Most 18-26 yr olds unaware as no interest in politics, with their parents equally disinterested or, as one or two have said, "What can I do?" And, the answer is nothing.
Of course, which is why the Selective Service administration will do the registration 'automatically'.
And then, one day, MPs are knocking on the door.
As an aside, I wonder how today's 18-26 year-olds will cope with the slightly-more-than-micro aggressions in basic training. Will they suffer from a nervous breakdown within 5 minutes--or less?
Mock the young all you like. The fact remains that they have absolutely no reason whatsoever to fight this idiotic war. The young have been screwed over by their elders (very much including their governments, not to mention the unelected Eurocrats) in more ways than one, lockdowns and injectomania being particularly telling examples. And now they're supposed to risk their lives so that ::checks notes:: Macron et al wouldn't look ridiculous?
A lot of the time, "incompetents" will rise to the occasion when the situation requires it. However, this is precisely the sort of situation where one should NOT rise to the occasion. If Ursula wants to fight, give her a gun and ship her to Ukraine. Though the trenches might mess up her hair. Ahem.
Don't come to Australia it's so much worse in every aspect. The only thing we have going for us is that we will die a year later in the nuclear holocaust. Is that better? I don't know.
The answer is nowhere. The place you're looking for does not exist. This is what decline looks like, and so you might as well get used to it. Anyway, you're the historian here, aren't you? Once upon a time, Baghdad was a major civilizational center. And now? Nothing lasts forever, and the decline of the West is already well under way. I wouldn't try moving to China or what have you. They have problems of their own, and even if they overcome them, they have no use for Westerners like you.
Say what you will about selfish women and blah blah blah, but I am really glad I don't have children. At least I don't have to worry about them getting killed in an idiotic war started by techno- and gerontocrats worried about losing face after all the idiotic posturing.
I may need to explain: you're both correct that the place I'm looking for doesn't exist, and that it does.
Allow me to elucidate: that place--'a community of like-minded, hard-working people'--once existed in 'the West'. Decades of socialistic policies, excessive material 'prosperity', and oligarchic mind-fuckery have turned that place into an almost dystopian nightmare; I don't mean to infer we're there just yet as most people in 'the West' are still asleep.
Take, e.g., the most obvious thing: almost no production of goods is still going on; we're importing most, and whatever passes for 'jobs' is a lot of things, but it ain't helpful. Virtually everyone is dependent on gov't transfers (handouts), and those who do 'more' are considered weirdos.
Once the problems become too big to paper over, those more prepared will become the victims of their neighbours.
This isn't about cyclical views of history or whatever; that place you and I speak about is something both real (say, one's village or small town) and something that is imagined.
Eh. I think you're too quick to blame "socialism." It's not "socialism" that outsourced all the production to Asia. That would be neoliberalism. Plus, the absence of an effective safety net has very real negative consequences: (too) many risk takers get badly broken rather than merely bruised, whereas the risk-averse, all too conscious of the fact that there's nothing to break their fall if they slip, simply refuse to take the risks that thriving societies actually need them to take (such as, y'know, having children). It's a lose-lose world.
Dear Epimetheus I must agree with Irena this time ;)
CIA did their best job in Italy in 1992 when they disrupted completely all the parties and especially Socialist and Christian one with the famous story of corruption. The big strong Communist Party fell right after. Remind you the 1985 "Sigonella Crisis" story when Craxi, socialist PM, sent the Army to surround the Delta force that wanted to arrest and take to US the Egyptian 747 passengers (with Palestinian leaders, Egyptian diplomatic staff and others). The crisis in the night ended with US forces stepping back.
2 month later the attck of Abbu Nidal to Rome Airport... a coincidence?...
7 years later "Mani Pulite" that dissolves almost any italian party... a coincidence?
Check it out, is I think one of the few story of a Colony not complying to US Nazi Government orders (Regan at that time) in the last 40 years
This is so provocative. These people are so insane. Thank you for telling us about this my friend. What worries me is that when the censorship really ramps up we will not know what is happening. Keep documenting for us.
Most 18-26 yr olds unaware as no interest in politics, with their parents equally disinterested or, as one or two have said, "What can I do?" And, the answer is nothing.
Of course, which is why the Selective Service administration will do the registration 'automatically'.
And then, one day, MPs are knocking on the door.
As an aside, I wonder how today's 18-26 year-olds will cope with the slightly-more-than-micro aggressions in basic training. Will they suffer from a nervous breakdown within 5 minutes--or less?
Mock the young all you like. The fact remains that they have absolutely no reason whatsoever to fight this idiotic war. The young have been screwed over by their elders (very much including their governments, not to mention the unelected Eurocrats) in more ways than one, lockdowns and injectomania being particularly telling examples. And now they're supposed to risk their lives so that ::checks notes:: Macron et al wouldn't look ridiculous?
I’m not mocking them as much as I’m questioning the sanity of those desiring to go to war with the young.
You’re of course correct about the zillion of reasons why the young shouldn’t go to war.
Sigh
A lot of the time, "incompetents" will rise to the occasion when the situation requires it. However, this is precisely the sort of situation where one should NOT rise to the occasion. If Ursula wants to fight, give her a gun and ship her to Ukraine. Though the trenches might mess up her hair. Ahem.
I share your sentiments, and I’d have a few more names to suggest: Scholz, Stoltenberg, Rutte, Sunak, etc.
txs Lenin, my kid is quite younger, I'm quite old and we need to leave EU because here everything is getting to expensive to survive
Don't come to Australia it's so much worse in every aspect. The only thing we have going for us is that we will die a year later in the nuclear holocaust. Is that better? I don't know.
Where to go?
Where to thrive in a community of like-minded, hard-working people?
The answer is nowhere. The place you're looking for does not exist. This is what decline looks like, and so you might as well get used to it. Anyway, you're the historian here, aren't you? Once upon a time, Baghdad was a major civilizational center. And now? Nothing lasts forever, and the decline of the West is already well under way. I wouldn't try moving to China or what have you. They have problems of their own, and even if they overcome them, they have no use for Westerners like you.
Say what you will about selfish women and blah blah blah, but I am really glad I don't have children. At least I don't have to worry about them getting killed in an idiotic war started by techno- and gerontocrats worried about losing face after all the idiotic posturing.
Nowhere is about right.
I may need to explain: you're both correct that the place I'm looking for doesn't exist, and that it does.
Allow me to elucidate: that place--'a community of like-minded, hard-working people'--once existed in 'the West'. Decades of socialistic policies, excessive material 'prosperity', and oligarchic mind-fuckery have turned that place into an almost dystopian nightmare; I don't mean to infer we're there just yet as most people in 'the West' are still asleep.
Take, e.g., the most obvious thing: almost no production of goods is still going on; we're importing most, and whatever passes for 'jobs' is a lot of things, but it ain't helpful. Virtually everyone is dependent on gov't transfers (handouts), and those who do 'more' are considered weirdos.
Once the problems become too big to paper over, those more prepared will become the victims of their neighbours.
This isn't about cyclical views of history or whatever; that place you and I speak about is something both real (say, one's village or small town) and something that is imagined.
Eh. I think you're too quick to blame "socialism." It's not "socialism" that outsourced all the production to Asia. That would be neoliberalism. Plus, the absence of an effective safety net has very real negative consequences: (too) many risk takers get badly broken rather than merely bruised, whereas the risk-averse, all too conscious of the fact that there's nothing to break their fall if they slip, simply refuse to take the risks that thriving societies actually need them to take (such as, y'know, having children). It's a lose-lose world.
Dear Epimetheus I must agree with Irena this time ;)
CIA did their best job in Italy in 1992 when they disrupted completely all the parties and especially Socialist and Christian one with the famous story of corruption. The big strong Communist Party fell right after. Remind you the 1985 "Sigonella Crisis" story when Craxi, socialist PM, sent the Army to surround the Delta force that wanted to arrest and take to US the Egyptian 747 passengers (with Palestinian leaders, Egyptian diplomatic staff and others). The crisis in the night ended with US forces stepping back.
2 month later the attck of Abbu Nidal to Rome Airport... a coincidence?...
7 years later "Mani Pulite" that dissolves almost any italian party... a coincidence?
Check it out, is I think one of the few story of a Colony not complying to US Nazi Government orders (Regan at that time) in the last 40 years
This is so provocative. These people are so insane. Thank you for telling us about this my friend. What worries me is that when the censorship really ramps up we will not know what is happening. Keep documenting for us.
Of course this is all insane. And then some.
I'll go on for as long as I can.
Thank you for the information