They are even Penetrating our Escapism

Have you ever been so depressed with the state of Britain and Western civilisation that you just had to lose yourself in a film or video game? For many of us this escape is an essential part of recharging the batteries that are exhausted from the constant drip of cultural Marxism into our ears. As many of us know they have in recent years figured out this survival plan of ours and have adjusted their methods accordingly. Like the Guantanamo bay detainees, we will soon be subjected to the Marxist equivalent of a high decibel Metallica playlist 24 hours a day. It started in the music that was thrust upon us in public places and on the radio. It moved on the universities, art, newspapers and even into our homes, tearing apart families. It has since been creeping into the theatre, and more recently into video games.

As we well know, one cannot be a successful comedian or actor in the modern age without espousing some sort of left wing ideals. The old guard generations are nearing their end. The likes of Michael Caine and Clint Eastwood will one day be whisked away to join other right wing actors like Christopher Lee, leaving the slate open for the pure unadulterated left wing cuckoldry of the public. Benedict Cumberbatch is the archetype of what is to become of television actors. Just as furious in their political opinions as they are when performing as the descendent of a slave in search of reparations 200 years on. This is however bearable, as I have the luxury of changing the channel when I don’t like what I see.

A number of days ago I switched on the television to be presented with the trailer for the brand new Ghostbusters movie. Like so many remakes it was painfully obvious from the trailer that it was going to be a flop, as the soul and beauty of the original film is always replaced with something that feels synthetic and forced. Obviously there was nothing out of the ordinary for a remake in this trailer, except I noticed that the level of Marxist intensity had been increased. If you are a white, straight, Christian privileged male trying to get a job in a society that has double the amount of men unemployed than women, along with a growing list of laws and regulations making it even harder for you, then you are probably not going to find this film in any way an escape from reality. Men cannot even bust ghosts these days without being haunted by the 2010 equal opportunities act.

So I moved onto my laptop in an attempt to lose myself in a role-playing game. Recently I purchased the long awaited expansion to one of my favourite games of all time. It is called ‘Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear’. I had previously put this game down as a result of myself being lectured by a transgender character on their hard luck life, having just met them a minute earlier. It immediately dragged me out of the immersion and back into real life, reminding me of just how privileged I was. Regardless of this I attempted to finish the game as some of the voice acting was done by David Warner of whom I respect immensely. During the rest of the game the number of liberal events and women characters that explained how strong and independent they were left me disorientated and riddled with heart palpitations.

The question to ask is what to expect next? Will classics like Treasure Island and Frankenstein be reissued with footnotes telling us about how bad that period in history was for minorities and members of the opposite sex? Will we pay a special tax on goods that have a connection with anything likely to trigger a liberal? A health tax you might say. Our only hope is the reformation of the conservative party, because this country has never needed one so much than it does right now.

How to Enrich oneself with Knowledge for Free

Tonight I was going to start writing some reviews of books I had previously read. However the reviews are going to take a little long to compose than I thought, due to the fact they are not as fresh in my mind as I would have liked. I began looking through my kindle in order to jog my memory of what I have read, something that proved rather frustrating as I have around 1600 ebooks on my device. It was then that I realised that I had a duty to make known how to acquire such knowledge, as the majority of them are free on the amazon store.

These books are however very old and most are free because they are out of copyright. Some of the history like that of Samuel Rawson Gardiner and George Rawlinson would be described as ‘heavy reading’ in contrast to modern standards, but they are none the less worth acquiring. Philosophy books are also available, from Plutarch and Plato to Kant and Nietzsche as well as classic fiction such as Dracula and Frankenstein. A couple of the ones I would personally recommend are ‘The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius’ by the Emperor himself and ‘Social Life at Rome, in the Age of Cicero’ by W. Warde Fowler.

So how does one acquire said knowledge? Well first we should touch upon Public Doman Books, these are books that are out of copyright, except they have to be typed up and placed on the internet by the public. They are always free and this is why their selection can sometimes be a bit limited, as companies have no incentive in which to type these books up and place them on amazon. Books that are out of copyright can actually be typed out, repackaged and sold by any company however. This leads us onto our next and most valuable part.

These books usually come in at around £1 or slightly more but there is a way to get them for free, providing one is willing to bide their time. They are actually very simple to acquire and all you have to do is enter the kindle store on amazon and then type in the name of the publishers that churn these books out. I have gone to the trouble of searching through my kindle to locate the names of all these publishers, and have listed them below. You type them in, press search and then simply order the results by price. The publisher will most likely only have a selection of books for free at any one time. I can pretty much guarantee though that a number of these publishers will have at this very moment a numbers of books on sale for free.

•          Didactic Press
•          Waxkeep Publishings
•          Acheron Press
•          Lecturable
•          Nisyros Publishers
•          Heraklion Press
•          Pyrrhus Press
•          Halcyon Classics
•          Chios Classics
•          Kypros Press
•          Paphos Publishers
•          Kitrinos Publishers
•          Perennial Press
•          HarperTorch
•          Wisehouse Classics
•          Coterie Classics
•          Endymion Press
•          Ozymandias Press
•          Quintessential Classics

This is how I have amassed the bulk of my 1600 ebooks, but there is one more company I believe deserves an honourable mention. Pen and Sword Military have published a huge amount of history and war memoirs. Their books are new, original and of extremely high quality. Most of them in kindle format are only £1 and there is a few I would deeply recommend to all, but I shall discuss these in their own blog posts another time.

Binge Watching Roger Scruton

When I put down a book and get into bed I tend to then watch a documentary on the same subject to accompany the learning. It is especially a good way of solidifying information that you have previously absorbed while reading, as well as providing some additional context for the time and place in which the events played out. Regurgitating the information in the form a blog is also a good way of insuring you will remember the days learning. About a week ago I watched a documentary on Enoch Powell after I finished the chapter on his childhood. An individual known as Roger Scruten was featured in the documentary lavishing blandishments on Mr Powell. My friends occasionally remark upon my ability to read the character of an individual, so when I listened to professor Scruton speak I immediately identified him as a person of interest.

As mentioned in a previous blog I went ahead and purchased his books on modern philosophy, the meaning of conservatives and Immanuel Kant, adding them to the top of my pile of unread literature. This was of course after I watched a number of his videos on youtube. I started with the one subject I must have mutual agreement in before proceeding with his other content; this came in the form of a wonderful speech he did on reasons to secede from the European Union. I was impressed with his calm and collected manor and his soft spoken tone that emanates reason. At the end he was answering questions, one of which was about the continuation of culture and traditional values. He recommended getting married, having children and instilling the desired values into them. I was impressed with his bluntness.

The documentary he made for the BBC called ‘Why Beauty Matters’ (which I have imbedded below) is absolutely fantastic. It included many angles I have myself never considered before in terms of the case for religion and god, but its main attack is upon modern art. The concept is that modern art akin to that of Tracey Emin, which depicts an unmade bed with used condoms and other filth strewn about, is actually missing the point. Roger doesn’t attack its credibility as art, but rather the creativity that is attached to it. He explains that through the age’s art has always been intrinsically linked with beauty, and its main function was to amplify beauty and in alternate situations to console the individual through times of despair. For example, paintings of death that depict it with a level of dignity designed to make the person come to terms with it.

The Crucification by Andrea Mantegna

Much of modern art does not attempt to capture such beauty and in fact aims to do the exact opposite. In the case of Damien Hirst he often chooses to depict the harsh realities in which there is no beauty. The documentary offers the metaphor which summed this art up, that if Tracey Emins bed was in a skip down a back ally, instead of in a museum, a person would walk right past it. Whereas if you saw the bust of the Apollo Belvedere you would instantly be struck by its beauty regardless of it being in a skip. Roger’s fear is that we are losing touch with the origins of art and with it we will lose the meaning of life, but this is not the only philosophy he attempts to convey.

The case is very well put that beauty has an intrinsic link with the spiritual. He describes it as love with no attachment, sighting the example of the joy felt when holding a friends baby. Biologically and psychologically you have no vested interest in the child, you feel joy regardless of the fact you’re not going to use it, you are not going to eat it and you are not going to raise the child. Yet you still feel a sense of joy which psychologically has no scientific function. Scruton claims it is this unexplainable positive feeling which amplifies a belief in god, something he mentions in frequent conjunction with Immanuel Kant.

Some of the other Scruton videos I watched included his appearance on Russia Todays ‘Going Underground’, a great interview where he talks about the potential for conservatism in every individual. What I was really impressed with was his ‘reluctant capitalism’; he stresses the point of balancing the books but with a desire to run the economy in aid of social cohesion. He champions the elements of ‘Das Kapital’ that calls out the consumer culture, as part of Conservatism is teaching self-restraint and responsibility, something that consumerism can override through material desires. We need look no further than the music industry to see one of the great negative effects of capitalism.

The last thing I am going to mention is a video he made about fox hunting. Fox hunting is one of the subjects in which I personally have not formed an opinion. It’s something I have not thought essential to look into but at the same time have always had a fascination to learn about. Scruton has a book entitled ‘On Hunting’ which I will have to add to the wish list once I have finished some of his other books and grasped a better understanding of his philosophy. I am rather excited to begin his short work on Immanuel Kant and have decided to read it in parallel to ‘The Life of Enoch Powell’.

Objective Thinking: The Path to Conservatism

It is said by many that Politics is subjective. This is something I am not going to argue with in this blog entry, but let’s just say that there would be no point in holding a political opinion if we were not trying to make it as objective as possible. It is my belief that it is the subtlest of differences that separate Conservatives and Socialists. The events we witness alter the composition of our minds leading to different beliefs; it is metaphorically like kicking a ball down and a hill and watching how it takes a different path, coming to rest in a unique final destination on each occasion. There is a potential conservative in everyone, and given the right tools it is possible to reach into the subconscious and drag it to the forefront. Being a former socialist this is something I have personal knowledge and experience of, I have talked about my political past in a previous blog entry and intend to elaborate a little more right now.

When I was attending sixth form I classed myself as an anarchist. I listened to punk rock in an elitist manner and harboured allot of anger and frustration towards the world. There is not much more to tell about this period in my political history, as I literary didn’t hold many opinions let alone enough to justify my ideological position. It was within the first two months of university that I made my first attempt to apply objective thinking. I sat down in my chair and had a deep thought about whether or not anarchism was practical, and even if it was I deduced that I never had the understanding that was essential for supporting it. I made a categorical error, but a forgivable one for someone so young and naïve, because I thought the next best thing by default must then be socialism. At the time I did not realise that I had swapped an ideology focused on absolute freedom with one which was fundamentally authoritarian.

Looking back in hindsight has led me to conclude that the left are just as good at policing the opinions of their allies as they are at policing their opponents, so it was not until I left university that I final started to doubt these left wing views. I believe it accelerated when I found my hatred of Peter Hitchens shifting to a more neutral fascination, something I believe is fundamentally down to the serious attitude he takes towards politics. You at the very least get a feeling that he believes every word he says, which is something my left wing friends agree with me on (at least the ones who have decided to remain friends following my change of heart).

My second most revolutionary moment was when I again sat back and decided that I must try and follow a completely objective approach to analysing issues. A process I compare to that of Aliens analysing human civilization from orbit, or to a lesser extent David Attenborough analysing a pride of Lions. This form of thinking opened up a tear in my world of which I have been sucked through and am unable to resist the gravitational pull. Formulating political opinions of what is not just possible, but what is also the most practical within human nature is for me the principle difference between my younger self and the present. Many things can be deduced from this method of analysis, most importantly for me was the concept of ‘in-group’ preferences in which you discover that the majority of humans are not much different from any other form of social animals. It reveals that countries are advanced versions of biological design, similar to that of a pride of lions as mentioned earlier. The psychology of people draws them to others of the same preferences as a defence mechanism, making rubbish of arguments against patriotism and in favour of mass immigration. I will at some point write an extended piece on what I have just explained complete with all the arguments for why it proves dangerous to attempt the perversion of biology/psychology too much.

Reaching into the subconscious and exploring doubts buried deep within is no easy task for anyone. Humans long for pleasure more so than they understand the necessities of responsibility, and information painting a bleak picture of the world is much less desirable than one of hope. The truth is unpopular precisely because it is not something anyone wants to be true, myself included.

Enoch Powell and Imperialism

Brigadier Powell

I have now made my way through the first quarter of the ‘The Life of Enoch Powell’ by Simon Heffer. I can certainly say that at present his life prior to politics has been the most interest part of the book, but he has yet to make any decisive moves in politics other than resigning as financial secretary to the treasurer, due to inadequate cuts being made. Another interesting part within the early political chapters of the book is his shifting attitudes towards imperialism. Throughout Enoch’s life he had in his heart a love for the British Empire, something he said would only be extinguished by his death. However we also know how extremely logical he was in formulating his policies and so it was no surprise when his love for the empire clashed with what he thought to be the interests of his country.

During the second world war Enoch sought a posting in India, which he thought would lead him onto the pacific arena where he could finally achieved his much longed for goal of serving in action. He remained in India throughout the rest of the war where he fell in love the culture and learned his sixth language, Urdu. His love for India convinced him of a new life ambition once the war was finished, which was to become viceroy to India. Edmund Burke once said that the keys to Calcutta were to be found in the houses of parliament, and so it was this ambition of becoming viceroy that led Powell into politics. During the war he also developed a dislike for America as he was convinced, quite rightly in fact, that America’s main aim was not just to cripple the Axis, but was also to finish the British Empire in the process. Powell was to go as far as to seek passage to the Americas on a US naval ship once the war was over in an attempt to scout the geography in Peru where he thought the next Great War, being between America and Britain, would take place.

Powell’s motivation for entering politics was to be shattered very early on. With Labour winning the general election, Mountbatten was appointed viceroy of India with the instructions to make the nation independent within as short a period of time as possible. Enoch was devastated and said that when India’s Independence was announced, that he wandered the streets all night distraught and occasionally sitting on a doorstep to sob. Powell was of the belief that for Britain to hold onto her far eastern enclaves that she would also need to be in possession of India. This was the first step in triggering him to rethink his initial Imperialist stance.

The events leading up to the Suez crisis had seen the formation of a group of 24 MP’s who came together as a pro Imperial pressure group to ensure the government made the right decisions. Enoch was among them, but this would be the last time he championed the British Empire. He knew at the time that the Empire was finished but decided to support Britain’s success in the matter as he thought the situation was partly contrived by the Americans who at the very least wanted Britain to withdraw from the canal. Powell remarked years later that not only did he think the Empire was over at this time, but that it was also many years past its sell by date and perhaps should have collapsed decades earlier. After Britain’s humiliation in the Suez crisis Powell never attended anymore of the Imperial meetings.

Another delightful piece from 'The Life of Enoch Powell'

The Suez crisis is something that I actually know precious little about and so I have managed to find a cheap book on the matter through the kindle store. I have heard it referred to many times in recent months, particularly as a piece of political gesturing when pointing out the moment Britain realised it was no longer a power to be reckoned with.

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The Death of UKIP

It is needless to point out the extreme difficulty UKIP were facing in replacing Nigel Farage; following his resignation in June. Recent events have convinced me it is a problem that as I thought probable weeks ago, is now metamorphosing into a disease that will prove fatal. Leaving aside the obvious reason for UKIP disbanding, mainly that it has achieved its objectives; it could well have continued to function for a short period of time as a battering ram against the Tories.

When the first internal struggle came to light between Farage and Carswell I initially concluded that this was some minor disagreement blown up by the media for propaganda purposes. However not only did these problems refuse to go away, it was soon followed by many other scandals, betrayals and tragedies fit for a graphic novel. It became common knowledge that there were certain anti-Farage movements within the party, the paradigm being similar to the current struggle between the traditional and blairite elements in Labour.

This made me extremely suspicious of the way in which the leadership election was going to develop. With Farage effectively removing himself from having any influence in the election, it showed that the climate was right for the rebels to ensure one of their own was finally instated.

For me, Raheem Kassam had the best qualities to take UKIP forward. He breaks many of the perceived narratives of a UKIPer in that he is young and of an ethnic minority. His ability to debate is his strongest point, putting across his arguments in a sensible and assertive manner that makes him bulletproof to slander and race bating. Raheem was a staunch supporter of Farage and so my first inclinations of electoral prevention were aroused when the announcement was made that candidates had to have five years of membership as opposed to the customary two years to be able to run.

Steven Woolfe being the second most competent leader and a supporter of Farage has also reached a similar fate. Although partly incompetence on his behalf, it was also incompetence on behalf of the party that his application was not processed in time. The party are taking the attitude that the rules would be breeched following the incident if Woolfe were allowed to stand for leadership. Surely they well know this is completely contradictory to the desires of the membership. The rest of the candidates in the leadership bid are rather terrible in contrast with Steven Woolfe, and I think it will be this event that results in the fall of UKIP much sooner than it should have.

The death of UKIP might well be the best result for the future of politics in this country. UKIP’s main problem was always its desire to win parliamentary seats as opposed to bringing down the Conservative party, and now the conservative parties own ideological enemy are dying we might well get the opportunity to construct a more effective weapon in achieving reform.

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Political Hive Minds?

Still surfing high from the novelty of discovering my new hobby, I have been deciding what information I should and should not include in this blog. Should I extend it to music and biology as well as politics and history? I decided not to force anything upon myself. Tonight I sat down to watch a documentary about ants, a subject I have had great interest in for years. I once used to keep a small number of ant farms and when I finally attain financial stability I will do so again.

The documentary was mainly comprised of information that I was already privy to. There was one part however that triggered a previous theory I once dwelled upon. Many ant species have the ability to predict an oncoming storm or rainfall, as well as doing other unexplainable hive mind activities. During the summer the reproductive ants always fly one day before heavy rain. Every time I have seen them flying I have assumed correctly on each occasion that it will shortly rain before the following day is through.

I had some time ago been watching Stefan Molyneux’s videos on the genetics of politics. It explains that due to genetic and environmental factors during childhood development, that certain survival instincts in the brain will be formed resulting in a breeding strategy being developed that best suits the individual. This is a theory I am very dubious of and found some initial holes in. However I really should get round to reading the book that the videos are based on. It is called ‘The Evolutionary Theory behind Politics’ by a blogger who calls himself ‘Anonymous Conservative’.

To perhaps oversimplify the theory, the breeding strategy that is usually associated with socialism is referred to as the ‘r’ selected gene. An example of an animal with an ‘r’ selected breeding strategy would be a rabbit, which essentially breeds frequently and has little investment in its offspring. In essence the species is favouring quantity over quality. One of the many things that can cause the activation of this strategy within humans is the destruction of the nuclear family. The subconscious developing brain will take notice of an absent parent, (usually the father) sensing that there must be an imminent danger to the tribe and thus adjusting accordingly to suit the climate.

Although I am not totally convinced by this theory, it does offer allot of food for thought. So when I was watching the below clip of Peter Hitchens defending the religious holiday of Sunday as a day of rest and time to bond with the family, I was alarmed by the number of left wing commentators actually speaking out against the day of rest. Why is this? Why is that they decided to favour a liberal free market attitude on this one occasion? Surely even with the day of rest being a religious installation they would still favour the rest of the worker over the free market? Unless of course that the day of rest and family leisure is part of the cement that holds together the nuclear family.

If the ‘K/r’ selection theory has some credence, then this could be a perfect example of a subconscious genetic force driving opinion. These breeding strategies by their very nature have the goal of keeping its genetic line alive, so it would come as no surprise to see their hosts espousing views that furthered the cause. This however is just a thought that popped into my brain while watching a documentary and until I study the subject properly (which I may never do) I can only offer this blog entry as something to think about.

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