by Giulio Meotti

We have seen that there is no limit to government dictates abetted by our society’s fear of dying and that this society is led by people who balance their shameful helplessness and stupid mistakes with an authoritarianism exercised on too many who are weak or too submissive to defend themselves.

I find it indecent that churches have closed in France, as if the state considered itself authorized to erase religious life from the collective landscape instead of limiting how many could be there at once

I find it indecent that a profound reflection on the meaning of being a “society” was worth less than these nauseating television appearances of our virologists, whose solution is segregating people for so long by detonating an existential crisis whose effects we will see in a long time.

Millions of children have been deprived of the right to a true quality education and therefore to a future -but actually, we had already stopped “educating them” anyway -, and many activities that could be allowed are condemned to death by economic law.

Europe could have followed the path of many Asian countries: South Korea, Japan, Taiwan…Democracies which had very few deaths from Covid. How? Mass screening, adherence to rules, individual responsibility, separation of sick from healthy…No, we chose one lockdown after another. We are totally unprepared for any unexpected event. The elderly in homes died in droves because the “experts” did not bother to tell families to keep away.

It is not easy to find a balance between freedom and health, economy and health. Today I find it indecent, because if a form of confinement was understandable in the first period of this unknown epidemic (no one is talking about it being China’s fault anymore), it is not decent anymore after a year because we could have done more to prevent it.

We now see the same politicians, doctors and managers who had explained to us that the masks were useless and even harmful and tests unnecessary. They had decreed useless what our countries could do, because as I wrote months ago we are a country that no longer produces anything, we are a mega Disneyland.

We no longer even have the mental and ethical tools to respond to the situation, we are no longer ready for the unexpected. We are only capable of creating new and useless bureaucracy. Well paid castes holding press conferences.

The tragic is now foreign to us. We are sacrificing two generations on the altar of “health”. In fact, we have been at war with our future for years. This panmedicalism, the idea that “health” pseudo-science eclipses life, is the senile disease of humanism, as someone said. Humanism, because it’s about saving lives and that’s good. Senile, because it is the symptom of an old, decadent society that has more past than future.

Islamic terrorists are now laughing at the West and Covid. A century ago, 170.000 French soldiers died in the battle of Verdun. Compare that France to today.

And compare the media spins and the Hong Kong flu that in 1968 killed thousands of Europeans. What has improved since then?

I was struck by a fact that, if confirmed, should distress us. The number of stillborn babies has tripled in Italy due to missed medical visits during pregnancy. At the end of this year, births will also sink more than they were already doing. This for me is the biggest tragedy of Covid. That a country whose ruling class calls itself “at war” with a virus to “save lives” (no, wars are another thing), no longer cares about the birth of new lives, rather opposes it. I fear that, after Covid, there is no ventilator which can save a declining civilization.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292555

By C.B. Jacobi

Postmodernism can be described as a worldview nested in an uncertainty of knowing truth, epistemological skepticism, and holding values and moral presuppositions antithetical to traditional Western ones.  Under a guise of tolerance and righteousness, postmodern proselytizers criticize Western values and often claim they stem from systems of oppression.  Though now retracted and apologized for, the Smithsonian Institute produced a graphic claiming that “objective, rational, linear thinking” and “self-reliance” are aspects of whiteness.  At one point in time, disagreements in discussions of value systems were socially accepted, but now entities like Antifa and Black Lives Matter enforce postmodern values with physical violence, property destruction, and intimidation.  The postmodern method of evangelizing is a moral gaslighting of Western values as intolerant and bigoted, thus justifying enforcement.  Admittedly, it’s quite intelligent — if you are able to label your opposite as something fringe, you aren’t obligated to contend with it.

People who hold traditional Western values, like many conservatives, seem to struggle with countering postmodern gaslighting.  The gaslighting method seems new; however, this method was theorized by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.  This type of moral gaslighting results from what the philosopher called cultural “decadence,” a sort of degeneration.

When reviewing Nietzsche’s writings on progressivism, it’s almost as if he were  actually writing about postmodernism.

Nietzsche is well known for his pitiless critiques of socialism and progressivism, writing aphorisms like “Whom do I hate most among the rabble of today? the socialist rabble[.]”  The philosopher held to a sort of hyper-self-actualization and development such as to distinguish one from society.  The rise of 19th-century progressivism was a form of cultural decline, or cultural “decadence,” as Nietzsche called it: “Decay, decline … The results of decadence: vice-viciousness … hysteria — the weakness of the will; … pessimism, anarchy; debauchery (also of the spirit).  The calumniators, underminers, sceptics, and destroyers.”

Nietzsche thought progressives chastised life-affirming or “noble” values such as personal strength, self-reliance, competitiveness, and industriousness as intolerant and societally unacceptable.  Unable or perhaps unwilling to genuinely compete in society and develop oneself, Nietzsche claimed this was how progressives attempted to gain ideological ground.  He writes in Beyond Good and Evil: “Our highest insights must — and should — sound like follies and sometimes like crimes when they are heard without permission by those who are not predisposed and predestined for them.”  In other words, Nietzsche is saying that the more noble values “sound like follies and crimes” to the people who do not hold them.

This sounds all too familiar when examining the postmodernists of today.  The same gaslighting technique Nietzsche describes is adopted to evangelize for postmodern values instead by means of civility.  Under the postmodern system, contrarians are labeled as oppressors or bigots; therefore, any necessary means of progressing a postmodern agenda are permitted.

In a video posted on Twitter, a Portland protest leader shouted, “You ask for a peaceful protest.  It’s white supremacy!” while the property-owner replied, “There’s my Biden sign!  Don’t destroy anything!  Be peaceful!”  Not only are the fundamental liberties of peaceful protest and protection of private property gaslighted, but even equality of opportunity is “morally heinous” according to a popular postmodern media outlet.  Equality of outcome, guised as “equity,” is the new and more righteous postmodern paradigm. 

This is a textbook Nietzschean example: not accepting violent protest is labeled “white supremacy.”  In reality, the subject of race is contextually absent.  The gaslighting leaves the victim stuck, and if he dares to resist, he further digs himself into the category the postmodernist has prescribed for him.

Now, with social media, the risk associated with being labeled by the postmodernist is severe.  If one is gaslighted, his new label can be spread around the internet and his well-being thus endangered.  Those born with immutable qualities (race or sex) considered inherently “oppressive” by the postmodern system are doomed to the gaslighting and forever stuck in a feedback loop.

Indeed, postmodernism is akin to Nietzsche’s cultural “decadence,” given the worldview’s anarchical spirit and deconstructive nature.  Even the moral gaslighting used by the postmodernist is well described in Nietzsche’s writings.  Nietzsche was a harsh critique of 19th-century progressivism, and one can imagine what his opinions would be like of postmodernism.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/why_nietzsche_would_hate_postmodern_leftism.html

It isn’t likely to happen with Naomi Campbell, but sometimes celebrities do something right. You can tell this has happened when the media abruptly shifts from obsequious fawning to righteous denunciation.

A headline at Variety:

Van Morrison and Eric Clapton Strike the Wrong Note About COVID-19

Tightly clutching her pearls, the author shrieks:

In what world are these two living?

The fact that they would decide to collaborate on a song slamming COVID-19 lockdowns, discouraging people from taking extreme precautions and wearing masks to protect themselves and others, is beyond unconscionable.

The crime of these classic rockers is to release the song “Stand and Deliver,” which objects to the COVID-19 tyranny that the media holds dearer even than celebrity worship.

For Van Morrison, this is not a first offense.

Earlier this fall, Morrison released three other songs protesting the ongoing lockdown in the U.K., where, by the way, some news reports state that as many as 75,000 lives have been lost.

Does he not understand that all these lives would have been saved had Britain jettisoned its long tradition of liberty so as to impose draconian lockdown decrees? Oh wait, that’s what Britain did. But too much tyranny is never enough to suit the MSM.

The great Eric Clapton has transgressed. Out comes the racism club:

When Clapton announced last week that he was teaming with Morrison on a fourth anti-lockdown song to raise money for struggling artists during the pandemic, racist remarks he made onstage at his concert in Birmingham, England, in 1976 about keeping “Britain white” were unearthed on Twitter. He got pummeled on social media — rightfully so…

Wanting to keep England English is even more “unconscionable” than wanting to keep it free. Eric Clapton, consider yourself canceled. Your music will vanish.

In contrast to the thought criminals Morrison and Clapton, moonbat celebrities are caressed with coos of praise:

Meanwhile, humanitarian Bruce Springsteen teamed with fellow New Jersey artists Jon Bon Jovi and Jon Stewart to launch a statewide “Wear a Friggin’ Mask!” billboard campaign in which the three are featured wearing COVID masks.

This trio actually stood up and delivered.

That could be why so many entertainers are moonbats like Springsteen and Bon Jovi. It gets them good press, and good press equals money.

Listen fast before YouTube censors this for standing up to authorities:

Maybe it’s a matter of taste, but that sure sounds better than anything I’ve heard from Bruce Springsteen or Bon Jovi.

On a tip from Lyle.

Update:

It didn’t take the apparatchiks at YouTube long to censor this song, as predicted. There was a time when no American would have put up with this level of censorship. Hear the song via BitChute here.

https://moonbattery.com/van-morrison-eric-clapton-enrage-the-media/

The North African bled to death slowly and painfully. When the investigators broke into his room in the municipal refugee shelter in Lohmar on the morning of July the 15th, they were confronted with a horrible sight: The 45-year-old lay tied up on the floor, dead, his face shattered and hardly recognisable, his whole body full of cuts and bruises. The emergency doctor could only confirm his death.The Bonn public prosecutor’s office brought charges against two Moroccan refugees on Tuesday December the 1st, according to court spokeswoman Saskia Wielpütz, who was asked by the prosecutor. The 28 and 29-year-old men are accused of murder out of greed, cruelty and for enabling a crime to be committed – namely aggravated robbery.According to the indictment, the two refugees, who were then living in the Central Accommodation Facility (CUE) in Sankt Augustin, tortured their later victim for more than two hours in the early hours of the morning, kicking, stabbing and cutting him. They are said to have struck his head with a metal table leg at least 20 times with full force, cutting not only the upper and lower eyelid but also the right eyeball.

In addition – according to the results of the autopsy – his right shinbone had been broken, as had his left ulna, and an index finger was smashed. With a pair of stolen Nike trainers and a mobile phone of the victim, the suspects left the accommodation at 6 a.m. The victim, who was dying, remained tied up.

The two Moroccans were arrested on the same day. In Siegburg, they were drunk and smeared with blood when they were arrested. When the police arrived, the younger one had left on the Line 66 in the direction of Sankt Augustin, the other one was taken into police custody. A small stab wound in his chest was treated. His buddy was later arrested in the refugee accommodation. The duo could quickly be linked to the dead man in Lohmar.The two defendants, who arrived several years ago as refugees and were only tolerated for a limited period, have so far remained silent on the accusations. Only the younger one is said to have declared to an expert that they had used and drunk cocaine together. Suddenly he was attacked by the 45-year-old with a knife. But he does not remember anything else.The prosecution does not rule out the possibility that the three men – who probably knew each other from the drug scene – spent the previous day or even hours before the deadly escalation together in Bonn and finally accompanied the 45-year-old North African to his accommodation in Lohmar. What might have caused the excessive violence, however, is still unclear. Residents of the house had heard screams, beating, hammering and breaking glass in the early morning, as the guard book of the accommodation records – also that a pair of scissors and a knife were found underneath the dead man’s room.All this must be investigated by the Bonn jury court. The trial will start next year at the earliest and has not yet been scheduled.

amp.express.de/bonn/unterkunft-in-lohmar-mordanklage–fluechtling–45–gefoltert—er-verblutete-qualvoll-37764476

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is organizing aid for the homeless as winter approaches. But the aid provided for the homeless does not compare with the resources available for immigrants.

NRW has given the paltry sum of €340 000 for the plight of the homeless. During the frosty season the homeless in particular are exposed to the freezing cold without protection. Without it, they may freeze to death. Therefore some heated tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, non-perishable foods and disinfectants will be distributed to them.

And while the homeless have to make do with tents, asylum seekers and “winter refugees” can count on heated communal accommodation at the very least. They also receive three meals per day, and many have an apartment given to them with a fitted kitchen.

The regional daily, the Rheinische Post reported that Social Affairs Minister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) has made state funding available to finance “alternative options”, for example in heated “larger tents”, in which the relevant hygiene regulations and distance rules for Corona infection protection can then be observed. More than 90 independent homeless support providers from all parts of the country are ready to help.

It appears that finding a place to stay even with the help of the housing companies in North Rhine-Westphalia, has become difficult for homeless persons. The homeless “carer projects” which started nine months ago in 20 districts and all urban districts will now be extended for two years, and two more districts have been added: Düren and the urban region of Aachen.

Five years ago already, immigrants cost each inhabitant in NRW just under €3 a month on average, according to the Westfalen-Blatt (Bielefeld).

Thus a total of 557 million euros were paid in North Rhine-Westphalia in one year for services under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, such as accommodation, food, medical care, and pocket money. In addition, €50,3 million was spent in Westphalia-Lippe (€11,2 million) and in the Rhineland (€39,1 million) for the care of underage immigrants.

“Overall, refugee costs are an enormous burden for cities and municipalities. The conversion to every citizen however shows that fears that refugees would endanger our prosperity or our welfare state are absurd,” said the CDU member of the state parliament André Kuper said at the time.

If you divide the total (€607,3 million) by the population of North Rhine-Westphalia (17,6 million), the cost per citizen is €34,50 per year or €2,87 per month.

Also, the costs had significantly increased within a year. According to Kuper,“at least three to four times as much”. German cities no longer have space for migrants – or their homeless – and have to either buy or rent containers or build houses.

freewestmedia.com/2020/12/05/german-state-resources-immigrants-vs-the-homeless/

The Berlin Social Democratic Party (SPD) wants to abolish clan crime. But it is not the crime it intends to eradicate, but only the term. For the SPD is particularly concerned about “migrant Berlin businesses”. As long as the police call a spade a spade, they are subject to “discrimination” in the course of raids.The political “Working Group on Migration and Diversity” in the SPD claims that there has been “an increase in attacks on businesses run by people with a history of migration”. The daily Berliner Zeitung suspects that this refers to the large-scale controls and police raids in districts where foreigners live, such as Neukölln and Kreuzberg, which have been intensified for over a year. It reports: “Heavily armed police forces regularly march here, checking and searching shops and shisha bars that are considered to be part of the clan milieu. If the SPD has its way, this should be over.For this reason, on October 31st, in the course of the Berlin SPD party conference, the party introduced a motion to “protect migrant businesses”. In the future, the SPD wants to work towards abolishing the term “clan crime” in official use. According to the Berlin SPD, the police should no longer be able to refer to the crimes referred to as “clan crime”. The party believes that the use of the term will ultimately only end in racism and discrimination.However, SPD politician Franziska Giffey replied in the course of the state party conference: “Good politics begins with saying what is. We are dealing with organised clan crime in the city, which makes life difficult for the people”. With this view, however, Giffey is now a minority. The motion was accepted by the SPD delegates.The SPD demands that “the number of police forces deployed be limited as far as possible and that disproportionate heavy armament be avoided” and that the police be trained “in how to prevent discrimination in the conduct of official duties”.

wochenblick.at/spd-will-polizei-das-benennen-von-clan-kriminalitaet-verbieten/