Friday morning is one of my favorite times. I usually get to spend an hour or so in the home gym and I usually listen to the ZMan’s Friday podcast. And today was no exception. As I said I’m changing up my exercise routine so it wasn’t routine but I was still able to pay attention as the Voice of Saruman declaimed on the workings, or rather, the non-workings of the American political system.
But he changed it up a little and this time he played devil’s advocate and tried to describe what it would take to fix our political system. Or, more accurately, he explained what would happen if we tried. And I think he was relatively even-handed in his estimation of what it would take to change the Republican party into an honest representative of the American Right.
And then he ended off this discussion by talking about what happens if the Uni-party continues on, in full control of the country. He gives four alternatives.
- The Uni-party consolidates its control and produces a stable and powerful regime that rules in perpetuity.
- The Uni-party continues to struggle and internal forces within the power structure create reforms to address the more dysfunctional policies of the Left.
- The Uni-party continues to struggle and a rogue component of the Uni-party performs a coup that forces reforms that shake up the status quo.
- The peasants revolt and burn the whole damn thing down.
I found the tenor of the whole discussion extremely moderate and reasonable. In fact, it occurred to me that the ZMan was risking his standing as a dweller on the fringe. Someone might accuse him of not being crazy. Hopefully, word won’t leak out.
Afterward as I mulled over his words, I continued with my repair of the lock on my sliding glass door. As I described the other day, the latch on the inside of the door broke off and the replacement handle I bought at the local hardware store didn’t fit. So, I went on line and bought a new latch. It was supposed to be a direct replacement but that was a lie. Now I’m going to buy a whole new set-up; handles, lock, latch mechanism and hardware and start from scratch. I anticipate a disaster. But at least temporarily I can lock the door at night to keep the werewolves, vampires and ghouls at bay. I think Camera Girl is starting to lose faith in my mechanical aptitude. Confidentially, so am I. I realized I had mislaid my claw hammer. I’ve had the thing for forty some odd years and I really don’t use it that often so I don’t have an excuse for losing it. I would think this is the first sign of dementia except it’s really the millionth episode starting in my early twenties. So maybe I’ll take a wait and see policy because I’m too lazy to do anything about it anyway.
Camera Girl and I started watching a tv series on FX called “The Old Man” with Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. Bridges is a rogue CIA agent that has been hiding out for the last thirty years trying to live a normal life with his wife and daughter. Lithgow was his old handler who is now an FBI big wig who doesn’t want Bridges to be caught because it will expose his part in shady doings that went on when the Russians were at war in Afghanistan. So far (two episodes in), it’s very interesting and both of the leads are extremely interesting to watch. Hopefully it continues to impress us. We’re always short of good things on tv.
The ZMan’s podcast reinforced my recent feelings that we will be engulfed in this class struggle here in the West for a very long time and it is up to all of us and each of us on our side to strengthen the things we believe in and form as many links in the world to help our side survive the onslaught of the Left. And surprisingly, it left me feeling slightly calmer and happier than before I listened to it. Maybe it was his talk or maybe I’m reaching a better place with the status quo. Panic doesn’t seem to be productive.
Well, that’s enough for now. Have a great day.