As IF Times

It’s palpable.  The significant shift in the zeitgeist.  We can see it in popular culture, we can see it among regular people, and we can even see it more in legacy media.  The peak time of woke has passed.  The election of Donald Trump in overwhelming numbers in all but the most hardcore left states is a testament to the change.  And even in those left leaning areas, the shift in voting dynamics is underway. While Trump himself did not start the change, he personified the frustration that the vast majority of the population had felt for decades. They were fed up with the suffocating edicts of the militant left that they endured; at first gradually, then in a torrent.  The vote was a massive rejection of the increasingly severe rhetoric of the left.  Even at Madison Square Gardens in New York, the very heart of left, woke culture, Trump was welcomed as a hero while attending an UFC event.  The adulation and appreciation throughout the packed crowd was electric.  Finally, a champion.

For decades, the over-riding narrative propagated by the left in all sectors of society was “tolerance” and with that, the associated notion of diversity.  Tolerance and diversity were the impenetrable armor of the left as they proceeded to widely suppress and change the mindset of Americans. But something sinister happened along the path to leftist nirvana. That was the realization that a third critical component came with these two ideals:  and that was compliance. George Orwell presciently wrote of this almost 90 years ago in his classic novel, 1984. It’s incredible just how astute an observer of human nature he was.

Who would argue against the benign aspirations of tolerance and diversity? To do so would be as if you rejected ice cream and cake.  The problem was that everything became framed by these ideals and only certain people were allowed to frame them.  Thus, any opposition was characterized as unsociable and subversive to ‘mainstream values’. The term “politically correct” came into being.  They took a page from Henry Ford’s strategy, that is: you can think any way you want, as long as it’s our way.  This was the shield by which the left was able to coerce Americans into beliefs and behaviors more and more at odds with the fundamental values of the majority of Americans….and indeed worldwide.

When the principal concerns for the left became the right to end the lives of babies, to have men participate in women’s sports, to insist that sexually confused people MUST populate positions of responsibility in society, as well as promote unqualified people into jobs based solely on arbitrary demographics, the end was near.  We saw people with clearly deficient mental abilities promoted to positions in the name of diversity.  I suppose dumb can be considered diverse.  Ironically, it is a testament to the very tolerance of mainstream society that we withstood it for as long as we did.  In other words, mental illness was force fed into a population that finally recognized it as such.

This much is evident post the Trump victory as a women’s movement is underway to shave their heads and abstain from sexual relations.  Certainly this will be more of a hardship for some than for others if you’ve seen any pictures.  They didn’t even have the presence of mind to understand that their woke beliefs meant that men would in fact replace women in all aspects of life….apparently even giving birth. We have famous celebrities leaving (or only threatening to leave) because of their irrationally held fears. The charade is exposed; these people are nuts.

Thus Donald Trump is the target of the collective moaning and wailing, but the stark reality is, we’ve likely passed the zenith of woke and hopefully can now return back to an age of reason.  A large part of the population have finally pushed back against the oppression of submission.  They are no longer interested in acquiescing to the bizarre edicts of the insane and continuing down the rabbit hole of woke.  Weird is out; we can all celebrate normal again.

link: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/british-royal-air-force-no-longer-offering-pilot-jobs-white-men-women-ethnic-minorities-may-apply-video/

Why do we still have contests?

This is not a rhetorical question at all, but one that should be addressed in this modern era of enlightenment, diversity and fairness. As far as we can tell, from the very beginning of man’s existence, the ability to survive in the wild has been the ultimate arbiter of a society’s success as a people. In any given society, there will always be those individuals who have skillsets superior to those of others, conferring upon them some superior position in that society or over other societies.

These superior skillsets were necessary in the competition for land, for food for resources and for social progress. That’s how societies improve and evolve.  Of course, with the maturation of societies, the basic skillsets of hunting, gathering, cultivation or of waging warfare became less important as societies developed rules of civilization. Not everyone needed to have all the requisite skillsets to survive as those tasks were delegated to those most able or willing to perform them.

But in earlier times, if the tribe needed some meat for the winter period, it would make sense to send out the best hunter, rather than send out the best basket weaver. If this were not the case, the tribe would surely die out according to the rules of Darwinism.

Man’s naturally competitive nature logically progressed to anointing certain individuals or groups the mantle of best at whatever their skillsets were: running, shooting, planning, etc etc.  In our modern times, the most coveted skillset seems to be arguing picayune points of law. Societies today are moving towards the exact opposite of celebrating excellence…in fact, the goal is to encourage mediocrity.  In reality, the modern objective is to restrain excellence and to handicap society to its weakest links.

This is not hyperbole. Think of the entire industry created around diversity and fairness. As we know, universities at the highest levels are restricting qualified applicants in favor of those less qualified but who are part of an identified ‘disadvantaged’ segment.  Employment policies are geared towards ensuring that some targets of diversity are met.  We have military enlistment standards bent towards allowing heretofore unsuitable candidates entrance to training.   What never seems to be identified is: what does success look like?  What is the measurable level at which we can conclude that everything is fair?  How do we know when we’ve achieved optimal ‘diversity and fairness’?

Of course we know the answer to that and the answer is, never. As long as the industry of diversity exists and gets paid, there will be inequities to be addressed…forever. By coincidence, this is tied to the question of, when are there enough lawyers?  The answer is the same.  There’s always someone being wronged who is desperately in need of paying legal fees.

Odd then, that we still hold contests of any kind.  Why do we have the Olympic games wherein nations parade out their best physical specimens for basic contests of running and jumping.  Surely, societies have evolved beyond that.  Why are there any professional sports activities?  Most of the participants are naturally endowed with certain levels of physical skills….why should the less endowed not be allowed participation?  Why do we never see a 5’-5” accountant in the NBA? Why have pie baking contests? Why have spelling bees or barbecue cook offs? All of these activities could be replaced by flipping coins to determine winners.  Why create environments of exclusion for those with less endowed skillsets?

Why do people yearn for the best homes, the best cars and even the best food? Why are there foam fingers displaying ‘number one’ while there are none displaying, ‘middle of the pack’?

Like so much of the idiocy which has consumed modern society, we are being fed the notion that the appearance of fairness and diversity supersedes the natural inclination of people to succeed on their own merits. We are told that we can only run as fast as the slowest in the group.  In no species in nature is this dynamic true.

It’s possible that the nutters who propagate world overpopulation are correct; that there are too many useless people in the world. This push to dull the intelligence and capabilities of a society will definitely result in a weakened people.  When the inept and incompetent are at the controls of a society, that society is in trouble. The problem is, there are societies that don’t subscribe to a self-inflicted weakened culture, that continue to elevate their best and brightest….and that’s where Darwin steps in.