A joke but how true is this; "Reps Support Loyalists, Democrats support Republicans" talk about; "home of the brave"...Where's the logic.....we have some of the tightest gun laws in the world but won't legalise cannabis....The Yanks have the worst gun violence of any "developed" (arguable), nation but they've legalised weed?...There are concomitant issues between ourselves and Europe...our monarch is (effectively/essentially), a European Federalist..imagine if it were true that it is the Illuminati who underpin the Majestic Twelve (and Bohemian Gove), and are responsible for NWO "Great Reset" (nb. sometime "climate change response" -and literal "Greenwash"-): .., quote;
"Napoleonic style imperialist republican zeal is not the only reason why the E.U has become an untenable structure, however, for it is still partially made up of a number of "princely states" first and foremost amongst these is of-course the U.K. Elizabeth the Second might well express her lack of amusement with the outcome of the Brexit referendum for she wishes to prevent the United Kingdom from disbanding. It is in the monarchy's interest to maintain (at least the illusion of -although even in the 21c the U.K monarchy's power is certainly not all "smoke-and-mirrors"-), power and independence for Scotland would be the beginning of a very slippery and steep slope for the House of "Windsor" (it matters not that the SNP are in favour of Scotland remaining in Europe as the Scots will -effectively-, be a republic if they leave the union despite what the SNP leadership may posture for the cameras), leading to many voices in Wales, Northern Ireland (and even places like Cornwall), being raised in favour of greater and greater devolution and ("eventual"), independence from the English Crown. In this sense the European Union is an anachronism for it (still), represents an attempt to resolve the internecine strife that sparked the great European conflagration of wars one and two, as such the E.U is a compromise between both families and political philosophies and now the compromise is "past-its-sell-by-date"! Perhaps we will discover that E.F. Schumacher was absolutely right when he outlined the principles by which he saw international consensus (and international institutions), developing, that such must come from; individual consciousness, supported by communities, expressed through societies and "enshrined" in republics, for if humanity is to to come together successfully, despite its ethnic and cultural differences, each individual must be sovereign unto themselves and not enslaved to any other." https://www.arafel.co.uk/2020/11/yugoslavia-nato-brexit-europeanunion.html
"vanguardist intellectuals would rather preach from their imperial thrones than lower themselves to mingle with the New World's "hoi polloi" (America can deal with the "huddled-masses" we were never very good at that -which is why the huddled-masses left of-course-)!" https://www.arafel.co.uk/2022/02/the-coming-storm-from-forbidden-america.html
"Their elaborate scheme (North and fellow conspirators) called for Short Brothers, the Belfast-based manufacturer of the Blowpipe missile, to facilitate the transfer of the weapons from Chile to the Contra forces through El Salvador, using falsified end-user certificates" https://www.arafel.co.uk/2020/07/the-two-treasons-assassinations.html
Nb. by "climate change response" I mean a "hard-techno-fix" a response that also relies on denial of the true extent of the problem......profiles so much more nicely....than some of the sillier alternatives...although mass experimentation has happened before......use of viruses, pathogens and chemicals has been going on since we invented war.. #neoliberalism denies biodiversity it denies efficiency it is wholly Thanotic in nature...
Re: With 70th jubilee coming, any articles on impact of normalisation of monarchy on young children,
Nice particle questioning patriotism. One relatively large elephant in the room is that this is written from the perspective of the first world, kinda west-centric, where one would perhaps have to consider imperialism in the background.
In this day and age of states and nations, one could, for example, consider the case of Vietnam's resistance to invaders. I am sure one can find many other examples through history of invaded, subjugated nations, tribes, peoples etc rebelling against injustice or/and annihilation by others.
Perhaps it is going off on a tangent, since these examples I picked up do not involve education to conform with the idea that there is a cohesion within a group in a situation that does not require stoking emotion, using the state apparatus through education.
Just reflecting. Any thoughts?
Re: With 70th jubilee coming, any articles on impact of normalisation of monarchy on young children,
Funny, I was thinking about that kind of 'underdog patriotism' after the Finkelstein interview posted below, and how my innate hatred of patriotism & nationalism would cope with foreign invasion of 'my' country as happened to Russia during the Great Patriotic War (as well as many other times previously). Irish nationalism would be another example, or Palestine. Foreign invasion & occupation is bound to lead to a rallying together in defense of a 'homeland', it depends on who gets to define what that homeland is, I suppose.
Also it reminded me of Yossarian's argument in 'Catch-22': the enemy is whoever is trying to get you killed. In his case it was more often the generals sending him on suicidal bombing missions than the actual combatants on the other side. Stalin's Order 227 during the battle of Stalingrad commanded the formation of 'blocking detachments' the function of which was to shoot 'panic-mongers and cowards' who didn't want to follow the 'not one step back' directive to their deaths - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_No._227 I've read testimony from Russian soldiers saying that this was what they needed at the time to close off any thought of retreat or surrender, but I can't imagine how someone could see that happening and still maintain a love of their country, unless it was completely divorced from the political and economic governing structures that dominate it.
To be honest if the Russians or the Chinese invaded the UK I don't think I'd lift a finger to oppose them, unless there was a direct threat to people or places I hold dear or it looked like they were going to institute a worse regime than the current one in power, as hard as that is to imagine at this point in time... The Enemy for all my life has been the UK government and the planet-murdering, soul-sucking cancer of corporate capitalism & empire it represents. They're the ones trying to get me killed - why the f* would I fight to save that? Yet I'm sure thousands would queue up at the army recruitment offices at the merest hint of a threat, so effective is the nationalist propaganda we're subjected to...
It's a toxic mimic of tribal identity: humans evolved in the context of small hunter-gatherer bands of no more than a few hundred people. It would make sense to defend your tribe to the death in that situation, because that was your vehicle for survival and your whole identity, the repository for all the cultural stories, traditions, local know-how and guidance for how to handle everyday affairs. It makes sense to fight to protect & preserve a system that serves you and makes your life better. Nation-states use this tendency to justify taxes, endless hours of labour and to recruit cannon fodder for their expansionist resource wars, but it's perverted because they fail to live up to their side of the bargain. We 'serve' it again and again, even giving up our lives in the process, but only end up being further exploited for our troubles. Jensen put it best:
But, as you suggest, that's not to stand in judgement of how oppressed people choose to bind themselves together in resistance, which is often behind a flag or some religious dogma. If it serves them, fine. At some point that will probably no longer apply though, and they'd likely be better off ditching it.
"It's always about the blood!" Yeah..those removing others from their native soil against their wishes (incl. by economic/environmental means), should be prosecuted to the full extent of international law (and where that law is inadequate the legislation revised).
Re: With 70th jubilee coming, any articles on impact of normalisation of monarchy on young children,
"It's a toxic mimic of tribal identity: humans evolved in the context of small hunter-gatherer bands of no more than a few hundred people. It would make sense to defend your tribe to the death in that situation, because that was your vehicle for survival and your whole identity, the repository for all the cultural stories, traditions, local know-how and guidance for how to handle everyday affairs." We have a problem here in Britain though....it's one of the reasons we became such a marshal state....and that is the legacy of 500 years of Roman oppression...our true culture has been hidden from us for 2000 years as a result...and like any abused child we needed psychotherapy...English is spoken in an awful lot of places incl. very importantly in this regards the U.S.A...but it is Germanised Latin not Brythonic "we" speak.....if we want to deal with the legacy of empire we need to be able to integrate our culture...no-one seems to have twigged that yet...it can't happen under a totalitarian monarchy (one who is also head of the religion -like we hypocrites musn't allow any of the Muslim states to be-), .. I've seen girls I actually at the time believed might be British (and I could go and speak to them), walking the streets of Rome, and then had the shocking realisation that they were Italian (persistence of facial features etc. persisting on the x-chromosome), their ancestors having been British slaves..
Re: With 70th jubilee coming, any articles on impact of normalisation of monarchy on young children,
"if we want to deal with the legacy of empire we need to be able to integrate our culture" With those who have come here from our former colonies...I'm certainly not arguing for any cultural amalgam with America (apart from one that could come from negotiating and debating with the indigenous cultures of the Americas), ..
War School is a film about the battle for the hearts and minds of Britain's children. Set against the backdrop of Remembrance, the controversial and challenging documentary reveals how, faced with unprecedented opposition to its wars, the British government is using a series of new and targeted strategies to promote support for the military.
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Interweaving the powerful and moving testimonies of veterans of Britain's unbroken century of wars with expert commentary, archive and a redolent score, War School's mosaic of sound and imagery evokes the story of the child soldier who becomes a peace campaigner, challenging the myth of Britain's benign role in world affairs and asking if perpetual war is really what we want for future generations?
Re: War School - The Battle for Britain's Children
on May 18, 2022, 11:20 pm
