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All these years they walked among us pretending to understand how economies work, pretending to be seasoned analysts of costs and benefits, pretending to have learned from the great genocides, and pretending to respect free expression, informed consent and bodily autonomy.

– Mark Changizi

February 10th, 2022 |

7 comments to Samizdata quote of the day

  • embutler butler
    February 10, 2022 at 8:29 pm

    the elites want to save the earth..
    people, not neeeded..

  • bobby b
    February 10, 2022 at 9:57 pm

    I’m not sure to whom he refers. All of my first guesses decidedly did not pretend to “respect free expression, informed consent and bodily autonomy.” They denigrated all of them, forever.

  • Roué le Jour
    February 11, 2022 at 12:51 am

    When I was a young man I assumed that even politicians I didn’t like were at least patriotic. As time passed I was forced to conclude that this wasn’t true. My government showed no great love for the country, it’s people and culture. Furthermore, no other western government did either. In fact, no western government shows any concern for the future of western civilization at all.

  • Nicholas (Unlicensed Joker) Gray
    February 11, 2022 at 10:51 am

    Have you ever thought that you might like living under a dictatorship? There would be no need to form an opinion of your own, your place in society would be fixed, and pesky things like ‘laws’ wouldn’t matter! On the other hand, rebelling against such a society would force you to become an iron-willed individual, and you might get a favourable mention in the history-books if your side wins!

  • Paul Marks
    February 12, 2022 at 1:56 pm

    Yes the international establishment elite hate everything we stand for – Freedom of Speech, limited government, individual rights AGAINST the state, everything.

    Rudy Giuliani (turned by the media into a hate figure) points out that this is NOT recent – he explains that such bodies as the “Justice” Department were corrupted as long ago as the Clinton Administration.

    And what did President Bush and Giuliani’s own friend President Trump, do about that? Nothing – essentially nothing (the bureaucracy is totally under the control of fanatical Collectivists – who are filled with hatred for the United States and Western Civilisation generally).

    Economic policy?

    The international establishment elite (including the “business” elite) believe in endless government spending (the lunatics who control such places as California are SUPPORTED by Big Business) financed by creating money-from-nothing. They also believe in endless regulations – even PRICE CONTROLS.

    Yes – the modern establishment elite (including the business elite) think that such rulers as the Emperor Diocletian and King Louis XIV (the Sun King) are economic policy role models.

    They also share the opinion of the Emperor Diocletian and King Louis XIV on Civil Liberties.

    “But Paul. Putin will save us!” – in the same way that Eurasia “saves” the citizens of Oceania or the rulers of East Asia “save” the citizens of Oceania and Eurasia.

    “Putin did not have a lockdown” – YES HE DID.

    “Putin will destroy Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum” – in reality Mr Putin was on the WEF “Young Leaders” program (the control of the “commanding heights” of the Russian economy by the state and allied Corporations over the last 20 years is the sort of thing the WEF loves – as it loves people being concentrated into blocks of flats in cities, very modern Russia).

    Chairman Xi of the People’s Republic of China is more pro WEF than Mr Putin is – partly because Chairman Xi is sure that he (not the West – or Russia) will CONTROL this “international governance”.

    And Chairman Xi is correct.

    Dr Klaus Schwab thinks that Chairman Xi is his puppet – but the real relationship is the other way round.

    Yes – Klaus Schwab is NOT the puppet master of the world (as he fondly believes himself to be), Klaus Schwab is just a delusional old man – who the People’s Republic of China is using as its puppet (as they do “international institutions” generally).

  • Niall Kilmartin
    February 12, 2022 at 6:25 pm

    Readers have doubtless heard of (but hopefully not heard – unless they are protesting in New Zealand, in which case my heartfelt sympathy and admiration go out to you) the appalling tactics which the Kiwi authorities are now using in their war against vaccine-mandate-protestors.

    THEY ARE PLAYING BARRY MANILOW RECORDS AT THE PROTESTORS.

    (Details on today’s BBC.)

    Are there no depths to which these people cannot sink?

    The protestors are retaliating with counter-ghetto-blasts of Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re not gonna take it’.

    This could get ugly! – or at least, noisy. 🙂

  • bobby b
    February 12, 2022 at 8:01 pm

    “THEY ARE PLAYING BARRY MANILOW RECORDS AT THE PROTESTORS”

    Can’t decide if this is shades of A Clockwork Orange (“Have a listen to Barry in the headphones, my droog!”) or Nineteen Eight-Four (“You know what’s in that cage – it’s Barry!”)

    Fascists will always fascist.

    (In reality, though, I have to admire the sense of humor in any cop who says “let’s blast ’em with Manilow!” as crowd control.)

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