Culture Posted on October 30, 2024 by john Dear Friends, It seems to me, if we change the culture, we change the future. We’re more a product of our culture than our genes. Raise a kid in a different culture and they grow up to reflect the culture not their genetics. If you could pluck an infant from ancient Sparta and raise him in the US today, there’s the same likelihood he will succeed, or die of fentanyl overdose, as any other kid. People are people, it’s our cultures that separate us. That’s why all cultures are not equal. Some promote weakness, war, class, political favor, opulence, etc… Many in the US are almost pure Indian, yet don’t live a hunter gatherer lifestyle, they have jobs, watch sports, eat out, have permanent homes and cars. They’re products of American culture. Just as we are all products of our cultures. More than anything else. A middle class man of Victorian England will be very different from a middle class Englishman today. Because, while their genetics is nearly identical, the culture is radically different. Therefore, their morals are very different, as are their way of thinking, acting and feeling. These are all based a great deal on our culture. You have the morals you do because of the way you were raised. Had you been raised in a different culture you would have different morals. Were you been raised in ancient Rome, you would have no problem with the institution of slavery, but you would be very agitated at Christianity. Like a modern progressive. Because when we’re born we’re empty vessels. Our parents, culture and education program us. Moral cultures are the ones we should model then. They claim Africans are less intelligent than Europeans, Jews or Asians. I believe the apparent disparity is cultural not genetic. I say this because there are studies that show identical twins raised in different cultures have different intelligence quotients. This would not be possible if genetics was the only factor. Moreover, identical twins raised in similar households, have similar IQ. Which is a strong suggestion that culture is critical in determining intelligence. I suspect that why different cultures advance at different rates. Not because some people are dumb, places are too hot or cold, but because of the prevailing culture. So if we want to increase the intelligence of our people, we would be wise to look at why some cultures have greater and lesser intelligence. Then model the successful ones. Some cultures are naturally more prosperous than others. Maybe due to the intelligence, work ethic or morality those cultures inculcate, or perhaps there’s another reason. The first few decades of the US’ existence, it was nearly impossible to find help. Because there was so much opportunity. No one would work for a living when there was so much wealth available to the industrious. So the elite solved that problem by changing the culture, from independence, industriousness and hard work… right past worker bees, and onto lazy, entitled and drug addicted louts. The people are the same, but the culture is different, resulting in different ethics, morals and intelligence leading to the difference in prosperity. Smart people in poor cultures then should copy the cultural practices of prosperous ones. A wise culture then tries to be curious, hard working, independent, thankful and thrifty. A curious culture fosters intelligence in the people. A hard working culture quickly becomes prosperous. Moreover, people that are independent would rather pull the wagon than ride in it. Thankful people value the valuable and are humble. Then there’s thrift. Which creates savings for the opportunities and inevitable famines that must come along. All these cultural practices combine to make a people that are resilient, wealthy and smart. That should be a goal of every nation on Earth. Even as the culture our cultural elite have created results in poverty, hopelessness and eventual collapse. Change the culture… change the future. So lets join hands and change ours for the better. Sincerely, John Pepin
Absurdity Cloaked In Jargon Posted on October 22, 2024 by john Dear Friends, It seems to me, everything the progressive’s say makes perfect sense, until you think about it, then you realize, it’s absurdity cloaked in jargon. Progressives in every nation rely on spurious logic to manipulate us into self harm. Some examples are, “a just nation has a low disparity between the rich and poor,” “Misinformation must be controlled,” and the ever famous, “democracy is at stake!” Each statement sounds true enough as long as you don’t think about it. But then again, who does? We’re busy people and so a quip, true or not, has more power to convince than a well thought out argument. Which is one reason the left is so panicked about their inability to create memes. A joke that exposes their absurdity is their greatest peril. Because it alerts the victims. Slogans, tropes and spin are ways to manipulate us. They define absurdity cloaked in jargon. There’s nothing like a simple to remember slogan. A few words that create an emotional reaction are the ideal tool of manipulation. Because an angry person is not a thinking person. People who aren’t thinking are easy to control. Slogans set up tropes. Mind viruses that hold our thoughts fast. So we don’t engage in wrongthink. Then there’s spin. If we see something we shouldn’t, and shock causes us to have too much to think, the elite can manipulate our reaction with spin. That laptop with all the damning information on it? Well, that’s only Russian disinformation. Don’t take Ivermectin for heavens sake! It’s horse medicine! The fact the IPCC lied, and made up data, is only proof of the urgency of climate change! The best tools of manipulation are self proving, obvious and arcane. Self proving is another way of saying circular logic. Why should there be a small discrepancy between the rich and poor for a nation to be just? Because justice requires the discrepancy to be small. To be obvious is to be simple to understand. Misinformation must be bad, it’s in the damned name! One way to make a slogan appear clever is to use words with undefined meanings. Keep it arcane. So no one actually understands what you’re saying. Then they put the definitions they want to your words and voila… minds are changed, logic is abused, and the economy is wrecked. Absurdity cloaked in jargon then is circular, simple to understand and filled with mercurial definitions. The modern absurdities we’re expected to believe uncritically have these things in common. They’re arcane. Because the terms are never defined. They’re spurious, because they sound logical but are intended to deceive. Plus they oversimplify. Since without definition and intended to fool they must oversimplify. Else they lose their effectiveness. Five words stick in the mind while fifty never make it past the ear. Especially five words that are left to us to define as our emotions command. What really is democracy, misinformation, rich or poor? Depends who you ask. Making those terms arcane and spurious. Quips sound smart so we often believe them uncritically. Making absurdity cloaked in jargon a nearly impervious political tool of control. Except it has a weakness. Memes, or visual jokes, are kryptonite to the progressive’s absurdity cloaked in jargon. They illustrate the absurdity, in a few words, and are humorous so stick in the mind. Vaccinating the recipient from the mind virus of slogans, jargon and spin. Moreover, progressives don’t have a sophisticated sense of humor, being low on the orderly aspect of the big five. Wit is the result of connecting two disparate ideas in an unexpected fashion. Those with overly open minds have all ideas connected and so they don’t understand the shock of unexpected connection that makes jokes work. Which makes memes a single edged sword for populists. Like slogans used to be for elitists. Absurdity cloaked in jargon has been very a effective tool of manipulation… memes may be the kryptonite we need to defeat them. Sincerely, John Pepin