Play Stupid

ceci n’est pas une manifeste politique

I think things are going to get more dangerous now. Now it’s more important than ever that you don’t do anything stupid. We are all going to make it. As long as you don’t do anything stupid.

Everything is tightening. The internet is very close to being completely centralized, and I believe they will succeed for a little while, before the system implodes. During this time I think it is crucial that you adopt a life philosophy of pragmatism. Or if you want to be edgy and german about it, realpolitik. In this particular instance, what this means practically, is playing stupid. In this particular instance what this means practically, is not being edgy and german about things.

The goal is to centralize the internet and make all of your actions public, and your entire personhood linked to your bank account. Your bank account is now your new passport. I recently got notice from my bank that I can no longer access my bank account without using a specific identity-confirming phone app, that they have intimidated and bribed my nation state into adopting, taking precedent over the government issued paperwork like passports, drivers licences, etc. It’s over. It’s happening. Today is the day. It’s no longer science fiction. They eased us into it over a period of 10 years, gradually trying out different technologies to facilitate “security” and “protecting you against getting scammed online”. Now it’s done. I am a customer at [redacted] Bank, before I am a citizen. My Identity is primarily as an economic node in a global system. Nation states are done. Elected officials are now just middle men bureaucrats. They’ve been so for a while, but now, at least here, it’s formal. The state is dead, and has been integrated into a global banking system. And we know from Canada’s trucker adventures that they are not shy about freezing your bank accounts. This is happening right now. Don’t panic though. We’re all going to make it. As long as you don't do something stupid.

Food is going to get real expensive. But you are going to make it, as long as you are not wasteful. Every day at my job, I throw away more calories worth of food than I eat in a week. And this is after running the same menu for ten years, actively aiming to minimize waste, and by my estimation, doing a decent job at it.

There is incredible amounts of waste at every level off food supply. Half of all bananas shipped to markets in the west, are ultimately not sold and just thrown in the trash, because once they brown, you cannot sell them. This is not true, of course, but it is a universal assumption. This is the kind of waste that they want to reduce, to streamline the whole process. I’m not saying they're right to do so. I’m not saying they are going to succeed. But I am saying, if you are savvy, you are going to make it through them trying. The people who will starve are the people who do not manage their finances, and waste their money on entertainment subscription services.

Food supply is a gigantic wasteful process that’s barely holding together, with incredible levels of waste, run by complete idiots. It’s a miracle it works in the first place.

They are destroying the middle class. It’s not going to kill you, you don’t have to starve. You just have to be ahead of the game. Protein is the next bitcoin.

The system will fail, because it is based on mistaken assumptions about human nature and the world. It assumes that the human is infinitely malleable, and has no inborne directedness. It is quite simply against natural law. History will respond and correct this historical anomaly, every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and nature tends towards equilibrium. Natural law will assert itself.

I know many of you are not Christian or have much interest in religious matters, but I want you to consider that you don't have to confess Christ to be persecuted as a Christian. If you don’t, it’s foolish to martyr yourself over it. Don’t make yourself a target for political repression.

That’s not fearmongering, or even edge cases. It’s not just Julian Assange any more. It’s normal people who let themselves be known. We are not many years away from the system growing so desperate and flailing from it’s crumpling, that it will just straight up kill you. That’s still edge cases for now. But it’s escalating.

A hypothetical: if it somehow turns out that the wildest, craziest theories about the injections turn out to be true, and it becomes known, mainstream knowledge, if the system admits to it, and you have let it be known that you did not partake, then the people who did will skin you alive. They will not flock to you for leadership and say “boy were we wrong, we should have listened more to you”. They will ostracize you at best, and, more likely, skin you alive. “un****inated sperm” is NOT the next bitcoin.

I strongly disagree with the very popular notion that it is good and helpful to “ridicule” the system, and using “humor” to “expose” its flaws. This was true 15 years ago. There is nothing left to expose, and nothing left to be discovered. The emperor is showing full penis 24/7. There is already a class of grifters who will do this for you anyway, and there is no need to expose yourself. It is not a material necessity to be covered. It is not a good use of your time, and it is bad for your soul.

The “public” which you are supposedly “exposing” it too, already know by now. They are just not reacting in the way a lot of people hoped they would. But that’s because people are not primarily stupid. They are primarily lazy. You can’t “wake up the masses” with information or knowledge – they will only get out of bed with a deadline – when they absolutely have to get up and go to work. “Information” will never convince anyone to do anything. Only discipline will. Or need. And as it stands the system is still capable of bribing them into complacency.

We are not living under communist Russian repression. We are living under the Pharaoh in Egypt. We are the “Kirishitan” Japanese converts hiding for 500 years under the Shogunate. This is an exodus event. You can lead by example, and some will follow you into the desert. Most wont. But you can’t go around pretending you can win hearts and minds using facts and logic. We’re no longer in the industrial revolution. Mass politics is over. We’re in fifth generation warfare now, and every man is a nation. Some time ago, the nation state bought out and secured a monopoly on violence, by buying out the patriarchal father’s authority using the fruits of industrialisation. Now, by dismantling the nation state, every man is a nation. History and nature is tending towards equilibrium.

Don’t be stupid. But do play stupid. Be nice to people and generous to your neighbours and co-workers. Take care of your family. Don’t be a cynic. Cynicism is never an informed choice, it’s always a last resort. We are all going to make it.