I have received a couple of very insightful messages from two readers — one is a convert to Islam and the other is a scholar, currently living in Asia.
Of course the west views honorable traits as weakness, and higher morals and ethics as stupidity. That's who we are and that has been the white anglo way for hundreds of years. Or longer.
True. The racialist's perspective survives in part by its sheer (rather mindless) simplicity, literally black and white. But race is a white supremacist notion. Greed and its social outgrowth, Capitalism, are universal, greed coming from within and capitalism generating in the exterior with defensive, viable structures of control. That the Brits pretty much invented both white supremacy and capitalism and caused their institutionalization as the U.s.a. thickens the plot but isn't crucial to stopping white supremacy or reining in greed.
Actually Capitalism was invented ( if that's the right word ) by the Portugese on the island of Madeira sometime after 1420. White supremacy I think, sprang from Europe more generally. Britain wasn't the only European nation to build an Empire, just the most successful.
The US strikes me as currently being the the most prominent manifestation of Capitalism and white supremacy, given the wars fought to access resources.
That would make Amerika crucial to stopping at least the greed.
There has always been resistance to the "white anglo way" even before it became a constitutionally framed mainstay of the U.s.a. legal system. I wouldn't want to have to detail it into proof but that resistance accounts for most of what is good and humane in the U.s.a. cultural streams of the arts, religious practices, journalist rebels, legal challenges and the secular philosophies from Ambrose Bierce to William James, Melville to Twain to, if I may, Pynchon. I guess I'm saying we're not entirely hopeless just way fucked up.
If it wasn't for the white anglo way, there wouldn't be an Amerika, the British Empire wouldn't have existed and nor would there be an Australia. My countries' history is is as equally apalling as that of the US
And we believe SATANYAHU why?? And DJT gets his information on what Iran is doing from whom?? According to Max Blumenthal, from TWO ISRAELI MOSSAD AGENTS in DJT’s STAFF??!! This gentleman’s post is very like the Iranian’s I know personally. Why we allow a cretin-an abysmal MURDERER like SATANYAHU or a Miriam ADELSON to control the US to the point of attacking Iran PREEMPTIVELY is NOT being a defender but being an AGGRESSOR. DJT IS WRONG and bc he’s NOT LISTENING to his OWN DIA APPOINTEE, MS GABBARD, He should be severely reprimanded by US, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!! We do NOT want Iran to be attacked & we do NOT want a war with them! Somehow Larry, you must find a way to get this man’s post to DJT. HE NEEDS TO PULL HIS HEAD OUT…!!!!
Let’s have a balanced debate on both codes of ethics. I have yet to read any comment from a Jewish cleric expounding the pacifist values of Judaism, or a Zionist justifying genocide and pre-emptive warfare.
Excellent post Larry. The man who converted and spent the time to share his interpretation of the Iranian actions provided much food for thought. There is so much "propaganda" in everyday news that the common man cannot escape some level of "misunderstanding" due to acceptance of "government psyops" as facts. Once one understands this, then it becomes a hard project to unwind the various psy ops and figure out the truth. I am sure the Islamic world creates its own psy ops. Certainly Israel is expert at this. But I do see merit in what this man has shared with you. Thank you.
....his interesting observation that USA guilt over its colonial past quiets its outcry over Israel's atrocities towards the indigenous population of Palestine... Australia carries the same guilt regarding the appalling treatment of its indigenous Aborigines forced onto reservations...
What the survival of the human race depends on: an ethics and morality that matches what we read above; but one that is secular, one that results from seeing the advantages of such a morality for the sake of reason, not religion and its teachers. This is not to denigrate religion, but to point out that a higher consciousness is possible, and necessary. Further thoughts on these matters:
America, Israel, nor any other nation, can avoid the even-handed love and justice of “The Father God” that we Christians profess to honor and serve. No amount of “disinformation” or “geo-political strategy” will fool Almighty God. Thank you, my Islamic brother, for your righteous and generous fight against the same evil that threatens to destroy us all. As-salamu alaykum!
Of course the west views honorable traits as weakness, and higher morals and ethics as stupidity. That's who we are and that has been the white anglo way for hundreds of years. Or longer.
It's more of a capitalist, greed-is-good thing than a white guy thing.
True. The racialist's perspective survives in part by its sheer (rather mindless) simplicity, literally black and white. But race is a white supremacist notion. Greed and its social outgrowth, Capitalism, are universal, greed coming from within and capitalism generating in the exterior with defensive, viable structures of control. That the Brits pretty much invented both white supremacy and capitalism and caused their institutionalization as the U.s.a. thickens the plot but isn't crucial to stopping white supremacy or reining in greed.
Actually Capitalism was invented ( if that's the right word ) by the Portugese on the island of Madeira sometime after 1420. White supremacy I think, sprang from Europe more generally. Britain wasn't the only European nation to build an Empire, just the most successful.
The US strikes me as currently being the the most prominent manifestation of Capitalism and white supremacy, given the wars fought to access resources.
That would make Amerika crucial to stopping at least the greed.
There has always been resistance to the "white anglo way" even before it became a constitutionally framed mainstay of the U.s.a. legal system. I wouldn't want to have to detail it into proof but that resistance accounts for most of what is good and humane in the U.s.a. cultural streams of the arts, religious practices, journalist rebels, legal challenges and the secular philosophies from Ambrose Bierce to William James, Melville to Twain to, if I may, Pynchon. I guess I'm saying we're not entirely hopeless just way fucked up.
If it wasn't for the white anglo way, there wouldn't be an Amerika, the British Empire wouldn't have existed and nor would there be an Australia. My countries' history is is as equally apalling as that of the US
well, you get "who's yr daddy" rights
Well, that hasn't done Aboriginal Australians much good.
Come to think of it, it hasn't done white Australians much good either. We seem to keep getting dragged into daddys' wars.
Superb post. It is a measure of the esteem in which you are held by so many worldwide that you attract such informative and insightful contributions.
And we believe SATANYAHU why?? And DJT gets his information on what Iran is doing from whom?? According to Max Blumenthal, from TWO ISRAELI MOSSAD AGENTS in DJT’s STAFF??!! This gentleman’s post is very like the Iranian’s I know personally. Why we allow a cretin-an abysmal MURDERER like SATANYAHU or a Miriam ADELSON to control the US to the point of attacking Iran PREEMPTIVELY is NOT being a defender but being an AGGRESSOR. DJT IS WRONG and bc he’s NOT LISTENING to his OWN DIA APPOINTEE, MS GABBARD, He should be severely reprimanded by US, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!! We do NOT want Iran to be attacked & we do NOT want a war with them! Somehow Larry, you must find a way to get this man’s post to DJT. HE NEEDS TO PULL HIS HEAD OUT…!!!!
Let’s have a balanced debate on both codes of ethics. I have yet to read any comment from a Jewish cleric expounding the pacifist values of Judaism, or a Zionist justifying genocide and pre-emptive warfare.
A’ho! ⭐️💕🙏
Excellent post Larry. The man who converted and spent the time to share his interpretation of the Iranian actions provided much food for thought. There is so much "propaganda" in everyday news that the common man cannot escape some level of "misunderstanding" due to acceptance of "government psyops" as facts. Once one understands this, then it becomes a hard project to unwind the various psy ops and figure out the truth. I am sure the Islamic world creates its own psy ops. Certainly Israel is expert at this. But I do see merit in what this man has shared with you. Thank you.
....his interesting observation that USA guilt over its colonial past quiets its outcry over Israel's atrocities towards the indigenous population of Palestine... Australia carries the same guilt regarding the appalling treatment of its indigenous Aborigines forced onto reservations...
What the survival of the human race depends on: an ethics and morality that matches what we read above; but one that is secular, one that results from seeing the advantages of such a morality for the sake of reason, not religion and its teachers. This is not to denigrate religion, but to point out that a higher consciousness is possible, and necessary. Further thoughts on these matters:
https://peterwebster.substack.com/p/awakenings-0d5
America, Israel, nor any other nation, can avoid the even-handed love and justice of “The Father God” that we Christians profess to honor and serve. No amount of “disinformation” or “geo-political strategy” will fool Almighty God. Thank you, my Islamic brother, for your righteous and generous fight against the same evil that threatens to destroy us all. As-salamu alaykum!