Tea at Trianon: Carthage in the 21st Century

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Carthage in the 21st Century

From Laura Crockett at The History Desk:

Humans doing business is as natural as humans having religions. Atheists might get their panties twisted at the thought that religion is a natural part of being human. However, Atheists also have religions. Some of them are Greens, which means they worship the oldest god out there: Gaea. And some are Vegans. That is animal worship. And then there are the Rationalists, many of whom practice the Communist religion. Their god is Marx. Indeed, they refer to themselves as Marxists.

Being “woke” is not a religion. It is a business plan. Being woke is about employing people, like trainers, in inclusion, diversity and equity. These are much more pressing issues than getting our soldiers out of places like Syria.

No one is teaching job skills. As in how to do the job. So workers get themselves coaches, hoping this expensive bit of therapy will help them with their work. In the meantime, companies go begging for workers.

Many participants in the new religions do not like to hear that their belief system is a creed. They are so done with the sky god, and the supernatural, that they have no understanding of what a religion is. These new disciples don’t need no stinking god in the sky to force you to believe. They just need government bullies to do the job for them. Communism is a perfect example. Marx, in the communist religion, is the god that once walked among the people. He is the god of the working class, brought to you by the leisure class. The leisure class, aka, oligarchs, preaches abstinence when it comes to worldly possessions. Meaning, you will own nothing. Including your thoughts and ideas. The priests will do your thinking, you will just work for the benefit of the ~~oligarchy~~, humanity.

The trouble with communism is that it has no rituals, no music, no beautiful buildings, though it does have human sacrifice. If you are to die for the sake of the state, it is an honor, is it not? Every child born is there for the use of their church, the state. History tells us this is so, because most communist states have a falling birthrate. Why? Ask yourself, who wants to bring children, infant human beings, into such a dumb, boring, stale world? (Read more.)