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Refreshing message, Mickey! I consider you an ally despite the fact I know we don't march in lockstep on every single topic under the sun. You are inspiring me to incorporate this approach more openly and loudly in my content. We need to stay focused on the big picture problems that affect us all and work together. Hopefully we can hash out petty differences after the victory.

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Thank you, Matthieu...that means a lot to me and the feeling is mutual!

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Well said.

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Thank you...much appreciated.

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https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/its-not-hypocrisy-youre-just-powerless

I wasn't sure about this post when I first read it, but I kept thinking about it for many days. The basic message is, Team A has all the power, they can mock you, shame you, ignore you, call you any names they like, mandate whatever they like, censor you, cancel you, but you Team B, have to suck on it, bow and take it. All your whining is as nothing, You are not Team B, you are class B, and until you [grow up and] take control of the levers of power from Team A, then your complaining is useless except to make you feel righteous in your servitude.

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Thanks, William. I'm not clear as to how this connects to my post but I'm glad I got to read that article.

I would push back on one very important point: Class A does not have all the power. They have the perceived power thanks to their relentless conditioning and propaganda.

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There is a lot of fatalism and nihilism going around, along with the siloing into self-righteous purity. I linked the post because it speaks to political realities. All those who are hostile to the woke transhumanist, corporate globalist Great Reset, need to come together if we are to depose it, and that is a very wide range of people who might not otherwise find political common ground.

Class A is in fact very fragile, though they may seem inevitable and overwhelming in their control of nearly every institution in America, and as you say they control the means of conditioning and propaganda.

Your post kind of reminded me of this one too. But I am going to read yours again in case I misinterpreted it. https://thefreethinker.substack.com/p/so-theres-no-such-thing-as-good-news

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Thanks, William. Perhaps it was me who misinterpreted you? I get it now and I appreciate the connections. And the links!

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I recently posted a kind of manifesto for a conservative counter revolution, even though I consider myself a philosophical anarchist. I have never identified with the Right much, but there are writers in the alt-right I follow, and find myself agreeing with more than I would have thought esp in regards to all things woke and covid. I am realizing I am more American than anarchist and we are on the verge of losing our national and personal sovereignty to global totalitarians.

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Your post was fabulous...thank you.....

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Mickey, what are your thoughts on Musk (potentially) helping Yang build his Forward Party into a true political movement?

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Hey Joe! I haven't done a deep dive on Yang. As for Musk, here's something I wrote about him in May: https://mickeyz.substack.com/p/hey-elon-musk-i-want-my-cut-of-twitter

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Mickey, I love your writing. And you make a ferociously strong case against Musk. But how high do we need to set the bar for leadership? Even Napoleon, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar had character flaws. Where would civilization be without d*ck-swinging alpha males who change the course of mighty rivers and leap tall buildings in a single bound? Snark aside, most of history's pivotal figures -- even the ones considered relatively benevolent -- were riddled with imperfections.

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Thank you for your kind words, Joe. I truly appreciate it.

As for your question, I will not pretend to have a definitive answer. And truth be told, I’m about to hit the sack. So here is my admittedly incomplete reply:

I’d wanna first see if we could agree on a meaning of words like “leadership,” “pivotal,” “relatively benevolent,” and “imperfections.” Also, your reply includes the premise that “leadership” on a mass scale is necessary or to be desired. Is it tho?

More specifically, when it comes to Musk, I’ll state with confidence that we must never look for sane leadership from one of the major players in the current agenda.

Signing off now, but that’s what I’ve got and thanks again!

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Great questions! Let me take a stab at the last. Leadership on a mass scale: It's counterintuitive, especially for a nation built on the idea of self-governance. Itself, a concept that on the face of it seems to be a call, not for a limited role for "official" authority, but for no authority at all.

I think Madison pointed at the contradiction when he said "If men were angels, no government would be necessary."

If a nation as large and as diverse as the US is to remain united (right now, as you know, the case is being "retried", the verdict in greater doubt than any time since the 1860s), a magnetic leader who can obliterate the growing divisions between Democrats and Republicans is necessary. Not a Lenin or a Hitler who mobilizes a fanatical minority to destroy the last vestiges of democracy while claiming to act as the embodiment of "the will of the people." But a true champion of democracy -- a statesman, who can reconcile the needs of the majority with minority rights -- is what we need. The mass appeal of FDR/Reagan, the affable grit of Ike, the patriotism of George Washington. More to come...

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Well said Mickey - thanks!!!

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Thank you, as always, Will!

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