for wine because the temperature is fairly stable down there and because underground buildings are naturally secure. An added bonus is that the survivalist may also move his family down there in any real emergency.
Underground building is energy efficient and retains land for agricultural use which makes one something of an environmental hero as well as a wine buff. If all goes well the wider public will be unaware of the cellars true purpose.
This helps to explain the growing popularity of middle class survivalism. These guys are smart and see themselves as masters of their own destiny. They would rather stake their fortunes on a bet chosen by themselves than leave themselves open to chance.
The New Survivalsit simply approaches every aspect of his life in the same was as an educated investor. They wish to be rewarded both on the upside and the downside. I will give you an example. A New Survivalist may find themselves with a sum of money and decide they would like a wine cellar. Wine is an excellent hedge against inflation and it generally improves with age. The New Survivalist builds his cellar underground. This is ideal for wine because the temperature is fairly stable down there and because underground buildings are naturally secure. An added bonus is that the survivalist may also move his family down there in any real emergency.
Underground building is energy efficient and retains land for agricultural use which makes one something of an environmental hero as well as a wine buff. If all goes well the wider public will be unaware of the cellars true purpose.
Sunday, 3 April 2011
Alpha and the gift of sanity.
I believe that one reason women prefer Alpha men is that it brings out the best in them.
Show me a woman who is acting crazy and I will show you a woman surrounded by Beta men. The symptoms are very specific.
1) Chronically unhappy without a specific cause. Refuses all efforts to make her happy.
2) Demands that men around her are psychic and know why she is unhappy when she does not even know this herself.
3) Makes impossible and contradictory demands. In other words she will claim to want one thing while also claiming to want the exact opposite. This means that the Beta will be wrong whatever he does.
4) Believes her feeling to be more important than facts.
5) Tortures men around her by acting as if they have done her wrong but refusing to explain what his alleged crime is.
6) Acts as if men in her life 'cause' her bad feelings, low self esteem ext and should take full responsibility for her while taking no responsibility for her own actions.
This is a pretty nasty bunch of behaviours and until recently I thought they were all that was available from the fair sex. This was because until recently I was chronically Beta.
How Beta men encourage mental ill health in women.
The Beta guy is really sensitive and a great listener and thinks this is a virtue. Unfortunately it has the effect of destabilising any woman he is involved with. This is because women approach men when they are seeking an anchor in their lives. They swing back and forth like a metronome and need a rock to cling to in order to achieve balance. Unfortunately the Beta guy is so sensitive to the woman's mood that he begins to swing back and forth like a metronome himself and so she is cut adrift from all steadying influences. This results in wilder and wilder swings and increasingly destructive behaviour. It is like a shit test that can never be passed and that consumes everything it touches. The Beta guy literally drives her insane.
I have become more Alpha over the past year or so. It is difficult to see the changes in myself but very easy to see them in the women I relate to. They have become more sane and more pleasant. This is so striking that I do a quick 'Alpha check' upon myself whenever I have a bad encounter with a woman. I have always found that it was my own lack of Alpha that day that caused the trouble.
If western men ever get their Mojo back we shall know it because the mental health of women will improve. A colossal self help industry has grown up catering to the unhappiness of women without helping it a great deal. Most of these books, seminars and therapies will simply disappear because they will no longer be needed.
Some men will object to this post because they think it lets women off the hook over their own behaviours and blames Beta men. I understand this. Beta men get blamed for everything by women. I know this because I used to be one. Sometimes I still am.
There is a difference between BLAME and RESPONSIBILITY.
Are Beta men to be blamed for female behaviour towards them? No.
Are Beta men responsible for their own salvation? Hell yes! If we do not take responsibility then who will?
Show me a woman who is acting crazy and I will show you a woman surrounded by Beta men. The symptoms are very specific.
1) Chronically unhappy without a specific cause. Refuses all efforts to make her happy.
2) Demands that men around her are psychic and know why she is unhappy when she does not even know this herself.
3) Makes impossible and contradictory demands. In other words she will claim to want one thing while also claiming to want the exact opposite. This means that the Beta will be wrong whatever he does.
4) Believes her feeling to be more important than facts.
5) Tortures men around her by acting as if they have done her wrong but refusing to explain what his alleged crime is.
6) Acts as if men in her life 'cause' her bad feelings, low self esteem ext and should take full responsibility for her while taking no responsibility for her own actions.
This is a pretty nasty bunch of behaviours and until recently I thought they were all that was available from the fair sex. This was because until recently I was chronically Beta.
How Beta men encourage mental ill health in women.
The Beta guy is really sensitive and a great listener and thinks this is a virtue. Unfortunately it has the effect of destabilising any woman he is involved with. This is because women approach men when they are seeking an anchor in their lives. They swing back and forth like a metronome and need a rock to cling to in order to achieve balance. Unfortunately the Beta guy is so sensitive to the woman's mood that he begins to swing back and forth like a metronome himself and so she is cut adrift from all steadying influences. This results in wilder and wilder swings and increasingly destructive behaviour. It is like a shit test that can never be passed and that consumes everything it touches. The Beta guy literally drives her insane.
I have become more Alpha over the past year or so. It is difficult to see the changes in myself but very easy to see them in the women I relate to. They have become more sane and more pleasant. This is so striking that I do a quick 'Alpha check' upon myself whenever I have a bad encounter with a woman. I have always found that it was my own lack of Alpha that day that caused the trouble.
If western men ever get their Mojo back we shall know it because the mental health of women will improve. A colossal self help industry has grown up catering to the unhappiness of women without helping it a great deal. Most of these books, seminars and therapies will simply disappear because they will no longer be needed.
Some men will object to this post because they think it lets women off the hook over their own behaviours and blames Beta men. I understand this. Beta men get blamed for everything by women. I know this because I used to be one. Sometimes I still am.
There is a difference between BLAME and RESPONSIBILITY.
Are Beta men to be blamed for female behaviour towards them? No.
Are Beta men responsible for their own salvation? Hell yes! If we do not take responsibility then who will?
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