Kontrollers

The news these days is all about gun control. There is a pattern here.

First, the legislation has no effect on gun violence. If they were serious, they would look at the statistics. CCW states have less crime. The legislation is not aimed at the kinds of weapons that are used in crimes, but against the kinds of weapons that are used in uprisings.

Also note that the government is not interested in doing anything to stop violence in general: only gun violence. They are afraid of an armed citizenry. Why would a government that represents the will of the people be terrified of those very people they pretend to represent? Why are they afraid of armed citizens? Perhaps they do not represent us. If so, whom do they represent? I wonder.

However, the most striking notion to me is Joe Never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste Biden's philosophy. The whole concept is appalling if you follow the logic. In essence, when a tragedy occurs, the entire nation is emotionally vulnerable. The country is still reeling from the Sandy Hook shooting, and then the government swoops in to pass new anti-gun legislation.

So,to summarize, they wait for the country to be emotionally vulnerable, then they quickly get us to commit to an action (while we are still vulnerable) that has long-term consequences that they know we will regret later.

In interpersonal relationships, what do you call someone who does this? What if someone took advantage of a girl when she is emotionally distraught, and got her to do something she would later regret for the rest of her life? What kind of person is that?

That is the kind of person who is running the country. You, who voted for him, I wonder how you live with yourselves.

Then again, perhaps I am thinking in old-fashioned Victorian morality, in which such things as honor, virtue, and respect applied to regular folks, and were not just neurolinguistic programming contrivances. I don't keep up with modern ideas. Maybe taking emotional advantage of people is cool now, but in my day, we had a word for such people, and it was not flattering.

Whoever thought of putting a country named Turkey near a country named Hungary? It seems like a recipe for trouble.

With great power comes great responsibility. Power corrupts. Please corrupt responsibly.

Singularity

Definition of Singularity:

An event in history that immediately precedes either the eradication of human beings or a Butlerian Jihad.

Gates of manifestation

Imagination
Inspiration
Motivation
Dedication
Application
Manifestation

Definition of bureaucrat

A bureaucrat is someone who is highly skilled in performing tasks that do not need to be done.

Asymmetry of critique

It occurred to me that one of the reasons that communism is so appealing to the brainwashed masses is that the only people who are allowed to badmouth their own countries are people who have freedom of speech. What we are presented with is a single-sided critique of the world in which one side is full of angst and discontent, while the other side is curiously silent. Idiots take that silence for contentment. They should take that silence as a grim warning.