I just read this as a repost on Larry Johnson's website. An exceptionally good read, my favourite this week. I look forward to your next opinion. Welcome to Substack!
Count me as a new fan, and I will subscribe. This analysis is one of the most novel and insightful explanations for what ails us as a society that I have read this millennium. And if I may, I would like to contribute a small bit of irony.
For the reasons you have stated, the West (and in particular the USA) cannot keep the plates spinning forever with incompetents at the helm and a collapse of some sort is therefore inevitable in my opinion. Very likely, when Russia defeats Ukraine, this could trigger this long overdue correction. Russia rose from the ashes of the Soviet Union but it took a decade of Hell (1990s), and the emergence of a strong leader (Putin), and two more decades of hard work, but they have bounced back pretty nicely. Hopefully we can experience a similar fate, and if so, the credit may well belong to Putin and the Russian military.
Your analysis on ‘competency’ is right on target. During my 50+ years in state/local government, I have watch this creeping influence of moral degeneracy spread inconspicuously through our socirty and culture. It needs to be exposed to light and transparency.
I worked as a Marine Engineer for decades and you missed one important segment - The commonsense intelligence factor.
I was tasked with expanding a company's line and they wanted to move from their 41-foot yacht to a new 44-foot yacht. So I laid out the lines and was setting up the shop when an old-timer came to be and said why don't we just stretch the old boat?
He was right so we took the old plug, built a rial system under it, cut the boat in half and stretched it out to the design size of the 44 foot hull. filled in the gap then did the same to match the new beam. Saved the company at least 6 months of prototyping.
Over the years I found a lot of skilled craftsmen had that one special skill.
Beautiful. So satisfying to see what I kinda try to explain around me being layout so well. The feminisation of the universities and the RH departments had a huge impact on the collapse of the capabilities of the leadership. Their social status is based on agreeableness and conformity. I see it everyday in my town and at my job. At the end ‘ you can deny reality but not the consequences of denying reality’. We are not a postmodern society anymore, women took us back to a premodern society where ‘moral’ principles trump reality. Reason is out. It s just not the bible anymore, rather the globohomo petite bourgoisie left dystopia based on hatred towards white men.
I wish to thank you on your excellent novel. It make some sense on me and what happen on me in my life. Well, all what you are write, I experience twice in my life. First I experience in my elementary srchool, I was in 5 grade class we have more advanced mathematics classes when I was sent from one school desk to another one. I must seat with a guy who is not so good at anything in school. I think that he have and average IQ (my IQ is in 1,5%) and maybe teachers intentions are good one, but results are worse for me. At first I have a very good grades in mathematics and physics, but when I was transferred in another desk my grades start falling and I am find myself in position that I struggling with adopting school material in mathematics and physics. With this approach of my teachers, I never have good start positions in mathematics for entire life and this is close my fate. IQ is not enough to overcome obstacle what is made before you, you will be all the time behind of rest. In secondary school all happen again and I am finish school like technician for electronics. Full four years of school. I tray to go on higher education but after short time I find it is useless, I can not withstand what I call "ass licking" of professors. To be honest, I been disgusted how professors behave, in his/hers behavior there is nothing academic at all, they are involved in personal enrichment, personal promotion, court intrigues.. Scientific development is non existent at all. That is in half of 80s. All what you are write in your novel, it is true for my country at that time. People are coming in positions because they are promoted by political organization or by family ties. In 90s, my country is dissolved in bloody civil war. Things start to be better, but soon everything is going in the same way like before. Than we come in European Union and things start to be worse than before. It is unbelievable how many stupid, "limited" peoples are held in higher positions, and f... intelligent people in brains with idiotic things. It is interesting, maybe it is mathematical solution to predict after how many years this situation will brake and there will be let me say reset of civilization.
This essay fails to note the most omnipotent lobby, the complex of organizations devoted to putting Israel--- and all it embodies-- First. The veto power afforded this lobby in hiring decisions throughout the upper echelons, in business cronyism, in media content, in nominations and awards and contracts and on and on is often left unstated, as is the case here. Play it safe much? This unwillingness to court penalty by mentioning the elephant in the room is a big part of the demise of the West. Please try to address this facet of the big themes you raise. Or play the role of gatekeeper and protect your "freedom of speech."
Really very helpful article , I just could not explain to people what is happening to the west , I'm from Ireland and it is exactly as you wrote , here . I think I am wise to it because I have little schooling but plenty of street smart's . I have actually used the Phrase " HR are the trojan horse " to try get across how the ideology is weeping into companies. My wife is a quality manager and highly competent, but her battles every day is with the incompetence she is surrounded with , she has moved jobs four time's in five years and getting disillusioned and burnt out trying to do her job professionally . I think this article will be of great help to her . Another thing I have being pointing out over the last few years was that the only two real statesmen out their that you could really listen too are Lavrov and Putin .
Thank you for this! You’re onto something there with regards to IQ and competency. Modern Russia is not your parent’s Soviet Union. They have lived with their mistakes long enough to have learned from them and now seem to be in a much better place.
Well the West is experiencing accelerated population reduction and de-growth due to the mRNA-injections so partially at least this crisis is being solved.
Emotional intelligence may not be required if the people you are working with/leading possess the other 3 traits, as they will come to the same conclusions and not introduce friction. However, it is good for herding sheep.
Excellent!! I've written short notes related to the promotion of human capital being the goal of both a rational society and its government. As a historian, I'm curious as to the point where this controlling ideology became the aim of the elite to employ. I have a very good idea about that--the 1880s in England.
And as Mike said, Welcome to substack! I'm certain we'll interact in the future.
Excellent article! You have described, eloquently and in detail, the observations I have been trying to describe for the last year or so. My husband and I say we are currently living in Atlas Shrugged.
I just read this as a repost on Larry Johnson's website. An exceptionally good read, my favourite this week. I look forward to your next opinion. Welcome to Substack!
Count me as a new fan, and I will subscribe. This analysis is one of the most novel and insightful explanations for what ails us as a society that I have read this millennium. And if I may, I would like to contribute a small bit of irony.
For the reasons you have stated, the West (and in particular the USA) cannot keep the plates spinning forever with incompetents at the helm and a collapse of some sort is therefore inevitable in my opinion. Very likely, when Russia defeats Ukraine, this could trigger this long overdue correction. Russia rose from the ashes of the Soviet Union but it took a decade of Hell (1990s), and the emergence of a strong leader (Putin), and two more decades of hard work, but they have bounced back pretty nicely. Hopefully we can experience a similar fate, and if so, the credit may well belong to Putin and the Russian military.
"The best way to suppress a rational person is to subject him to an existence of total and constant irrationality."
... absolutely
Your analysis on ‘competency’ is right on target. During my 50+ years in state/local government, I have watch this creeping influence of moral degeneracy spread inconspicuously through our socirty and culture. It needs to be exposed to light and transparency.
I worked as a Marine Engineer for decades and you missed one important segment - The commonsense intelligence factor.
I was tasked with expanding a company's line and they wanted to move from their 41-foot yacht to a new 44-foot yacht. So I laid out the lines and was setting up the shop when an old-timer came to be and said why don't we just stretch the old boat?
He was right so we took the old plug, built a rial system under it, cut the boat in half and stretched it out to the design size of the 44 foot hull. filled in the gap then did the same to match the new beam. Saved the company at least 6 months of prototyping.
Over the years I found a lot of skilled craftsmen had that one special skill.
Commonsense intelligence.
Beautiful. So satisfying to see what I kinda try to explain around me being layout so well. The feminisation of the universities and the RH departments had a huge impact on the collapse of the capabilities of the leadership. Their social status is based on agreeableness and conformity. I see it everyday in my town and at my job. At the end ‘ you can deny reality but not the consequences of denying reality’. We are not a postmodern society anymore, women took us back to a premodern society where ‘moral’ principles trump reality. Reason is out. It s just not the bible anymore, rather the globohomo petite bourgoisie left dystopia based on hatred towards white men.
Dear Sir,
I wish to thank you on your excellent novel. It make some sense on me and what happen on me in my life. Well, all what you are write, I experience twice in my life. First I experience in my elementary srchool, I was in 5 grade class we have more advanced mathematics classes when I was sent from one school desk to another one. I must seat with a guy who is not so good at anything in school. I think that he have and average IQ (my IQ is in 1,5%) and maybe teachers intentions are good one, but results are worse for me. At first I have a very good grades in mathematics and physics, but when I was transferred in another desk my grades start falling and I am find myself in position that I struggling with adopting school material in mathematics and physics. With this approach of my teachers, I never have good start positions in mathematics for entire life and this is close my fate. IQ is not enough to overcome obstacle what is made before you, you will be all the time behind of rest. In secondary school all happen again and I am finish school like technician for electronics. Full four years of school. I tray to go on higher education but after short time I find it is useless, I can not withstand what I call "ass licking" of professors. To be honest, I been disgusted how professors behave, in his/hers behavior there is nothing academic at all, they are involved in personal enrichment, personal promotion, court intrigues.. Scientific development is non existent at all. That is in half of 80s. All what you are write in your novel, it is true for my country at that time. People are coming in positions because they are promoted by political organization or by family ties. In 90s, my country is dissolved in bloody civil war. Things start to be better, but soon everything is going in the same way like before. Than we come in European Union and things start to be worse than before. It is unbelievable how many stupid, "limited" peoples are held in higher positions, and f... intelligent people in brains with idiotic things. It is interesting, maybe it is mathematical solution to predict after how many years this situation will brake and there will be let me say reset of civilization.
This essay fails to note the most omnipotent lobby, the complex of organizations devoted to putting Israel--- and all it embodies-- First. The veto power afforded this lobby in hiring decisions throughout the upper echelons, in business cronyism, in media content, in nominations and awards and contracts and on and on is often left unstated, as is the case here. Play it safe much? This unwillingness to court penalty by mentioning the elephant in the room is a big part of the demise of the West. Please try to address this facet of the big themes you raise. Or play the role of gatekeeper and protect your "freedom of speech."
Really very helpful article , I just could not explain to people what is happening to the west , I'm from Ireland and it is exactly as you wrote , here . I think I am wise to it because I have little schooling but plenty of street smart's . I have actually used the Phrase " HR are the trojan horse " to try get across how the ideology is weeping into companies. My wife is a quality manager and highly competent, but her battles every day is with the incompetence she is surrounded with , she has moved jobs four time's in five years and getting disillusioned and burnt out trying to do her job professionally . I think this article will be of great help to her . Another thing I have being pointing out over the last few years was that the only two real statesmen out their that you could really listen too are Lavrov and Putin .
Thank you for this! You’re onto something there with regards to IQ and competency. Modern Russia is not your parent’s Soviet Union. They have lived with their mistakes long enough to have learned from them and now seem to be in a much better place.
This was an outstanding piece, thank you.
Well the West is experiencing accelerated population reduction and de-growth due to the mRNA-injections so partially at least this crisis is being solved.
Emotional intelligence may not be required if the people you are working with/leading possess the other 3 traits, as they will come to the same conclusions and not introduce friction. However, it is good for herding sheep.
Fantastic article.
Excellent!! I've written short notes related to the promotion of human capital being the goal of both a rational society and its government. As a historian, I'm curious as to the point where this controlling ideology became the aim of the elite to employ. I have a very good idea about that--the 1880s in England.
And as Mike said, Welcome to substack! I'm certain we'll interact in the future.
Brilliant essay, but what is the underlying ideology that drives all this? You don't specify, and I can imagine several possibilities.
Excellent article! You have described, eloquently and in detail, the observations I have been trying to describe for the last year or so. My husband and I say we are currently living in Atlas Shrugged.