The Value of Liberalism

 

Liberalism as a personal philosophy can help make you great and happy. It can help make you rich, famous, powerful, and successful. It can let you do great deeds, maximize your potential, realize your dreams, and fulfill your destiny.

Liberalism can give you meaning, purpose, satisfaction, and peace of mind. It can make you honest, brave, strong, and good. It can give you a high character and noble soul. It can make your life rich, full, pleasant, fun, interesting, exciting, exhilarating, marvelous, and magnificent.

Liberalism as a social philosophy can help create cooperation, harmony, peace, brotherhood, alliances, friendship, and love. It can help create a paradise and utopia.

Liberalism is a sweet phenomenon.

But it can also crush the life out of its false, evil, illiberal, intellectual rivals. It can smash to smithereens the enemy philosophies of Third Worldism, Islam, and socialism. It can also beat the living hell out of religious conservatism, collectivist progressivism, and all those who advocate such.

Liberal thinkers are Supermen who fear no evil. Indeed, liberal warriors often walk around looking for dragons to slay and terrible monsters to destroy. However much the semi-formidable commies and muzzies foam at the mouth as they rant and rave – and however maniacal and terrifying they may seem – truly liberal intellectuals and philosophers can verbally and intellectually annihilate them.

So everyone on Earth needs to stop being such pathetic weaklings and miserable failures, and convert to liberalism!

Human Nature

Are human beings fundamentally and essentially Good or Evil? Or is this the wrong way to frame the question? Or is this the wrong question to ask?

At first glance, human evil is obvious enough. Their irrationality and senselessness is massive and undeniable. The way they attack and damage themselves and their fellow man – both currently and historically – is stunning to see and horrific to contemplate.

And yet human babies seem good enough. Infant human beings are evidently innocent and pure. They almost never seem irrational or senseless. And they rarely or never deliberately harm themselves or even their fellow man.

Kittens and puppies also seem morally good – if such a designation can be applied to them. Indeed, when various high-level mammals are born – including predators – it seems almost ludicrous to judge them morally low. They very much seem loyal to their inborn, intrinsic nature. If such lifeforms aren’t naturally virtuous and good, then at worst they seem morally neutral. They are what they are. They are this based on their inherent biology, and to judge them evil seems untrue and unjust.

Maybe humans are the same. Just looking around at people today, and studying human history, there seems to be a lot of evidence for this. Kids start out mostly sweet and wonderful, but as they grow up they manifestly become corrupted and degraded by their irrational, senseless, illiberal culture. Unhealthy and unhappy society seems to drag them low.

When a human child is born, he initially seems to be quite sincere and honest about looking at his world, himself, and his fellow man. He seems fairly bold and brave too. While he looks to grow and improve, he’s filled with an eager curiosity about virtually everything and everyone; and malicious destructiveness about virtually nothing and no-one.

So the best and most accurate conclusion to draw seems to be that human babies are fundamentally and essentially good. They’re rational, sensible, honest, brave, harmless to self and others, and beneficial to both. It’s malevolent and evil Society that makes humans bad. It’s depraved, irrational, illiberal philosophy and culture that corrupts and degrades humanity. This intellectual and spiritual failure warps and wounds their sacred essence. It almost forces them to damage themselves and their fellows. But when an unattacked product of Mother Nature, human beings are evidently fundamentally and essentially good.

Brainwashed

 

Everyone is brainwashed. Our massively stupid and evil culture indoctrinates us all into illiberalism. Our parents, teachers, preachers, news media, social media, art, entertainment, intellectual journals, universities, and think-tanks brainwash us into a high level of illiberal beliefs and behaviors.

The result is a planet of low dumb monkeys. A world of foolish, wicked, warped, perverted, corrupt, malicious, hateful, disgusting, miserable, filthy animals.

Even tho reason, science, and philosophy came into the world 2600 years ago, people still largely think and claim reality is unreal, existence doesn’t exist, facts are unfactual, and the truth is untrue. People say that to be reasonable and live rationally is irrational and immoral.

They argue the universe is a fantasy and illusion. They say it’s fundamentally unreal and non-existent or, at best, unknowable. People claim that appearance and reality conflict often, usually, or always. “God”, however, exists, and can be known. “The lord”, it seems, is real and true.

These low dumb monkeys go on to claim that selfishness, or concern for the self, is evil. It harms the practitioner and destroys society. These loathsome baboons also claim that greed, or the desire and pursuit of values, is evil. Being selfish and greedy, they say, secretly hurts and undermines the individual, just as it openly hurts and wrecks the group. Instead of aggressively embracing the ideals of enlightened selfishness and rational greed – and trying to make ourselves and our lives great – we should be slaves to the deity, which doesn’t exist, or to the collective, which doesn’t exist either.

The depraved repellent macaques of mankind further argue that freedom is slavery and wicked. They say we should reject personal liberty, social libertarianism, and economic capitalism in favor of welfare statism. We need to “serve humanity” by wildly coercing it. This “soft” form of “benevolent dictatorship” is “for their own good” and “for the greater good”.

Thus, today’s worldwide welfare statism. It’s a mild form of personal, social, and economic tyranny which isn’t all that mild. It’s a moderate form of fascism and socialism which isn’t all that moderate. It’s a limited version of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao which isn’t all that limited.

What a nightmare world this is. What a nightmare set of illiberal beliefs we virtually all hold.

But the painful reality is people do believe this stuff. Essentially everyone is brainwashed. However false and evil, people fervently believe and slavishly follow all of it. Ultimately, this is a planet of low dumb monkeys which desperately needs to be put out of its misery.

The Good and The Great

 

It’s rare or unknown today to meet, or even to become aware of, someone who is genuinely educated, insightful, profound, good, or great. Someone who is healthy, strong, confident, light-hearted, fun-filled, serene, joyful, or happy. This failure and misery is because virtually everyone nowadays is so illiberal.

Their philosophy, culture, society, and personal milieu is low, weak, dark, empty, vapid, foolish, corrupt, and depraved. Our post-Enlightenment, post-modern, post-liberal Dark Age is so irrational, ignorant, brainwashed, diseased, absurd, and bizarre that it doesn’t much allow any such solid, fine, accomplished, impressive, magnificent, or heroic person to emerge and thrive. Not even to humbly subsist and precariously survive.

Of course, every philosophy, culture, and society have some contact with reality and truth. Some rationality, understanding, virtue, and excellence. Some liberalism. They’d die without it.

But, nowadays, such persons and societies haven’t much.

The Working Class

 

In the wake of the somewhat surprising “Make America Great Again”, Donald Trump, presidential victory of late 2024, his Republicans now seem to be the party of the “earning working class”, while the Democrats are evidently the party of the “thieving working class”. This political transformation and differentiation seemingly began with the “Reagan Democrat” blue-collar workers and voters of the 1980s. It’s worth noting that both Reagan and Trump were heavily opposed – and even hated – by “RINO”, “country club”, and “establishment” Republicans, especially their top leaders.

The earning working class Republican Party supporters are those who genuinely work hard and produce – the skilled workers and entrepreneurs who are the backbone of the American economy, and even society. The thieving working class Democratic Party supporters are those who don’t actually work hard or produce – the low-talent parasites of America. These slackers are usually deadweights or worse. They are the privileged few who sleazily acquire cushy union, mafia, or government civil servant or bureaucratic “jobs” which are usually quite hard to get. These blood-suckers generally have to “know somebody” or “”pay someone off” to obtain these sinecure and “no-show”-type jobs.

Earning working class jobholders don’t earn nearly as much as thieving working class jobholders, but they should. In fact, their respective salary statuses should be reversed. Indeed, in most cases the thieving “job” holders should have their union, mafia, or government employment positions eliminated from the work force completely. These mostly fraudulent and Democratic “workers” are robbers, crooks, parasites, traitors, and cancers which destroy America.

Immigration

 

Immigration is destroying the world. The West is being flooded by Third World savages. Ever since 1965 or so, America, Britain, France, Germany, and many others have been under increasing invasion and attack by lowlife foreigners. These people are highly inferior in nature and nurture. They grossly degrade the quality of life in every nation they infect.

The main countries which are heroically resisting this alien assault and metastasizing cancer are Japan, South Korea, Poland, Hungary, and (semi-Western) Russia. They defy currently accepted social standards because they don’t want all the crime, beggary, drain on public resources, debasing of culture, support for tyranny, bigotry, and treason which the Third World barbarians bring. Whether legal or illegal, these almost-all black and brown "migrants" do immense and permanent harm to the mostly-defenseless Western nations they invade and partially take over.

These monkeys are intellectually, morally, and spiritually inferior. These animals are inferior in their childhood upbringing and adulthood culture. They transform and ruin every country they overrun. It's high time this nightmare be stopped.

Only good people should be allowed into the West. Only people of high intellectual and moral quality who improve and uplift the nation. Only those of generally superior education and culture who don’t hate the country and society they’re moving to. Japan, South Korea, Poland, Hungary, and Russia have the right idea. Until recently, so did Canada and Australia.

It isn’t “racist”, “nativist”, or xenophobic” to reject being invaded and taken over by foreign monsters and evil aliens. It’s rational and normal. It’s healthy and virtuous. In today’s Woke world, it’s admirable and heroic.

Why let the tiny civilized portion of the world be ravaged for no good reason? Why uphold a fatuous and depraved social ideal if it means the destruction of mankind?

Voting

 

"Vote!" "Go out and vote!" "Be sure to vote!" Moral do-gooders say this a lot. But why do they?

Most people are morons and scumbags. The last thing we should want is for them to "go out and vote". Who wants to be ruled by morons and scumbags?

As a matter of fact, the vast majority of today’s intellectual and moral elite are also morons and scumbags. They shouldn’t vote either. We should lock them up if they try.

For over two centuries now almost everyone in America has voted badly. The United States started out as a partially-capitalist and semi-free nation, but has since gone steadily downhill in the direction of welfare statism and socio-economic enslavement.

And all because of the voters. They almost always decide to cast their ballots for tyranny over liberty. Given a chance, they select Big Brother over individual rights. They’ve perpetrated this monstrosity for over 200 years now and there’s no indication they’re ever going to change.

So the refrain of "be sure to vote" which we frequently hear from self-consciously virtuous busy-bodies is bizarre. Why cheer on evil? Moreover it’s worth noting that when Americans cast their vote for welfare statism over laissez-faire capitalism – as they do about 99% of the time – they’re committing an absolute crime.

Natural Law forbids people from voting to coerce or enslave their fellow man. And this Natural Law supersedes human law and applies to everyone everywhere always. So if someone does vote for coercion or tyranny "because it’s the lesser evil" or "just this once" or "only during the current emergency" or some such, they’re engaging in a criminal act for which they should be incarcerated.

Supporting the new version of Hitler or Stalin – even "not-that-bad" Hitler-lite or Stalin-lite – simply isn’t allowed in civilized society. Justice demands such voting miscreants and malefactors be fined, whipped, and lengthily tossed into the clink. Maybe even stripped of citizenship and deported to a commie or muzzie hellhole.

So all this unreflective, amoral, "get out and vote" business is real nonsense. Only people who are well-educated, and morally good should be allowed to vote. And only people who decently believe in liberty and justice for all.

No buffoons permitted in the voting booth! No graduates of barber or clown college. No nitwits or dirtbags of any type. No rightists, leftists, anarchists, fascists, socialists, or religious nuts. And no-one who has gone on welfare or committed a crime. These are society’s losers, failures, enemies, and traitors. No-one wants to be ruled by them.

Far better if the moral do-gooders of the world were to say: "Don’t vote!" "Stay home, monkey!" "Keep the hell away from the ballot box, pitiful jerk!" and "Don’t make things even worse, you miserable vermin!"

For almost everyone today, voting is a serious crime they should try not to commit.

Natural Disasters

 

Despite what people today almost universally believe, it is not the job of government to help people recover from natural disasters, like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, earthquakes, and storms. If they’re hurt, or their homes or businesses are damaged, it’s mostly the job of self-caring individuals to help themselves. It’s also the job of expert aid organizations, both paid and voluntary. It is not the job of a “helpful” welfare state or a “soft” Big Brother, which have no right to exist.

Firstly, in the event of a rare natural disaster, people need to take proper precautions. Afterwards, if disaster has still struck them, they need to call upon their savings and insurance. Next, they need to turn to family and friends. After that, they need to look to neighbors and coworkers. Lastly, they might in desperation try applying to public charities or begging from random strangers. But they better learn a great lesson from this.

Ultimately, specialist and expert aid organizations are pretty good at helping people get back on their feet. Governments, in turn, are terrible.

It’s the job of government to protect people and property – not to assist disaster victims. That’s not part of its function and it has no idea how to do it. The only proper activity of the state after natural disasters is extra police activity to prevent opportunistic looters.

However much our world is currently trapped in the nightmare of the nanny state, and state regulation of everything, government has no right to “rob Peter to pay for the disaster victim Paul”. Proper government isn’t involved in charity or “redistribution” of wealth. That’s robbery and tyranny. Any thieving, “helpful” state agency, or those who support it, need to be tossed in jail for a decade or three. Government should never rob the public treasury to pay for those suffering from life’s inevitable catastrophes, emergencies, injuries, diseases, poverty, bad luck, and the like. That’s the job of the various individuals involved and their professional medical, repair, and construction organizations. By definition, government is incompetent to help and will always foul up.

In the end, everyone needs to be smart, virtuous, and ready, when to comes to potential natural disasters. They also need to have reliable savings and insurance, family and friends, neighbors and coworkers, and so on. If they don’t, that’s their fault.

Such people need to have more self-love and live more responsibly. They need to behave like respectable, worthy adults – not pathetic, helpless children. In certain rare and extreme situations, possibly people should rely upon public charities and random strangers. But proper, proud, and noble folk rarely or never accept charity or beg. Even in the event of a hideous disaster, people should try to be noble souls and not pitiful worms.

Life deep in the Industrial Revolution era is essentially easy. Everyone is rich and ready to roll. But every once in a while horrific disasters strike, and these can be hard. So it’s the job of every person to be overall prepared for them. It’s the job of society too.

But it’s never the job of government to “help”. It’s morally wrong to steal from society and the public coffers. And the “aid” these pathetic people receive from the evil, tyrannical welfare state is almost always dreadful and close to worthless.

People need to create a free and capitalist government, and resultant society, which makes everyone a millionaire. Then they need to use that money and their native intelligence to be ready for emergencies. They need to save plenty of money, get proper insurance, form good relationships with family and friends, and all the rest. Then natural disasters will hurt them far less than before.

The Permanent Depression

 

The government is forever at war with the economy. The government is forever destroying wealth and causing poverty, pain, misery, and death. This includes the South Sea Bubble (1720), Panic of 1797, Panic of 1837, Panic of 1857, Long Depression (1873-96), Panic of 1907, Great Depression (1929-39), Global Recession (1981-82), Great Recession (2007-09), and Wu Flu Lockdown Depression (2020-21).

All were caused by government coercion and the welfare state. But all were blamed upon economic freedom and capitalism. Mankind has never learned the lesson of these bubbles, panics, recessions, and depressions.

When government attacks the economy it does damage to it. So too when it attacks society and the individual. But such assaults and coercion – such regulation, redistribution, tyranny, and “help” – is universally seen as good for the economy. It’s seen as good for society and the individual too. For 300 years now mankind has been unable to figure out that freedom is good and slavery is bad.

The Scientific Revolution of the 1600s led to the Industrial Revolution of the 1700s and the widespread capitalism of the 1800s. Humans became impossibly wealthy. Simultaneously, culture was radically enriched, society turned remarkably harmonious, and individual happiness soared.

Such was the product of moderate political, economic, social, and personal liberty. Full liberty would have produced utopia.

But philosophical geniuses -- and thus political leaders too -- didn’t understand this. So government was forever on the attack. Intellectuals and rulers viewed political, economic, social, and personal freedom as mostly evil. Such welfare statists always wanted to “improve” society and “fix” the problems caused by “too much” freedom and “the excesses” of capitalism.

Hence, our welfare state -- and not a free state. It “reined in” individual rights and human liberty in order to avoid Marxist “exploitation” and “oppression”. Also the natural “chaos” and “social destruction” of overall freedom. Additionally, the welfare state controlled the “robber barons” and “private slavery” endemic to unregulated capitalism. The evils of freedom never end!

For three centuries now government has embraced various cockamamie economic and social theories such as mercantilism, socialism, Keynesianism, and monetarism. These justify its attacks upon men and business. The coercive welfare state offers benevolent “guidance” which lessens or prevents the “business cycle” and the “booms and busts” inherent to economic freedom. The coercive welfare state benevolently “redistributes” wealth to lessen or prevent poverty and the unjust inequalities of wealth natural to economic freedom. The coercive welfare state benevolently “regulates” the economy to lessen or prevent the “natural monopolies” and “private tyrannies” which are a permanent part of economic freedom. This is what everyone thinks.

But in real life, the coercive welfare state is forever "benevolently" creating real depressions, recessions, panics, exploitation, oppression, tyranny, poverty, pain, misery, inequality, monopolies, etc. thru regulation and redistribution. These last two are tyrannical and have no right to exist. The welfare state does damage via myriad labor laws and Big Business permits, licenses, franchises, charters, monopolies, subsidies, protectionism, tax loopholes, and more.

Government creates plutocrats, oligarchs, and robber barons as it establishes and enforces enslavement, tyranny, fascism, corporatism, crony “capitalism”, and phony “capitalism”. Government inflicts these horrors upon the world because real capitalism and economic freedom are universally seen as evil, just as welfare statism and political coercion are universally seen as cures for this evil.

You couldn’t create a more fatuous and depraved belief-system if you tried. But this nonsense and nightmare has been believed by virtually everyone for 300 years now.

And humanity will never learn. When it comes to politics, economics, sociology, and personal behavior, it isn’t in the power of mankind to understand that freedom is good and slavery is bad.

BHKH

 

The intellectual achievements of George Berkeley, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Georg Hegel are widely celebrated, but it’s hard to see why. These four similar thinkers are generally considered some of the greatest philosophers ever; and yet their theories are so false and evil. Berkeley, Hume, Kant, and Hegel have damaged mankind immensely thru their remarkable irrationality, lack of common sense, and denial of obvious truths. The individual and society have suffered enormously.

George Berkeley is probably best known for his idea-ism or “Idealism”, the doctrine that only minds and their ideas are real. Berkeley’s assertion that material objects do not exist independently of perception defies the common-sense view that the physical world is real and existent, regardless of whether or not anyone is looking at it. This “out of sight, out of mind, out of existence” claim is a fundamentally irrational and senseless view which denies the seemingly obvious truth that physical things and material objects continue to exist even when not observed, whether by “god” or man. Berkeley’s bizarre claim undermines confidence in reason and the human mind. His attack on sensory experience and near-universal belief generates a form of Skepticism so extreme that both intellectuals and average men lose confidence in their ability to gain knowledge about basic reality. The damage this nonsense does to fundamental understanding, rational self-confidence, and the human spirit is incalculable.

David Hume, in turn, takes Skepticism to new heights with his radical questioning of causality. He claims our basic beliefs in cause and effect, the continual self, and even the external world are not grounded in reason and actual reality, but in mere habit and custom. One thing may happen after another, due to a seemingly direct and clear impact, yet Hume claims no conclusion can be drawn from this, no matter how carefully it’s observed, recorded, analyzed, and tested. Ultimately, Hume disbelieves in objective reality and truth; and even himself as a certain being. By denying a reasonable and scientific basis for these foundational concepts, Hume’s philosophy promotes fundamental irrationality and senselessness. His notion of causality casts serious and painful doubt that events in the world are connected in predictable and comprehensible ways. This dreadful Idealism and Skepticism leads to an intellectual paralysis and uncertainty in which the observation and study of the universe is seen as essentially hopeless, and any real search for truth, knowledge, and understanding is futile.

Immanuel Kant compounds Hume’s errors by positing a complex and baffling system of “transcendental” Idealism. This is even more irrational and nonsensical than the ideas of Berkeley and Hume. Kant argues that human observations and experiences are fatally shaped by the limited nature and inborn categories of their minds, such as space, time, and causality. While Kant claims his beliefs preserve the possibility of knowledge, in fact he argues humans can only know appearance and not reality. They can only know things as they seem but not “things-in-themselves”. This defies common experience and good sense. The idea that our understanding of the world is fatally and hopelessly mediated by the innate structures and inescapable flaws of the mind contradicts all of human history and virtually every individual’s experience of the universe and life. Kant’s separation of phenomena and “noumena” is without evidence or justification. Everyday perception and experience rejects his literally irrational and senseless ideas. Kant adds to his destructiveness and nonsensicality by claiming people shouldn’t be morally good in order to be great or happy, as everyone supposes. Rather they should be “good” without hope of reward, and thru a mindless and arbitrary adherence to self-sacrifice based on duty alone.

Georg Hegel “learns” from the three previous thinkers, and is arguably the worst of them all. He complicates and damages the philosophical landscape with perhaps the most convoluted and extreme Idealism and Skepticism of all. He looks at the universe and then claims subjects and objects are the same, or else form a single inseparable unit. No real evidence is offered for this claim, and like Berkeley, Hume, and Kant before him, it’s hard to see how such “knowledge” and “truth” is relevant to philosophy or benefits mankind in any manner whatever. Certainly Hegel’s notion of the “absolute” is a highly abstract and elusive concept that seems to lack practical relevance, purpose, and benefit for men.

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People seek to understand their universe and themselves, accomplish great things with their short lifespans, and experience pleasure and happiness at the highest levels possible. And people turn to philosophers for help in this. But it’s hard to see how the irrational, senseless, incomprehensible, tortured, schizophrenic, irrelevant, worthless, dispiriting, depressing claims of Berkeley, Hume, Kant, and Hegel achieve any of this.

In the end, the philosophies of George Berkeley, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Georg Hegel – such as they are – aren’t just pointless and useless, but positively damaging to mankind’s job and hope of obtaining knowledge about material and moral reality. They shake confidence in the universe and reality, reason and mind, knowledge and truth, and life and self. These “philosophies” confuse, perplex, disorientate, and alienate. Actual truth, genuine knowledge, common sense, and practical information and education perish under their freakish and malign influence.

It’s clear that the influence of these pseudo-philosophers extends well beyond obscure think-tanks and academia. Their ideas have shaped countless aspects of culture, politics, and society. The damage they do to Western Civilization, sound thinking, truth, moral goodness, and real life is immense. Metaphysical bafflement, epistemological agnosticism, cultural relativism, and fundamental amoralism are the result. People become apathetic about their sacred existence as they lose intellectual hold of their formerly competent minds and good sense. Such philosophical victims ignore, and end up repudiating, the differences between truth and falsity, good and evil, civilization and savagery, joy and agony. Postmodernism, Wokism, ignorance, depravity, and misery are the result.

In summation, the philosophies of Berkeley, Hume, Kant, and Hegel promote irrationality, are oblivious to practical reality, lack common sense, and deny obvious truths. Their worthlessly complex, esoteric, and abstract ideas alienate people from reality and intellectual truth while creating anxiety, confusion, disorientation, and despair in the real world. By denying the clarity of existence, the trustworthiness of sensory experience, the rational basis for fundamental concepts, the possibility of direct knowledge of the world, and the reality and objectivity of truth, these “philosophers” undermine, suborn, and defeat the natural and necessary human acquisition of knowledge and understanding of reality, leading to intellectual, cultural, and moral ambiguity, relativism, devastation, and oblivion.

Equality

 

There's no loose and sloppy ideal more loathsome and destructive than "equality". Not even unity, democracy, peace, or love. Equality is the violator of justice. It's the despoiler of virtue. The crusher of talent and merit. Under the ideal of equality, the great man and the lowlife are treated the same. By the standard of equality, the ingenious shining hero and the imbecilic insectoid demon are regarded and rewarded the same.

No social ideal could be more depraved than this. The more equality is practiced, the more the high-quality and noble individual is attacked. The more the highly-civilized and exalted society is mauled. Equality is raw evil and the devastator of both.

Alien Enemies

 

If America was even moderately healthy and civilized – even moderately rational and sane – there would be huge protests and riots against black people. There would be massive demonstrations and days of rage against most American blacks, Hispanics, Moslems, and Third World savage illegal aliens. These animals degrade the quality of life wildly. These enemies and treasonists make America a much worse place.

Blacks, Hispanics, Moslems, and aliens commit crime, go on welfare, receive free health care, consume public resources, pay few taxes, vote for tyranny, debauch the society, corrupt the culture, decline to speak English, decline to celebrate national holidays, decline to respect the flag and national anthem, practice racism, express general bigotry, abuse white people, and hate America at extremely high levels. These demons and destroyers pretty much need to be rounded up and confined to ghettos, where they should pay high taxes and reparations, and work at slave labor, for many years. Then these traitors and vermin need to be permanently deported.

Cheating is Fair

 

Cheating is fair. Injustice is just. Illegality is legal. Coercion is freedom. Savagery is civilization. Depravity is virtuous.

Mob rule is a proper instance of democracy and a kangaroo court is a proper instance of law.

Such is the theory of 21^st century communists, fascists, far leftists, Democratic extremists, and Wokesters. Among other things, they claim that egregious voter fraud and Stalinist show trials are legitimate. For them, criminality and cheating in elections and trials are legitimate activities and perfectly fair.

So long as conservatives and libertarians are targeted, these behaviors are a positive good. Such treatment and fraud is the way the world works. And it’s the way it should work. It’s part of our system. It’s democracy.

So be it!

The good people of America should hold them to their word. All communists, fascists, far leftists, Democratic extremists, and Wokesters should be declared criminals, insurrectionists, treasonists, and Marxist-Leninist demons. Their property should be confiscated. They should do ten years of hard labor. They should be stripped of citizenship and deported to Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan, or North Korea.

This is fair, just, legal, free, civilized, and virtuous.

Why Freedom is Bad

 

One big reason people reject political liberalism or freedom, and decide to turn to the Right or the Left, is because liberty tends to make them face reality and themselves. And nobody wants that. Virtually no-one has a systemic world-view, or solid-enough  philosophy, that can deal with that. Thus it's better to flee from the idea of a free society, and a government which protects the rights of man. Better to embrace some cockamamie social and political ideology which – however false and evil – at least lets you escape the misery of seeing the world as it really is and avoid the horror of looking in the mirror.

What a nightmare these two are! Far superior to become an insipid, dirty Rightist or Leftist and reject liberty. Far better to embrace some half-baked utopianism you secretly know is garbage. Rightist and Leftist welfare statism may be fatuous and depraved, and it may be a Big Lie and dreadful form of tyranny, but: It lets you successfully flee from that which you truly can't face: reality and yourself.

Who the hell needs that? Not you. The truth hurts. So the strategically correct behavior – at least if you want to be happy – is to reject socio-economic liberty and instead turn to the loathsome Right or Left. Then you can avert your gaze from anything unpleasant, and turn your mind to mush, as you fanatically promote some absurd theory of social and political "paradise" which you privately damn well know is foolish and wicked.

It's important to delude and brainwash yourself assiduously. You need to close your eyes and leap into the void. Straight over the cliff with you, pal!

But no point in worrying. Hey, your new convoluted scheme and scam, with your new charismatic and dubious leader, might not be so bad after all. At any event, it's better than liberty and justice for all. After all, liberty and justice "have already been tried and failed". And, practically speaking, "they can never be achieved in real life". Everybody admits this!

Thus, virtually everyone today runs away from the society-wide peace, prosperity, harmony, and cultural riches of universal freedom. They head directly into the hellholes of Rightist or Leftist tyranny. Possibly not the best places to be, but there they're safe from the terror and horror of having to think, understand, and decide things about the world and life. Inside the phony utopia of Rightist or Leftist semi-enslavement, the demons and destroyers of Reality and Self are sweetly absent. They're blissfully safe from the black nightmare of experiencing existence and having to think, work, and live their life absent the comfort and safety of blind obedience and mindless, soulless conformity to terrible evil.

The Battle for the Fate of America, the West, and the World

 

Rightists: Jewish synagogues, Christian churches, Moslem mosques, Mormon temples, private schools of these four, Heritage Foundation, American Enterprise Institute, Fox News, NewsMax, One America News Network, A.M. talk radio, Hillsdale College, Claremont Colleges, PragerU, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, New York Post, National Review, The Federalist, City Journal, Commentary, Republican Party, etc.

Leftists: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Berkeley, Oxford, Cambridge, Brookings Institute, Urban Institute, Center for American Progress, Southern Poverty Law Center, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Gates Foundation, Salvation Army, CARE, CAIR, Foreign Policy, National Interest, Hollywood, Broadway, community groups, identity groups, United Nations, World Health Organization, International Criminal Court, Democratic Party, etc.

Straightists: Ayn Rand Institute, Objective Standard Institute, Atlas Society, Ayn Rand Centre UK, Heartland Institute, Institute for Humane Studies, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Foundation for Economic Education, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Students for Liberty, Mises Institute, Adam Smith Institute, Fraser Institute, Institute for Economic Affairs, Civitas, Reason, Reason Papers, Undercurrents, Libertarian Party, etc.

The bad guy, illiberal Rightists and Leftists are currently kicking the asses of the good guy, liberal Straightists. The Straightists or liberals were dominant during the Greek, Roman, Renaissance, and Enlightenment eras. But the liberal culture of the 1700s and 1800s is long gone.

This is an irrational, illiberal, warped, foolish, wicked Dark Age. The Straightists or liberals are rising, but need to do much better. The fatuous and depraved Rightists and Leftists are fundamentally weak and vulnerable. The geniuses and heroes of the Straightist world desperately need to attack their loathsome rivals and administer a ferocious beat-down. These liberal paladins need to crush them so badly they never rise again.

White Supremacy

 

White supremacy is a good thing. Whites should rule – not blacks. White people are superior to black people in their nature and nurture. Whites are better than blacks historically and currently. White people are superior intellectually, morally, and spiritually. The best society is one dominated and controlled by whites – not blacks. In any mixed-race grouping, all things being equal, the ideal culture and civilization is one based on white supremacy.

Death

 

People can't handle mortality. People can't deal with death. So they lie about it. They evade the truth. Evidently, this is the human way.

People that do directly confront this reality, or their lying fellow man, are generally very angry and unhappy about it. They fight against them – and soon lose. So almost all the honest, brave, high-integrity, and truth-telling humans quickly die out. Natural Selection breeds them out of existence.

So here we are. A faulty product. A sorry collection of liars and evaders. Pretty much all scumbags. That's what we are.

Or, at least, that's what all of you are. I may be different.

Pythagoras is when mankind first learned to lie. Heraklitus raised double-talk to a high level. And Parmenides, Protagoras, Zeno, and Gorgias chose to lie thru their teeth. Ever since then man has never let up.

Empedokles and Anaxagoras told a bit of truth, and brought a bit of sense to the world. But so what? Reason was invented around 580 B.C. and was rejected in as little as a century. Neither Empedokles nor Anaxagoras changed that.

Anaxagoras was a sort of early version of Sokrates – a "gadfly". He was mockingly known as "the Mind". This term both complimented and insulted him. So too the people of Athens. They put up with him for 30 years or so, which is to their credit.

But so what? They didn't really respect or honor him. And they eventually drove him out.

And while Anaxagoras was in Athens, he never did tell the truth which everyone already knew: "Reality is real and god is fake." People haven't told the truth about that to this day.

So here we are. Almost all liars and evaders of the first order. All intellectual cowards and sissy-boy faggots. All spiritual weaklings, losers, and failures.

We're all going to die, we can't handle it, and so we never let up with our evasions and lies.

Humans have been bred to be vermin and scum. And so we are.

Or, at least, so all of you are. I seem to be different.

Ultimate Standard

 

Every individual needs to maximize his potential and fulfill his destiny. This is the fundamental ethical standard. People need to achieve as much as possible while still leaving plenty of time for fun and rest. The basic goal is to be great and happy at the highest level you can be.

And yet there's another ethical standard too. It's even harder. But the reward is almost inconceivably rich and wonderful. This ideal could be referred to as the SuperSentient standard. And the reward is immortality.

Almost all the facts and evidence known to man indicate a supernatural, superreal, all-powerful, all-knowing god doesn't exist and can't exist. But space aliens might and likely do. Some are sure to be advanced well beyond mankind. Some are so far beyond us they could easily be called "gods". These beings, alas, likely have no interest in human beings – not even a hostile one.

But lesser space creatures might and likely do. They could be called SuperMoralites as well as SuperSentients. These extremely-virtuous, well-educated, highly-skilled, technologically-advanced beings or demi-gods could have an IQ of around 300 and a VQ (virtue quotient) to match. Their understanding of biology and genetics is likely so great they almost certainly live forever. Or at least they don't senesce. They possess the secret of infinite life, provided they aren't unexpectedly physically destroyed.

Such SuSents may well take an interest in humanity and might be willing to grant us an infinite lifespan too, provided they like us well enough. That is, if we wow and impress them enough. That is, if they judge us highly enough to be deserving of escaping age and disintegration.

But while fictional-god is almost always willing to forgive our sins, the real demi-gods and SuSents are likely quite different. They almost certainly have high standards. For an individual to be rescued by them, he better truly exploit and enjoy his existence, while being decently socially cooperative and not much harming others, not even lowly animals.

Common sense suggests he needs to treasure himself and his life, but he needn't worry about publicly advertising or displaying this. The SuSent level of perception and understanding means they'll know it. At the same time, we humans better worry about becoming genuinely good and great, because it's almost inconceivable we can fool them on this, and somehow trick them into granting us the ultimate gift.

So if we want immortality we better be objectively and absolutely great and happy. We need to maximize our relatively poor potential and fulfill our relatively poor destinies. This is probably essential to currying favor with the SuSents and winning the big prize.

These highly powerful and benevolent space aliens might view us as a type of pet. They might regard us as we regard cats and dogs – or even quite a bit lower. Still, some individual humans might live well enough for them to notice and reward. It's possible.

But monotheistic god isn't. Or, at least, his existence and potential reward is massively unlikely. So at all times we need to live up to the best standard. The true standard. The SuperSentient being standard.

This ethical ideal is likely high and difficult. But it should be well worth it. Even if the SuSents don't exist or aren't aware of us, trying to live up to their lofty standards should provide us with immense rewards, even if we miss the ultimate one.

But it seems legitimate and worthwhile to work and hope for even that!

Humanity

 

People are morons. People are scumbags. They really couldn’t be any more disgusting and repellent.

I never expected this when I was growing up. I never deserved it either. And I certainly don't like it now.

It's a wonder people don’t walk over a cliff. Or in front of a Mack truck. Or swallow poison for lunch. Or let themselves be eaten by wolves.

People are determined to never think or say anything rational. Never think or say anything sensible. Never think or say anything perceptive or intelligent. This is their goal, and they almost always achieve it.

Virtually everyone believes in god and the supernatural – even tho there's no evidence for them. Virtually everyone disbelieves in reality and reason – even tho there's every evidence for them. Almost everybody seeks to self-sacrifice himself to a deity or collective which aren't actually there, and which wouldn't have any use for them even if they were. Essentially everyone embraces the moral ideal of self-vivesection and suicide.

Pretty much everybody likes the welfare state and dislikes a free state. They adore social fascism and economic socialism while they despise social libertarianism and economic capitalism. Virtually everyone loves slavery and hates liberty.

It's obvious and undeniable: people are vermin thru and thru. I never met a person that wasn't.

Inflation

 

Printing money is a crime. It robs the whole country. It causes inflation, and thus steals from everybody. The moment treasury agents or other government officials engage in money-printing they should be jailed for life or shot.

No-one should print money or increase the amount of money in existence. Inflating the money supply causes inflation. As Ludwig von Mises observes: "The root cause of inflation is the government's expansion of the money supply." (Human Action, 1949)

The total money in existence inside a country should never change. A certain amount of currency should initially be created, and be set against all the assets of a given nation-state, then it should never rise. No matter how much the economy of a country expands, or its wealth and level of assets increases, the amount of money in existence should never deviate.

The inevitable result of a steady and reliable currency supply is deflation. This is good. Goods and services will cost less and less over time. The money in people’s pockets and bank accounts will become more and more valuable. People can become rather rich without working. This is how to create a happy, healthy, wealthy society.

As coins and paper currency wear out, they should be replaced on a strict one-to-one basis. Avoiding inflation is possible, and America actually did it from about 1795 to 1913.

Ultimately, all money should be private and capitalist. And there should be a large variety of currencies to choose from. But for about two centuries now, people in Western “Civilization” have foolishly, wickedly, and criminally favored monopoly and communist money. The result has been frequent depressions and society-wide impoverishment, largely due to governmental currency and credit manipulation, and inflation.

So in order to make the best of a bad situation, the monopoly, communist money supply of a given country needs to be constant. Even an iota of money printing or expansion by government should be made a crime.

Vermin World

Why is everyone so stupid and evil? Evidently, because their species is inferior. And their culture is rotten. This makes them doubly alien.

On the one hand, I don’t seem all that much smarter. Maybe in the upper 5% or so. But on the other hand, I do seem quite a bit better. Maybe in the upper .001% or so. So I’m almost a genius and massively a noble soul. This seems to be a powerful combination.

Intelligent people can learn fast and, if they spend a lot of time and exert lot of effort, become educated far above the norm. Become immensely knowledgeable. Exceptionally good people can practice intellectual honesty, courage, and integrity with a kind of fanaticism and become heroic almost infinitely above the norm. Become virtually godlike.

This seems to be me. Everyone else is evidently a dumb, low, disgusting, ridiculous, loathsome, space alien. Some sort of hideous insect, deviant, wretch, monster, mutant, or combination thereof.

But I do seem to be stuck on this planet of demons and worms. So I better deal with it. Find the best people I can find. The best revolting, absurd, depraved, moronic, filthy, horrific space aliens I can locate and befriend.

Alas, Mother Nature made me a social creature. Not as much as most, thank god, but still not a natural loner, monk, geek, aspy, or hermit.

So I better continue to work and enjoy my life – including "my fellow man" – as much as I 'humanly' can. However stupid and evil people evidently are, they still seem better than isolation, loneliness, or even dogs and cats. Far better, even.

It probably helps to not overly point out just how contemptible and repellent everyone really is. I shouldn’t all that much note the extremeness of their intellectual, moral, and spiritual inferiority. 

Our World

 

It’s rare or unknown today to encounter someone who is objectively and genuinely intelligent, educated, profound, wise, noble, and great. Someone who is healthy strong, powerful, awesome, confident, serene, light-hearted, fun-filled, thrilled, ecstatic, joyful, and happy.

This is because virtually everyone today is so illiberal. Our philosophy, culture, society, social milieus, circles of friends, and families are so petty, small-minded, spiritually low, weak, dark, corrupt, and depraved.

The current post-modernist, post-Enlightenment, Dark Age, irrational, illiberal, ignorant, foolish, addled, brainwashed, bizarre, demented, diseased, debauched world doesn’t much allow such virtuous, impressive, exalted, magnificent, and heroic people to emerge and thrive. Or even to humbly subsist and precariously survive.

Of course, every person, group, philosophy, culture, and society has some contact with and loyalty to reality and truth. Some rationality, understanding, knowledge, goodness, greatness, and nobility. But nowadays such persons and societies haven’t much. So geniuses, saints, and heroes are rare.

Reason

 

Reason is the faculty of human thought characterized by logical, rational, critical, and analytical processes. It involves the ability to think clearly and deeply, without undue influence from emotions, passions, drives, or instincts. While these four last are crucial to human life, and can shape initial thoughts, thinking while setting them aside better enables us to see, understand, evaluate, and analyze information objectively and accurately, providing justification and explanation for our beliefs and actions. Reason involves observing reality, weighing evidence, drawing rational and valid conclusions, and problem-solving in a rigorous and logical manner. The goal of reason is to think as clearly, deeply, objectively, and accurately as possible; and to best understand the nature of reality, life, society, and self; and to determine the ideal way to accomplish a lot, be great, experience pleasure, and live happily.

How did I come up with this definition of reason? With the help of ChapGPT 3.5 on May Day, 2024. At the risk of extreme boredom, here’s how I did it.

You:

What is the philosophical definition of reason?

ChatGPT:

The philosophical definition of reason encompasses several related but distinct concepts:

1. Logical Thinking: Reason involves the ability to think logically, to draw valid conclusions from premises, and to evaluate arguments for their validity and soundness. In this sense, reason is associated with rationality and critical thinking.

2. Intellectual Faculty: Reason is also considered an intellectual faculty or capacity inherent to human beings, allowing us to comprehend, analyze, and interpret the world around us. It involves the ability to perceive patterns, make connections, and understand cause-and-effect relationships.

3. Justification and Explanation: Reason involves providing justification and explanation for beliefs, actions, and assertions. It involves the ability to support one's claims with evidence, reasoning, and coherent arguments.

4. Problem-Solving: Reason includes the capacity for problem-solving and decision-making based on careful analysis and evaluation of available information.

5. Objective Inquiry: Reason is often associated with objectivity and the pursuit of truth. It involves setting aside personal biases and emotions to engage in impartial and systematic inquiry into the nature of reality.

Overall, the philosophical definition of reason encompasses the ability to think logically, critically, and systematically; to understand and interpret the world; to provide justification and explanation for beliefs and actions; and to engage in objective inquiry and problem-solving. It is a fundamental aspect of human cognition and plays a central role in philosophy, science, ethics, and many other areas of human endeavor.

You:

My own definition of reason is:

"Human thought without emotions, passions, hormonal drives, or inborn instincts. When humans think without them, they think much more clearly and powerfully."

Please critique this definition and tell me how to make it better.

ChatGPT:

Your definition of reason has some strengths but could benefit from refinement to capture the complexity of human thought and the interplay between reason and emotions.

Strengths of your definition:

1. Clarity: Your definition is clear and straightforward, making it easy to understand.

2. Emphasis on Clarity: You emphasize the clarity and power of thought when emotions, passions, hormonal drives, or instincts are absent, which is a valid point.

However, there are some aspects to consider for improvement:

1. Exclusion of Emotions, Passions, etc.: While it's true that reason often involves thinking without being unduly influenced by emotions, passions, or instincts, it's not entirely accurate to say that reason excludes them altogether. Emotions and instincts can play a role in shaping our initial thoughts, and they can also provide valuable information that can inform rational decision-making. Additionally, emotions can motivate us to pursue certain lines of inquiry or to take action, which can be a positive aspect of reasoning.

2. Complexity of Human Thought: Human thought is inherently complex, and reason interacts with emotions, passions, and instincts in various ways. Sometimes, emotions can enhance reasoning by providing insights or motivating action. Other times, they can cloud judgment. Therefore, it's essential to acknowledge the nuanced relationship between reason and these other aspects of human experience.

With that in mind, here's a revised version:

"Reason is the faculty of human thought characterized by logical, rational, and analytical processes. It involves the ability to think critically and clearly, often without undue influence from emotions, passions, or instincts. While emotions and instincts can shape our initial thoughts, reason enables us to evaluate and analyze information objectively, providing justification and explanation for our beliefs and actions. Reasoning involves considering evidence, drawing valid conclusions, and problem-solving in a systematic and logical manner. While emotions and instincts can sometimes enhance or detract from the clarity of reasoning, the ideal of reason is to think as clearly and objectively as possible, acknowledging and managing the influence of emotions and instincts."

This revision maintains clarity while also acknowledging the complex interaction between reason and other aspects of human experience.

You:

Please critique my new definition of reason and tell me how to make it better:

"Reason is the faculty of human thought characterized by logical, rational, critical, and analytical processes. It involves the ability to think clearly and deeply, without undue influence from emotions, passions, drives, or instincts. While these four last are crucial to human life, and can shape initial thoughts, thinking while setting them aside better enables us to see, understand, evaluate, and analyze information objectively and accurately, providing justification and explanation for our beliefs and actions. Reason involves observing reality, weighing evidence, drawing rational and valid conclusions, and problem-solving in a rigorous and logical manner. The goal of reason is to think as clearly, deeply, objectively, and accurately as possible; and to best understand the nature of reality, life, society, and self; and to determine the ideal way to accomplish a lot, be great, experience pleasure, and live happily."

ChatGPT:

Your new definition of reason is well-structured and comprehensive, capturing many essential aspects of the concept. Here are some strengths and suggestions for improvement:

Strengths of your definition:

1. Clarity and Structure: Your definition is clear and well-structured, making it easy to understand.

2. Inclusion of Key Aspects: You cover a broad range of aspects of reason, including logical, rational, critical, and analytical processes, as well as the ability to observe reality, weigh evidence, and draw valid conclusions.

3. Acknowledgment of the Role of Emotions, Passions, Drives, and Instincts: You recognize the importance of these factors in human life while emphasizing the importance of setting them aside for clear reasoning.

Suggestions for improvement:

1. Complexity of Human Thought: While your definition accurately highlights the importance of setting aside emotions, passions, drives, and instincts for clear reasoning, it may oversimplify the interaction between reason and these factors. Emotions, passions, etc., can sometimes enhance reasoning by providing valuable insights or motivation for action. Consider acknowledging this complexity by highlighting that emotions and instincts can have both positive and negative influences on reasoning.

2. Balance in Language: Some parts of your definition use complex language, which may make it less accessible to some readers. For example, the phrase "to accomplish a lot, be great, experience pleasure, and live happily" could be simplified for clarity.

3. Conciseness: Your definition is quite lengthy, which could make it challenging to remember or apply in practice. Consider trimming unnecessary words or phrases to make it more concise without losing its essence.

Here's a revised version that addresses these points:

"Reason is the faculty of human thought characterized by logical, rational, critical, and analytical processes. It involves the ability to think clearly and deeply, setting aside emotions, passions, drives, and instincts when necessary. While these factors are essential to human life, reason enables us to observe reality, weigh evidence, and draw valid conclusions objectively and accurately. Reasoning includes problem-solving in a rigorous and logical manner. The goal of reason is to understand the nature of reality, society, and self, and to determine the best way to achieve goals and live happily."

This revision maintains clarity and comprehensiveness while addressing conciseness and balancing the role of emotions and instincts in reasoning.


You: Thanks for the suggestion. But I think my definition isn't too long, is more full and exact, and is overall superior.

ChatGPT:

Certainly, if you feel that your definition is more complete and exact for your purposes, that's what matters most. It's important to have a definition that resonates with you and accurately reflects your understanding of the concept.

Your definition is indeed thorough and comprehensive, providing a detailed overview of reason and its importance. It emphasizes the need to set aside emotions, passions, drives, and instincts for clear and objective thinking, which is a significant aspect of rational thought.

If your aim is to provide a comprehensive and detailed definition, then your original version accomplishes that goal effectively. It offers a thorough exploration of reason and its role in human cognition and decision-making.

Remember, definitions can vary based on context, audience, and personal perspective. As long as your definition serves its intended purpose and accurately reflects your understanding, it's a valuable tool for communication and inquiry.