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 A Boomer doesn’t understand why his g-g-generation is held in such open contempt by the younger generations:

I’m not sure I understand. As a 69-year old boomer, I don’t know any boomer of my acquaintance who wouldn’t, and hasn’t, tried to help his children and grandchildren in any way he can, whether with time or money, or any other way.

Very well. I think we can solve this conundrum. Ask yourself these four questions, Boomer:

1. On average, how many days per year did you see your grandparents as a child?
2. How many days per year do you see your grandchildren?
3. What did you inherit from your father and grandfather?
4. In real terms, do you expect to leave more to each and every child and grandchild than you received, or less.

A Boomer writes to explain why it’s better not to hope, and why the right thing to do is to sit around waiting for others to get the job done before you get involved:

Except politics isn’t a soccer game where organized players supported by infrastructure and committed to achieving a goal can be expected to take the initiative in those fleeting moments that could make a difference. Real politics is low intensity warfare where people lose family, careers, freedom, health and life. 

The blightwing and its dissident fringe is comprised of impoverished/cheap, unorganized, indolent cowards “led” by grifters. They look for someone else to do the heavy lifting as they observe from afar, doing handsprings in skirts, chanting silly cheers. It has been that way for 57+ years.

When I see the blightwing organized locally, regionally, and nationally, destroying the enemy, taking casualties and caring for their own, taking the initiative, always working and raising the ante – then and only then will I resume active participation on the ground, where it counts.

Of course by then, no one who has been active locally, regionally, and nationally will have any use for his useless, oversized Boomer butt. 

I’m not saying anyone should vote harder, or place any trust in Con Inc. or in the Republican Party. I’m also not saying that anyone should blithely proceed in the blind confidence that Donald Trump is flawlessly executing Q’s 12-D underwater chess strategy. 

But only the weak of mind and character fear to hope, and prefer indolence and despair to inspiration and determination.

Don’t you see? Don’t you get it? Matt and Benny totally OWNED THE LIBS!

In your most recent stream you said your high intelligence would have made the Naval Academy difficult for you.  What about higher intelligence makes the military more difficult?  I’m asking as someone who’ll likely be attending either the Naval Academy or West Point next year. 

You have to follow orders you know are stupid given by your intellectual inferiors. And you have to try to communicate with people across the 2SD communications gap. It can be done – my uncle is smarter than I am and he succeeded brilliantly at Annapolis and in the Corps. But he has tremendous charisma.

Two years pass…

You were right. I am currently in the process of leaving the Naval Academy.

A US military officer stationed in Europe explains how the vaxx is being imposed on U.S. soldiers serving abroad:

Longtime reader here, first time email to you. Wanted to give you additional background on the military side of the vaccine issue, at least as it’s applying to service members in Europe and some folks stateside. 

For the last couple of months or so, leadership has been giving heavy encouragement, basically pushing the vaccine on everybody. It’s interesting to watch, because the DOD has structures in place for all service members to get vaccinated routinely, via MEDPROS. Meaning, we get yearly flu shots, we’ve gotten anthrax, smallpox, tetanus, etc. All vaccines listen under MEDPROS are mandatory and required, no getting around them. They’re all also thoroughly FDA approved, so the government can require them of employees or service members. Not so with the Covid vaccine, of course. That is voluntary, but for many folks it’s akin to being “volun-told”. 

I hear from many soldiers, and a number of friends and coworkers, all manner of stories about it. Most of us have been pressured about receiving the shots. We know that at some point, FDA approval will be pushed through, and they will be mandated. Many of us are resigned to waiting for that day. The carrot and the stick on this are getting progressively more visible and annoying. Those fully vaxxed can stop wearing masks. They can freely travel, all by showing their shot card. They don’t have to worry about social distancing anymore. Our battalion and our brigade have been far gentler about things than other commands have been.

I have heard horror stories from others; these are second/third hand sources that I trust. Folks in DC were told that if they didn’t get vaccinated they’d be considered traitors, and they needed to be on “the right side of history.” I can attest to witnessing and being in formations where we were given a brief lecture on opting out of the vaccine. The Army has lists of those who have opted in, and opted out. I have been told many senior leaders at high levels haven’t taken it yet. I have heard from others that O5/COL level leaders, and E9/CSM level leaders, have been leveling pressure on enlisted soldiers down to the E1-E4 level although typically this doesn’t happen. It’s an all-in effort to get to herd immunity, but somehow I don’t trust the inflated numbers. Even the folks who don’t want to get the shots see less and less choice; the peer pressure it outstanding and intense.

Knowing all the risks of getting the shots, I’m still weighing on when to get them, seeing as I won’t have a choice as long as I wear the uniform… Most I’ve spoken to on this matter acknowledge the bitter irony that we’re watching to classes of people being legally formed: the vaxxed, and the non-vaxxzd. The vaxxed will have substantial privileges and benefits; the non-vaxxed who’ve done nothing wrong legally, will be punished and penalized.

We’ll see how long this social pressure lasts as it becomes ever more clear that the vaxx is a death-mark akin to painting a genetic target on your chest for a foreign bioweapon. Between this, the tranny initiative, and the feminization of the US military, it increasingly appears that an external force has penetrated the US military and is in the process of rendering unable to fight.

Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing on the macro level is a legitimate question. But it is absolutely and unquestionably very bad for those who are in the service. At this rate, one could almost imagine that the step after requiring the vaxx will be mandating gender transition.

As if the US military wasn’t facing enough challenges, now the generals want to kill off the soldiers before they even enter the battlespace with genetic mutations:

The Pfizer model is the one they want us to take. It’s what’s available at the on-station clinics which means personnel would have to go out of their way and risk personal expense to get any others.

The pressure to take the vax mostly emanates from the officers. I’ve noticed a contrast with Officers trusting this thing like it’s come down from God while NCO’s are far more skeptical. Regular soldiers even more so with the distrust. From my officer’s perspective, what they hit us in particular with is nonsense about setting the example. Rather a bastard misuse of telling junior officers to set the example. About being “the first off the helicopter” in Vietnam or “the first off the boat” at Normandy. Do I need to go at length about how absurd this is?

I read this as a worldview that’s exhausted. They’re referencing their sacred motifs and deeds to pressure people into taking a rushed production gene therapy whose long term health effects are conjecture. And that italicized portion of the text doesn’t even fully capture the awful picture of the Pfizer serum, as you and your regulars know I am sure.

Then of course there’s the hard incentives. Want to take your mask off in office meetings? Gotta take the vax. Want to avoid ‘quarantine’ when you arrive overseas (which just happens to be done at the same place they house prisoners)? Take the vax. I know people who appear intelligent who took it on that first basis of just wanting to not wear a mask. 

Next up is attitude. Don’t want to take the vax? The officers on board with this will let you know they think you’re not a team player and probably a tinfoil hatter. Right; me and the others who refuse to be tested-on are nuts. This is their perspective: Guarding the CIA’s poppy fields in Afghanistan for a whole year of one’s life is perfectly normal and a checked box on your resume, but refusing literal poison is suspicious silliness. I anticipate as the vax-refusal situation progresses the retribution will get serious. It’s only a question of severity.

All the pro-vax people I’ve spoken to about it think it’s a regular old vaccine and don’t understand why anyone would be skeptical of it. They think Corona Chan is a horseman of the apocalypse and if they get it then they will die. Barring that, they think it will kill old people and mutants with immune disorders if everybody doesn’t let a corporation with a criminal record play God with their genes. That last part is of course is out of my head, not theirs, as they don’t even know it will mess with their genetics. Which reminds me; who or whatever is producing propaganda directed at us is knowingly lying. One “TAKE THE VAX” pamphlet I glanced over had a bullet point to the effect that “some people think the Covid-19 vaccine will change their DNA.” Which is of course higher level attempt to deceive the reader, because while it’s true the serum won’t tamper with DNA, nobody ever alleged it does. It screws with your mRNA.

Fortunately, mRNA is just junk DNA that doesn’t serve any purpose, right? Trust the science. It’s totally settled.

Every now and then, I think it’s salutory to provide the readers here, particularly those who have so faithfully backed Castalia over the last seven years, the occasional glimpse behind the curtain.

I used to wonder why publishers refused to deal directly with authors and always insisted on working through agents, especially when it became clear how totally useless most agents are. They often wouldn’t even look at an unagented query. Due to my game industry connections, I had a book deal before I had an agent, and I fired him as soon as the editor who signed my first novel – who is now a serious player very close to the top of the Big Three – made it clear that he much preferred dealing with me to putting up with the agent, who was admittedly more than a bit of a whiner. So, it always seemed strange to me, and a little unfair, that the publishers forced authors to jump through the hoop of signing with an agent and thereby giving up a percentage of their advances and royalties.

Now, however, I understand. I still don’t agree with the policy, but I understand it. Here is a good example of why publishers don’t like dealing directly with authors, and also, how to make sure that you never get published by one.

Dear Sir:

[Five paragraphs of flowery description of accomplishments and credentials which aren’t too bad, although I’d never heard of the guy, redacted. There wasn’t much about the book itself, but the genre was at least potentially of interest.]

With every good wish, I am

Faithfully yours,

               [REDACTED]

Given how occupied we are with simply attempting to keep up with the growth of our existing commitments to Library and Arkhaven, we’re not looking to sign any new Castalia authors at the moment, but since one always has to keep an eye out for exceptional talent, so I dashed off a quick note at about 3 AM letting the guy know I’d be willing to take a look at what he had, but alerting him to the realities of the situation.

You can send an epub when you’re finished and I’ll take a look at it. We’re not really looking to add more content lately, but you never know.

Thank you,

Vox 

What I didn’t realize, however, is that far from doing the guy a favor by carving out a little time to give him a shot, I was actually failing to sufficiently acknowledge how impressed I was with the Special Boy who had been so gracious as to deign to honor me with his supplication.

“Vox Day”,

Sorry to learn your company has sunk to the level of your manners.

[REDACTED]

Sent from my iPhone

So, if you ever wondered why I don’t bother responding to requests, submissions, queries, and so forth, now you know. Forget rejection, there are no shortage of would-be authors who don’t take consideration, or anything that falls short of gushing enthusiasm and immediate acceptance well. But don’t be mistaken and think that I regard this as a bad outcome in any way. I mean, can you imagine what actually having to work with the Special Boy would be like?

Speaking of Castalia House, however, the Kindle versions of the first three volumes of the Junior Classics 2020 Edition are now available at Amazon. The epub editions are available at the Arkhaven store. A post later today will address those backers who didn’t receive the last week’s email with the download access.

Lest you doubt the accuracy, utility, and even necessity of the Socio-Sexual Hierarchy, consider this exchange with a would-be commenter here. And yes, he’s banned for Gamma.

I posted a comment to your topic “When Caesar fails to cross the Rubicon” but you or one of your admins declined posting it. I’m curious why. This is your gated community, so whatever you allow is at your discretion, but at the same time, you allow your readers to comment and you foster respectful discussion. I thought my comment fell within that boundary. I didn’t consider it trolling, but apparently you think it was.

May I have some clarification on why it wasn’t allowed to be part of the discussion? I thought my point would stand on its own, and if your users disagreed, they would let me know. 

At this point, I don’t know who he is or what his comment was, but I already know that he’s a dishonest Smart Boy who is looking to explain why his Very Important Comment should not have been deleted. I responded, though whether it was more out of curiosity or cruelty, I cannot say. Regardless, there are no less than FIVE Gamma tells in his first two paragraphs alone.

A number of comments were deleted today. Most of them were due to references to me or attempts to speak for me in some way. Comments that attempt to somehow make me a topic are always deleted. Not saying you did that, but I noticed a number of “glad you’re finally seeing it my way” comments today getting nuked, so perhaps that’s why. 

I saved a copy of the comment. I always compose and edit offline because I hate seeing typos after I post. My comment addressed you only because your post began with the words ” I don’t know why President Trump failed to publicly uphold the law and the Constitution when he was confronted with massive election fraud.” I addressed it to you, but it wasn’t about you.

For reference, here is the comment, as follows.

– – – – – –

“I don’t know why President Trump failed to publicly uphold the law and the Constitution when he was confronted with massive election fraud.”

Really? You don’t? Donald Trump is and always was a willing character in political theater. He had a script and he followed it. Whether you call it The Powers That Be or The Deep State, whoever and whatever controls events in this country selected Donald Trump to be president, and he was given his direction.

[Followed by four more irrelevant paragraphs about how he, the Smart Boy, was the only one to truly understand Donald Trump.]

There it is. The Gamma always has to make everything about you and him. It’s ALWAYS personal, no matter how little the subject has to do with either of you. And he ALWAYS speaks from a position of nonexistent authority that no one granted him, but that he assumes because he is a Smart Boy. Beginning with fake surprise is a reliable Gamma tell, especially when it is followed by an authoritative explanation. Gammas NEED to explain themselves and providing explanations that no one has requested is their favorite activity after navel-gazing.

Yep, that’s why. Right here:  “Really? You don’t?”

We have been cracking down hard on that sort of rhetoric. It adds nothing to the discourse and is little more than Smart Boy posturing, even when it isn’t intended as such. If you want to state your opinion, state your opinion. It’s not a debate or a contest. 

You all know what’s coming next. The inevitable Gamma Wall of Text.

Extraordinary. I said “Really? You don’t?” And there I ended with you as the subject. You objected to “that sort of rhetoric”. The rest of my post wasn’t about you, and it wasn’t a debate. I was defending my position. You were the one who led with “I don’t know why …”.

You failed to separate rhetoric from dialectic, and I assume you reacted this way because the rest of the post was critical of your view of both former President Trump and Q, both of whom, obviously, failed their supporters and the country. I don’t think you object to what I said because of the rhetoric, but because you didn’t like my criticism of both Trump and Q and how they demoralized the right wing, and because of your very public support of both.

I think you’re moving the goal posts. You seem to say that it’s “‘that sort of rhetoric’ when I say it is”, namely when it’s from someone who criticizes you, but not when it’s from a supporter.

You can now exclude me from the latter. I will no longer give you another penny. I made a point of buying, not downloading, your books and comics, but no longer. I’ve been waiting for the next six issues of Alt Hero, Alt Hero Q, and Avalon for quite a long time, but you seem to have a problem with your attention span. At least, that’s what it seems to be, but we don’t know, because you don’t discuss it. I’d be very happy if you’d publish the damn things after nearly two years.

Your “distant master” manner of leadership only goes so far. I regret that I thought you were a man who had real leadership and vision, but I see now that you’re only a small man who has created a hive of weak thinkers who want desperately to be led and will pay good money for validation of their thinking.

Call me a “gamma male” if you wish, I don’t care. Your SSH framework is useful, but the peril of your creating and defining it is that people who study it and then learn more about you personally will realize that you’re much more gamma than you think you let on.

By the way, why the FUCK are you friends with Milo Yiannopoulis? The man is a disgusting creature, a narcissistic sodomite who offends God and Christ, and is always on a cash grab. The fact that you not only publish his books but publicly call him your friend betrays your devotion to God. This is shameful.

It’s all right there: 

1. The Wall of Text.
2. The Unrequested Explanation
3. The Self-Justification.
4. The Litany of Your Failures.
5. The Feigned Indifference.
6. The Flounce.
7. The Condemnation.

 A reminder: please do not EVER ask me for sources. I will not provide them and I will delete your comment requesting them. I am not interested in providing sources on demand, and I do not care in the slightest if you decide to ignore what I say because I will not provide sources to you on demand.

I’ve been doing this since 2003. And one thing I have observed over the years not one single person who didn’t believe the facts I cited and demanded sources in order to confirm that I was relaying the information correctly has ever subsequently changed his position as a result of being provided with an accurate source that states precisely what I said it did. 

Furthermore, the instinctive demand for sources is a strong, though not reliable, indicator of gamma. Yes, there is occasionally the rare individual who actually intends to examine the source in order to do his own analysis, but such individuals are usually inclined to simply resort to a search engine rather than ask someone else for a hyperlink to a readily available URL or PDF file.

I don’t provide sources for the same reason I don’t provide explanations anymore: providing either is merely viewed as an invitation to argue over the source or the explanation. Since I’m not interested in doing that, I’m shutting down the whole process before it starts. This is a blog, not a science journal, what I write are opinions, hypotheses, and logical conclusions, not scientific papers, and I am under no obligation to undergo any peer review process here.

 A reader wonders what the likely outcome is:

It’s clear that Putin is a legit Alpha….and dealing with Biden (not sure what to categorize him as, regardless of previous state/current state), Biden is getting devastated. Generally speaking, what happens when a Sigma and and Alpha go at each other? 

I do realize that part of being a Sigma is knowing when to respect the hierarchy and current status, but there are lines that a Sigma refuses to concede….I am seeing it now at my present employer, and I am curious how it will shake out, were I a betting man; Too many individual variables to post here, just a “finger in the air” how these types of altercations end up being resolved. 

Were I to be honest, I am a Venn diagram of Alpha/Beta (I look around any group and look to see if competent leadership is present or active before I start to engage, but really enjoy being a lieutenant), and I am not looking to change allegiances, but my personal scenario has the makings of tremendous collateral damage; The Sigma involved is a longtime employee, brilliant software engineer, fit, tall and handsome, and generally left to tackle big projects in a silo, with trust from the leadership he will deliver.

In the event of all-out conflict, the Sigma will vanish. This usually counts as victory from the Alpha perspective, because he retains his control over the hierarchy. However, the victory can be pyrrhic in nature if the Sigma is a valuable team member.

The wise Alpha will find a way to let the Sigma do his thing separately, but within the larger context of the team. Think skunk works, or the way IBM set up its Boca Raton group to develop the PC without the interference of the larger organization.

Since the reader is a Bravo, not an Alpha, he should probably try to find a way to back down and stay out of the Sigma’s way, or he may find that the Sigma’s talents are more important to the organization than his loyalty and leadership.