The West Gelds Itself

Only the intentionally misinformed read the WaPo or the NYT anyway.

The fourth estate has transformed into the fifth column dedicated to destroying this republic. Trump called it years ago.

Proving again, the love of money is the root of all evil.

Did LDotters know that Qatar had bought significant control of oir majjor universities? Those who don't read thia Must Read article won't have a clue.

The West has fallen into decadence just as Nietsche predicted 150 years ago. The problem he saw was the decline of noble morality as exemplified by the nobility of Rome and Greece and its subversion by the oppressed morality of resentful masses. This morality was based on a fundamental fear of powerlessness by people with no power. Their power came from rejecting and denegrating everything noble morality represented. This included wealth, individual achievement, and a concept of the selfish good. The noble was good not because he feared being harmed by others, but because he chose to be good. He had no need for law and rules because he was his own judge and jury. He could be cruel or merciful, but it was good if it was good for him. This was the will to power. In contrast, the West has been converted to meekness, false humility, and the practice of ascetism and self denial. It fears life because it is based on nihilistic philosophy and the tyranny of reason. There is only meaning in suffering. The end product of this sickness is the gridlock of Western democracies, unable to satisfy the most basic needs of a culture because they are paralized by resentment, envy, diversity, and fanatic allegiance to an impossible notion of equity. Ironically, non-Western cultures like China have ruthlessless defended their noble morality by an inner circle of rulers rather than the mob rule of true democracy. The irony for Jews is that, as they achieved noble wealth and power through their own assimilative efforts, they became the targets of the very resentment mob and oppressed morality that they invented with Christianity to destroy Rome.

FTA, the quote from William Bernstein’s, "The Delusions of Crowds" - "When presented with facts and data that contradict our deeply held beliefs, we generally do not reconsider and alter those beliefs appropriately. [Instead] we avoid contrary facts and data, and when we cannot avoid them, our erroneous assessments will occasionally even harden and, yet more amazingly, make us more likely to proselytize them. In short, human ‘rationality’ constitutes a fragile lid perilously balanced on the bubbling cauldron of artifice and self-delusion.” This is what we are up against and will continue to be up against. As for the massive funding American academia receives from Qatar, something to keep in mind before you send your kids to these institutions. I would suspect academia is receiving funding from several other arab countries.