My Jaundiced View of Jordan Peterson’s “Alliance for Responsible Citizenship”

November 28, 2023

Wikipedia:

One Australian journalist identified the purpose of ARC as follows: “to replace a sense of division and drift within conservatism, and Western society at large, with a renewed cohesion and purpose”.^[6]

 

I remember the day when I finally grokked the meaning of “controlled opposition.” That was maybe four years ago? Six? Eight?

Now, I wonder what is NOT controlled opposition. Or, I should say, I always need to look at a larger context that includes both the supposedly correct perspective and its pretend, i.e., “controlled, opposition.”

And of course, another rule of thumb: FOLLOW THE MONEY.

Thus, to me, no matter how spectacular the vision, if its inception and development requires enormous financial infusions, then it’s likely controlled, or easily subject to being controlled.

For example, despite Jordan Peterson’s apparently noble intention to use ARC to ignite Faith over Fear, even so, the scope of his new organization reminds me of the WEF, despite that he wants ARC to replace the WEF. But if ARC is global in scope — and with at least in part, centralized administration? — then what’s the structural difference?

And even if Jordan Peterson is genuine in his desire to bring into being his “populist” alternative to the WEF, who’s to say that it is not controlled by those who finance it?

I very much appreciate the beautiful ideal of humans living in loving cooperation for the good of all, with plenty to go around in a world of abundance, vs. the constantly promoted Malthusian notion of cut-throat competition for the world’s finite resources in a world of scarcity. However . . .

According to wikipedia:

Company records in the UK show ARC has two shareholders – the Dubai-based investment management group Legatum Ventures and the British investor and Brexiter Sir Paul Marshall.^[5

That’s it! Only two! I leave it to others to investigate these two financial sources.

 

Hyper-local is where I’m at. Period. And that means, getting back in touch with the natural world, living in tune with Earth and all that grows upon, above, and within her. Our motto in Green Acres Permaculture Village: Growing community from the ground up.  

See Paul Cudenec:

When Will the Real Opposition Emerge?

 

Meme Turbulence, November’s End

November 27, 2023

Geez, it’s been less than one week since my last meme stream, and here we go again . . . post-Thanksgiving, fattened up for the holiday season.

First: Oooooo! Scary stuff for socialists/communists/social justice warriors.

Argentina:

The Netherlands:

Yep.

Here in the U.S., however, all was as usual for us citizens, oops, consumers, on Black Friday. But hey, what’s this?

Oh well . . . Geez, where are my meds? My twinkies? Got to feel better about the world. Got to numb myself . . . Hate my body . . . Hate hate hate . . . keep sitting here, dulled down, staring at screen. Screen is real life. Why am I so bored?

Geez! What can I do instead to make me feel alive? Aaah . . .

 

Meanwhile: the — what is it, 30% — of us with our thinking caps on, know, intuitively, with every fiber in our being, a being that is united, body, mind and spirit that though there IS a top-down agenda, it’s no longer in charge. Because we see it now, clearly, cold-eyed, warm-hearted.

 

Yep. Even the pope is subservient to the new religion.

And yes, it’s certainly an interesting ride, all the way down. Not exactly cheap, or free, or without consequences. But hilarious, even so.

Geez, Ann, aren’t you over-reacting? You’re just so intense!

Oh?

I’m not over-reacting, I am taking it all in, and letting it all go. Over and over and over again. All of it, the never ceasing, always changing swirling turbulent world wind buffeting me, jutting through through me. Because . . . Because I have no choice, if I want to remain a sovereign soul, at one with all. 

And yes, no matter how much we think we’ve “gotten to the bottom of it,” whatever it is, we haven’t. The rabbit hole is dark, mysterious and deep. How deep? Who knows? There’s always an even larger context/framework for whatever you’re trying to figure out, to pin down, to “pin the blame on.”

For example, the back story of the current horrific Israel/Palestine drama tragically illustrates Wittgenstein’s remark: “How to go back to the beginning, and not go further back?”

 

Keep breathing.

Pay attention.

Stay centered.

Grounded,

Balanced.