The Absence of A Conscience Round

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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”― Hannah Arendt

In a world that is spinning out of control could you imagine being one of those individuals that was a proponent of the nefarious government mandates and narratives that ushered in all of this chaos? 

If you answered No to that question then I’d say you and I are on the same page and we are both of the same intellectual construct. I find myself scratching my head over several of these people wondering what goes through their head when they act surprised at seeing the financial institutions going into chaos while inflation is burning through household savings like a forest fire that is raging out of control. 

After all, it’s not as if the actions that have caused these things are not blatantly obvious to those who understand how the federal reserve printing endless amounts of money combined with a federal government that outspends even the drunkest of the drunken sailors has led to this financial apocalypse that we’re all facing. 

I mean you can sit there reading, or listening to this blog and podcast, and you will get a steady flow of accurately sourced information and hopefully you learn something from the content. However, if you do learn something and are armed with the heavy artillery of accurate information then what do you find yourself doing next? 

For the past several years I’ve heard from many different people that claim to love what I’m doing with this blog and podcast, yet in the same breath they say they must be careful with spreading the information out of worry they may be fired from their job. They have also expressed concern over the fact that the corporate world is trying to discriminate against them due to their worldview and political beliefs. 

To me it should go without saying that the fear of being othered should be motivation enough to act courageous in this cultural, informational, and economic war, but if it isn’t then take a moment to consider the following. 

I understand the risks very well, yet here I am talking to you about all of this. You may recognize that and under your breath you may be asking yourself Well Brandon, why do you do it? 

You might be thinking: Brandon, after all, you do talk about being censored and canceled from various platforms frequently so why are you doing this? 

That’s a fair question, but if you have to ask then you don’t recognize the problem you’re facing and the actual environment that you’re currently living in. 

The reality is that if you’re more concerned about the here and now than you are about the next 12 months then you certainly do not understand the environment you’re living in. 

If you’re thinking it’s a good decision to lay low and hopefully not rock the boat because you want to appease the authoritarians here and now then you’re only guaranteeing a national death and quite frankly only prolonging your own for a few more months.  

However, if you can embrace the most important virtue in courage right here and now to the best of your ability and get involved as an activist to save your country you may hit some turmoil here in the present, but you’d be investing in the salvation of this Republic. That’s right, by getting involved now chances are in the next 12 months you’ll be putting yourself in an even better position in life than you currently are at this very moment. . 

You’ve heard the old saying that There are no guarantees in life except death and taxes, however I’d add a third guarantee to that list and that third element would be the fact that your personal inaction, or action will yield a result that is deserved in your lifetime. 

I mean if you don’t believe me you prove this to yourself every single day. After all, to use a sound example you pay your electric bill to keep the heat and the lights on. Sure there are outages at times, but at least in the current societal environment we are living in, those outages are most likely the exception and not the rule, maybe with the exception of being a California resident, but I digress. 

Now if you were unable to pay that bill due to some unfortunate reason then you know the lights and heat get shut off. In this instance you’re living out a clear cut example of cause and effect every single day you awaken and that cause and effect is a direct result of your daily action, or inaction to pay your electric bill regardless of the reasons involving why you can, or why you can’t. . 

When it comes to fighting for your country in this modern era your action, or inaction still also stand the chance to also yield a result that is desired, or undesired and in this current environment we’re living in it literally may involve the act of keeping your power on. When talking about the fact that what you’re living through right now in the United States is a full blown attempt at communist revolution I am being dead serious about the prospect of you being able to keep your lights on. 

Milo of Croton

One of the most renowned wrestling names in antiquity is the Greek athlete known as Milo of Croton. Aside from wrestling Milo’s name is also proverbial for extraordinary strength. 

Milo flourished in the 6th century BCE on the Olympiad in the sport of wrestling and was a figure that led a life that stories of legend are made of. 

Milo was a greatly honored native of Croton (now Crotone,Calabria), an Achaean Greek colony that is located in southern Italy. Here Milo also led the Crotoniate army to victory defeating the Sybarites (Greeks from Sybaris, also located in southern Italy) around the time of 510 BCE.(Source: Britannica) 

In the Greek national games Milo racked up wins in 32 wrestling competitions. However, according to legend, one of the most magnificent stories regarding Milo in my personal opinion can be found in his approach to training in order to prepare himself for the Olympics.