But part of me thinks there’s something more to it than that: that the coincidences and regularities we see in these bungling responses point to a deeper utility beneath the surface-level incompetence and stupidity.
The political commentator Sam Francis described the dominant mode of governance today as “anarcho-tyranny,” in which chaos is carefully fostered by the authorities, and certain kinds of lawlessness above all, to maintain tighter control over the nation’s tax base. Francis was concerned particularly with law enforcement, and how petty and violent crime are allowed to flourish, even as the law is harshly enforced against the taxpaying middle classes for things like tax violations and affronts to the new civic religion of political correctness. Average Joe taxpayer is literally “scared straight”: hemmed in on one side by cutthroats on the street, and on the other by cutthroats in cheap suits working in offices for the government.
That incompetent disaster-management might have a role to play in keeping people in line, and even in punishing political opponents, doesn’t seem all that fat-fetched to me.
My latest detailed analysis for INFOWARS.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/newsoms-fiddle-maybe-theres-more-to-the-la-fires-than-official-incompetence
The political commentator Sam Francis described the dominant mode of governance today as “anarcho-tyranny,” in which chaos is carefully fostered by the authorities, and certain kinds of lawlessness above all, to maintain tighter control over the nation’s tax base. Francis was concerned particularly with law enforcement, and how petty and violent crime are allowed to flourish, even as the law is harshly enforced against the taxpaying middle classes for things like tax violations and affronts to the new civic religion of political correctness. Average Joe taxpayer is literally “scared straight”: hemmed in on one side by cutthroats on the street, and on the other by cutthroats in cheap suits working in offices for the government.
That incompetent disaster-management might have a role to play in keeping people in line, and even in punishing political opponents, doesn’t seem all that fat-fetched to me.
My latest detailed analysis for INFOWARS.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/newsoms-fiddle-maybe-theres-more-to-the-la-fires-than-official-incompetence
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Newsom’s Fiddle: Maybe There’s More to the LA Fires than Official Incompetence
Incompetent disaster-relief is part and parcel of living in a blue city or state; but is there more to it than that?
Deportation isn't and should be a dirty word, but I actually prefer "repatriation," because it more fully captures what is actually going on. You are being sent back to your "patria," to the land where you truly belong. It's an act of kindness, because our patria is our home.
We're now officially in the era of runaway climate change. Things are going to get crazy, fast. My latest analysis for INFOWARS.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/the-coming-storm-in-the-era-of-runaway-climate-change-things-are-going-to-get-crazy-fast
https://www.infowars.com/posts/the-coming-storm-in-the-era-of-runaway-climate-change-things-are-going-to-get-crazy-fast
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The Coming Storm: In the Era of Runaway Climate Change, Things Are Going To Get Crazy, Fast
Last week it was announced that the average temperature rise across the globe in 2024 exceeded pre-industrial levels by more than 1.5 degrees celsius