Very good article. I think the underlying elephant in the room is the theft of the 2020 election leading to the public losing significant confidence and respect for our government and republic. The fear that we're on the brink of being a third world shit hole is palpable and real. Trust is fundamental to the success of our nation and trust has been significantly eroded whether on an agency by agency basis, the hypocrisy of politicians and the effect it all has on our government.
true, there was definitely a dark energy after the 2020 election and especially after Janurary 6th where we didn't know what the future would hold for us, you had stuff like AOC trying to make a list of Trump supporters and the political prosicuation of dissent after Jan 6th that demorolized a lot of people and that depressed energy continued until Afganistation when Biden saw massive drop in polling. Then the lets go Brandon thing and Virginia and "I did that" memes really brought some optimism and meme energy into peoples lives. And also realizing that Biden is being stalled by Manchin and Sinema helps. But yea there was definitely a dark period during the first half of the year
Ouch, I forgot about the McCarthy-era list AOC was trying to put together. Add on top of that was cancelling Keystone and losing our energy independence. The list really does go on and on. And as Styx said, it wasn't one thing that made 2021 such a time of trepidation but rather across the board in all categories results that were at best a C- but more likely D's and F's...
Agreed. I feel this issue was missing in Tarl's piece. And it's a big issue because not only may people have lost 'significant confidence and respect' but one could argue that in fact the representative Republic fell last November not because the election may have been stolen but because the systems in place to inspect and verify such concerns were deliberately derailed.
And this was especially important last year for reasons I have yet to see mentioned. Leaving aside that we know many thousands, if not millions, of Trump votes were deliberately destroyed or not counted, he is still credited with having received TWELVE MILLION more votes than those which got him elected in 2016. That is a huge number, unprecedented. And yet somehow in the wee hours of Wednesday morning whilst the counting had supposedly stopped for a while, Biden emerged victorious, often winning more votes than there were voters.
And then none of this was ever fully investigated since all cases were thrown out for lack of standing.
So it doesn't matter whether you think the election was stolen or not, the simple fact remains that a very unusual election with questionable rules changes involving mail-in ballots and their verification (or rather lack of it) resulted in an unprecedented number of votes which usually would have ensured a 1984-like (49 State) landslide ended up with a loss and those results were never fully vetted.
That is why the Republic fell because a Republic depends upon a Rule of Law, and that Law ultimately comes from its Constitution without which no Republic can legally or functionally be said to exist.
I believe, therefore, that the first US Republic fell on November 4th 2020. I know many Republicans are bent on 'taking our country back' starting with the mid-term elections in 2022, but I fear it is already too late. The country that they want to get back no longer exists. Humpty Dumpty cannot be put back together again. Rather than 'making America great again' we need to 'make a new and better America.'
What is needed is the formation of a Second Republic with a new constitution. In other words - and most ironically - we do indeed need a Great Reset, not just in America but the entire world. The problem is that the people most responsible for pushing things into extremes and thus dysfunction are the same ones proffering their new techno-feudal dystopia. And if middle of the road 'conservative' voices do not contribute to the fashioning of this new Republic and only so-called 'progressives' (aka Big Business global Autarchs) get their way, then the second Republic is going to prove worse than the First, which was never perfect although had great virtues.
So what else is new?
2021 may not have been the worst year in US history, but it may well prove to have been one of the most consequential, up there with the ending of the Civil War or the Declaration and then War of Independence against the British Crown.
Good point on the 2020 election theft. Even foreign countries realize that the election was a fraud, and that erosion of Americans confidence could do untold damage for years to come.
It is safe to say this year has been the worst in my lifetime, so at least since the 70's. Even then, it really depends on what class you're in. Rich upper class? This is probably the best year you've had. Poor, or even middle class? Someone who lives in the middle of the rapidly failing cities? Worst year.
I've been reminded that history goes in cycles, and this is definitely the low spot in the cycle. But how do we get into the upward movement of this cycle if half the country is so scared they can't do anything without the government giving them permission?
We did this to ourselves with factory schools churning out obedient workers. It's going to take a massive effort to break it.
I agree with you on everything but the factory schools churning out obedient workers. That would be an improvement. I don't know what the hell these schools are churning out, but it's nothing so useful as a "worker."
You are correct. The last decade they have been progressing away from worker toward... Idk. But before that, in my time, they did churn out obedient workers. That's partly why many adults these days can not fathom that the government would do anything to hurt them. My ex and I had been together ten years and suddenly started fighting because I dared to question the government, and he had to trust the experts. I'm sure a lot of families are split up this Christmas because of that.
When you say "adults," depends on your age. Us "seasoned" citizens know that "the government" is just people; and therefore, it is not some benevolent activity like your fairy godmother. Depending on who is running it, it can be a vicious, vindictive force that you have no ability to resist.
I'm just counting an adult as over 18. If we are only counting adults as people who are capable of critical thinking then we are sorely lacking in that department. Even my 70 year old (ex) in-laws who were upper middle class, and fully capable of taking on ceo's could not comprehend that maybe, just maybe, the media is lying and medical doctors may lie or cook the books to earn money. They couldn't even remember back as far as the "cigarette cause cancer" debacle that happened not 40 years ago.
Critical thinking...jeez...like common sense are sorely lacking these days. Sadly, age doesn't necessarily impart intelligence, common sense, or the ability of critical thinking. Where trusting the media or government is concerned, I think you have to add experience to the other factors. If you've been a cog in the machine, you know that government is not an benevolent entity that you can trust. It's just people doing what they decide they will do - for good or bad. The media is just a bunch of Jackals - ambulance chasers and muck rakers with an agenda. So, all in all, if you were young and stupid and lived long enough, you became old and stupid - and you can't fix stupid.
Depends on your age. I'm mid-40s and I'm infinitely more jaded than many people with 20 or 30 years on me. But then I was raised by an old-school libertarian, so I suppose that helped.
I'm sorry. That's sad. I had the opposite happen. My husband has become much more like me over the years, so when this came down, we were firmly on the same page. He now questions 9/11 (I'm not a full-on tinfoil hat wearer, but much about that didn't make sense and we're here partially because they exploited people's fear with the PATRIOT Act). In the beginning, he laughed at me.
I think a very large part of it is we moved back in with his parents. Being home in their house with his old friends (all very left wing as they are firmly Seattle) closed him off completely to anything I had to say.
I don't think it matter which class you're in. Unless you are part of the elite you are getting fucked, especially if you choose not to take a medical procedure and comply with medical tyranny
i'm in the "retired class" and live in the woods basically. a dentist and a real MD are all i need to get by without Karen central, and not watching TV helps. i would not work for any fucker who wants to assault me wit a needle. fuck em. they're goin' down!
step out of the circle, electronics and Microsoft has the world in its clutches. just hit the "off switch". try to put down the media devices. if you "jones" for them, its an addiction. i like booze, but i quit 13 years ago. feel so much better that i did.
I've been mostly away from tech for the last month because we have no internet where we live. Not going to lie, I need the internet. I can't get a regular job as long as mask mandates are in place so the best option I have is the internet.
The rise of technocratic elites. Censoring anyone not in alignment with their absolute control. But what’s worse are the people who voted for a demented criminal as president of the united states. And the willingness to have their lips sewed to the anuses of the technocratic elites believing every word they shite.
Attacking doctors for prescribing FDA approved drugs, blocking all sensible treatments, using pharmacies to police MD’s, publishing a fake article to Lancet and using it to rationalize national tyranny against early treatment.
Excellent points making the comparison to other challenging periods of US history, and you're spot on with your analysis. I'd add one more to the equation and that is the unapologetic and blatant media bias and clear manipulation by big tech to force an agenda. This is unprecedented in our history - granted newspapers always have had a 'spin' but there was at least some willingness to be accountable. Now we have literal tech overlords... who rose to primacy in 2021 with the 'election' of poopy-pants Brandon.
Having lived through the '70s and Jimmy Carters economy, I can say this is the worst year in my 55 years on earth. As for history, it is difficult to say, and your analysis of history is on point, as usual...
from an outsiders perspective (both literally and figuratively) i think the biggest issue america has is how hyper partisan everything has become, nobody seems to be working towards a common goal and everyone disagrees with each other every chance they get.
setting aside these differences can be quite hard but there is no getting out of this shit show without it.
i agree, they somehow think the collective will defend them and provide for them in time of need which just couldn't be farther from the truth and what actually ends up happening
But what causes the bipartisanship? Two party system isn't helping, but this is much deeper than that. People are dropping family because they even hint at liking the wrong guy. The entire thing seems to be boiled down between those who follow. And those who think for themselves.
OFF TOPIC. Styx, you appear to have been hacked. Have a look at your bitchute channel (which now has several prank-phone-call videos that I don't think you posted, because they're not on Rumble or Youtube) and your website tarlwarwick.net (which is down with a wrong security cert).
The hacker is also posting comments on bitchute as you.
Funny how Fauci was involved in both the Aids fiasco and our current Covid dance. A significant thing you failed to mention is the tremendous increase in violent crime in almost all areas of the country. Crime, inflation, the Covid fiasco as well as the things that you mention drag on the psyche of people and make them feel that things are worse than they really are. The gas lines in the 1970's were really bad! Hope we don't get there, too!
I don't know about other periods of time but I can definitely say 2021 is worse than 2020, what with the dystopian jab passports and the medical coersion and economic problems. But if you were a liberal who went to sleep after Biden got installed you probably thought this trainwreck of a year was a fantastic year
I super dig the writing prowess on display here. It flowed with expert pause and abundantly fresh prose.
I don't feel this year was the worst at anything, or even bad on a basis of amalgamation in the grand scheme. Only and solely because, I still (as a bluecollar regular jackoff) benefitted from unfettered web acess (even in the face of continuous Facebook Jail sentence), my cheap beer was NOT affected by the supply shortages, and I was given JUST ENOUGH work load and literary distraction to keep my mind from driving my limbs to seek a climb up some random clock tower, and my ammo is yet still such that I feel secure in making the State pay should they deny me my life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness.
Things are shitty. Outlook is rough. But there is, for the stalwart, impetus to perpetuate the grind, and go until breaking-- so long as there is red meat, booze, hot water and laundry detergent. I feel a bit complicit in my lack of lofty aspirations, alongside the State fucking life up for kids. But shit happens, life ain't fair, and I still hold hope in making shade for future generations to enjoy.
I am not Zarathustra's Last Man, I care. But I also have a portion of perspective and perceive the place I must propagate in producing progress for my progeny if all plays out preferably. I therefore must eat a goodly and undesirable allotment of shit circumstances with minimal complaint to claim my own stance of stoicism.
The powers that be are trying to get the people to revolt and start civil wars all over the world. More than likely to be able to justify imposing Marshall Law. Let us just prepare for the next screwing that will come out of the "how to create civil disobedience playbook" because it is coming.
Very good article. I think the underlying elephant in the room is the theft of the 2020 election leading to the public losing significant confidence and respect for our government and republic. The fear that we're on the brink of being a third world shit hole is palpable and real. Trust is fundamental to the success of our nation and trust has been significantly eroded whether on an agency by agency basis, the hypocrisy of politicians and the effect it all has on our government.
true, there was definitely a dark energy after the 2020 election and especially after Janurary 6th where we didn't know what the future would hold for us, you had stuff like AOC trying to make a list of Trump supporters and the political prosicuation of dissent after Jan 6th that demorolized a lot of people and that depressed energy continued until Afganistation when Biden saw massive drop in polling. Then the lets go Brandon thing and Virginia and "I did that" memes really brought some optimism and meme energy into peoples lives. And also realizing that Biden is being stalled by Manchin and Sinema helps. But yea there was definitely a dark period during the first half of the year
Ouch, I forgot about the McCarthy-era list AOC was trying to put together. Add on top of that was cancelling Keystone and losing our energy independence. The list really does go on and on. And as Styx said, it wasn't one thing that made 2021 such a time of trepidation but rather across the board in all categories results that were at best a C- but more likely D's and F's...
yea the list does go on and on, 2021 was definitely bad across the board
Agreed. I feel this issue was missing in Tarl's piece. And it's a big issue because not only may people have lost 'significant confidence and respect' but one could argue that in fact the representative Republic fell last November not because the election may have been stolen but because the systems in place to inspect and verify such concerns were deliberately derailed.
And this was especially important last year for reasons I have yet to see mentioned. Leaving aside that we know many thousands, if not millions, of Trump votes were deliberately destroyed or not counted, he is still credited with having received TWELVE MILLION more votes than those which got him elected in 2016. That is a huge number, unprecedented. And yet somehow in the wee hours of Wednesday morning whilst the counting had supposedly stopped for a while, Biden emerged victorious, often winning more votes than there were voters.
And then none of this was ever fully investigated since all cases were thrown out for lack of standing.
So it doesn't matter whether you think the election was stolen or not, the simple fact remains that a very unusual election with questionable rules changes involving mail-in ballots and their verification (or rather lack of it) resulted in an unprecedented number of votes which usually would have ensured a 1984-like (49 State) landslide ended up with a loss and those results were never fully vetted.
That is why the Republic fell because a Republic depends upon a Rule of Law, and that Law ultimately comes from its Constitution without which no Republic can legally or functionally be said to exist.
I believe, therefore, that the first US Republic fell on November 4th 2020. I know many Republicans are bent on 'taking our country back' starting with the mid-term elections in 2022, but I fear it is already too late. The country that they want to get back no longer exists. Humpty Dumpty cannot be put back together again. Rather than 'making America great again' we need to 'make a new and better America.'
What is needed is the formation of a Second Republic with a new constitution. In other words - and most ironically - we do indeed need a Great Reset, not just in America but the entire world. The problem is that the people most responsible for pushing things into extremes and thus dysfunction are the same ones proffering their new techno-feudal dystopia. And if middle of the road 'conservative' voices do not contribute to the fashioning of this new Republic and only so-called 'progressives' (aka Big Business global Autarchs) get their way, then the second Republic is going to prove worse than the First, which was never perfect although had great virtues.
So what else is new?
2021 may not have been the worst year in US history, but it may well prove to have been one of the most consequential, up there with the ending of the Civil War or the Declaration and then War of Independence against the British Crown.
Good point on the 2020 election theft. Even foreign countries realize that the election was a fraud, and that erosion of Americans confidence could do untold damage for years to come.
It is safe to say this year has been the worst in my lifetime, so at least since the 70's. Even then, it really depends on what class you're in. Rich upper class? This is probably the best year you've had. Poor, or even middle class? Someone who lives in the middle of the rapidly failing cities? Worst year.
I've been reminded that history goes in cycles, and this is definitely the low spot in the cycle. But how do we get into the upward movement of this cycle if half the country is so scared they can't do anything without the government giving them permission?
We did this to ourselves with factory schools churning out obedient workers. It's going to take a massive effort to break it.
I agree with you on everything but the factory schools churning out obedient workers. That would be an improvement. I don't know what the hell these schools are churning out, but it's nothing so useful as a "worker."
You are correct. The last decade they have been progressing away from worker toward... Idk. But before that, in my time, they did churn out obedient workers. That's partly why many adults these days can not fathom that the government would do anything to hurt them. My ex and I had been together ten years and suddenly started fighting because I dared to question the government, and he had to trust the experts. I'm sure a lot of families are split up this Christmas because of that.
When you say "adults," depends on your age. Us "seasoned" citizens know that "the government" is just people; and therefore, it is not some benevolent activity like your fairy godmother. Depending on who is running it, it can be a vicious, vindictive force that you have no ability to resist.
I'm just counting an adult as over 18. If we are only counting adults as people who are capable of critical thinking then we are sorely lacking in that department. Even my 70 year old (ex) in-laws who were upper middle class, and fully capable of taking on ceo's could not comprehend that maybe, just maybe, the media is lying and medical doctors may lie or cook the books to earn money. They couldn't even remember back as far as the "cigarette cause cancer" debacle that happened not 40 years ago.
Critical thinking...jeez...like common sense are sorely lacking these days. Sadly, age doesn't necessarily impart intelligence, common sense, or the ability of critical thinking. Where trusting the media or government is concerned, I think you have to add experience to the other factors. If you've been a cog in the machine, you know that government is not an benevolent entity that you can trust. It's just people doing what they decide they will do - for good or bad. The media is just a bunch of Jackals - ambulance chasers and muck rakers with an agenda. So, all in all, if you were young and stupid and lived long enough, you became old and stupid - and you can't fix stupid.
Depends on your age. I'm mid-40s and I'm infinitely more jaded than many people with 20 or 30 years on me. But then I was raised by an old-school libertarian, so I suppose that helped.
Sorry, I meant to say depends on the person.
I'm sorry. That's sad. I had the opposite happen. My husband has become much more like me over the years, so when this came down, we were firmly on the same page. He now questions 9/11 (I'm not a full-on tinfoil hat wearer, but much about that didn't make sense and we're here partially because they exploited people's fear with the PATRIOT Act). In the beginning, he laughed at me.
I think a very large part of it is we moved back in with his parents. Being home in their house with his old friends (all very left wing as they are firmly Seattle) closed him off completely to anything I had to say.
I don't think it matter which class you're in. Unless you are part of the elite you are getting fucked, especially if you choose not to take a medical procedure and comply with medical tyranny
i'm in the "retired class" and live in the woods basically. a dentist and a real MD are all i need to get by without Karen central, and not watching TV helps. i would not work for any fucker who wants to assault me wit a needle. fuck em. they're goin' down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBUHDs8eN7w
nice, you're living the Karen-free life. No one's gonna coerce me into getting a jab either. Also nice song
Karen-free living with Styxhexenhammer...
step out of the circle, electronics and Microsoft has the world in its clutches. just hit the "off switch". try to put down the media devices. if you "jones" for them, its an addiction. i like booze, but i quit 13 years ago. feel so much better that i did.
I've been mostly away from tech for the last month because we have no internet where we live. Not going to lie, I need the internet. I can't get a regular job as long as mask mandates are in place so the best option I have is the internet.
Media driven healthcare. Never forget you can keep your own doctor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Rl8TpGIP4
my doctor.
Yes, you can keep your doctor; for now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktCekbe1wI4
The rise of technocratic elites. Censoring anyone not in alignment with their absolute control. But what’s worse are the people who voted for a demented criminal as president of the united states. And the willingness to have their lips sewed to the anuses of the technocratic elites believing every word they shite.
Attacking doctors for prescribing FDA approved drugs, blocking all sensible treatments, using pharmacies to police MD’s, publishing a fake article to Lancet and using it to rationalize national tyranny against early treatment.
Excellent points making the comparison to other challenging periods of US history, and you're spot on with your analysis. I'd add one more to the equation and that is the unapologetic and blatant media bias and clear manipulation by big tech to force an agenda. This is unprecedented in our history - granted newspapers always have had a 'spin' but there was at least some willingness to be accountable. Now we have literal tech overlords... who rose to primacy in 2021 with the 'election' of poopy-pants Brandon.
Having lived through the '70s and Jimmy Carters economy, I can say this is the worst year in my 55 years on earth. As for history, it is difficult to say, and your analysis of history is on point, as usual...
I was thinking that as well. The destruction of cities is far worse even then all the times LA was burned due to rioting.
from an outsiders perspective (both literally and figuratively) i think the biggest issue america has is how hyper partisan everything has become, nobody seems to be working towards a common goal and everyone disagrees with each other every chance they get.
setting aside these differences can be quite hard but there is no getting out of this shit show without it.
willful ignorance is the greatest sin, next to stupidity and envy.
you can't change someone who doesn't feel shame or remorse and it seems there is plenty of that going around these days.
eh, they eat their own humble pie eventually.....
i would love that, not because i hate them or anything, i just want to know what the world really is about
its all TMI and uneducated massed addled by it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0q3Vh1Yr9Q
"masses addled", i am an idiot....
I do think they feel it or cancel culture wouldn't be a thing. They just think of they follow they will escape it. They are wrong.
i agree, they somehow think the collective will defend them and provide for them in time of need which just couldn't be farther from the truth and what actually ends up happening
But what causes the bipartisanship? Two party system isn't helping, but this is much deeper than that. People are dropping family because they even hint at liking the wrong guy. The entire thing seems to be boiled down between those who follow. And those who think for themselves.
yes, unfortunately there is hardly any effort to reach a common ground and focus on things we all can agree on.
"We're in this together" was a call of unity. Do you feel united, 6 feet apart and masked at all times? (Don't mention the undesirables)
OFF TOPIC. Styx, you appear to have been hacked. Have a look at your bitchute channel (which now has several prank-phone-call videos that I don't think you posted, because they're not on Rumble or Youtube) and your website tarlwarwick.net (which is down with a wrong security cert).
The hacker is also posting comments on bitchute as you.
There is no hacker. I uploaded them.
Noticed that yesterday as well.
Funny how Fauci was involved in both the Aids fiasco and our current Covid dance. A significant thing you failed to mention is the tremendous increase in violent crime in almost all areas of the country. Crime, inflation, the Covid fiasco as well as the things that you mention drag on the psyche of people and make them feel that things are worse than they really are. The gas lines in the 1970's were really bad! Hope we don't get there, too!
And, as always, social elite authoritarians are the cause of the bulk of the issues.
I don't know about other periods of time but I can definitely say 2021 is worse than 2020, what with the dystopian jab passports and the medical coersion and economic problems. But if you were a liberal who went to sleep after Biden got installed you probably thought this trainwreck of a year was a fantastic year
I would rank the Civil War as the worst years of this country.
It is definitely up there. 2022 will be worse..
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I super dig the writing prowess on display here. It flowed with expert pause and abundantly fresh prose.
I don't feel this year was the worst at anything, or even bad on a basis of amalgamation in the grand scheme. Only and solely because, I still (as a bluecollar regular jackoff) benefitted from unfettered web acess (even in the face of continuous Facebook Jail sentence), my cheap beer was NOT affected by the supply shortages, and I was given JUST ENOUGH work load and literary distraction to keep my mind from driving my limbs to seek a climb up some random clock tower, and my ammo is yet still such that I feel secure in making the State pay should they deny me my life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness.
Things are shitty. Outlook is rough. But there is, for the stalwart, impetus to perpetuate the grind, and go until breaking-- so long as there is red meat, booze, hot water and laundry detergent. I feel a bit complicit in my lack of lofty aspirations, alongside the State fucking life up for kids. But shit happens, life ain't fair, and I still hold hope in making shade for future generations to enjoy.
I am not Zarathustra's Last Man, I care. But I also have a portion of perspective and perceive the place I must propagate in producing progress for my progeny if all plays out preferably. I therefore must eat a goodly and undesirable allotment of shit circumstances with minimal complaint to claim my own stance of stoicism.
The powers that be are trying to get the people to revolt and start civil wars all over the world. More than likely to be able to justify imposing Marshall Law. Let us just prepare for the next screwing that will come out of the "how to create civil disobedience playbook" because it is coming.