Curtis Yarvin, the former Moldbug, commented at once on yesterday’s big fizzle. In a post written late yesterday, he offered a quote from Twitter:
The Internet impresario Kantbot, who has become one of the most obnoxious literary talents since Marx or possibly Wyndham Lewis, still captured the day perfectly:
Imagine storming the Capital of the United States as the government of the country literally fucking flees and then just wandering around the building confused about why the level isn’t ending instead of declaring a new government and issuing warrants for congressmen’s arrest
Mr. Yarvin also quoted the German writer Ernst von Salomon, who said that “nothing is worse than the kind of German general who marches up to the Rubicon, then sits down to fish.”
The remarkable thing yesterday was that all those fed-up Americans actually had a chance to see, for a minute, how easy it all can be, if you have any idea what it is you actually want to do, and are determined and organized. (I mean, a hundred million people or more with the same general idea isn’t exactly nothing, unless they want to be.) In they went, like pushing on an open door, and — easy-peasy! — Congress ran for their lives. The bemused Visigoths, meanwhile, took some selfies and went home.
So there you have it, patriots. The “Biden” administration will be sworn in on January 20th. After that — well, the beatings will continue until morale improves.
Got a problem with that? I didn’t think so. You’ll be glad to hear, anyway, that we hope to allow limited indoor dining again by September or so; until then, please self-isolate and await further instructions.
Read Mr. Yarvin’s article here.
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Biden 2020 will be worthwhile in retrospect if it ushers in Caesar 2024.
I have been too busy to read General Yarvin.
He holds sarcasm dear, and admits to cowardice.
The actual General was Trump, and he never promisec
us a War, quite the opposite.
Yesterday the American people advanced, their would be Masters fled, and a Veteran kept her Oath and died for her country. Yesterday was a victory, that their was no pursuit or exploitation was due to the Commander and not the Troops.
The next leader needs to be a Biter, not a Barker.
I think we all know that, and the People now see the Truth.
This woman you reference Vssc, deliberately broke the law by illegally trespassing on restricted public property by joining a mob. As a veteran she should have known better. Perhaps police used improper or disproportionate force against her, which needs to be investigated. But this effort by the extreme Right to make her into some kind of martyr is asinine.
Ashli Babbitt, to give this veteran’s name (Air Force, it would seem).
Malcolm, from your “Round two” post below,
“They don’t represent anyone. Who, then, will?” I still can’t answer that question.
Robert,
Nor I.
That’s the ruling statute Jason.
Or at least it was the ruling statute.
https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/07/aocs-comms-director-asks-twitter-to-ban-users-from-citing-aocs-support-for-violent-riots/
JK, I quite agree with your implication that if the officer in question did not fulfill the criteria you mentioned for shooting somebody, that officer should be disciplined and/or charged with a crime. That doesn’t change the fact that he or she never should have been in such a situation in the first place, and that Ms. Babbitt bears some culpability for it.
Jason, some copy and paste?
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/1/7/22219733/utah-activist-inside-u-s-capitol-says-woman-killed-was-first-to-try-and-enter-house-chamber-sullivan
Now Jason I would humbly posit, seeing as how this Mr. Sullivan was immediately behind Mrs. Babbit (videos which I will not post here but should Malcolm ask attestation …) and vocalizing strenuously [tho my source for isolating the voices is swamped just now so I cannot yet distinguish to what purpose]
At any rate Jason does this information which I assume is new for you, “color” your previous consideration?
The problem JK, as I see it, is that by your pacific standard stopping looters and mobs from infiltrating restricted areas would be impossible. Peaceful tactics and negotiation, while obviously vital and preferable, can never be the sole option for law enforcement. Force has to be an alternative – what else could have stopped Babbitt and her cohorts, one can reasonably ask. Imagine if this riffraff had been able to press further and subsequently reached congressmen in hiding, putting these elective representatives’ lives in danger (or more drastically, actually murdering them).
Look at the video JK making the rounds, to be more concrete about the matter. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/video-shows-fatal-shooting-of-ashli-babbitt-at-u-s-capitol/2535527/%3famp
The mob are repeatedly attempting to pound down the door to the Speaker’s Gallery and refusing to back down. Undeterred, it’s reasonable to believe that eventually they would have gotten through to wreak God knows what kind of havoc in the House Chamber. A valid hypothesis then is that the judgement call of the officer to shoot Babbitt prevented this dangerous intrusion.
But again, all this needs to be investigated as I said earlier. To give credence to your argument JK, perhaps there were non-violent alternatives to be pursued, or less lethal ones. Perhaps the officers should have maintained their positions in front of the Senate Gallery doors for instance, rather than relinquishing their stances and allowing the mob to attempt to take down the entrance (thus eliciting the gun shot that took the life of Babbitt). In other words the rule of law needs to prevail here, with intelligent attorneys, investigators, judges, juries, and so forth sorting this all out, rather than the sort of endless speculation and hearsay that has so dominated our discourse in the last two months.
Silly of me JK; I now realize the video I attached is from the John Sullivan in the article you linked to.
I believe our elected officials should live in fear, and a lack of fear of their constituents, and any real world consequences, is what has led us to this sorry state.
Our officials should not be beyond the reach of the people that put them there, particularly not in the People’s House, which is where all of this went down.
“I believe our elected officials should live in fear…”
Where people fear the government there is tyranny. Where the government fears the people there is liberty. Something like that.
We the sheeple seem to annoy most of our government.
Just to be clear Jason, I’m not arguing against the duly sworn officers at all – if any argument be in what I’m trying to get into the mix it’s mainly to do with the ROEs.
For example – LBJ’s ‘running’ of the Viet Nam thing clear through all the many conflicts up unto the present where “our public servants” are doing the strategizing (from a safe [cough] distance) helped along in their endeavors by a, mostly, enthusiastic *free press.
– I’m tempted to add the current narrative of what separates ‘the peaceful protestors’ from this ‘rabble’ now about to be throttled rather than, seemingly, encouraged and consoled. –
Here for instance is the first instance I’ve been able to locate wherein the media personages employ “peaceful protesters” in case I’m unclear:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRnmnxVtDqg
Later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3BenS46EwE
At the end of the day if what I’m attempting to get into the mix I’m unable to make clear well then I’ll just have to quote something I think is eminently sensible:
*It presently appears Mark Zuckerberg et al and Nancy & Chuck LLC et al are, as we type, busily denoting which is to be which.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/01/09/rush-limbaugh-the-swamp-is-really-scared-of-trump-heres-why-n1327643
They saw the size of the rally before the riot too. We are not alone.
Thanks for your candid thoughts and clarification JK; I’m very much with you regarding this year’s hypocrisy concerning protests and mobs.
Charles Murray so stunned he is unable to comment at this time:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/01/joe-bidens-racist-civil-rights-nominee-part-one.php