A most welcome fact-packed summary of our human genius for destroying the beautiful, beneficial and life-supporting – thank you!
I almost feel sorry for the Hollywood, self-serving, deluded and totally ignorant who are unaware they have been flattered into self-destruction. Instead of fulfilling their democratic duty to keep their bureaucrats accountable, and thus their environment viable, they wallowed in their unkindness and stupidity. Now their homes are but uninsured ash - oh, well, what a shame, never mind.
I don't suppose any of those strapping young men who cross the Channel uninvited are skilled trades-people? We don't actually need any more unskilled young men - with increasing AI and therefore automation we only have loss of jobs – apart from the armed forces many of whom can only be deployed in quiet and hospitable areas. I understand that the more traditional types are used to protect many of our MPs, who, for some reason, are not as popular as they imagined with their constituents.
One of the most disheartening discoveries is that not only are our young working class unskilled but also our ruling class. It appears that our MPs rely on the 'advice' of civil servants who don't regard themselves as servants and take the advice (marketing and hard salesmanship) of various lobbyists. Unfortunately, their degrees in the classics ill equipping them for understanding business motivations, basic financial matters or scientific/technical issues. Much like our Hollywood elite, our civil servants seem dazzled by their superiority and by the flattery of the lobbyists.
Lastly, I am enjoying the POTUS' uplifting agenda – if only he wasn't firmly welded to the mRNA jabs. But maybe he will be able to encourage more useful industries and rely less on medical scams.
Thank you so much for a most enjoyable read. I sincerely hope you and yours are flourishing.
Thank you Zara, and for a most excellent summary of the UK condition. You should start a Substack! It costs nothing and maybe you will attract paid subscribers eventually. I was introduced to Substack by a colleague at TBP, where I repost all my scribbles, and it acts as an archive going back to 2018: Plus it's all FOC, so you don't need to pay for the Part 2 serial: https://www.theburningplatform.com/author/austrian-peter/
TBP is an American site and the comments are instructive of our transatlantic friend's attitudes - insightful indeed - I always try to reply eventually! I will help you if you want to give it a try. I have noticed that the big hitters (50k+ subscribers) write about personal issues and their life managment issues - you would be good at this describing how the decline of UK directly affects you. My readers are mostly finance and economic professionals on LinkedIn where I repost to groups: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
I am planning a new, personal Substack for later this year - perhaps we could partner? I will write about SA paradise and compare it with your UK experiences. There is a colleague in Zimbabwe, Cathy who offers similar and worth reading to get the jist of an approach.
Dear AP, how kind of you to respond and with such generous suggestions and helpful advice! Thank you.
I have been planning to try and create a substack. However, several things impede my progress, not least I’m involved with the tail end of some social issues and I must also fulfil some personal obligations. Of course, I am also technologically inept, my computer man has just retired, my government wants to kill me, but worse, I can’t quite categorise my ‘niche.’
I have an abundance of amusing stories – both personal and anecdotal, which I would like to weave into the ‘wisdom’ I hope I have gathered and wish to offer up i.e.”what I know before I go.” Actually, there’s lots of quite heavy stuff as well but conveyed in such an easy to understand way that fundamentals (the understanding of which gives confidence) are presented as obvious and useful facts that anyone can appreciate and use.
I was thinking of calling my effort: “Sailing on Karma Waters.” Welcome aboard! We will all embark on a voyage of discovery, dispersing the fog of fear to find the treasure of beauty, kindness and understanding in order to experience the gift of life to its utmost. To understand all, is to forgive all – that’s undoubtedly a bit too ambitious but to understand a bit more, and therefore be more at peace with the world, would be delightful. What do you think?
I wish you well with your personal ‘stack and look forward to reading it. As you might guess, I have my withered hands full but was very much flattered by your kind offer. Again, thank you.
A most welcome fact-packed summary of our human genius for destroying the beautiful, beneficial and life-supporting – thank you!
I almost feel sorry for the Hollywood, self-serving, deluded and totally ignorant who are unaware they have been flattered into self-destruction. Instead of fulfilling their democratic duty to keep their bureaucrats accountable, and thus their environment viable, they wallowed in their unkindness and stupidity. Now their homes are but uninsured ash - oh, well, what a shame, never mind.
I don't suppose any of those strapping young men who cross the Channel uninvited are skilled trades-people? We don't actually need any more unskilled young men - with increasing AI and therefore automation we only have loss of jobs – apart from the armed forces many of whom can only be deployed in quiet and hospitable areas. I understand that the more traditional types are used to protect many of our MPs, who, for some reason, are not as popular as they imagined with their constituents.
One of the most disheartening discoveries is that not only are our young working class unskilled but also our ruling class. It appears that our MPs rely on the 'advice' of civil servants who don't regard themselves as servants and take the advice (marketing and hard salesmanship) of various lobbyists. Unfortunately, their degrees in the classics ill equipping them for understanding business motivations, basic financial matters or scientific/technical issues. Much like our Hollywood elite, our civil servants seem dazzled by their superiority and by the flattery of the lobbyists.
Lastly, I am enjoying the POTUS' uplifting agenda – if only he wasn't firmly welded to the mRNA jabs. But maybe he will be able to encourage more useful industries and rely less on medical scams.
Thank you so much for a most enjoyable read. I sincerely hope you and yours are flourishing.
Thank you Zara, and for a most excellent summary of the UK condition. You should start a Substack! It costs nothing and maybe you will attract paid subscribers eventually. I was introduced to Substack by a colleague at TBP, where I repost all my scribbles, and it acts as an archive going back to 2018: Plus it's all FOC, so you don't need to pay for the Part 2 serial: https://www.theburningplatform.com/author/austrian-peter/
TBP is an American site and the comments are instructive of our transatlantic friend's attitudes - insightful indeed - I always try to reply eventually! I will help you if you want to give it a try. I have noticed that the big hitters (50k+ subscribers) write about personal issues and their life managment issues - you would be good at this describing how the decline of UK directly affects you. My readers are mostly finance and economic professionals on LinkedIn where I repost to groups: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
I am planning a new, personal Substack for later this year - perhaps we could partner? I will write about SA paradise and compare it with your UK experiences. There is a colleague in Zimbabwe, Cathy who offers similar and worth reading to get the jist of an approach.
https://cathybuckle.co.zw/
Dear AP, how kind of you to respond and with such generous suggestions and helpful advice! Thank you.
I have been planning to try and create a substack. However, several things impede my progress, not least I’m involved with the tail end of some social issues and I must also fulfil some personal obligations. Of course, I am also technologically inept, my computer man has just retired, my government wants to kill me, but worse, I can’t quite categorise my ‘niche.’
I have an abundance of amusing stories – both personal and anecdotal, which I would like to weave into the ‘wisdom’ I hope I have gathered and wish to offer up i.e.”what I know before I go.” Actually, there’s lots of quite heavy stuff as well but conveyed in such an easy to understand way that fundamentals (the understanding of which gives confidence) are presented as obvious and useful facts that anyone can appreciate and use.
I was thinking of calling my effort: “Sailing on Karma Waters.” Welcome aboard! We will all embark on a voyage of discovery, dispersing the fog of fear to find the treasure of beauty, kindness and understanding in order to experience the gift of life to its utmost. To understand all, is to forgive all – that’s undoubtedly a bit too ambitious but to understand a bit more, and therefore be more at peace with the world, would be delightful. What do you think?
I wish you well with your personal ‘stack and look forward to reading it. As you might guess, I have my withered hands full but was very much flattered by your kind offer. Again, thank you.