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Depravity,
Frivolity, And Dissent: Are We Watching The End Of An Empire?
22
October, , 2017
A
40-year-old essay predicted the end of an empire and current events
sure make it look like we’re watching it happen in real time.
I
spend a fair bit of time scanning the news every day for my
site, Preppers
Daily News.
And some days, I just have to shake my head as I realize that people
are so desperate for…something…that they just keep going to
further and further extremes to try and find that elusive thing their
lives are missing.
The
more I read, the more likeness I see to Sir John Glubb’s essay, The
Fate of Empires and Search for Survival. (It’s
only 24 pages and you should definitely read it – it’s
brilliant.) Sir
Glubb wrote this outstanding work when he was 79 years old, after a
lifetime of being a soldier, traveling the world, and analyzing
history. It’s well worth a read as he goes into detail about the
fall of empires past.
The
final stage of the end of an empire is the Age of Decadence.
Some
signs of this age are political dissensions (Antifa,
anyone?), an influx of foreigners (Europe,
anyone?), the welfare state (America,
anyone?), despair (350
million people diagnosed),
depravity (see below), and the rise of frivolity as people try to
fill lives that have less and less meaning.
Sound
familiar?
This
video is a brief synopsis of the signs of an empire that is near its
end.
In the age of decadence many people choose to behave in ways that are unsustainable, apparently unaware of the consequences. They indulge in excessive, often conspicuous, consumption. An absurdly wealthy elite emerges, but instead of repelling the masses it is admired and celebrated. Those outside the elite aspire to similar levels of consumption, and are encouraged by the availability of cheap credit. People become convinced that increased consumption is the key to happiness, but in its pursuit they become measurably less happy. As David Morgan says, “you can never get enough of what you don’t need.”
At
this point in the life cycle of an empire frivolity, as Glubb calls
it, comes to the fore. In order to distract people from what’s
really going on, the economy creates diversions. Voyeurism becomes
central to culture: the gladiatorial spectacles in decadent Rome are
mirrored in today’s ‘reality’ television. People become fixated
on celebrity as the genuinely noteworthty become understandably
camera shy. These invented celebrities are ‘famous’ just for
being famous…
…Debauchery
is another recurring theme at the end of empire. Society develops a
strangely immature obsession with sex. People drink themselves to the
point of unconsciousness and shamelessly collapse in the street. In
Roman times, binge drinkers were left to their fate. Today’s
debauchery is supervised by the police; its ‘victims’ are taken
care of by hard-pressed health care professionals, placing further
pressure on the public purse. And, all the while, supermarkets and
corporations make a killing selling discounted booze to people barely
old enough to buy it. This is our modern-day bread and circuses, with
obese citizens literally becoming a burden on the state.
But
the small can never satisfy the large. Cheap pleasures fail to
compensate for the absence of meaning in so many people’s lives. A
hankering for something greater remains…growing numbers are denied
access to work; they can find no meaningful involvement in their
community, so their potential goes unfulfilled. When people are
prevented from fulfilling their potential, they often self-destruct.
(source)
By
“Empire,” I’m not referring specifically just to the United
States in particular, but Western Civilization in general. We’re
watching our friends in Europe go down the same path. How can anyone
look at the following stories and think that we are all okay and that
this is sustainable?
NOTE:
The story below isn’t pretty and there is adult content. If you are
offended by adult content, take my word for it and do not read on. If
you do read on, don’t get mad that you read adult content and
complain in the comments. Thanks. DL
Dissent
Never
have America and Europe seen their citizens more at odds. Here in the
United States, the last election caused more division than any other
in history. Friendships and family relationships ended over who
people’s voting choices. Once Trump was inaugurated, things didn’t
settle down. There are still groups who want to overthrow
the “Trump-Pence regime.” Some
studentscan’t
even tolerate the existence of
those with opposite beliefs.
The
education system doesn’t help. Some
professors are
actually encouraging violent revolt. Californians are talking
aboutseceding
from the United States because
Trump won.
In
Europe, the UK voted to leave the European Union and Catalonia voted
to leave Spain. People are firmly divided between welcoming
immigrants and banishing immigrants.
Chaos
is everywhere and there is little middle ground.
Unfathomable crimes
Crimes
are becoming more horrific and mindboggling. A 17-year-old girl
was trying to walk home through a “no-go zone” in the UK and
was sexually
assaulted 3 separate times in one hour.
A man in Pennsylvania tried
to strangle his girlfriend to deathbecause
she changed the passcode to the IPad. A Georgia woman murdered
her two toddler sons by putting them in the oven and
then video-chatted their father.
A
Hollywood fixture has been accused of assaulting and harassing dozens
of women, which led thousands of other women to share their horror
stories with a #MeToo hashtag
on Twitter. I have seen report after report recently
of teachers having sex with their high school student.
Premature Sexuality
Sexuality
is being introduced to our children far too early, For example,
libraries around the country are having “Drag Queen Story Hour.”
A picture is worth a thousand words.
What’s
the purpose of this? Here’s a quote from a magazine write up
entitled “An
amazing demon drag queen has entertained children in Michelle
Obama’s library”
that explains:
Drag Queen Story Hour aims to give young children “glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models,” according to the programme’s website…
…The Drag Queen Story Hour site explains that the event “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood”.
“In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real.
The programme “happens regularly in LA, New York, and San Francisco, and events are popping up all over the world!”
I
actually don’t have an issue with adults who are drag queens –
heck, I sang along at a show in Vegas, and as a libertarian, I
believe that consenting adults can do what they want. I have not
raised my kids to mistreat others because of their sexuality.
They’d be in massive trouble if they did. I did, however, manage to
teach them to be kind individuals without taking them to Drag Queen
Story Hour when they were 3.
Let
me be absolutely clear that while I
don’t think Drag Queen Story Hour is an attempt to sexually abuse
children,
it does lead me to the over-sexualization of kids. I don’t even
know the names of all the genders and sexualities that are being
claimed and LBGT keeps adding so many initials, I can’t keep up. No
wonder kids are confused. I’m confused and I’m a grown-up.
Decades
ago, anything on TV before 9 o’clock was pretty innocent. We didn’t
have laptops and cell phones that allowed us to learn way too much,
way too soon. We didn’t take quizzes
on Buzzfeed to see if we were ready to have anal sex that
night and we didn’t turn to Teen
Vogue to
learn about oral sex. These days, Teen Vogue is racier than Cosmo was
in the early 80s. How do we protect our children’s innocence in
this environment? How do we let them just be kids and find their own
ways? Heck, even in Disney movies, everyone’s gotta have a love
interest. Why?
Normalization of pedophilia
Children
are exposed to far too much, far too young. This makes them ripe
targets for pedophiles. Let me be clear on this too. Pedophilia is
always, always wrong and extraordinarily harmful to children.
To
make matters worse, there is a sick attempt to normalize pedophilia.
Salon magazine had published numerous articles with titles like, “I’m
a pedophile but I’m not a monster”
which has since
been deleted due to the public outcry. There
are even forums about “moral pedophilia.” Here’s a quote:
Our website is intended to reduce the stigma attached to pedophilia by letting people know that a substantial number of pedophiles DO NOT molest children, and to provide peer support and information about available resources to help virtuous pedophiles remain law-abiding, and lead happy, productive lives. These are our stories. There are brief bios of the two founders of the site and collections of other personal stories. (source)
I
keep wondering, are the people in charge of media trying to normalize
this so that when they inevitably get outed for molesting children,
no one will care? Watch
this video about
the rampant pedophilia in the entertainment industry – and then
remember, these are the people who influence the views of the folks
who idolize celebrities.
Tony
Podesta, the brother of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, was
spotlighted for his
incredibly disturbing art collection that
showed the torture and murder of children. (Here is a shocking
post with
images found using “Tony and Heather Podesta’s art collection”
as a search term.) And who can forget that sick “spirit
cooking”
scandal during the election? There are some things we simply cannot
unsee.
The
mainstream wants to blame the collapse of civilization on Trump, but
they ignore the fact that in this administration, more
than 1500 pedophilia-related arrests took place in the first full
month of his presidency.
Just last week, 84
children were rescued from a sex-trafficking ring,
with the youngest of those sweet angels only 3 months old. A
THREE-MONTH-OLD BABY WAS FOR SALE FOR $600!!!!
Bestiality
Speaking
of “art,” a Slovenian woman just won a prestigious art award for
being “in seclusion” with her dogs for 3 months. Of course, for
some of us, just hanging with pets sounds awesome, but we don’t
hang out with pets like Maja Smrekar does. She
breastfed a puppy and fertilized one of her eggs with
what she says was a “fat cell” from another of her dogs. Mmm
hmm. This
video that
documents her “art” is another thing to add to the
can’t-ever-unsee-it list. The jury
that awarded her the prize said, “What
is making this artwork so special is the total commitment of the
artist.” Apparently,
I just don’t understand art. Or commitment.
Or what cool people do
with their pet.
They’ve
had to make laws
in numerous states to
combat an apparent uptick in bestiality. One guy was arrested
for sneaking
into a neighbor’s yard and doing it with their donkey. Numerous
times. This lady says she’s literally married
to her dog.
All of these
people (Can’t-Unsee
Warning) also claim to have romantic relationships with animals.
Bestiality
is actually legal in these US states: Hawaii, Kentucky, Nevada, New
Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming, and the
District of Columbia. Apparently, parties
are organized where
people can engage in sex acts with animals. Publicly.
Not
to be outdone, this gal is done with humanity altogether and says she
now is…a
cat.
I wasn’t sure if this went in the bestiality section or where.
The emptiness of society
Perhaps
people should first examine the depravity and frivolity that passes
for art and entertainment these days. A walk in the woods to
look at fall leaves will not suffice for much of the population.
People
are so desperate for that rush of endorphins that they’re
constantly seeking something more and more outrageous to give it to
them. Normal things no longer give them that fleeting feeling of joy.
Their own lives are
so empty that
they focus on the lives of people famous
for being famous to
fill them up.
When
society is more interested in reality television than actual reality,
how can we expect that same society will be invested in our future?
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