From 1c465f3f0ae74db942bfa124c0bf6e6420550ea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nathan Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:00:28 -0600 Subject: Going on a blogging roll --- org/blog/articles/the-ideology-of-comprise.xml | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'org/blog/articles') diff --git a/org/blog/articles/the-ideology-of-comprise.xml b/org/blog/articles/the-ideology-of-comprise.xml index 5e3e354..6f97846 100644 --- a/org/blog/articles/the-ideology-of-comprise.xml +++ b/org/blog/articles/the-ideology-of-comprise.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ No no sillyo. I am not talking about revolution vs reform. Talking about something quite different. There is the stereotype common people who willingly uphold the power are stupid. The idea is anyone who can reason - would conclude the power is a purely narcissist force who only aim for + would conclude the power is a purely narcissist force that only aims for control. Stereotypes indeed rarely if ever hold up when put to the test and this is no exception. In a quite well known book there is a character named Syme. Syme is one of the people behind creating newspeak. Syme is a very @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ how his work is helping the party limit the range of thought. With every cell in his body he supports and actively contributes to a system that only aims to control him. The party ends up vaporizing him for knowing too much - even though he was one of the most loyal and orthodox person around. + even though he was one of the most loyal and orthodox people around.

Where is the totalitarianism?

@@ -30,8 +30,48 @@ ahead and search up morals. Morals has a quite bending meaning as it only aims to define what is right and wrong in the context of any given system. So many people who bluntly only support the demands of - traditionalist at the same time will preach freedoms and liberties. These + traditionalism at the same time will preach freedoms and liberties. These freedom and liberties seem to fundamentally clash with everything - traditionalism stands for. + traditionalism stands for. And that is because they indeed dont support + freedoms and liberties. All they need is to do the bare minimum to keep a + appearance. +

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The comprise

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+ Every system feels the need to frame itself as the good side. When the + system fucking sucks there are two options. One: Use fear and demonize + opponents to scare people into upholding the system, two: do things to + appear slightly less terrible than what opponents say making the system a + relative good in the minds of many. As much as the system wants to just + kill anyone they dont like they need to do the bare minimum to avoid being + caught in a blunt enough manner for the indifferent people to get + radicalized. The supporters will uphold no matter what but the + indifferent people can tip the scale if they wake up. The system needs to + act like it tried and failed and "there is no other way". Often + times the issue was caused by the system in the first and nearly it not + existing anymore will fix the problem. No need for a mass fix it effort + when wounds heal with time when no longer getting stabbed at. In the + same book old Syme came from the party never just flat out killed its + opponents. It would get a genuine confession out of them first. They take + the time to converted thought criminals into moral citizens and only once + they are good orthodox citizens and upholders of the system again does + the party kill them. This way no one is left dying a hero and the party and + its supporters can sip their victory gin with a bloody smile. +

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We all know one

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+ Syme's arent the types to actually be able to talk about this type of stuff + with. They are about crushing their opponents and keeping the high ground + as the moral (even though it doesnt mean much) heros of the world. In their + minds they will have always had to do anything they did. Every + necessity just so happens to also enable narcissists to control. The + concept of not doing something is unthinkable. The concept of not having + rulers is unthinkable. Its so mind twisting hearing bright people only be + able to think within this framework. A intelligent mind will only be able + to produce thoughts within a given framework if limited to it like how a + video game is limited to the resolution of its monitor no matter the + graphics card.

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