Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Pathocracy and Totalitarianism

  • MAGA, Majority Rule, and Consent of the Governed

    Here: In short, the political battle between the Left and Right is best understood as an existential fight over what America will be. The Left pushes for a metanoic transformation, while the Right tries to catalyze an epistrophic one. Metanoia is a forward-looking change — a recognition that one’s past way of life was flawed…

  • Morning in America!

    Hats off to all the patriots who did their civic duty.  But this is no time to gloat over the defeat  of our enemies. They will not give up or give in. For these totalitarian dogs, the political is everything.  They do not suffer, as we do, from The Conservative Disadvantage. The war is just…

  • The Charlottesville Lie

    The only sure way to stop a leftist from lying would be by stopping him from talking. The Biden administration is one of the most, or the most, mendacious in our history. Copycat that he is, Biden saw the Clintons and Obama get away with it and resolved to go them one better. A brazen…

  • What Leftists Mean by ‘Democracy’

    They mean woke globalist plutocracy, or something in the semantic vicinity thereof.  This is why the enemies of the people see nothing contradictory in using 'lawfare' to keep Donald Trump off the ballot. We the people, however, understand 'democracy' to mean rule by the people. On this understanding of the word, it makes no logical…

  • Suicide by Illegal Immigration

    Such suicide is what the leaders of the present-day Democrat Party promote. They are out to destroy the United States of America. It is perfectly plain that diversity is not our strength despite their asinine and oft-repeated asseverations to the contrary. Diversity sans unity = decline, downfall, disaster. 'Asinine' is exactly the right word, deriving…

  • The Psychology of the Pollyanna and the Political Ponerology of Leftism

    We all know pollyannas. They are more often women than men and the charm of these lovable ladies is in no small measure due to their openness to the positive in people and things and their seeming incapacity to discern the negative and evil. A most extreme example has come to my attention, one .…

  • Political Polarization: the Radical Cure

    Political polarization is deep and wide. We are 'siloed' into our positions and things threaten to go 'thermonuclear.'  The usual cures cannot be dismissed out of hand, but are mostly blather served up by squishy, bien-pensant 'liberals' for their own insipid and clueless ilk. No doubt we should listen to others respectfully, but how many…

  • New Yorkers are Getting What They Deserve

    They are paying the just tax for willful self-enstupidation. Vote Democrat, get more crime. The morally decent should leave NYC, and indeed every Democrat-controlled craphole. Of course, some cannot leave for various reasons. I feel sorry for them. But they should have done more to prevent their city from being taken over by leftist scum,…

  • New Yorkers are Getting What They Deserve

    They are paying the just tax for willful self-enstupidation. Vote Democrat, get more crime. The morally decent should leave NYC, and indeed every Democrat-controlled craphole. Of course, some cannot leave for various reasons. I feel sorry for them. But they should have done more to prevent their city from being taken over by leftist scum,…

  • Beware of Projecting . . .

    . . . your attitudes and values into others. Leader of the Stack. Excerpts: We are not all the same 'deep down,' and we don't all want the same things. You say you value peace and social harmony? So do I. But some are bellicose right out of the box. They love war and thrive on conflict, and not…

  • Devon Archer: The Tucker Carlson Interview

     Part I Under 12 minutes.

  • Leftism Exposed

    The following statement is both well-written and accurate in every particular (emphasis added): Leftism is a totalitarian force. Wherever leftism is in a position of power it tends to invade every private corner and force every thought into a leftist mold. In part this is because of the quasi-religious character of leftism: everything contrary to…

  • Trump the Only Way Forward

    Conservatives Lost the Culture War and the Trump Agenda is the Only Path Forward Refreshingly realistic but also deeply troubling. I fear the author is right. Conservatives lost the culture war and so now:  Conservatives do not have a viable path to political power any other way. The issues of national survival are of primary…

  • The Biden Maladministration is Placing Us in Grave Danger

    No, you useful idiots, white supremacy is not the greatest threat we face: it is no threat at all since it doesn't exist. A real threat we face, and a very serious one, is posed by an EMP directed against our unprotected grid.  HT to JSO for the following two videos.  How would a nuclear…

  • Anarcho-Tyranny in the USA

    Here by Auron MacIntyre at The Total State (Substack): The city of Philadelphia has announced an agreement to pay a $9.25 million settlement in connection with the police response to protests after the death of George Floyd in 2020. While dozens were killed and billions of dollars of damage were done during the riots that…