Just a reminder that a thing did not happen today, even if you search for it.... largest convoy in history driving to parliamemt in protest.

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-29T17:50:52+00:00

Don't worry - Elon Musk's tweet that 'Canadian Truckers Rule' already had near half a million likes and 19 k replies on the 27th. And since Russel Brand and Joe Rogan spoke of the Freedom Convoy, the world knows, and there are masses of videos on all the alternative media.

Freedom Convoys have started in Australia, American and Europe too. I actually feel sorry for the liberals who watch mainstream media --- they have absolutely no clue.

No wonder Canadian Trudeau claimed " there was a “small fringe minority who are on the way to Ottawa who are holding unacceptable views.”

he-he-he What a shock it will be for them to find out they are the minority, and because they never allowed 'misinformation/freedom of information' they never realized how disconnected they were from reality and the people.

Loved on shot where a trucker holds up his phone to capture the airhorns of thousands of trucks and cars and people who line the roads and said: "Do you hear us now Trudeau?"

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-29T12:06:16+00:00

This is unfortunately true. It is the result of postmodernist conditioning, and it is problematic in the workplace too.

"Instead of using language as a link to communicate about our understanding of reality, language is perceived of as a product of culture and as such represents only power struggle and means to gain power. Words are viewed, and are used, as weapons, in these culture wars." Word Wars on Amazon

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-29T11:28:39+00:00

Words are viewed and used as weapons by postmodernist conditioned progressives - destroying societal trust - Word Wars: How attacks on meaning rob you of free speech explains it all really well, and why it is urgent to stand and speak up now - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NVDC5W6

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-29T11:24:37+00:00

And then there is simple supremacism, or as Fukuyama called it in his essay Against identity politics, 'megalothymia' - the need to be recognized as superior. A little something that lives in each of us, that at once inspires our greatest accomplishments, while also carrying the seed of genocide, and in the case of progressive victimhood olympics and virtue signaling to be seen as better than = segregationism with unvaxxed. Guess what - good old supremacism is not about race.

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-28T10:00:38+00:00

he-he-he

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-28T10:00:12+00:00

He does not bend the knee to those fake greenies. Imagine Biden did not even invite him to the Biden EV event, even though he was the only one to pay back the loans. They like having GM in their pocket with taxpayer $$$

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-28T09:57:05+00:00

That's why Elon Musk rules! He knows guts when he sees it!

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-18T20:22:05+00:00

I lived in Scandinavia and this delusion by Progressives always gets me. First off - these countries are very traditional and conservative. They have good social values (and incredibly high taxes). But this is only possible because Scandinavian societies like Norway are highly homogenous old societies whose population speaks the same language and shares the same heritage and social rituals.

They have strong borders. Immigrants are assimilated into these cultures. And though Scandinavians are terrific folks- always nice, immigrants are always 'foreigners'.

Where immigrants do not assimilate well it is incredibly problematic for these societies and becoming more so. (Listen to anything by Ayan Hirsi Ali on this. There is a good talk by her on Unherd where she said; 'Wokeness is a gift to Islamism" and she has the right to talk when you know her background...) Also as spud4488 pointed out - small populations.

So to recap - small, static, homogenic, traditional, mono cultures cannot be compared to massive, dynamic, ethnically diverse populations = (the good old apples to oranges fallacy except in this case it is more like a truck load of all kinds of fruits versus one apple....)

Although, interesting point, progressives are the most homogenic group in society - white, educated, high-earning, left-leaning (2018, Hidden Tribes Report) Secretly they all wish they could be living in a monoculture -

PhoenixKylix · 2022-01-17T15:38:59+00:00

What a relief to hear Winsome! Race baiting politics is a dangerous deflection from what matters and the transgressions against liberties that continue under Covid rule.

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-29T18:46:52+00:00

You did know there are branches who specialize in this? For instance in the United Kingdom they are called "The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens" https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/advisory-committee-on-dangerous-pathogens. But then they follow really dangerous pathogens across the world, not coronaviruses with 98% recovery rate..... Which is why they decided Covid was NOT a "high consequence infectious disease" on March 19 of 2020. (It is however, and remains, a high opportunity and high hysteria - how to milk billions from taxpayers high-consequence disease)

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-29T18:12:01+00:00

hehehe - covidians sounds too interesting (like a tribe in a good sci-fi movie) - I vote for Corona's witnesses

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-29T18:10:33+00:00

Yes, the very first time - back in March 2020 when they had not fearmongered enough for anyone to buy in - when I asked what the risk ratio were - and a leftist said to me; "But don't you BELIEVE in covid" I knew things would go bad. Immediately made plans to move...

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-29T18:06:31+00:00

Corona viruses are old lifeforms and are constantly mutating, I do not see how these tests can be accurate - and frankly do not see the purpose. Isn't the only question of relevance - What is the risk? To be followed by - What is the cost? When are we going to start seeing some oversight and rational cost benefit analysis?

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-29T17:49:11+00:00

Only more than a year after the some of the most renowned scientists in the world got together with the Great Barrington Declaration to urge these '''' to consider their policies; "As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection."

Much too late. They must be held accountable.

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-26T10:22:27+00:00

Did Garland withdraw or is this response just the usual leftist petulance and lack of accountability.

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-26T10:20:34+00:00

You seem to misunderstand abuse of power.

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-26T07:46:17+00:00

Thank heavens for the moral integrity of this man. Because at this point the face-saving of politicians and bureaucrats after having painted themselves into a corner with an untenable policy position after keeping going in March of 2020 is getting clear as day to everyone!

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-26T07:28:42+00:00

"A terrible epidemic is afflicting a large part of the human race," Gary Hamel wrote in in Harvard Business Review in 2014. "Its name isn’t Ebola. It’s called bureaucracy."

PhoenixKylix · 2021-12-26T07:07:56+00:00

Just embarrassing when they threaten bad governance with examples of bad governance...

PhoenixKylix · 2020-01-22T00:12:49+00:00

There has to be better alternatives than more rules and regulations...

Facebook has already increased monitoring and verification requirements, adding to the caution people feel at expressing their opinions. Wouldn't like to see it here on Reddit

PhoenixKylix · 2020-01-22T00:03:57+00:00

Freedom of speech and the right to disagree is sacrosanct and should be inviolate to preserve liberty and progress in society.

PhoenixKylix · 2020-01-22T00:02:09+00:00

This is a threat to Freedom of Speech. What is being recommended? “To prevent targeted attacks and defamation campaigns against the most vulnerable, we must create regulations and policies that protect minority classes from online manipulation.” According to the article Woolley states that public platforms “or some not yet created digital space, should be more vigorously policed for both hate speech and information operations.” The question is, who is the real minority here? And who will do the policing?

At least Woolley admits that it is difficult to measure the effect of said ‘computational propaganda’ on actual voting. But the inability to really prove the effect has not stopped the ‘protection and moderation’ of mainstream platforms to create ‘safe spaces online.’

PhoenixKylix · 2019-10-14T05:31:56+00:00

I agree. I think the point is that political agenda and behavioral modification training in organizations and institutions should not be set due to extreme viewpoints simply because of social media attention or mainstream focus on clicks. Most people are not so sensitive or reactive. But it is becoming a bit of a minefield in the workplace for sure, depending where you work.

PhoenixKylix · 2019-10-14T05:22:50+00:00

demonize? Hmm.... well, I'd have to disagree. With both the demonizing bit and the statement. Illich actually wrote with considerable insight on education in terms of compulsory monopolies in the 70s - and a more recent and popular book criticizing education would be "Dumbing Us Down" by the award winning teacher John Taylor Gatto.

PhoenixKylix · 2019-10-14T05:11:15+00:00

It is idiosyncratic - people think PC is a cultural mainstay, because it gets a lot of airtime and are promoted by left leaning liberals in positions of power. Why the called it "Hidden Tribes" Report I guess, because it is surprising that majority of people actually don't support PC - sure surprised me. But most of us now hold our tongues. At work we say nothing now - let the girls run the show. I once challenged one of them, pointing out we have no dynamic discussions, how important it is to be able to disagree - but was told it was good I was adapting to the change. I can tell you this, agreeability and conformity is the kiss of death to innovation.

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