How a philosophy of individual rights, free inquiry, and limited government became a philosophy of collective totalitarianism. From Paul Rosenberg at freemansperspective.com:
We are watching the Enlightenment collapse before us in real time. I’ll be as brief as I can in my explanation of why this is so and how it came about, but it strikes me as something we should understand.
Bear in mind that what remains of the Enlightenment is collapsing for structural reasons. I haven’t formed this discourse around political or academic theories, I’m basing it on facts and direct observations. Obviously I’m simplifying (one can’t write history any other way), but minus the inevitable exceptions and complications, this is what happened and what is happening.
How The Enlightenment Gained A Structure
The Enlightenment began with a collection of outsiders studying science. They had little backing and few credentials. In fact, the motto of the first group (that became The Royal Society) was Nullius in verba: “Take nobody’s word for it.” There was a lot to like in the early Enlightenment, and it led to a long string of crucial discoveries.
Halfway through its run, however, at about 1750 AD, the Enlightenment took a dark turn. Rather than working to discover what was right, it began to fixate on what was wrong. That is, the leading voices of the Enlightenment left off building and moved into tearing things down.
Reminds of the great G.K. Chesterton quote about Manboons believing in anything when he kicks G to the curb in his brilliant center of the universe magnificence.
Animals don’t put on pants or perfume and as Primus said, animals should not try to act like people.
O/T Roundup-Bibi residence attacked by small drone with no results.
Leaked planned of Israeli attack on Iran online, Joe Joe Brandon apologizes.
Jesus Is Lord shouted out at Kamalalala “rally” and she says you’re at the wrong rally.
Rally around comrades the glorious utopia is only one more law or loss of rights away!
Si se puede!
Breaking from Foreigner:
Dirty White Boy