Heresies

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1. I remember being taught a fundamental principle of law: “The King can do no wrong” and not needing it explained because it was a version of what I had also been taught as a fundamental principle of leadership and command (I was in an army): “Lead by example.” The King (and by extension whoever acts for the King) must get it right. It can’t mean “if the King does it, it’s not wrong”, it has to mean “If it’s wrong, the King must not do it, lest his authority be discredited.” It can take a long time and much suffering, but misrule will eventually be opposed or overthrown by the ruled, or another’s rule will supplant it because its support is rotted away.

   1. If you interpreted “The King can do no wrong” that way, you’re too good for this world.

      What it actually means is this: the King—or the Sovereign more generally—is above human law and cannot be held accountable for his actions in this world, unless he agrees to submit to such accountability.

      Invariably kings have only done this on pain of overthrow if they do not, by rebellious nobles or bourgeoisie with dreams of a republic. In general, governments only agree to be held accountable for their actions if they know they can be removed and liquidated without notice if they refuse.

      The King can do no wrong because if his subjects refuse to act when he does something wrong, they agree that he has the right to do whatever he likes, no matter how obviously wicked.

      1. Eventually you two will come to realize that democracy is designed to give the illusion that we have a say in how we are governed without us having any control at all. Freedom is also a mirage.

         1. So give up. Go on, kill yourself.

         2. “democracy is designed to give the illusion that we have a say in how we are governed”

            Yes. The Illusion of Democracy is designed to keep people from demanding and fighting for actual Real Democracy.
            The real issue is that most people don’t care about knowing about any of the political issues.
            You’ve heard about the Low Information Voter? We need a way to weed these people out somehow.
            Either a Voter Awareness Test and/or an ‘If you don’t care enough to understand the issues Don’t Vote’ info effort.
            The Fundamental Problem with Democracy is the LIV. The LIV spells the Death of Democracy.

      2. “Oath of allegience to kings of Castille (Spain)

         We who are as good as you, swear to you, who are no better than we, to accept you as our king and sovereign lord, provided you observe all our liberties and laws, but if not, not.

         J.H Elliot, “Imperial Spain” “

   2. In a nutshell, why is America more fee than England?

      Also, if i was to describer a country, more or less on a peninsula, that was to the north communist, and to to south free. The north, with the help of the Chinese, invaded the south and the Americans had no choice but to intervene and help the south. Would I be talking about Vietnam or Korea?

      One fight is revered and the other is reviled.

2. YouTube – for now allowing some to do the job of investigative journalism formerly done by the MSM. Very well done. I hope we in the states can wake up and throw off these chains of oppression. I fear that without a divorce it may be too late.

3. This coming from a nation that requires a loisense to own a television.

   1. It’s just a form of tax to fund the official state broadcaster. Canada is more subtle: we all have to pay for the CBC even if we don’t have a TV.

4. “I want to check your thinking” Bro, you can’t handle it.

5. The goal of the Marxist educators is to make people stupid and to turn them into useful idiot thugs for the State.

6. An excellent video Robert… thank you.

7. Nobody keeps their freedom without forcibly defending it. Too bad these days there aren’t enough citizens that realize that and will do something about it, so the ones that do realize it and would do something about it are left with no backup to do anything needed.

8. Oh, hey, Nice video. Drool, Brittania, and all that rot, eh, wot?
   Bastion of freedom, me arse, you bloody surrender monkeys.
   FOOK! Etc,,,

9. Outstanding piece, Robert. Thank you! I hope its not a foreshadowing of what’s to come post-COVID. But given what I’ve been hearing from those currently in power, I’m not hopeful.

   1. “what’s to come post-COVID”

      Please enlighten us on when and how you think this post-COVID myth becomes reality.
      The 2 weeks of Lock Down which ended 40 weeks ago is OVER. Please tell me how and when this post-COVID thingy comes about?
      Enquiring minds would like to know.

10. When I hear all these freedom fighters talk, it always reminds me of the days I spent working in my Dad’s garage
    as a young man. Our garage was near a busy highway. The 60’s were a time of frequent snowstorms. Guys would pull into our lot to refill with gas during a storm, in spite of the fact that police (RCMP highway patrol) were telling people to stay off the roads. Of course to the guy who had made it through the storm, ”it was nothing.” Then suddenly someone would walk into garage and say, ”hey, there’s a guy about ten miles back there who needs a tow truck. He’s in the ditch.”
    Of course the guy in the ditch was the one who said, ”Gee, I should have stayed home” when we got there with the tow truck. Especially when we had to tow the car into the shop to repair the damage caused by hitting the ditch, the road sign or the side of a bridge.

    That’s a lot the same as the people who are upset at the lock downs, closed borders etc. I wonder what those people who are inside their oxygen tents on a Covid infested ward are thinking to themselves. I’ll bet it must be the same as the stranded motorist who was in that ditch. ”Gee, I wish I’d have stayed home.” And don’t kid yourself. The tow trucks also hit the ditch, sometimes!!

    1. Nice story. Authoritarians can always count on obedient ones like yourself. Your story of course doesn’t include the most likely 10x or more amount of guys who did not get stuck or did not have more than regular flu strength symptoms during this covid “crisis”.

       1. +++patrick

    2. One thing you forgot in your story. This snow storm ended in say a day and everything went back to normal. Compare that to the Covid flu destruction which the politicians and bureaucrats have dragged on for nearly a YEAR with no end in sight. 2021 is going to be no different than 2020. More lockdowns, more stupid rules, to sacrifice many to save a few.

11. I am reminded of a time in the late sixties, as a 19/20 year old still living in England, and working about fifteen miles (20 kilometers) from home. About 2 pm, a blizzard began, and at 5 pm, on a Friday night, and end of my work week, there was over a foot of snow, and it was still blowing hard as I got in my little rust bucket car to go home. No snow tires, no heat, not much reliability either. I passed about fifty or more cars in ditches, on their sides, on their roof, slammed into one another. I got home safely, without any mishap or problem. I remember I was absolutely marveled that I got home without a problem, and having seen all the mishaps on the way. I couldn’t believe my luck!

    Was it luck? Most likely, but I could have stayed at work until the storm blew over. Yet I remember trepidation, and concern about the journey, but I still embarked on it anyway, because I had faith in my own abilities to overcome the challenge before me.
    I didn’t listen to the radio saying don’t travel, or to the naysayers that had no faith in themselves. I listened to me, I made the choices for me, and no, I didn’t want any others to be harmed by my actions, but I needed to be home, and so I went home, as did thousands of others leaving work that night. Yes, a few, were challenged beyond their abilities, most still made it home, some did not. should we have sheltered in place to save those who could not handle the problem? If we do not challenge, we do not move forward or improve. Yes there will be some that don’t make it, but most will. That is how our species progresses. If we need to shut society down to protect the few, society itself will stagnate and die, and then we all lose.

    The greater challenge is to not become a recipient of the nanny state, to not obey when it is antithetical to our ideals. Our freedom, the essence of the individual, is at stake. We are indeed at a new challenge. Do we capitulate to the state, to the feudal masters, to those that wish to enslave us? Or, do we push back and preserve our right to live and be free? They are trying to force this on us all, How should we answer?

    1. In the end, the people who died from Covid-19 had to catch it from someone, now didn’t they?? And if those ”someones” had followed the rules, a lot of the people who died from it would still be alive!! Now wouldn’t they??

       Not a hard principle to understand.

       1. “had to catch it from someone, now didn’t they?”

          IF they died from COVID19 what rules would they have broken. Please elucidate.