Reality Culture

In my seven decades, I have noticed that many people are very unhappy with themselves in one way or another. Most learn to work on the problem and change what they can. If they can't change it, they learn to live with it. But there appears to be a fairly large number of people who are so unhappy with their physical appearance that they simply can't accept it. In my experience this occurs among women more often than men. I will not speculate as to why.

I have known women who would do most anything to take the attention from their faces, which may not comport with what they understand to be attractive. Not only do they go overboard on the makeup, they also dress in ways to guide one's eyes away from what they consider to be problematic. 

Your use of Janice Joplin's photo is appropriate. I have little doubt that poor Janice Joplin fell into this category. She did everything to hide her insecurity. Her dressing and actions were often outrageous. By all accounts, she was sluttish to a very high degree. Poor woman looking for love in all the wrong places. Her sad end was predictable. 

Texas is full of eccentrics. There is a story told by James Freemantle, Col of Queen Victoria Coldstream Guards. Freemantle was with Lee watching a regiment of Texans march by. Freemantle observed to Lee that the Texans equipment was clean and ready for use, but they dirty, smelled bad, barefoot, and many of them did not have backs to their pants. Lee, said "that's quite alright the enemy never sees the backside of my Texans."

Probably so. And one might don one's Jordan Peterson analytical cap and notice how the multi-colored psychedelic visuals of the 60's mirror the bold primary colors of Fisher-Price.



That comparison is not meant to be a cheap shot. The Zeitgeist of the 60's (and today) is a yute-oriented "life is a never-ending carnival ride."

That is not to say that I'm against having fun or a Hobbit-like adventure. However, all things in moderation. It's the obsession with "fun" and "happiness" that has led to misery for many. Look at how fat people are. Are they having fun or just stuffing their faces because they're trying their hardest to "live the good life"? [Note: Life expectancy is going down for the first time in ages. Having fun yet?]

In effect, this emphasis on the 24/7 carnival-of-pleasures has led to the inability to handle life. What is "transgenderism" but the inability to handle puberty? There are other things woven into that, but that is a primary factor.

We can't handle female biology, so we abort babies by the billions. We can't handle the sinkhole of atheism without a Golden Calf, so we take to environmentalism as a religion. We can't handle the simple notion that some cultures or sub-cultures are inherently destructive, so we invent "systemic racism."

The Left is a lot of things. But a core element is the inability to deal with reality. Growing to adulthood (and inevitable old age) is one of those realities they can't handle...not that old age is a piece of cake for anyone. But if you're 70 and you have rainbow-colored hair, you might just be an emotional juvenile.

And I agree with his immediate prescription:

Excellent speech by Tucker. (Although I wondered how many understood it all as the language was not moderated for non-native-English speakers.) I agreed with everything he said. I have followed him somewhat for the last 25+ years and note the road he has traveled from libertarian to conservative. He has grown. This is what we expect from a normal human being. Unfortunately, we are not being led by normal human beings, much less talented and dedicated human beings. We are being led by dishonest mental and moral dwarves.

Toward the end of his speech he spends some time on the fact that Americans are being lied to by their leaders and the media. They are being propagandized. 

Where he and I may differ a bit is that I came to the conclusion in my late teens/early twenties that the media was by-in-large dishonest. In my twenties, I framed this along the lines that, "Most of the media sells lies and nonsense. They are not worth much. But about 2% of the time a situation arises which requires real investigation, demands honesty and hard work to pursue,  and bravery to report. That's when a real press is needed, and that 2% is important enough to make all the other bullshit of the press bearable."

By the way, Budapest is a beautiful city, and he is right about the food. 

Tucker in Budapest

That is correct, at least it was in the past.

I am pretty sure I have mentioned that I first saw people wearing masks when I moved to Japan in the summer of 1979. When I asked why they did so, I was told that the people wearing masks had a cold or other illness and wore a mask in order not to spread their disease. This made perfect sense as I mainly saw such masked people on trains and in the subway, where conditions were crowded.  During morning rush hour, people were literally standing cheek to jowl. On cold days, when people were wearing coats, porters would have to push people into the rail cars in order to get the doors to close. 

I always believed that such treatment was humiliating. It was somewhat amazing that people would allow themselves to be manhandled in such a way. It happened to me once and I didn't like it at all. As I recall, I was standing inside the car around the door. All of a sudden a mass of humanity was  forced upon me. 

So it's official. NOBODY knows what MUSIC is any more.



This isn't the most concise commentary and explanation. But I think this guy is spot-on. He makes points here and there. This could have been an eight-minute video. But it's good to see that there are human beings out there who don't accept the artificiality of The Machine.

I'm very interested in what Fluvoratti thinks of this.