“The Global Power of idiots does not simply embody the abuse and exploitation of one people by another. This is pure nihilistic violence, the victims of which are everyone: both those who carry it out, and those who submit to it. Narcissistic planetary idiots stand closer to Nothingness not when they lose something or are subjected to violence but rather when they exist in comfort, security, and under the illusion of complete subjective freedom.”
-Aleksandr Dugin [MH, p. 164]
Old Marxist-Leninists and new style Russian propagandists agree that Americans are awful. Aleksandr Dugin, who poses as a highbrow intellectual might as well be channeling the curmudgeonly H.L. Mencken who said the dominanat American class was the “booboisie.” Striking a more academic pose, Dugin quotes Martin Heidegger and Nietzsche to demonstrate the idiocy and the nihilism of Americans. The American globalist liberal, says Dugin, accepts and recognizes “the normativity of the ‘American way of life,’” and is “a patented idiot from the philosophical and etymological point of view, a documented idiot, an idiot parading his foolishness above his head like a banner.”
Of course, Dugin’s vituperation has largely been focussed on liberal useful idiots, while he makes cooing sounds in the ears of susceptible right-wingers. Only, Dugin is careful to explain that Marxism is not stupid at all. Dugin says, “things are more complex with Marxism” because — unlike liberalism — “Marxism possesses serious philosophical energy drawn from classical German philosophy (Hegelianism) and focused on the problem of alienation. It was this particular aspect of Marxism, according to Heidegger, that made it so attractive and successful.”
Because we Americans are “stupid,” Dugin has to explain the simplist things simply, as he does with Tucker Carlson….
As Dugin explains to Tucker, it seems that liberalism is a kind of original sin that has supposedly mutated into something toxic. It is not that socialists and other nihilistic cults have hijacked classical liberalism. No. Dugin suggests the ideal of political freedom was doomed to follow a destructive path from the beginning. Dugin never mentions the ancient theory of checks and balances in terms of forestalling social and political corruption. Such ideas, for safeguarding society and individuals, is not part of his political lexicon. Dugin diplomatically guides Carlson to reject the West’s ancient political traditions tracing back to Greece and Rome (which emphasized liberty). Here Dugin indirectly explains why government controls, and the Russian Federation Empire, are superior to liberalism. The argument is that one must ultimately choose between ordered collectivism and degenerate individualism.
It looks like Tucker Carlson largely accepted Dugin’s debunking of freedom. The look on Carlson’s face shows him to be a lamb before the intellectual slaughter. And a tasty lamb, indeed, who somehow leads other lambs. This strange ideological amalgam of right and left, which is here on display, must prove to be an explosive mixture in the professional hands of Professor Dugin. In fact, it is one of his specialties. Whereas, with Dr. Hannibal Lecter we had The Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Aleksandr Dugin gives us The Exploding of the Lambs.
Given the critical nature of Moscow’s information operations, and the scare tactics used to frighten Americans into thinking we have pushed Putin too far, we yet can see the emergence of a new narrative; that is, Putin the peacemaker, with Trump getting the lion’s share of the credit.
However superior the Russians and Chinese are in strategic nuclear weapons, the disparity will be greater in three years time. Why not acquire that advantage? What China and Russia need is to fix their economic mess, and negotiations might do the trick. China needs to learn the secrets of precision manufacturing. Russia needs time to calm the situation in Europe, and to open Germany’s energy markets once more. Peace is therefore on the table. Only everyone must believe we are on the verge of world war. This is how Russia extracts the most advantageous terms.
In setting up his related intellectual swindle, which supports Moscow’s strategy, Dugin makes many good points about the West’s nihilism. But the East is even more nihilistic and lacks the freedom to wriggle free. Dugin himself is arguably a nihilist, evading true self-knowledge by projecting his negativity onto the West. It is easy to make excuses and blame the “idiots” in America. He forgets to acknowledge, of course, that those “idiots” have a decisive advantage. They are not forced, with a gun at their heads, to go against their conscience.
I could be wrong, but it looks like Russia is preparing a big diplomatic move. Meanwhile, the Putin-loving MAGA faction, who listen to Dugin and others of that kind, are like lambs. They think the threat of war is coming out of the “warmongers” in Washington. They are primed to give Putin what he wants.
What do you suppose Putin is ready to promise them?
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201 responses to “Russia’s Big Diplomacy Card & MAGA’s Tasty Lambs”
We’re spending time talking about Elon Musk’s mother? Who cares? This guy has operations in China. A history….
What we should be concerned with is that, IMO, Elon Musk is, and has been, pro China, was pro clot-shot “vaccine” at the git-go. He’s “on the hook” and he owes the Chi-Coms all for his own wealth and well-being. Suddenly he had a change of heart politically speaking? Bullshit!
Trump has been deceived….again.
It was simply the news du jour, @brcc661. Not only does Musk have extensive ties to China, his entire family does. I’ve already posted plenty about Elon’s own ties.
Mmm, Jeff, word press does it again. I commented on the deception of an Elon Musk and it doesn’t show up
In the comments.
I wonder if one of the words you used got flagged by the Ministry of Truth.
I don’t understand. Did it somehow go into spam? But why? I will look.
Jeff, what do you think of Ukraine surrendering annexed territory to Russia? Is it an acceptable compromise or will Ukraine and Europe come to regret it in a few years?
At either rate, it sounds like Trump’s Kremlin-inspired rhetoric is already having an effect on the anticipated peace deal. Zelensky is making concessions before formal negotiations have even begun, while Russia is giving up nothing. We can speculate endlessly about what Trump will do based on his appointments, but what he says publicly is even more important because it shapes international perceptions and sets the parameters of official treaties and negotiations. And most of what Trump has been saying is pretty Russia-friendly and anti-Ukraine. People like Kellogg can pitch various policies to Trump, but there is no guarantee that he will heed their advice. He can boast about forcing Russia to come to the table by promising to give Ukraine more weapons, but everyone knows that’s an empty threat – as you said, the US has limited capacity due to the lack of investment in defense industry, and Trump’s own anti-“Washington warmongers” comments make the threat unbelievable. The only way Russia will come to the table is with the promise of 1) massive economic incentives (ie. access to Europe’s energy market) and 2) being allowed to get off scot-free for the illegal invasion (no war crimes trials, no reparations) and 3) getting to keep most of the new territories. I don’t see any good outcome from making a “peace deal” with Russia. The long-term danger is that the US and Europe will go back to sleep and abandon the tentative defense build-up that only restarted in the last 2 years because of Russia’s unprecedented aggression. Worse, the West will be invested in seeing that the deal succeeds, which means ignoring any subsequent violations and aggression on the part of Russia and pretending that everything is okay. The West will once again become Russia’s great enabler. I hope Trump is smart enough to walk away, but I fear he won’t. His ego is too bound up in the promise of “ending the war in one day” which suggests pushing through a deal at any cost. As much as Russia is hurting economically, they will drag out the fighting long enough to convince Trump that any deal is better than no deal.
Another thing I want to say, Trump’s pro-Russia rhetoric is very damaging to the anti-communist cause, even if there is some convoluted 4D chess scenario where this approach is also deceiving the Kremlin. No good can come from deceiving our own side. By appearing as if he is for Russia, Trump is helping push MAGA into Russia’s arms; he is giving a tenfold boost to Russian propaganda and helping solidify the right’s tunnel vision on the international communist threat. People who otherwise might be skeptical of Tucker Carlson’s pro-Russia stance, come around to see it as patriotic when Trump starts saying the same thing. It’s sad because it doesn’t have to be this way. Trump doesn’t need the approval of Tucker & co, it’s the talking heads who need his approval to maintain their credibility with the conservative masses. If Trump were to take a tough position on Russia, and say unequivocally that they are an enemy, people like Tucker and other lesser luminaries will have to change their tune or risk losing a large chunk of their audience. Trump has a formidable bully pulpit but he refuses to use it in this case. I have to wonder why. It probably comes down to the fact that Trump is neither a deep thinker, nor much of a reader, so he is easily swayed by the mellifluous pro-Russian voices around him. Whatever other strengths he possesses, this inability to recognize and articulate the international communist threat facing America will undermine all his other achievements.
Jeff has written that Trump was made aware of Golitsyn’s work and rejected it. If he sells out Ukraine it will be a very dark day.
Yes, I remember Jeff wrote that. That’s why it’s worrying that Trump doesn’t see the bigger picture. He could indeed make a grave mistake.
Laura: Yes, you are right to say that Trump is doing damage to the Ukrainian cause provided he does not suddenly shift course by making demands on Russia, upsetting everyone’s expectations. Each hour that passes, we hear different reports. One day it looks better for Ukraine, the next it looks like Ukraine is getting pushed into an agreement that is unfavorable. It is very bad that Trump listens to someone like Tucker Carlson, who has a child’s understanding of foreign policy, military affairs, and Russia. Obviously, Trump is not knowledgeable himself. From what John Bolton says, Trump never reads anything. And I believe Bolton because Trump never says anything about Russia or China that makes sense. He always contradicts himself. He has no philosophy, no real insights. He is like the deaf, dumb, and blind boy that plays a mean pinball. He does not read briefing papers. He won’t do it. He wants everything explained to him in a way that a kindergartner would understand. This means complex issues are left out of the mix. A person who does not read does not understand complex issues. A person who does not read cannot have background knowledge for real understanding. He has none of the nuances. Trump sees governance as something that takes place through television or social media. What is there to understand? Power matters, and media imagery is the fount of power. Whoever wins the information war holds political power, and holding power means everything turns up roses. Therefore, Trump picks Fox News talking heads to lead his government. He takes advice from a former Fox News commentator. All of this is a nightmare out of Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death,” where reality does not matter as much as the images flittering across television screens, phones, and tablets. We make our own reality, according to the “power of positive thinking,” where we “think and grow rich” or “visualize and grow rich.” Only, the Russians and Chinese make bombs and prepare their forces for One Great Hour of Fireworks. I have watched Fox News and find it banal in the extreme. There is rarely anything worth seeing in it. Of course, it is not as bad as CNN, but that is not saying much.
Yikes, Trump doesn’t read at all? Not even short briefings? No wonder he just repeats talking points from the conservative media. And since the biggest names in said media are for Russia …well, there you go.
What other things have you heard from sources about Trump’s governing approach?
Bolton has wealth of negative things to say about Trumps policies and reasoning. He paints a fairly detailed picture. He was saying years ago that Trump was seriously contemplating leaving NATO.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bolton-trumps-fit-office-competence-carry-job/story?id=71311306
President Donald Trump is not “fit for office” and doesn’t have “the competence to carry out the job,” his former national security adviser John Bolton told ABC News in an exclusive interview.
Bedlamsbard, several months ago, you told me about the “poverty diet” -the lentils, brown rice, sardines, broccoli, multivitamin.
I tried it. You were right. It’s filling and provides what the body needs for an active body.
We raise chickens, so instead of eating many sardines for protein, I eat eggs. And I’ve always loved my greens, so I eat cabbage, spinach, etc instead of broccoli.
But, the lentils and whole grain rice with some variation for protein and green vegetables is the ticket. Thank you!
I also planted some lentils in my garden this year, but they didn’t do very well. I plan to try again next spring, Lord willing.
That’s great bro. Eggs are top on my list as well as kale. Kale is pretty easy to grow and stores well pickled or fermented. I looked into growing Lentils and decided not feasible, too much rain is a problem here. Luckily they are still cheap enough to buy several hundred pounds at Costo wall mart etc. There is handy free app to track everything you eat for nutritional sufficiency. Chronometer. God bless.
In that interview I posted with Glenn Beck, Trump claimed to have read “Nuclear War” by Annie Jacobsen.
John Bolton cannot say one kind thing about Trump. He may be right about Gorka, but I don’t believe he’s telling the truth about Trump.
Bolton and Trump definitely came to hate each other, so one has to take what they say with a grain of salt. This is true.
Someone has to be very ignorant and delusional, or either on-board with the Communists to publish this kind of drivel.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/breaking-did-russia-china-sever-nato-cables-block/
The question is, who will actually buy into this lie??
Also, who will promote it and spin more lies off of it? Can we expect to hear the skunk Gabbard start proclaiming this? And, what does anyone suppose she will say about the new fighting in Syria?
That headline made my blood boil! I hope Russia is paying Jim Hoft for his work— he shouldn’t be doing it for free!
It took a brazen person to write it, and a brazen person to publish it. And they also have to have contempt for their readers to write and publish such crap.
It is cynical, indeed, to put something that stupid into writing.
Westerners who defend Russo-Chinese acts of sabotage have no sense of self-preservation.
This is a good example of why the Gateway Pundit is toxic. I have shocked at the number of conservative friends who fall for this.
Angela Merkel’s 700 page memoir just came out this week. The lady has no regrets. She justifies controversial decisions like the Nord Stream pipeline and flooding Germany with Middle Eastern refugees.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/review-freedom-memoir-angela-merkel/?WT.mc_id=e_DM462525&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Dis_New_B&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_Dis_New_B20241126&utm_campaign=DM462525