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The Aristocratic Illusion, by Robert Gore

Posted by straightlinelogic 6 years, 11 months ago to Government
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These last two years have revealed a simple truth: regardless of résumés, the aristocrats are nowhere near as bright as they think they are. For instance, the identity politics so many have fecklessly pushed completely undermines their own meritocracy myth.

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  • Posted by Dobrien 6 years, 11 months ago
    Thanks again Robert well done.
    Yes the aristocrats have been perpetuating a fraud
    With the hypocritical actions they take. The truth is surfacing and being exposed. The establishment is in an Uncivil war with US. Trump is our commander in chief . The left is losing the war.
    The Russiagate is backfiring because the truth prevails.
    Check this out Robert https://youtu.be/Mc2Wwr_51Cs
    Trumps 13 are in the cross hairs and most are connected to Clinton or Obama or CIA.
    Rep Gowdy resigned from the house ethics committee recently .I suspect it is to help prosecute Clinton and Comey and Lynch.
    Things have been quiet about Bhengazi.
    Much evil to uncover in Libya.
    As for aristocrat A better description is Kakistocrat.A kakistocracy (English pronunciation: /kækɪsˈtɑkɹəsi/) is a system of government which is run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.
    Attack the cancer and remove, I hope it is in the cards.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 6 years, 11 months ago
    At the heart of any tyrannical government from Feudalism to Communism is the aristocrat: the person who thinks that they are better than others and that as such has a "right" to rule. That's one of the things that made Ronald Reagan such a great President - he was under no such illusion. Contrast that to Obama and Hillary Clinton, who disregard the laws as being "for others not them" - the classic symptom of the aristocratic mindset.

    True freedom on the other hand lies in recognizing the equality of all before the law and the recognition in difference of talents as an opportunity for trade rather than an excuse to seek power.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 6 years, 11 months ago
    I am not sure they are aware that they are really not worthy and would be found wanting if measured and weighed.

    I think modern day aristocrats "still", hear the illusionary voices of the gods as Jaynes observed and never developed the true voice of self, otherwise,
    the voice of self would nag them to death...no justifications I am aware of could stifle the tides of conscience.

    Yes, it is an illusion. They assumed themselves intellectual but never proven by the observations of those truly, [inter]lectual. [integrated knowledge]

    Awesome job... again.
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    • Posted by BeenThere 6 years, 11 months ago
      "I am not sure they are aware that they are really not worthy and would be found wanting if measured and weighed."

      They are not aware and never will be..............they "blank out" to maintain pseudo self-esteem"..............have seen this for real in too many, too often over too many years (which ended in 1992 with semi-retirement).
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      • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 6 years, 11 months ago
        So, you have observed it too, others refuse to believe it but this is the only conclusion I can come to at this point in my studies.

        Not aware, not aware of their own behavior equals, no conscience, not conscious, not human in the same sense that those Conscious are.

        They are ruled by ego...a false identity and moderated by an imitation conscience called a super ego...how else could they possible think what they do, believe what they do or do what they do.
        They clearly lack the "I" and a conscious mind.

        It's a defect, clear and simple.
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        • Posted by BeenThere 6 years, 11 months ago
          True. "an imitation conscience called a super ego"
          The fantasy to hide the absence of actual self-esteem. As AR wrote, if ever faced, "...the next step is insanity of suicide."
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          • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 6 years, 11 months ago
            Exactly!...thank you. Identity, The "I" and the conscious mind naturally gives one a sense of self. Those without that universal identity, one's private IP address, so to speak; are naturally in conflict with a sense of self...it has to be made up, invented and that often goes wrong because it's based on subject standards that are often simply an observation of others or the opinion of others and usually the "Wrong" others. (phenomenology) - judging one's self or creating one's "self" bases on one's perception of how others are judging you...
            That's why they don't like to be judged!
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 6 years, 11 months ago
    I used to mock some of my military "aristocrats" to their face by occasionally referring to them as Count so-and-so, when I felt they were acting with undue imperiousness. Fortunately, my name tag game was widely known and appreciated, and only a few took it poorly, with most rethinking their actions. I decided the game was useless with the Washington DC bureaucrats, whose skulls proved too thick to understand even the mildest criticism.

    Jonah Goldberg's latest column, http://www.nationalreview.com/article... observes the Hollywood aristocracy and their belief in moral superiority as an example of a self-assumed elite.
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  • Posted by ewv 6 years, 11 months ago
    The article redefines aristocracy, in the sense of government by those considered to be the best or most able, to mean legal robbers, which is an entirely different concept, and ignores the role of the philosophical ideas that the "aristocracy" today holds. Most of them are smarter or better educated -- in the realm of the intellectuals.

    The political elites think that belief in statism and collectivism coupled with their education and 'quick minds' entitles them to rule others. They don't start with a premise of legal robbery. The problem is the dominant intellectuals' beliefs in altruism, collectivism and statism, not whether they pretend to be brighter than average, which most of them are and which is why they rise to the positions they are in over others with the same increasingly popular premises.

    Obama did not "become president because he was black" and Hillary was not "next in line because she was a woman". They exploited those identities for their sales pitch but they rose because they are intelligent and because of their ideas and ability to promote them; there were millions of other blacks and women who did not. Hillary was a top student in school and became valedictorian of her class at Wellesley College. Obama learned his oratorical golden tongue at a prestigious private high school in Hawaii and was highly regarded at Harvard Law School. Democrats supported both of them because of their knowledge of and ability to articulate Democrat principles in ways others could not, not because of a concept limited to legalized robbery.

    The fact that the best educated and brightest are always a minority does not mean that the fall of their statism is inevitable in days that are "numbered". If their ideas continue to spread the days of civilization are "numbered", but the rulers will have more power over less. The days of those in that kind of power are "numbered" in the same way as those of medieval kings who were always threatened by each other.

    Fix the dominant philosophical ideas and the consequences of that for education and we need not be concerned about the role of the "elites": The best and brightest should be in positions of leadership -- if they hold proper ideas and not the dominant progressivism and pragmatist philosophy of the last century that has come to define the current rule by bureaucratic elite everywhere we look.
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    • Posted by dymwyt 6 years, 11 months ago
      Yes, however, those best and brightest are human and can be bought ... which appears to be the norm. The aristocrats do what it takes to promote themselves. Entities with money control the laws and the aristocrats. It is wishful thinking that these days, where power is in the hands of those behind the scenes pulling strings, are numbered. I am powerless, those like me are powerless, large groups of those like me are powerless, to wrest the power from the elites. It's simply not possible. Our country is broken.
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      • Posted by ewv 6 years, 11 months ago
        The country is "broken" because of the false philosophic premises of unreason, altruist sacrifice as the good, collectivism and statism. That is the fundamental cause. The corruption you describe is everywhere, but that is a consequence. It's one way the destruction is put into action as false ideas are believed and implemented.
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  • Posted by Owlsrayne 6 years, 11 months ago
    Excellent essay! These Aristocrats (Dims, Media & others) have given themselves the supposed right of Coup d'etat of President Trump. They believe themselves the caretakers of those who they want to garner their votes to remain in power. Their rhetoric is also dividing the people of this country which could lead to another physical division of the USA.
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