As IF Times

By now we’ve all been made aware of the ultimate goal of the goblins of the World Economic Forum and their goals for the New World Order: You will own nothing and be happy.  To most people raised in a time of working to achieve the basic necessities of life such as a home and perhaps basic transportation, this is a galling affront to their value system.

For the majority of time in man’s existence, the ‘ownership’ of things, especially of land, was the purview only of the powerful and rich. If you could keep intruders from your lands, then it was yours.  It was a simple matter of having enough ability to keep interlopers at bay.  So you only needed to have an army to bully others off your land.  These people wound up being kings and masters of their domain.  But for the average peon, they were relegated to working on such lands for the powerful owner but derived no ownership rights.

With the creation of the New World, the Americas, also came the privilege of property rights.  Ordinary working people were allowed to actually own land that was purchased from some authority.  Rather than having to actually fight to defend their property, they were given legal rights of ownership.  We can argue that this sense of permanence and belonging created strong communities because they were willing to defend a home which was theirs.  We can also argue that this grounding also gave birth to industry and real democracy since the achievements of one contributed to the achievements of many.

One of the greatest aspirations of most North Americans is to own their own home. Planting roots in a community to achieve this gave stability to that community.

The WEF statement pushes back strongly on this notion and in fact targets the reversal of hundreds of years of western civilization.  Once again, they want to concentrate ownership of virtually all things to the State, or at least to a very small cabal of owners.

This is offensive to anyone who has worked during their lives to improve the circumstances of their families.  Nobody wants to work for some entitled gnome.  That’s what you’d think.

But if you think about the trends in society over the past few generations, that WEF goal may not be that far-fetched and in fact they are making progress towards their goal.

Does anyone really ‘own’ their home?  Of course, there are property rights assigned to ‘owners’ but there are also property obligations, notably permanent property taxes. Not to mention the long term finance costs to banks for the majority of owners.  Cars have gone the same way.  Early on, it was feasible to actually own a car within a short time.  Now, it’s preposterously expensive to own a car and so accordingly, many turn to leasing for a term of between 3 to 5 years instead of ownership. Thus you’re effectively renting a vehicle only to renew the rental at the end of the term.

What about a simple phone?  There’s no such thing.  In addition to paying perhaps over $1000 for the newest phone product, you are tethered to a long term contract to use the device.  Who doesn’t have a phone these days?  Phones have been inextricably woven into our everyday lives not just for communication, but also for entertainment, for payments, for access, and most of all for identification.

Speaking of entertainment, the models have all moved to subscription plans.  You don’t buy DVD’s anymore.  You have a subscription to Netflix, Amazon Prime or any of the multitudes of video platforms.  Thus you pay every time you consume a video.  You don’t own a video as you used to be able to.   How about music?  Does anyone use CD’s or records anymore?  Why would they when they can stream on platforms such as Spotify?  But now, you pay a subscription fee just to listen to your favorite music. Interestingly, I have noticed the growing popularity of Ipod style devices which store music without subscription, so perhaps at least in this instance, there’s pushback.

Even in the field of healthcare, people are pushed into subscription models just to see a doctor.  Doctors don’t work for themselves, they are all part of large HMO’s which dictate how their services are dispensed.  Vaccines?  You don’t just get them once, you have to have them regularly like software updates.

Businesses have cleverly created business models that capture subscribers for the long term by selling convenience.  And it’s working.  People are so used to having instant gratification that they unwittingly pay constantly for things that they used to own outright. Now people are tethering themselves to long term consumerism. Ironically the rampant consumerism driving the west has led to people owning fewer things.  Don’t look now, but it looks like the Globalists are having their way.

link:  https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/alysa-liu-champion-who-cant-stop-smiling

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That people are tribal is not a new revelation; it’s a basic human condition which exists in our DNA for reasons likely linked originally to survival.  We can probably accept that when people were running around in loincloths and bearskins, it was a good idea to side with the people that looked like you and behaved similarly. It provided some degree of safety to be part of a supportive group in an otherwise hostile environment.  You identified with your group.  We all know of the mythic rivalry between the Hatfields and the McCoys, two rival Appalachian  families who feuded for decades just because their names were different.  The families of Romeo and Juliet; same thing.
On a much larger scale, we have always had divisions of populations based on such identifiers as religions, on ethnicity and race,  on regions and nations and also based on ideology. History shows that the consequences of belonging and identifying with one group over another one can be serious and even fatal.   Lots of wars have been fought based on the disputes both between and amongst such factions.

In today’s slightly more civilized world, these tribal instincts are manifest in less consequential but no less heated loyalties.  Much of these tribal urges are now focused on sports. We all know of the rabid fans in the soccer world during the World Cup when national pride is contested on the soccer pitch.  The activities of a nation can come to halt if a given nation’s team is a contender.  Most recently, the huge commercial event known as the Super Bowl was held and partisan supporters of both teams displayed their fanatical devotion by paying exorbitant sums just to be present at the event and to buy and wear the partisan colors.  This despite the fact that the lives of fans would not be affected in any meaningful way at all, regardless if their teams won or lost.  It was just a tribal thing.

At the moment the 2026 Winter Olympics are being held in Italy and this is the proto-typical occasion to show tribal support for your people, which means for the most part, your country.  People identify with these athletes only because they represent their tribe. If their athletes succeed, there is the notion of reflected glory for the fans of the nation, that they too are part of that athlete’s success.  While it’s natural to root for your country, the feats of the athletes have little to do with their nations.  It’s the result of years of dedicated effort to reach their level of competence. With that said, there can be no greater glory than to stand on the medal podium with your nation’s national anthem playing for everyone.  When the American women’s hockey team won their gold medal, they all collectively stood and sang their national anthem. On the other hand, you could see the heartbreak in the faces of the Canadian team who came up short.  It wasn’t just the loss, it was a loss for their nation. People vicariously live through these athletes representing their national pride.   Nationalism and patriotism is still a strong binding tie for most populations which is why we witness so much backlash against the talented skier Eileen Gu who elected to compete for China instead of her native United States.  The exact opposite was the affection for skater Alysa Liu who was unabashedly patriotic for the United States,  a story which is more compelling given that her father is a refugee from China.

Unfortunately this notionally non-partisan world class sporting event is being used more and more as a political billboard for many participants.  Certain among the American contingent have taken to use their 15 minutes of fame to criticize their own nation or to highlight issues that have nothing to do with competitive sports.  The dynamic of the “me me me” mindset has unfortunately made its way into the arena of sports, a venue which is meant only to showcase the best talents of dedicated athletes.  As the Dixie Chicks intoned years ago, ‘just shut up and sing’.