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I recently stumbled upon a passage from the book of Acts, chapter 18, that I think people should hear. The passage is Acts 18:9-10, and it speaks to the frustration of Paul in Corinth. It’s a clear reminder of what we need to be doing in these difficult times. We need to speak up, tell the truth, and just keep doing it. We also need to have faith that we’ll find those who support us once we start doing it. So, in this long-overdue episode of James Lindsay OnlySubs, my subscribers-only podcast, I share this brief message with you: have faith and keep speaking up.
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Why I dissent, disdain and deride all philosophers, politicians, Wokes, “religious” clergy (and their puffed up hypocrite devotees), “charities”, NGOs, academics, “experts”, bureaucrats, media, the UN, WEF, “celebrities” (the whore class) and all other self-appointed/self-important grandees who comprise the Anal Remora of the Ruling Classes:
Thomas Sowell “The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy” 1995
• “The vision of the anointed is not simply a vision of the world and its functioning in a causal sense, but is also a vision of themselves and of their moral role in the world. It is a vision of differential rectitude or righteousness. What a vision may offer, and what the prevailing vision of our time emphatically does offer, is a special status of grace for those who believe in it. Those who accept this are deemed to be not merely factually correct but morally on a higher plane.
• Put differently, those who disagree with the prevailing vision are seen as being not merely in error, but in sin… the benighted are to be made ‘aware,’ to have their ‘consciousness raised,’ and the wistful hope is held out that they will ‘grow.’ Should the benighted prove recalcitrant, however, then their ‘mean-spiritedness’ must be fought and the ‘real reasons’ behind their arguments and actions exposed.
• These are not merely debating tactics. People are never more sincere than when they assume their own moral superiority… One reason for the preservation and insulation of the vision of the anointed is that it has become inextricably intertwined with the egos of those who believe in it.
• In order that this relatively small group of people can believe themselves wiser and nobler than the common heard, we have adopted policies which impose heavy costs on millions of other human beings, not only in taxes but also in lost jobs, social disintegration and a loss of personal safety. Seldom have so few cost so much to so many.”
Anger is an energy. Dissent is its conduit. Ire fuels action. Refusal sparks hope: The Anointed will fall. Just say NO!