Maybe If We Tell Some People Their Brain Is An App They'll Start Using it.
Start thinking for yourselves, people! Allowing others to think for you is a dangerous path to walk.
Did you know there are people who actually read this stuff I type - and those who even like it? Can you believe it? I'm shocked! How do they even get my details in the first place? Yet, still, they come, and in a drove on occasion too! Maybe it's because I talk plain common sense!
So, yes, some people seriously need to be told their brain is an app, and how do I know this? Mostly, because race, religion, nationalism, and yes, that dreaded word 'ethnicity' does nothing but teach us how to hate people we've never met. Now, contrary to all popular belief that something of this ilk should even exist, I came across a website yesterday that to my now endless rejoice challenges the bullshit 'chip on the shoulder' race card narratives people spout nowadays. It's at 'don'tdivideus.com' and well worth a few minutes of your time to check out. You can thank me later.
Well, having now established there are at least some sensible people left in this world apart from the few I know personally, life ain't so bad after all. Does this glimmer of light go any way towards providing the hope that somehow by a strange quirk of fate there will be an explosion of sensibility at any time in the near future though? Sadly, I think not. So, like others of my ilk, I will keep my own counsel and enjoy the benefits of having a few close friends whose lives don't revolve around owning adult nappies that need constant changing on every occasion of being offended by something, or someone, and, for the males among my selected cohort, whose balls have grown full size and qualify as adults in what's becoming an increasingly adolescent world around them, it seems.
Perhaps you are of an age where before the advent of social media, friends were friends and not a false and ridiculous construct whereby any Joe, or Jo soap whom you'll likely never see in person, and has as much in common as chalk and cheese miraculously becomes a 'friend' at the click of a button. Dare anyone make comment that another takes the wrong way, and before you know it the world and its wife are piling in to defend the offended and it becomes a virtual all-out war over something that pre-internet wouldn't have happened.
But, nowadays it's almost a hobby for most to pile on into a situation between people that has sod all to do with them, and then escalate it out of all proportion so everyone can feel a whole lot better about themselves for doing so - and minding one's business, as used to be told, is something of the past. And what was once limited to a few has blown up exponentially into a melee of emotional outpouring and incontinence that's way out of control. Take the Israel/Palestine protests as just one example of this I've written about in a previous blog post.
In most instances our so-called politicians are anaemic and can be found in a place called the 'Department for Headless Chickens' the rest of us know as Parliament. Now, although I was no dyed-in-the-wool supporter of Thatcher, they didn't call her the 'Iron Lady' for nothing, and like all politicians she had her faults. However, that woman had bigger cojones than every politician since, and put together when it came to running this country, that even Starmer recognises. Unafraid of trade unions or taking our military to war against the Argentinians, she was bold and unshaken in her decisions - something leaders nowadays lack in spades.
Blair tried, as did Johnson, in fairness, though both failed to do anything for this country’s longevity in terms of stability. Arguably, some would say neither did Thatcher, to which I concur as no politician, and certainly no leader will ever be the perfect role model of a human being because no one is infallible. The very best we can hope for in political leadership are the qualities that sadly we may never see again, of which fortitude is just one, and something at least Thatcher had in her genes, by all accounts.
Since then, what were the foundations of a stronger Britain have been neglected to the point where everything above it has since begun to crumble under successive politicians who were not of steel in substance, instead more like the concrete that has subsequently seen our school structures eroding. Indeed, as perfect analogies go, it wouldn't be too far from the truth to suggest that politicians have been the weak school educators in a nation of an increasingly unruly class of pupils, such as a fair majority of the population has now become.
An unruly class war, perhaps, that takes to the streets in protest of wars between nations as if they are our wars. Yet, by default, they have assumed ownership, and British Jews are systematically being punished for nothing more than being Jews by the less informed and prejudiced who naively support a terrorist-run regime that propaganda merchants fuel in our own country, who know full well how impressionable and easy to manipulate our young adults are.
Would Thatcher have stood for this? By my reckoning, absolutely not. Would she have stood for migrants entering the country illegally by boat? Absolutely not! This crazy, and hideously expensive idea of sending migrants to Africa wouldn't have seen the light of day.
They'd have been taken to a reception centre upon landing, given a cup of tea and sent back to French shores in the blink of an eye with a "thanks for visiting" and told to make it twice as long before their next visit. As for the French President, Thatcher would have seen him off in the blink of an eye and "THIS is how it's going to work!" End of.
What have we paid the French a shed load of money for, and to do what exactly? Jack shit, to put it bluntly. Mugged spectacularly by yet another country on a list of many.
Ever heard that saying "If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything?" Need I say more? Have you noticed how the term 'Great Britain' has been sidelined in favour of 'Britain'? There's nothing great about this country any longer because those who govern it lack a backbone. The timidity has replaced fortitude to put a firm foot down and show leadership. As I've stated in my book 'The Sexual Philanthropist' (Amazon/Kindle), the current incumbent politicians lack the life experience and wisdom of their predecessors that gave them the backbone to successfully run a country, such as in the Thatcher era, and before it when times were really, yes 'really' tough. Wisdom comes not through experience so much as a combination of that and knowing what tough times really are, having lived through the toughest and coming out the other side even stronger than before.
Nowadays they pussyfoot around gender issues, and minorities because it's somehow easier to capitulate to pressure rather than tell some people to grow the fuck up. There again, it's easy to understand that if our politicians lack backbone so will those who follow, support, and vote for them. As brutal as that may seem, the reality is the population almost needs parenting nowadays and taught what tough love is in addition to being properly schooled in the literal sense, instead of acting with such petulance as badly behaved children when they're unable to get their own way. mind you, the most difficult decisions aren't always vote winners come election time, and in terms of winning those votes, it's far easier to simply give in to the emotionally incontinent masses to keep the peace and gain election.
Having done so and things are in place, to make a sudden U-turn would cause further outcry. So, best just leave things as they are and let the emotionally incontinent win.
Britain, sad to say, no longer stands for anything. So, yes, it does fall for anything, and much to the amusement of the world, to the point of virtual sycophancy, kowtowing to France and other nations where the diplomatic way of saying "fuck off" would serve to be far better, bolder, and give a very clear message as to our strength in the face of adversary, and that shit we will not take. However, this will not happen so long as we have apocalyptic halfwits who whinge at the prospect of a decent summer with proper summer temperatures, and others of similar ilk who again, being petulant, are so full of self-entitlement they feel it somehow okay to destroy property that isn't theirs.
Okay, I get the point that people are fed up. However, when it comes to mass marches, such as for Palestine, they are shooting themselves in the foot because they are centred on selfishness and what 'they' want without having the wisdom to see the bigger picture as a result of their ridiculous actions. At a cost of over £38m so far in terms of policing these marches are unsustainable, and with so many enthusiastic, ill-informed, dumbass Hamass supporters providing the level of propaganda money couldn't buy for their terrorist cause, their actions will eventually see the introduction of laws that scale down protest marches considerably, and the number of attendees capped. For those of you unaware of my Bristol electioneering and campaigning, I stated this directly following the Bridewell riot in 2021, and yet again further reading about this can be found in my Amazon/Kindle published book.
By now, having got this far you will assume me to be some kind of hardened pro-right promoter of the most austere and controlling thinking. Actually no, I'm not. More like an individual who has no political persuasion to any party. In the past I have supported the likes of Paddy Ashdown (Libdem), Tony Benn (Labour), and to some extent the late John Smith (Labour) for his forthright views. Of course, those were the days when we had 'proper' statesmen who, through 'real' lived experiences knew only too well about the vicissitudes of war and became the wisdom of those lived experiences in their political lives, as indeed did Thatcher. Nowadays, the population of millennials and their progeny are more inclined to vote for sycophantic people-pleasers instead.
Sunak, is by no means an example of this as he was elected by his own party. Had the mass electorate been given the opportunity I doubt he would ever have seen the light of day as the Prime Minister of this country. He's more like the nice bloke who'd be running the local minimart, and always willing to serve his customers with a smile, and nothing would be too much trouble for them where he is concerned. Or, at best, or worst depending on your viewpoint, as head of the Rwandan tourist board. Putting it bluntly, his balls haven't dropped enough to be a Prime Minister. Starmer is pretty much the same in terms of a potential leader. A nice enough bloke it seems, but a Labour version of Thatcher in his decision-making when it comes to the crunch?
By the time he'd finished talking his way politely as to why we shouldn't go to war, Putin would have turned London into rubble.
Starmer, despite his previous prosecutorial history, seems like someone who would always prefer mediation over a Coffee and a brie croissant rather than having to make tough decisions. To make peace, or, anything for a quiet life.
So, he'd give in to all the screaming me-me's rather than be the grown-up in the room and say NO! Although, having said that, he's done a pretty good job of stamping out anti-semitism in the Labour Party and successfully seeing off Momentum. Yet, as much as he deserves credit for doing so, we've yet to see him stand up against the anti-Semitic, pro-Palestinian movement that's become so prevalent more recently. But, there again, he's a politician who will be seeking election as Labour Prime Minister in the next General Election. So, why rock that boat now, eh?
If there is to be a general election this year I have absolutely no idea who I will vote for as no one draws me in like a magnet. Forget the Tories and Labour, Reform gets a big NO on the basis that I believe when we start allowing Limited Companies to get a foothold into politics we really are screwed for the future by opening that particular door. As for the others, what others? Oh, unless the Number 10 cat decides to run, of course.
Our country is screwed, or, perhaps more pertinent, allowed to become screwed because so few people from the millennium age forward have the ability to think for themselves. It's become a time where "people do not decide their futures they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures", as F. Mathias Alexander, the Australian actor and author who went on to develop the Alexander Technique, an educational process said to recognise and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking spoke of. By means of learned helplessness and weak political leadership, people have become used to the fact that they are only conscious five to ten per cent of the time. The rest is spent reacting to life based on programs within their subconscious minds without really thinking about it.
In fact, many of our subconscious thoughts aren't even ours. They were put there by others, such as our parents. The environment. Nature. This is one of the reasons so many people feel stuck, trapped, or unhappy. They are still under the influence of other people's expectations and not their own. Social media apps, such as Facebook and Tinder to take just two examples, are full of bullshit propaganda instigated by other’s angsts and woes with their own agendas and about as genuine as a nine-bob note in reality. If you believe misery loves company you'll find an abundance of it on social media platforms.
In short, the majority of millennials and their progeny have lost the ability to think for themselves, and this is fraught with landmines because as soon as people lose the ability to think for themselves it leaves the government with an open invitation to walk on in, assume responsibility, and slowly take over in ways so subtle to begin with, that we simply do not notice and readily accept as somehow being for our own good.
These mass protests in London should serve as one glaringly obvious example, whereby restrictions are slowly being imposed. When exactly will this bloody country wake up instead of sleepwalking into self-made traps?
Maybe If We Tell Some People Their Brain Is An App They'll Start Using it.