tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post82129921624047917..comments2023-09-24T08:05:04.868-04:00Comments on The Pilgrim Underground: Re-Alignments Underway: The Brexit and Trump EffectProtoprotestanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-74699252729484517772017-01-29T17:04:11.061-05:002017-01-29T17:04:11.061-05:00I'm not sure if it would be world-wide conflag...I'm not sure if it would be world-wide conflagration, depending on whether the market-state thesis is true. It's quite possible that if the US declines and its imperial power weakens, supranational corporations might pack their bags. I don't know.<br /><br />I know what you're saying, but how much longer can the death-machine roll on? It's the kind of question of whether one ought to accept the organized, institutional, and controlled orchestration of Human degradation, or whether chancing anarchy is better. It reminds me of the Joker's speech in Nolan's Batman: if we hear about tragedy that fits within our ordered notions, then we can bear it; when it defies our calculations and explanation we lose our minds. The former operating system at least allows for controlled suffering and oppression. Some say that better than playing a game of dice with social deconstruction.<br /><br />I don't know how Christians will behave, but it will certainly reveal the viciousness of men's hearts. Homo lupus homini.<br /><br />calCal of Chelcicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274276191242967318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-32255022683236579132017-01-29T16:52:08.017-05:002017-01-29T16:52:08.017-05:00Tear apart... that would be okay. But not if it le...Tear apart... that would be okay. But not if it leads to worldwide conflagration... or even domestic. You think the American Church is ugly now, I cannot even imagine how Christians would behave if civil violence started up again.Protoprotestanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18217567607160768261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2319172106392132510.post-60883067311442860212017-01-29T15:40:42.461-05:002017-01-29T15:40:42.461-05:00I don't know if I'd call the pro-EU in Ger...I don't know if I'd call the pro-EU in Germany pseudo-Left, but certainly not properly Left viz. critiques of empire and domination. Carl Schmitt's critique of Liberalism reveals the operating functions of possible market-states like German-led EU, supranational, corporate dominated, near-states. If Germany doesn't back up the EU with violence, then the fear is that Europe will be ripped open by internal feuds, which will allow powers like the US, Russia, and China to begin to gain control. This is the Balkans effect, something Tito and the dream of Yugoslavia tried so hard to overcome. Whatever the "Western European" lifestyle is, Germany is trying to back it, against becoming proxies. This is the only way this kind of liberalized state can survive. <br /><br />The dream of Europe, after the Reformation and the collapse of Roman hegemony (not just the Church, but the fall of an idea of Rome), the nascent Enlightenment was the same vision reformed among continental powers. I can completely understand why they do this, even if it is indeed evil.<br /><br />I hope Trump succeeds in tearing apart of the American dominion.Cal of Chelcicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04274276191242967318noreply@blogger.com