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TheRealNews on Feb 4, 2018
Max Blumenthal reports that the US has provided military assistance to the Azov Battalion, known as a bastion of neo-Nazism within the Ukrainian armed forces. He also discusses US and Israeli ties to the far-right government in Poland, where neo-Nazism is on the rise.
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I’ve been on Maiden several times and that quasi army marching chills me. Incidentally, while the media is not picking this up, they have surely picked up on those ‘evil Russian separatists’ fighting in Donests’k and the ‘take over’ of Crimea. So few people know the dynamics of that region.
Ominous and concerning to say the least, especially in the light of growing reactionary, right-wing Polish and Hungarian ethnic xenophobia. I was so disturbed by this interview, it has taken me more than a week to summon the presence of mind to comment ~ and I was so reluctant, probably wouldn’t have, if Lo had not invited me to do so.
My own view is that the highest dispassionate consideration should be given to the inappropriate influence of established (ie clerically organized) religious bigotry & dogmatism, as the indoctrinating agency most directly responsible in the historical sense, for societal corruption and brain-washing ~ sui generis. So far as I am concerned, that tendency of formal (‘initiatic’) sectarianism is the artificial politicization and perversion of the pure ‘spiritual instinct’ (if you will;) the obtuse reification and vulgarization of an entirely mystical sensibility, that should be altogether free, unrestricted, subjective, voluntary and indeed, utterly personal & private.
The public, civic and social sphere should remain the vernacular context for diverse fora enabling and empowering cosmopolitan philosophical debate and discussion. Once religion in any form becomes a quasi-secular power, it betrays its own legitimate function as an experiential vehicle and symbolic arbiter of moral action. Hence the devastating extreme consequences we are witnessing everywhere and by all manner of illicit means.
Humans who allow themselves to become the vehicles of such diabolical forces ~ are in truth, nothing but instruments of demonic energies ~ and therefore base and ignorant slaves of a very real psychotic possession. Those who would exploit or manipulate such negative powers, are even more culpable. If we elect and empower vain-glorious power-junkies who mislead us in the name of righteous intent, we become complicit and responsible, also.
In a universe of magicians, there will always be lesser and greater lights, and moreover, the very great potential for error, & most especially ~ ample opportunity for self-deception; so few have the spiritual maturity to discriminate, to tell which is which, & what, or who should and will prevail ~ therefore to be wise, we must not be deceived, for there are certainly higher laws ~ but also, always limits. What operates on one plane ceases to be effective on another. So let us be courageous, but scrutinize our genuine understanding most diligently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion#Human_rights_violations_and_war_crimes
I think I exaggerated, but the last five days seems like a very long week to me right now…!
You are not alone in that feeling, David. Thank you for your commentary, too.
Could not agree more. I fell away from my faith and it’s the best thing to have happened to me. My spiritual instinct is back. But now it’s so hard to relate and be around the dogmatics. Sigh.
I entirely disagree, but David already knows my stance on this issue. Please don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Just because humans have corrupted Christianity in particular over the centuries is not a reason not to look to Y’shua (Jesus) as who He says He is.
See a few selected posts:
I’ve got no beef with Jesus.
Wonderful!
Speechless.
Indeed.
It’s of concern that a global war appears imminent. Capitalism dictates that wars are necessary to hit the reset button on global debt. The US is in financial crisis and Trump is ruthless enough to initiate war to cover their losses and then conveniently lose the bills after it all ends, if there’s anything left at that time.
Sadly, yes.
Have you read this one yet? https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2018/01/22/war-capitalism-capitalism-war-by-william-bowles/
Aye, I agree with your viewpoint although, sadly, I’m not as optimistic as I perhaps should be. I wonder if the current fad for apocalyptic movies and TV series is inadvertently preparing us for what is to come?
Doomsday movies and books have been around a long time. Throughout history there have been so many predicted and failed “end of times”. See this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events
We do have to have concern for possible nuclear war and of course, Climate Change. In both of these, the planet Earth will “survive” but be very different and not life supporting.
Looking at it dispassionately (and I find such difficult), humans in general have been a blight on this world. The earth’s systems will in all likelihood eventually reset. That would mean the end of our species (back to the stone-age at best) but the continuation of life. A pandemic seems the most likely outcome given the prevalence of chemicals in our foods and the close proximity of so many combined with easy air travel. All our eggs are in the one basket. Off-world colonies are the only answer to ensuring our survival and we’re a long way from that. Think I need a cup of tea and a lie down from just thinking about it!
Hope you had a lovely cup of tea.
Just read this and thought you may want to give it a read, too. https://mato48.com/2018/02/07/links-february-2018/ Nice photos of his cats throughout his blog post, too.
Thanks for the pointer. Interesting read and well researched.