tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8847700728102013207..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Pre-emptive compliance versus "It will only happen when it has happened"Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-84952033531865292472021-11-19T19:30:59.696+00:002021-11-19T19:30:59.696+00:00This is an incredible article. It is painful watch...This is an incredible article. It is painful watching billions comply today, having learned nothing from history. They are blinded by the materialism of their existence. If this is what is happening now, imagine what will happen when they enter the Metaverse. God help us all! Garyhttp://waketfupweekly.substack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32156918969606733452021-11-12T07:21:37.586+00:002021-11-12T07:21:37.586+00:00@J - The test of these times is at the level of in...@J - The test of these times is at the level of individuals. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-34144031920862314882021-11-12T04:24:03.964+00:002021-11-12T04:24:03.964+00:00I've been not-complying for a few months now, ...I've been not-complying for a few months now, recognizing how easily all this could be resisted if just enough people stopped complying; viewing my own non-compliance as, hopefully, one of the first who will, maybe, be joined by others as things go on, and as it becomes more and more difficult to deny the obvious absurdity of the stated justifications for the evil rules.<br /><br />But I've pretty much given up on that. I don't think there is any hope that others will join, or at least it's not reasonable for me to have any expectation that they will. So now I have to decide whether to continue not-complying and endure the abuse and isolation (which is admittedly very mild in comparison to what others have endured, historically) solely for moral reasons, and not because it might lead to any alleviation of these conditions.Joehttp://m0k.ca/writing/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-28778349356694077472021-11-09T23:18:27.005+00:002021-11-09T23:18:27.005+00:00I only have to say, "no I won't," on...I only have to say, "no I won't," one single time more than they can say, "yes you will."St. John the Great Sinnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-35454728731284863232021-11-09T14:04:19.604+00:002021-11-09T14:04:19.604+00:00@hayseed:
Regarding Steiner's prediction on th...@hayseed:<br />Regarding Steiner's prediction on the "law" that would forbid thinking: that's very interesting. I need to read more of Steiner's predictions.<br />Regarding your observations, I've noticed the same thing. People literally start to recite a script when you hit certain subjects. I say literally, because the answers or responses are rote. We've all heard them numerous times. It's uncanny, and almost supernatural - or maybe it is supernatural, as though our interlocutors are tying in to a body of responses/scripts that are available when the System is threatened. <br />I purposely experimented last week by casually threatening a system shibboleth. It's doesn't really matter which one, but the responses were uncanny - confused looks, anxiety, followed by a sudden relief when the script was recited. Fascinating. <br />Toddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-87677976962231684362021-11-09T05:15:23.271+00:002021-11-09T05:15:23.271+00:00This is an excellent insight. One can see this pr...This is an excellent insight. One can see this pre-emptive compliance throughout the birdemic, from churches that closed without any government compelling them to do so, to following peck mandates that don't currently exist. I think most people are looking for someone else to resist evil first before they'll start resisting; otherwise they would be "weird" and "wouldn't fit in". I agree that it's important to simply start not complying, even in the absence of anyone else doing so.Dynamicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-90840612877798426042021-11-08T23:17:54.503+00:002021-11-08T23:17:54.503+00:00@H "Steiner is *essentially* right" - I ...@H "Steiner is *essentially* right" - I know the kind of thing you mean. Steiner is often wrong in the specific way he made prophecies (but not always - since the 1918 'Work of the angels in the astral body lecture is extremely accurate in its predictions) - yet there is often something 'essentially' right that is worth pondering. <br /><br />If I were you, I would not engage in that line of thinking about specific personal potential horrors to come - once started there is no end to the bad possibilities and no possible reassurance. <br /><br />Such fear is a sin - because it comes from lack of faith in God's providential care for our immortal soul - so we ought to repent it. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-81330296080442085332021-11-08T20:30:53.622+00:002021-11-08T20:30:53.622+00:00In regard to the System's control over individ...In regard to the System's control over individual thought I'm reminded of something Steiner said about how in the year 2000 a kind of proclamation or law would go out from America which would essentially forbid thinking. This law wouldn't be a formal law but would nonetheless take effect as a law and masses of men would follow it.<br /><br />I believe that once again, Steiner is *essentially* right. These days, many men and women act as unthinking automata. I've been in conversation with people and when I bring up a certain subject (Those ol tin foil hat subjects) the fellow I'm having the conversation with will more or less *stop thinking* and enter a sort of fugue state and begin regurgitating stock phrases and responses which have been inculcated in his mind since childhood. *All critical thinking ceases*. I do believe this is where that NPC meme comes from.<br /><br />I have many many reasons to actively resist the forces of evil. Aside from the many profound spiritual reasons, on the physical plane I'm a diabetic and I'm not looking forward to the grotesque death awaiting me when the insulin runs out. I let my blood sugar run up to over 500 last night to get a foretaste of this end and it's *not pleasant*. <br /><br />Ideally before I pass through the gate of death I'll be an old man laying peacefully in bed deep in prayer to Christ Jesus and radiant with the Holy Spirit.Pletho's Ghost https://www.blogger.com/profile/03898866591249071797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-2394162189628435652021-11-08T18:28:26.855+00:002021-11-08T18:28:26.855+00:00In my province the Mennonites have remained quietl...In my province the Mennonites have remained quietly but firmly noncompliant despite government efforts to vilify and gaslight them. The government tried to stir up resentment against them among the larger population because the Mennonites refuse the peck. The predicted "overwhelming of the hospitals" due to the "negligent cult" of course never materialized. As with the Amish, covid swept through the Mennonite community. None were hospitalized, and within two weeks all were again healthy and back to their Christ-centered simple lives.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31060192416823379632021-11-08T16:14:38.842+00:002021-11-08T16:14:38.842+00:00@William - Thanks!
@Todd - "Question: are th...@William - Thanks!<br /><br />@Todd - "Question: are there ANY other religions or faiths that might provide resistance?"<br /><br />I don't know of any religions - all seem to have obediently shut-down, and none seem to have repented. <br /><br />Among particular groups, I have heard (via mass media, for what it's worth) that (after initially complying) the Amish have since said no. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-7042296707413842182021-11-08T16:12:00.382+00:002021-11-08T16:12:00.382+00:00Todd has left a comment:
"Such a good essay,...Todd has left a comment:<br /><br />"Such a good essay, and I'll have to re-read later today.<br />Pre-emptive compliance. Yes.<br />Regarding the peck, for example, I know someone who I thought I had convinced to not get pecked. His employer isn't mandating it.<br />He was concerned about the info I told him.<br />But he pre-emptively complied, because he was afraid that at some future date, it would be mandated.<br />I didn't understand it at the time - it didn't make logical sense to me.<br />But it's not logic. It's a lack of any motivation other than fear and anxiety."<br /><br />"Question: are there ANY other religions or faiths that might provide resistance?" Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-1019130315389694082021-11-08T12:26:20.593+00:002021-11-08T12:26:20.593+00:00Excellent analysis and advice. In the absence of a...Excellent analysis and advice. In the absence of any higher system of values, i.e. a spiritual one, most people just allow themselves to go with the flow, and those that seek to coerce rely on this to a greater extent than we might think.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.com