If demons somehow feed off of negative emotional energy ("loosh"), with intense suffering and pain being especially delectable to their demented tastes, I would imagine that some incredibly intense loosh was suddenly released after Azzarello set himself on fire.
I appreciate the story about the open approach to death from the 1890s - it's always good to be reminded that social norms can change in a relatively short time frame.
Re: the grentocracy - they are dying, and it will only accelerate in the next 20 years. It will be interesting to see how well their protegees fare when they've all kicked the bucket. The competency crisis spares no one, and I'm not certain the next generation of "elites" has what it takes to keep the enterprise going.
"It's always good to be reminded that social norms can change in a relatively short time frame."
That is *very* true. One thing that is encouraging about seeing how fast things changed for the worse: things can also change quickly for the better. And it's also reassuring to know things have not always been this crazy (or at least not crazy in the same way that they are now). Fashionable ideologies come and go, but the eternal Truth abides intact.
"I'm not certain the next generation of "elites" has what it takes to keep the enterprise going."
They don't have what it takes to keep their criminal enterprise going. The competency crisis is a blessing in disguise.
"Maxwell Azzarello and Aaron Bushnell are harbingers of the explosive bonfires coming our way. The counterfeit god of this world will demand his sacrifices and burnt offerings again, before the real God arrives to strip him of his illegitimate crown. The bad news is, this conflict is going to get a lot crazier before the resolution comes. However, the good news is, the crazier and more cataclysmic the conflict, the more rewarding the resolution will be. And the real God is very real, so all of this will ultimately be resolved."
Amen. God is in charge, Christ is King and a Reckoning (sic) is on the horizon.
2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Hi Daniel D. It’s hard to see or think straight in an upside down world. Thank you for being one of the heroic writers on the front lines articulating how “the great inversion” or “the great perversion” is increasingly taking a firm hold in human affairs. The degradation has been visibly creeping in from the periphery for a century or longer, and unmistakably resembles the same whoreish characteristics of Babylon. Satan and his minions were always reputed for using their “calling card of perversion”. But in the 20th century we became all too clever of a society to believe in such foolishness. Hubris blinds. Though we were well warned, and saga after saga should have prepared us about the consequences of moral vacuity, we fell headlong into the classic trap of thinking we could outwit the devil.
But there are signs that a new collective is growing. Substack is something akin to an ark where we can find words that will shelter us through the mayhem. ❤️
Thanks for the kind words! Substack has definitely been a blessing; since I've been on this platform, I've had my views challenged in some beneficial ways by perspectives I never would have encountered on a legacy media or larger social media platform. We're all pilgrims passing through this crazy clownworld, comparing notes and trying to find our way after realizing the maps are full of deliberate inaccuracies meant to lead us astray. I really am grateful for this platform we have that allows us to share our observations and form more accurate maps of this treacherous terrain we're all trying to navigate!
Burnt offerings! That’s what’s so creepy about these suicides by fire. They’re sacrificing themselves… to whom?
If demons somehow feed off of negative emotional energy ("loosh"), with intense suffering and pain being especially delectable to their demented tastes, I would imagine that some incredibly intense loosh was suddenly released after Azzarello set himself on fire.
Being a believer, and having read Revelations I expect things will get MUCH worse before the end, pray. Gather. Worship.
I appreciate the story about the open approach to death from the 1890s - it's always good to be reminded that social norms can change in a relatively short time frame.
Re: the grentocracy - they are dying, and it will only accelerate in the next 20 years. It will be interesting to see how well their protegees fare when they've all kicked the bucket. The competency crisis spares no one, and I'm not certain the next generation of "elites" has what it takes to keep the enterprise going.
"It's always good to be reminded that social norms can change in a relatively short time frame."
That is *very* true. One thing that is encouraging about seeing how fast things changed for the worse: things can also change quickly for the better. And it's also reassuring to know things have not always been this crazy (or at least not crazy in the same way that they are now). Fashionable ideologies come and go, but the eternal Truth abides intact.
"I'm not certain the next generation of "elites" has what it takes to keep the enterprise going."
They don't have what it takes to keep their criminal enterprise going. The competency crisis is a blessing in disguise.
Excellent essay! You have described and explained so much of what is going on. Thank you!!!
Thanks!
This was an amazingly insightful post. Thank you
Thanks!
"Maxwell Azzarello and Aaron Bushnell are harbingers of the explosive bonfires coming our way. The counterfeit god of this world will demand his sacrifices and burnt offerings again, before the real God arrives to strip him of his illegitimate crown. The bad news is, this conflict is going to get a lot crazier before the resolution comes. However, the good news is, the crazier and more cataclysmic the conflict, the more rewarding the resolution will be. And the real God is very real, so all of this will ultimately be resolved."
Amen. God is in charge, Christ is King and a Reckoning (sic) is on the horizon.
Wonderful! I was unfamiliar with Kipling’s “The God’s of the Copybook Headings.” What an amazing poem!
It is excellent! I'm delighted to know that I introduced it to a new reader!
Wow. Zing. Bravo. Right on. Couldn’t have expressed it better. Though I wish I did.
Thanks for the kind words.
2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Hi Daniel D. It’s hard to see or think straight in an upside down world. Thank you for being one of the heroic writers on the front lines articulating how “the great inversion” or “the great perversion” is increasingly taking a firm hold in human affairs. The degradation has been visibly creeping in from the periphery for a century or longer, and unmistakably resembles the same whoreish characteristics of Babylon. Satan and his minions were always reputed for using their “calling card of perversion”. But in the 20th century we became all too clever of a society to believe in such foolishness. Hubris blinds. Though we were well warned, and saga after saga should have prepared us about the consequences of moral vacuity, we fell headlong into the classic trap of thinking we could outwit the devil.
But there are signs that a new collective is growing. Substack is something akin to an ark where we can find words that will shelter us through the mayhem. ❤️
Thanks for the kind words! Substack has definitely been a blessing; since I've been on this platform, I've had my views challenged in some beneficial ways by perspectives I never would have encountered on a legacy media or larger social media platform. We're all pilgrims passing through this crazy clownworld, comparing notes and trying to find our way after realizing the maps are full of deliberate inaccuracies meant to lead us astray. I really am grateful for this platform we have that allows us to share our observations and form more accurate maps of this treacherous terrain we're all trying to navigate!
Thanks Josh for your recommendations. Have read so many great posts that you restacked!
Hillary?
AOC?
Oprah?
Thanks!