Antony Blinken. US FOREIGN POLICY & CHINA .

China FM Qin Gang greet US Blinken, reach out for a uneasy handshake 

Antony Blinken , his trip to China looked like a pathetic getsure , hardly any signs of genuine diplomacy.. Now China killing it. All recent diplomatic wins have been theirs. Then they basically stopped us meeting with them for months. And now they let him come only to ensure he walked back all the Sabre rattling. Based. (1)>>Asking China to do anything that doesn't prop up their system or would alleviate problems but reduce their cash flow, isn't going to happen. Joe Biden said Mr Blinken “did a hell of a job” in his rare visit to Beijing. The US president added: “We’re on the right trail here.”Chinese president Xi Jinping hailed “progress” in relations .  (2)>>Besides , Blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping "open channels of communication", a statement added.His trip is the first by a top US diplomat to China in almost five years. A planned Blinken visit in February was called off after a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew in US airspace.Something tells me that this clown wants to visit China out of panic. I'm not convinced that debt ceiling was raised around early June 2023. I mean, based on the news from AmeriKKKan MSM, it doesn't look like a normal negotiation. So, I believe that this is a begging mission to China that Blinken plans to do.yep, militarily, economically, his boss's re-election, etc. the list is comprehensive, and of course, war in Ukraine, blinken is crapping bricks, think  (3)>>the plan is trade taiwan for another 4 years of biden, so joe won't suffer the same fate as trump now but if biden loses.......I can't help thinking that the  (3.1)>>BS story about a 'spy base' in Cuba was the latest attempt to provide an excuse for Blinken if the negotiations broke down. Except that it failed spectacularly.  (4)>>Same as with the weather balloon, exactly what information would China gather that could not be achieved easier by satellites and other means?The desperation of the US government is definitely reaching new highs (lows?). It was so used to playing from a position of strength that it can't deal with the fact it is not even an average player now. While the last administration definitely pissed away a lot of soft power and drove out a huge number of experienced civil servants (who took a huge amount of institutional history with them), the trend began long ago.Domestic politics has been a clusterfuck since at least the 90s and was only barely functional before that due to the strength of personalities like Tip O'Neill, Tom Foley, Howard Baker or Bob Dole, not because of any inherent superiority of its government.

a clusterfuck tricky Foreign policy 

 (5)>>Foreign policy has been coasting on the post-WWII consensus that desperately seeks a perpetual war to fund the MIC and its Wall Street financiers. Winning the Cold War was never their intention - it was their golden goose. The 90s was spent trying to militarize the drug war (which was tricky since half the drugs are funded by the CIA). 9/11 let them unleash the Global War on Terror which worked well enough for the last twenty years. Except the underlying issues that drive terrorism cannot be addressed through military means. The boots on the ground need to be community development and social workers, civil engineers, school teachers, microfinance specialists, etc, not infantrymen in fortified compounds. (Thankfully at least one major country realized the above and deployed its resources accordingly. Compare Kabul to Kashgar - who won the 'war' on terror?) (6)>>Exactly what Blinken hopes to accomplish, I have no idea, but he has nothing to offer besides bluster and bravado that the current administration cannot back up.The security afforded by 2 oceans have always underscored US foreign policy. While I don't think the base itself would upend US security in anyway, it is thought provoking.The US has fought in two world wars, but the mainland was never threatened. In the (7)>>war games and discussions regarding Taiwan, unlike the war in Ukraine, it's always assumed that the Chinese mainland will be hit, with some Taiwanese nationalists also often bringing up hitting the three gorges dam, yet the possibilities of China hitting the US mainland aren't really discussed. The US has not supported Taiwan independence for 50 years. This is nothing new. Along with virtually every other country in the world, the US has acknowledged the "One China Policy" since the 1970s.Don't confuse America's constant insults and taunting of China with actual foreign policy. The bottom line is that America and China need each other economically.I know this will get a lot of down votes here because people do not want to hear it, but it is all factually correct.  (8)>> I think boots on the ground are far fetched, we aren't in the fallout timeline yet, but if we're talking about full on total war, without stuff like limiting war outside mainland China (like in Ukraine), I doubt China won't launch some missiles at the US, like Shanghai getting bombed means LA is getting hit. Came here to say this.. anyone who buys into this crap about how China is evil or Russia is evil why not actually review recent history the  (9)>>USA lies and doesn’t keep our end of the bargain and then utilizes the Ukraine which is the human trafficking money laundering corrupt kinda country kinda international flop house where the oligarchs play and do what the fuck they want and does anyone even know how much money we gave those communists -nazis  in Ukraine who operate like we are starting to when someone comes up in popularity against the current political power (never a leader they don’t exist). Like now,  he who doesn’t tow the line they get locked up and keep their cross dressing makeup wearing music video homoerotic nut job  story in the position of puppet I mean power of the current U.S. made fiasco in UKR , now in Biden's dementia there is is a strange twist to huge policy blunders about policing the world . . Frankly, it's none of our business how the  (10)>>Chinese people run their own country. Just like it is none of their business how we run ours.We need to do what is best for us at home and stop obsessing about distant lands that are not part of the United States. We can do cross-investment and trade with China without meddling in their internal politics. yes, look for genuine solutions . 

NOTES AND COMMENTS : 

(1)>>Asking China to do anything. Happening Now: the Chinese absolutely owned SOS Antony Blinken and the Biden Admin, and absolutely embarrassed them on the world stage. Blinken even denounced Taiwan independence! Blinken visited China to de-escalate tensions and reaffirm the relationship with China. For months China has poked the US, including multiple spy balloons that gathered US intelligence, a spy base in Cuba, and gaining allies around the world against us. Blinken cowered to China and refused to confront them, and even claimed the US doesn’t support Taiwan’s independence, leaving the country to fend for themselves. Before the trip Joe Biden stated that the balloons were an accident even though they gathered US intelligence.The Demos forget just a couple years ago, Pelosi went to Taiwan and expressed the US’ “ironclad” and unwavering support for Taiwan… talking out both sides of the mouth, seems like. (2)>>Besides , Blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping "open channels of communication". This meeting was "agreed" upon after Blinken had a call with Qin Gang, China's foreign minister. China has been reluctant to meet face-to-face to with Blinken for months. Why now? Reading between the lines, what most likely happened during the call is Blinken said the US is willing to offer China something, and Qin Gang took that message back to Chinese leadership who then approved the visit. What that thing is and whether the US will really follow through, who knows, but clearly it's something China is interested in.  (3)>>the plan is trade taiwan for another 4 years of biden.What can the US realistically offer regarding Taiwan besides their full support for reunification though? The US can promise not to meet with Taiwanese politicians or sell more weapons to Taiwan, but those are problems the US itself created. I don't think China will accept such a deal. My guess is it's something else. NOW  the Biden administration released its Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, which noted that “We will support Taiwan, a leading democracy and a critical economic and security partner, in line with longstanding American commitments.” By mentioning Taiwan, the Biden team became only the second administration ever, after the Trump administration, to highlight Taiwan in a national security strategy, indicating the U.S. intent to ensure Taiwan's de facto sovereignty in the face of growing Chinese aggression. The Biden administration is working on preparing plans to evacuate Americans in Taiwan, According to the Messenger, the federal government’s plans have been in the works for at least six months, citing three sources with knowledge of the plans. Anticipation of a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan has been mounting as China’s military encroachment of waters and airspace has heated up in recent months.   Isn't it way too early to know? We have 18 months before the general campaigning even begins in earnest, and nearly 2.5 years until the actual election. So many of these issues you bring up now will likely be different then, and who knows what could happen between now and then!   White House officials said this was not official policy of the US. Ignoring the fact that this may just be strategic ambiguity, why are people so upset about this. It seems like the first thing in years that the left wing and right wing agree on, while the moderate are disinterested in the whole ordeal. Why was this such a mistake and why are the wings of the political spectrum particularly upset about this?(3.1)>>BS story about a 'spy base' in Cuba. How is China's presence in Cuba any greater threat to the United States than Ukraine joining NATO would be to Russia?Countries spying on each other is the way of the world. We absolutely spy on them, and they already spy on us.  Stories like this just reveal the US plan to incite war with China. The US has likely dozens of spy camps surrounding China.  Frankly that they are announcing a "spy base" feels like it's just meant to distract, because it is very weird to announce a spy base instead of having it be covert. (4)>>Same as with the weather balloon. Two important lessons should be extracted from this incident as we accept the fact that China, by no means, is our friend. This is especially so as a second Chinese balloon reportedly is making its way across Latin America. Understanding the following two lessons is a critical step in recognizing that President Joe Biden does not, based on how he dealt with the incident. Understanding these lessons should have triggered a U.S. response to shoot the balloon down immediately upon first entering U.S. airspace rather than while exiting it.While described as a weather balloon, it is much more likely to have been designed for a military purpose, although exactly what remains a mystery. China has satellites revolving around planet Earth that could provide surveillance data, unless their orbits could not surveil what a “meandering” balloon could. But such a balloon is also capable of providing a delivery system for an electromagnetic pulse attack (EMP), destroying electrical grids and denying users electricity for months or even years. Estimates are an EMP attack could kill 90% of Americans by starvation and societal collapse. Thus, these balloons present a serious potential threat to America.(5)>>Foreign policy has been coasting . Biden compares himself to Kissinger - The US president claims nobody alive matches his foreign policy expertise.  Describing a career of foreign policy failures as "expertise" is a weird flex but okay. American diplomatic relations is on the free fall . There is no turn around . Biden is so based. Don't you people understand the Russian-Ukraine war is a geopolitical game the US is  NOT winning? he goal was never for Ukraine to win. The goal is to cut off Europe from Russian natural gas, use the IRA to make the US a green tech manufacturer, and to force European countries to be the first people to pay the full up-front cost of total decarbonization, and that great cost to them will result in exorbitant profits for the US. And ultimately, this will bring the green tech industry to life making it cheaper for everyone.. Decarbonization would never happen in Europe so long as they have access to Russian gas. You can't square that circle. Russia must be isolated for the US to reign in the European vassal states. Just buy our damn solar panels you stupid Krauts! Sure, supporting Ukraine in the conflict risks nuclear war. But Biden understands that climate change is such a grave threat that this fight is necessary. (6)>>Exactly what Blinken hopes to accomplish, I have no idea. Chinese state-run media celebrated Antony Blinken’s Secretary of State nomination as “good for China.”Now we know why…I explained to a lefty friend today, who totally dismissed this as, and I quote, a “nothing burger,” why this was so bad. I explained the semi-conductor, it’s importance to literally all electronics, how important they are to the entire global economy, how Taiwan makes 90+% of the sophisticated ones, how China doesn’t have access to them, how the entire infrastructure is set to blow if China invaded so they don’t get their hands on plans/production, and how that would legit set the world economy back by like a decade.He goes “whoa. Ok. Yeah. Like, yeah that’s bad. Real bad.”I said “yeah. Biden, the worst president the US has ever had did this … and you voted for him because you were propagated to hate Trump.” He just looked at me blankly and said “fuuuuuck.”By explicitly stating what Blinken did, and from it coming from his position, that’s a different story altogether. It simply begs the question of China saying “ok, so we’re going to just head over there and be sure they’re operating as a “one China” … so you’re all cool with that then huh?” Which then makes the US have to either be like “yeah, cool, one China man!” Or “hang on a sec … you can’t do that …” and causing more problems.Simply put, Blinken casually saying what he did (most likely) isn’t just a simple “oh whatever. He’s just saying things. It’s no big deal.” What he said can very easily be interpret as a green light for China to invade. Plain and simple. If that happens, bad for everyone.(7)>>war games and discussions regarding Taiwan.  Bloomberg: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he raised concerns about China's "provocative actions" in the Taiwan Strait during talks in Beijing "We do not support Taiwan independence," he adds.  From what I know and I’ve seen, the US position has been “the one China policy” while simultaneously quietly advocating and positioning for Taiwan to maintain its autonomy. When pressured, most politicians simply say “we are for the one China policy” or “we continue to advocate for the status quo.” (Or something similar). The US doesn't officially acknowledge Taiwanese sovereignty while simultaneously guaranteeing Taiwan protection from invasion from the mainland. Officially Taiwan doesn't even consider itself independent from mainland china either but as one nation with the mainland being controlled by a rebel government. Without getting into the details the goal of this strategy is to preserve the status quo because doing anything else a worse option.Taiwan doesn't even recognize its own independent. The Republic of China still claims to be the legitimate government of China and sees the People's Republic of China as a pretender government. This is a total nothingburger. It is maintaining the status quo, which is the Republic of China maintaining its sovereignty over Taiwan, under the US military umbrella, but not formally declaring itself a state independent of China. (8)>> I think boots on the ground are far fetched, we aren't in the fallout timeline yet. Weariness over the long-running wars with no set political objectives and tens of billions of dollars , putting boots on the ground in Taiwan is ruled out . BUT its possible that UKRAINE. The sentiment is right but if NATO steps in directly with boots on the ground this will escalate more than I think most realize. Blinkin abandoned Taiwan anyhow with the one China policy. Also, by aiding Ukraine, we ARE in the middle of the proxy war which is increasing tensions with Russia. Their only options against us are to hurt US interests abroad (Ukraine) or threaten nuclear options.I agree that Russia is a real-life country with rational actors, not some comic book enemy that will do anything in the pursuit of Pure Evil for Evil's Sake.What is worse is that it will accelerate China's plans to invade Taiwan. And there is no way the US doesn't go to war over that without an absolute traitor or idiot at the helm. Right now.They would probably declare Russia taking over European countries - even ones in NATO - and China taking over Taiwan as "not an American problem" as part of an isolationist foreign policy. Of course, when our country finds that the stuff we like buying needs to come through Russia or China (because they invaded the countries that provided those things to us) and we need to pay exorbitant rates for them, then it would become an American problem. Of course, by then, it would be too late and we wouldn't have any allies to help us. (9)>>USA lies and doesn’t keep our end of the bargain and then utilizes the Ukraine .  They lied to us about Vietnam, they lied to us about Iraq, they lied to us about Covid...but this time they are telling the truth about Ukraine...I'm honestly shocked that people still believe anything that comes out of our governments mouth .The media lies to the people time after time again, and yet everyone keeps running straight back to them. Ukraine decides nothing, its US that controls everything in Ukraine.US should give up make a deal with Russia on what should be left in Ukraine and what parts will go to Russia and perhaps some other countries like Poland Romania Hungary etc .Ukraine seized to exist as sovereign country in 2014 when US did Maidan coup and took control over its territories.The war was totally preventable and could've been ended long time ago, wouldn't it be for certain foreign parties interfering with certain sovereign state's affairs and interfering against the possible peace negotiations. Biden was one of the architects of what led to the current situation in Ukraine. Putin didn't just wake up one day last year and decided to start a special military operation in that country.   So besides the obvious aggressor - Russia, there are the other parties accountable for the war casualties. Let's not forget that. You've been lied to before, you're being lied to again and you keep spreading the lies further, regardless.(10)>>Chinese people run their own country. This was the highest-level meeting in Beijing since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and a conversation of substance. If you examine Blinken’s remarks to the press, he makes three important points.First, the United States stands by the “one China” policy and does not support Taiwan independence. Second, it would be “disastrous” for the world’s two largest economies to decouple, ending trade and investment. Third, the number of educational exchanges and direct flights between the two countries must be accelerated.US politicians keep saying they support the One-China policy, then the US turns around and sells more weapons to Taiwan, sends politicians there to interfere in China's internal politics, and threatens to bomb TSMC if China tries to reunify with Taiwan. China’s success has more to do with effective economic mobilization, construction of infrastructure, attraction of capital, education levels, and other basic social and economic factors, some of which were gradually established through the Republican era, many of which were cemented during the Maoist era, and others during the Deng era. The Leninist autocracy is essentially a function of China’s size and developmental context as a peasant economy under heavy military and economic pressures combined with its proximity to the Soviet Union. I doubt that a similar corporatist Leninist structure could be effectively put in place in a developed or even a fairly democratic developing country. It might work in some place like Angola, which is basically already an integrated party-army-petrostate hierarchy which could easily be restructured to a formal Leninist system, but I doubt it would stick in places with stronger democratic traditions or more active civil societies like South Africa or Brazil, or really anywhere in Latin America.Basically, if you can put a political system in place that guarantees all the above crap, you’ll get economic and concomitant social development.

NATO ATTEMPTED COUP AGAINST PUTIN . ???

Will PUTIN survive ??? "hurr hurr, Putin should just NEGOTIATE PEACE with Wagner!"As for Prigozhin, this is an attempted rebellion of a grave level. IMO if he makes it out alive he will be arrested.AS OF SHORT NOTICE I write this .  (1)>>There is PROBABLY a NATO attempted COUP against Vladimir Putin using the Wagner Mercenaries . Any coup against Putin would need the support of the Soloviki (Putins inner circle). They're some of the most powerful people in Russia many of them with military and intelligence backgrounds.  (1.2)>>If Putin goes, one of them simply takes his place. A coup wouldn't turn Russia into a thriving democracy. Most Russian's don't know the actual story of what's happening in Ukraine. The others don't care or are brainwashed into thinking what they are doing is right. The head of a Russian mercenary army fighting in Ukraine alongside Moscow’s official military forces has declared war against the Russian ministry of defense, claiming that Russia’s war in Ukraine was all the result of a giant plot by defense bureaucrats to mislead Russian President Vladimir Putin into a pointless conflict. (2)>>Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner and founder of the mercenary organization, is calling for an armed rebellion and threatened to rush Moscow in order to oust the minister who he accused of ordering the bombing of his war camps in Ukraine. The Kremlin has called for his arrest on mutiny charges in response. On Saturday, Prigozhin said his 25,000 soldiers had stormed into Rostov-on-Don — home to the Russian military headquarters for the southern region that oversees the fighting in Ukraine, close to where the Wagner forces had been deployed.Prigoshin’s Wagner Group—designated as a “transnational criminal organization” by the U.S.—has been linked with Moscow in repeated military conflicts, including Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and “exerted influence on behalf of Moscow in Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Mali and Mozambique,” according to the Times. (3)>>Why would they want to? As far as they are concerned Russia is winning, the war is going to plan, NATO is a Nazi force on their doorstep and Putin has huge popular vote behind him. Let’s go for the wildest Hail Mary of all conspiracies.Prigozhin knows that there’s less than a year left before the aliens reveal themselves to have been working in secret with the governments around the world. Governments know this will freeze territorial claims which is why Putin made a play for Ukraine.Once Prigozhin learned of this, he decided to make a play for highest seat of power in Russia so that he could direct  (4)>>Russia’s ambitions in the coming age of interplanetary relations. I actually believe that Wagner is just doing his own thing. You have this guy with his own loyal, brutal army, doing all the dirty work for the State, with his criticisms of military strategy going ignored in Ukraine, allegedly getting bombed by their own State in an attempt to strong arm him into ceding his army over. I think he’s one of the classical “for the Motherland!” type Russians and, after years of being Putin’s dude and seeing him operate up close, finally hit a breaking point and potentially has the means and situation to do what he thinks is right.  Somebody probably offered more money to the Wagner group than Putin was paying. Wagner goes to fight only for money and if offered more money than they are currently making(a significant amount more) they will, according to logic and reasoning, take the better offer.  (5)>>It’s not at all clear what comes next after a remarkable not-quite 24 hours in Russia. The Russian government has not commented on Prigozhin’s latest move, or any possible deal, although earlier in the day Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to put down the rebellion led by Prigozhin.Putin called the “internal turmoil” a threat to Russia’s statehood in speech on Saturday. “This is a stab in the back against our nation and our country,” If the coup happens, and a nuke gets launched while under the control of Wagner, no one can blame Putin. Then Russia regains control from Wagner, Putin is now a hero. That’s my bet.

NOTES AND COMMENTS : 

(1)>>There is PROBABLY a NATO attempted COUP against Vladimir Putin . I truly believe the US Government is working with the CIA to stage a coup in Russia to oust Putin so that Joe Biden can campaign on toppling Putin in 2024. Just seems like this is all coordinated so Biden can take credit for ending the Ukraine-Russia war and pretend to be a hero.This is why Joe Biden hates Putin and is having the CIA fund a coup with Prigozhin. It has nothing to do with Ukraine. No one on this earth ACTUALLY gives a shit about Ukraine except the tubes being fleeced.How much did Wagner charge for this mission. Asking for all the taxpayers in the US and EU that are funding this.First the submarine. Now the CIA staging a coup against Putin. Just keep talking about anything but Hunter Biden, huh? Joe will start World War Three before he lets the media actually scrutinize his bribes.This administration is very good at the diversion game removing the spotlight off them when it don't serve them and they keep digging up old bones on somebody else to remove the heat from them. (1.2)>>If Putin goes, one of them simply takes his place. A coup wouldn't turn Russia into a thriving democracy. Biden's military aid for Ukraine runs out at the end of summer or so and Zelenskyy has lost his former border to Russia — this is now why you see the "pro-Wagner" coup on Putin propaganda hitting the airwaves. But Later , the big gaff  Biden broke his long streak of message discipline during a speech in Poland , when he added an apparently unscripted ending: “For God’s sake, this man”—meaning Putin—“cannot remain in power.” The president doubled down on these accusations , but REMEMBER who blew up the NORD STREAM pipeline would do next ??? Elon Musk on Putin: “Those who want to remove Putin are under the delusion that whoever replaces him will be more inclined towards the world or Western philosophy, but I think this is unlikely. The Kremlin is not the Olympics for the good guys.”Yeah, the reality is whether or not some in the Russian leadership don’t like the idea of Russia as a heavily sanctioned, pariah state. Russia will inevitably grow poorer, and if Putin was to be replaced by someone it would be likely due to his actions being less than agreeable - however this has not happened.(2)>>Yevgeny Prigozhin. Here’s Putin’s full speech on the events that have unfolded with Yevgeny Prigozhin: “The attempted insurrection by the chief of the Wagner private military company, Evgeny Prigozhin, amounts to a betrayal of Russia and its people…We are fighting for the lives and safety of our people, for our sovereignty and independence. For the right to be and remain Russia…” People should remember that the goal of NATO is the break up of Russia. The mercenaries are open to fight on behalf of the highest bidder. The Russian air force will be crucial in how this ends and who emerges as the victor.Agreement by Lukashenko:According to unconfirmed reports, the main agreement to resolve the conflict was the resignation of the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense. In return, Yevgeny Prigozhin reduces his activities in our country and focuses on his projects in Africa. -> Actually a fairly Happy End … if confirmed. Means Surovikin is the boss?(3)>>Why would they want to? As far as they are concerned Russia is winning, the war is going to plan. I mean yeah there are certain characteristics of Russian leaders so I honestly don’t disagree that much. But his reasoning is eh it more comes down to ideas that Russia is different from Europe, something many people struggle to realise, rather than anything to do with the good guy olympics.So 100+ billion dollars later Russia is winning like they were always going to and we couldn't afford a job and real infrastructure program. The shelling is picking up once again.It's almost as if the money isn't spent where the American taxpayer is led to believe it will. PERHAPS WHY THE COUP ATTEMPT ????If people still do not understand that this is a proxy war between NATO and Russia then they need to stop posting. The west has decided that both financially and politically it's more of a benefit to give the Ukraine the money and arms to be on a more level playing field. The west is testing new things like drone warfare against old school strategy. Russia is seeing if their army is even capable of attacking anyone else. (4)>>Russia’s ambitions in the coming age of interplanetary relations. How does Russia view its current strategic position? What are the limits of its growing influence in the Middle East and other regions? People say we are 'wasting' money in Ukraine, but if there's one thing the US is good at, it's making money from a war. They are absolutely going to sell a shitload of military hardware to NATO, europe, Ukraine, Poland, and anywhere even tangentially related to this. It's going to boil down to "Look, Russia can invade you at any time, but if you have US support and our weapons, you could do something about it".The US has been doing this for a very very long time, they aren't just losing money in random wars because they are clueless. (5)>>It’s not at all clear what comes next after a remarkable not-quite 24 hours in Russia.   - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:- Accusations were dropped against Prigozhin, who is leaving Russia for Belarus The people of Wagner who did not participate in the uprising will sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense- Wagner's fighters who participated were not charged- - No change in leadership in the Russian army - Peskov

Ted Kaczynski CLIFF NOTES .

Ted Kaczynski's MANIFESTO is perhaps 
vary compelling that out technology 
is getting out of Control after all.

Almost everything  (1)>>Ted Kaczynski wrote about in his manifesto and collected writings is correct.  He was a terrorist, but he was definitely not an idiot. Probably better ways to get his point across than killing people though.  (2)>>I've read Ted’s Manifesto and he does have some good points however he is not original in his thinking. He comes from a long line of romantic, anarchic, libertarian thinkers. In fact, Ted would likely have been a Luddite if he were born a century earlier.If he hadn’t chosen violence as a means to spread his message he would likely be a popular podcast guest today.That being said, I think the more interesting question to ask is whether technological progress is predetermined as the natural outcome of all things. As Ted would say, ‘there’s no turning back.’  (3)>>Technology is advancing as never before . Now was are SO WARNED about the DANGERS of AI . A catastrophe is not inevitable, but it's true that the heights to which technology has brought us also makes the potential consequences of a catastrophe more severe. We are also on a technological treadmill, not only do we need the technology we have, but we are also dependent on an (4)>>ever-accelerating flow of new technology in order to sustain our growth.All that being said, are we really better off stepping off the treadmill? No! That is just a way to bring on the catastrophe now, and make it certain, because we are scared of the potential somewhere in the future. The better answer is to double down on technology, which has been our savior until now, but also to work towards better worldwide solutions, so that no one is deprived of the benefits of technology. Going back to an agrarian society at this point would require killing off the vast majority of the world's population, and I'm not ready for that kind of "solution."  (5)>>LAST WEEK or SO, Apple introduced it's augmented reality headset called Apple Vision Pro that “seamlessly” blends the real and digital world. “It’s the first Apple product you look through, and not at,” CEO Tim Cook said of the device, which looks like a pair of ski goggles. As rumored, it features a separate battery pack and is controlled with eyes, hands, and voice. It will start at $3,499 and launch early next year, starting in the US market with more countries coming later in the year. When I first saw this , it rang a alarm bell .  (6)>>ARE these devices DANGEROUS ?  Could it manipulate our MINDS ??? The scientists have  used Bluetooth to transmit brainwaves wirelessly from users in order to control the electromagnetic response of PMs. Such a design offers users a groundbreaking way of manipulating electromagnetic waves by means of their brainwaves, thus coming extremely close to telekinesis – a phenomenon that, until recently, belonged solely to the field of science fiction. Recently, a blog post from the University of Miami proposed a means of connecting human brains to computer interfaces not via Neuralink-like computer chips and wires, but with nanoparticles directly interacting with human neurons.However, this is only the latest in a growing trend of world governments taking interest in mind-control technologies.If the future is scary, it's probably going to become more so as governments of the world fund further research into mind-control technologies.

Kaczynski's Manifesto .

Kaczynski wrote , I quote this . Basically like the title, To start I will quote the first paragraph of his manifesto, which greatly summarizes his views.

"The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life un-fulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in "advanced" countries."Furthermore, the technological- capitalist system with the exception of extremely marginally economic areas (such as the Sahara, the deepest Amazon, and other similar areas) permits no outlet or escape from its grasp.  (6.1)>>You have no freedom to live in the wild, should you so choose, because the wild has been eliminated and developed. Thus, an individual has no freedom to escape it.Each individual technology developed, which is ostensibly "good", in summation with the technologies that came before it - limit an individual's freedom, because they have to abide by the rules of capitalism, the state, or by custom in order to use the technology. For instance, once the boombox was developed, people who chose to use boomboxes came into conflict with people who didn't like the use of boomboxes. The state (police) become the arbitrator between people who use and don't use boomboxes, and individual human freedom (to enjoy or not enjoy the use of boomboxes is regulated by another organization. While this example is relatively minor, modern man's life is more regulated than ever before.

(7)>>The Industrial Revolution was a mistake. I honestly wish the internet didn’t exist, we would be better off without it. Every modern problem we have today is practically because of the internet. Think about it. The internet has done more harm than good. Now, as I drift to sleep tonight, with my phone on charge just so I can check it in the morning, only to wake up and face the consequences of the Industrial Revolution. Characterizing it as being a "slave to technology" overdramatizes the situation. Technology has been pretty good to us, it's not on a par with slavery.  (8)>>This isn't The Matrix. In fact, technology is our slave, not the other way around. We are no more slaves to technology than slave owners were slaves to slavery.That being said, we are absolutely dependent on technology, and unless you are willing to let the vast majority of the human race die, we will continue to be dependent on technology in the future. We can't help it; we must embrace it and make the best of it and make sure everyone benefits from it. The alternative is simply unacceptable. (9)>>The Unabomber manifesto was really an eye opener for me. I was so confused/disappointed why Berkeley, the center of the free speech movement, became the epicenter of limiting free speech. But now I understand the psychology behind it. His only problem is that he didn’t seek to make a change, just an impact. He could’ve been key at raising such awareness on the dangers of tech, but he chose instead to let anger and frustration take the wheel. Murdering innocent people (or cogs in the machine, which I see as innocent) did nothing but put his ideology at a horrific starting position.

Ted Kaczynski and the "left".

In a 1995 letter sent to a number of prominent media outlets, Kaczynski vowed to end his campaign of terror if a major journalistic outlet would run his manifesto, Industrial Society and Its Future, in its entirety and unedited. He seemed to believe that the publication of this document would trigger a revolution.  (10)>>Kaczynski wrote that the leftists can't truly rebel against the modern world because their urge to conform is too great: "The over-socialized person is kept on a psychological leash and spends his life running on rails that society has laid down for him. "I generally agree with the idea that leftism is the source of many of our problems. Libertarianism is based on individualism and respect for individual rights. Government coercion is used by collectivists to sacrifice individual rights, which creates many of our social and economic problems.He also said " The conservatives are fools: they whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technology and economic progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values." (Technological slavery, page 36) (11)>>While I would agree that this is where the modern left is ending up, I disagree that this phenomena is purely a problem of the left-wing nor the sole route to this end point. The modern left is essentially a reconfiguration of what the old right was back when they held the mantle of fundamentalist majoritarians -- it's literally the same shit just using different controls. I think this is less of a left vs. right issue than it is a top vs. down issue -- i.e. authoritarianism of a social dominant orientation. (12)>>After every period of swift technological advancement comes a period of societal regression where ideological blindness and zealotry leads to the how and why not getting equal scrutiny as the what. And this ultimately leads to chaos, destruction and disunity. It's the same reason the American civil war was fought. The industrial revolutions made the end of slavery in inevitability, but people didn't know how to both psychologically and politically process this and it led to a political profiteer's paradise giving way to easily avoidable carnage and misery.

Final WORD on Kaczynski. 

Ted Kaczynski died in prison . News media reported it was a suicide ,we can only assume if it was true. The frightening part is that lots of his predictions have been coming true.The most disturbing thing about Ted Kaczynski isn't his crimes, but the possibility that he might be right in such predictions. The death of Earth's biosphere from human activity is not certain, but it is within the realm of possibility. It's truly terrifying to even contemplate the possibility that he is sane, and we are the crazy ones.I often hear or read people claiming him to be racist or antisemitic but nobody can ever show anything in his writings to show that. In fact I’ve only seen his writings that explicitly call white nationalists idiots. That's kinda what makes this whole thing a shame. Brilliant mind. Could've taken his vision forward in a lot of ways.Decided on killing people and alone. Nobody cared his torch when things caught up to him.He seemed (maybe?) correct about some of the uses (or mis-uses) of technology but I gotta quote Karl Marx: "The Luddite movement, whose sole purpose was the destruction of the machine, was succeeded by a more conscious struggle. The new revolutionary organisations were motivated by the determination to change the political conditions under which the workers were forced to exist."

NOTES AND COMMENTS :

(1)>>Ted Kaczynski. Mr. Kaczynski traced a singular path in American life: lonely boy genius to Harvard-trained star of pure mathematics, to rural recluse, to notorious murderer, to imprisoned extremist.This. His arguments are very solid. His books Technological Slavery and Anti-Tech Revolution are both must-reads.I've always shared his pessimistic views on what the world is becoming due to uncontrolled abuse of technology, but eventually realized that not extending this pessimism to the pre-neolithic (paleolithic) times as well is all too naive, despite the fact that many neolithic atrocities didn't exist yet. Yes, almost everyone lived and died vigorous and young, there were less people dealing with disability and birth defects, and age-specific problems hardly existed, but in a brutally literal sense as everyone was simply dying otherwise if said criteriae weren't met. Most children and teens still had to die, die, die and die by the masses just so a few more or less lucky ones could live a shorter more vivid life into young adulthood or in the exceptional cases, middle age by modern standards. So ultimately it's a vain distinction, even though he did technically state the truth on some specific modern matters, and some anti-tech revolution methods could be partially acted out to at least prevent the most disastrous future.(2)>>I've read Ted’s Manifesto and he does have some good points . I personally found the ideas to be provocative and life changing. As someone that grew up thinking technology a mostly positive force, taking the Philosophy of Tech course upended that mental paradigm.I don't think he would have helped get it published if he didn't think there wasn't something philosophically relevant and worth at least considering. AND NOT TO not condone Ted's violence. Literally the first half of it sounds like a typical Petersonian screed against "the woke snowflake libs", and it's super weird that that never comes up when people discuss the manifesto. Keep in mind the manifesto was written in the 90s during the culture wars, which, for someone ostensibly living as a recluse in the woods, Kaczynski seemed to be very clued into. I'm serious--go look up the manifesto and read it in full from the beginning. He starts off by going on and on and on about "leftists", which he defines in the following way:When we speak of leftists in this article we have in mind mainly socialists, collectivists, “politically correct” types, feminists, gay and disability activists, animal rights activists and the like. (§7)(3)>>Technology is advancing as never before . Technological progress and social progress are not the same thing. See, for example, the rapid pace of technological development (especially in surveillance technologies) in China, which has been coupled with a rolling-back of many of the (limited) liberties Chinese people had during the economic boom years. There is no prima facie reason to be against social and political equity just because you are against technological development; anarcho-primitivists, for example, tend to be pretty left-wing people.The only point at which Kaczynski speaks ill of conservatives is in §50. There, he doesn't criticize conservative values, but rather what he sees as the myopic nature of the mainstream American conservative movement, which failed to understand that rapid changes in technology are generally met with rapid changes in the broader social order. In other words, the accusation is not that conservatives are wrong, but that they're bad conservatives insofar as they are pro-technology.(4)>>ever-accelerating flow of new technology in order to sustain our growth. Technology is not only changing and becoming more advanced but the rate of the change is also increasing.   Artificial intelligence could evolve beyond our control or, less dramatically, replace countless human workers, bringing social and economic instability. Techniques of gene editing might become so easy that anyone may soon be able to hack and modify their own germline, opening huge ethical challenges. Of course, we face looming unknown risks from cybercrime and cyberwarfare.But there are drawbacks to progress. Some critics of the digital era lament the power of a few giant social media outlets to shape public opinion. Others raise serious concerns about pathologies such as cyberbullying and Internet pornography. And there are those who worry about the potential loss of privacy, and the danger to civil liberties, at a time when practically every movement, phone call, and email message leaves a digital trail that can be exploited by a nosy neighbor or an intrusive government.(5)>>LAST WEEK or SO, Apple introduced it's augmented reality headset. Whenever I heard those predictions of 2024 for Apple to release glasses, I never took it seriously. Like, Apple isn't going to release something like that with the state of the tech they'll have access to by then. Even the best cutting edge tech of 2024, something they rarely do, would not even be close to consumer ready. There is no near term display technology that's going to achieves even close to what is required for a mass consumer product like that. I've been saying for a while, the first generation of AR is going to be focused on pass through, and just get the face of it slimmer until it looks like Visor from Star Trek.Yeah, it’s worrisome, the convergence of AI and AR carries significant potential to enrich our lives, but it also presents challenges that need to be managed responsibly. The possibility of subtle influence should act as a reminder to maintain a user-centric approach that respects personal autonomy. With transparency, ethical use, and informed choice, we can ensure that these technologies are used in a way that benefits us rather than controls us.In AI and AR integration, AI learns from patterns to predict outcomes. This capability can provide personalized recommendations and choices in AR environments. For example, by analyzing your behavior and preferences, an AI-powered AR system could guide your choices, such as suggesting a book to read or a product to buy.I feel like you think AR is implanted in our eyes. We are a ways away from that and then the argument would be implants are dangerous, which not going to argue there.Subliminal messaging, brain wave entertainment, nudge theory etc all very subtle, all very easy via an AI driven VR or AR UI. Either the AI could do it "accidentally" to ensure the desired outcome of its objective, or a bad actor could explicitly aim to use it as a means of population control/marketing etc. (6)>>ARE these devices DANGEROUS ? As we navigate the increasingly intertwined worlds of the web with Ai and Augmented Reality (AR), the issue of subtle external influence, better known as 'mind control', has emerged as a critical point of concern.A needle into the nerve stem of the eye does not go into the brain directly, there is a layer of bone that would need to be broken before you actually would reach brain tissue. Additionally, physically mixing brain tissue would only destroy it, not scramble up thoughts.Also, none of this would be alien or demonic technology, it is all rather simple human science. The effects you mentioned are not exactly difficult to replicate.The problem is that it ultimately serves no purpose as you cannot "control" the human mind as impulse will overwrites external commands. Which is why the CIA dropped the MK Ultra mind control experiments. It is easier to just use psychological suggestion to get people to behave the way you want them to than it is trying to force them through some convoluted invasive external control method. (6.1)>>You have no freedom to live in the wild, should you so choose, because the wild has been eliminated and developed. There is a forceful interplay between society and its technologies. Society creates technology, but society is also created by technology. As Daniel Bell points out, Marx said in Capital that "in changing the technical world, Man changes his own nature." If human nature is partially the result of a society's technologies, it becomes crucial to examine technology both to ascertain the effects of technological history and to attempt to infer the consequences of technological decisions on the future development of society.   What I mean is that before digital technology, we were already on the brink of extreme alienation. We already had an economic system that was starting to burn itself out, that was built increasingly on constant consumption and the exploitation of labor.And then digital technology came later in the century and offered an opportunity to do things in a different way. It offered the possibility of retrieving a common space and a way for people to share and connect. It was a chance to build an economy that wasn’t based purely on the extraction of resources and capital.But that’s not what happened. Instead, digital technology was used to double down on industrialism. And industrialism was always about getting the human being out of the equation. It was about assembly lines and automation and separating workers from the value they’re creating. It was about business owners paying their workers less money and gaining more control over them at the same time. AI got embedded into autonomous cars, robots started replacing our jobs, smart cities engage surveillance technologies combining big data with machine vision which can track down anyone, anywhere, in real time. These technologies have become ubiquitous, omnipresent and … omnipotent. This is the last moment for us to reflect about it and to ensure that the tech companies will not cross the line of the “don’t be evil” paradigm. Stakes are high: it is our very existence as humanity.What it may mean, is that if we want to retain freedom and humanity, we may have to resign – at least partially – from our strive for perfection, comfort and safety. Human is to err as the saying goes. But human is also to disobey, to rebel and to intentionally break the rules or even the law. They are a world away from a future of automated driving and here’s the rub. In our pursuit of better technology, we have to develop even more amazing technological systems that require less and less interaction with us. But when they fail, they can do a disproportionate amount of damage. This may involve major catastrophe.   (7)>>The Industrial Revolution was a mistake.It's just a product of cause and effects.Before we pollute the atmosphere, we didn't investigate or belief that human actions can cause global catastrophe. The industrial revolution helped to lift standards of living now, that many of our middle class live more luxurious lifestyle compared to kings of the past.However, given a time machine, one should certainly try to promote clean energy in the first place and develop robots for workforce, and fix the economy to become universal basic income instead of capitalism. It's not easy to do any of it without the industrial revolution.I think the thing is that throughout history humans have been looking for ways, how to make life more comfortable and, well, better. Already starting by learning, how to make fire. This made life easier and better. And everything ever since then followed. Also in the beginning there is lack of knowledge - you find a new source of energy (i.e coal or oil), but you yet don't know the full consequences.Fast forward to today. Basically we are asking people to do something, which goes against everything humans have been doing throughout civilizations, i.e trying to make lives easier and more comfortable. We are asking people to give up on everything, basically. That's so shocking and mind-boggling that it creates a massive emotional crisis and denial in the society.Retrospectively of course. Industrial revolution sowed the seeds of where we have reached by now. Nobody thought that way back then I guess, though. At least not in the beginning. Although who knows. Smelling that toxic air from factories must have made some smarter minds think that the stuff coming out of chimney's isn't really healthy and who knows, where it might lead... but here we are. (8)>>This isn't The Matrix. In fact, technology is our slave, not the other way around. The system of life is a machine, and each item in that system is a cog in that machine. But are you asking the right questions. Because if you are in a matrix, then say story one, could it be that the thought you had of her being stabbed was not of your own choosing and was put in your head, by the system as a signal of events to come. So often we look at the world and think of it as a matrix, but forget where the matrix is located. The matrix is located in the mind, the matrix system is a connection of human minds, that projects the virtual world around the minds. Would she still have been stabbed if you had not thought about it. This brings us to the vase in the oracles room. Our first lesson in cause and effect. She knew he was going to break the vase. Leaving him with no choice in deciding wither the vase would be broken or not! Meaning you had no choice in deciding on the thought you had, it was put there by the system to create a casual set of circumstances. Because the matrix is an imitation of the real world, and the world had causation.(9)>>The Unabomber manifesto was really an eye opener for me. What is Kaczynski’s message in that manifesto? Since most people aren’t going to drop what they’re doing to read the over 25,000-word document, I’m going to explain it. Mainly, because he made some points worth our contemplation. The main point: the prevalence of technology in this world has reached a catastrophic level. Well, it seems odd to heap praise on a terrorist, but the man was certainly a visionary. Think of the smart phone. 10 years ago, you could get one if you wanted, or not. Now they’re all but mandatory. China has used AI to build the most advanced surveillance system in the history of the world. If you don’t think these technologies are going to be used in “democratic Western” countries, I have a bridge to sell you. Jobs and credit are determined by AI. There is a vast political divide due to social media’s influence and information silos, which will only escalate past the point of no return. With the advent of AI, the world has reached a turning point, and techno-ethics are rarely considered. Monopoly Capitalism is combined with technological control and manipulation to siphon every last dollar out of the working class. I don’t think a sabo-cat revolution is necessarily the answer to these problems. What is missing is an honest discussion of the pros and cons of unending technological innovation, and how they can be used to manipulate, control, and ultimate subjugate entire populations. The tech giants do not want any such discussion, as technological progress is the goal of it’s own sake, never mind the consequences, the people it puts out work. Technology has become a living organism, and it’s goal is to reproduce and grow, until man has no choice and little understanding of how the machines they designed even work. The tech giants are multinational, bound to no nation state, with the only code of loyalty being profit, monetizing human behavior. Eventually they will figure out a way to read thoughts. They are already working on it. Information is being encoded in DNA, which has a high storage capacity. In this society, man has become more like a machine that the machines have become like men. But, if not for this tech, we would not be posting on this page. It’s high time we have a talk about where we are and where we want to go, as all indicators to me seem to point towards dystopia. It is possible that Kaczynski could have gotten his ideas published without having to resort to terrorisim, as many of his arguments stand on their own merit, and are descended from Jacques Ellul’s “The Technological Society. (10)>>Kaczynski wrote that the leftists can't truly rebel against the modern. Kaczynski HATED left-wing politics and people. He wrote extensively on it, going so far as to say leftists are driven by “feelings of inferiority” and that leftist politics are “one of the most widespread manifestations of craziness in our world.”I don’t know if its necessarily fair to say Kaczynski was right-wing, though. He was definitely a primitivist, and I think that’s all he was concerned with. To say he was “just crazy” is an exaggeration, but I don’t think his views can be labelled as part of either end of the spectrum.Kaczynski opens the manifesto with a full on attack against the Left. Points 6–9 in the Manifesto are actually entitled THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MODERN LEFTISM. He later blames modern leftism for the way that it oversocializes humanity making the individual less of an Autonomous being.Kaczynski clearly detests what he sees as the Left’s tendency to make up problems. This is expressed in point 22 of the manifesto‘If our society had no social problems at all, the leftists would have to INVENT problems in order to provide themselves with an excuse for making a fuss.’For Kaczynski, those on the left are plagued with low self-esteem and he believes that this has negatively impacted society.However he also views the power process as all important. In a sense some of his writing has a undertone that would resonate with Arthur Schopenhauer or Friedrich Nietzsche. He would like it if human beings rise above the fray and throw off the yoke of oversocialization. It is through the creation of our own goals that we truly live with purpose in his world.Technology for Kaczynski is destructive force in that it pulls people away from a self-sufficiency that is in tune with nature. It is in this context that his primitivism comes out. He would like a return to some type of traditional value system that emphasizes stability.Nevertheless Kaczynski has harsh words for Conservatives. In point 50 he says this:The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can’t make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values.So he throws scorn on both sides as he sees each as enabling the malice of a technological society that he believes has been a disaster for our species.Where does that place him on the political spectrum? Certainly far from the moderate center. One could argue that his political worldview falls into an anarchist camp whether that is part of the extreme right or left is open to interpretation.(11)>>While I would agree that this is where the modern left is ending up. Each and every time we give in to radical leftists, we give up a little more of our own freedom. If you are a Republican, your words are either banned, censored, or turned against you in false accusations of racism, sexism, or one of many other isms. When Americans began to identify themselves by their heritage, gender preference, or sexual orientation, it became too easy to say the wrong thing or address a person in the wrong way. We are now supposed to feel guilty about everything we are, everything we say, everything we do, and everything that has happened in our nation’s history. As long as voters continue to elect leftist Democrats to local, state, and federal offices, the chaos will only spread until we no longer have a civil society.Look around and the signs of dysfunction are everywhere. Just as the scale of the country’s wealth and power are hard to comprehend for those of us outside the imperial homeland, so too is the scale of its violent disorder and dysfunction. Take homelessness. In Los Angeles today, there are approximately 42,000 people sleeping rough at the moment — and some 113,000 in California overall. In the whole of England, by contrast, there are around 3,000.Or consider the scale of violence. Across the whole of the US, around seven people are murdered for every 100,000.I think. Something is clearly wrong in America. What, exactly, is it? The use of the criminal law for political purposes (which some say is the essence of the “f” word)? But it’s liberals doing that, and the essence of liberalism is that every thing is permitted. What would drive a liberal to abandon, in such an obvious way, what he cherishes most of all? Is this the answer: Science, liberalism’s main weapon, provokes the fury to destroy its own liberal reason; it cannot endure science’s victory over morality, a victory sparked by the spirited self-pity of a nonexistent self, a self reduced to zero.”(12)>>After every period of swift technological advancement comes a period of societal regression where ideological blindness . While we cannot deny the fact that technology has made errand running obsolete in some aspects of life, it is important to say that we are also losing a chance to work our brains, muscles, and body in general. Overall, technology has undoubtedly become a large part of everyone’s lives and our society. Although it offers plenty of advantages, it comes with drawbacks such as ruining our productivity, making us insanely lazy at times, and potentially even threatening our long-term health.Yes, every element of technology is designed to be as addictive as possible, but deciding whether technology controls our lives is entirely on us. Although technology will likely never become a smaller distraction than it is today, we’re more than capable of minimizing the chances of letting technology negatively affect our lives.Just a few decades ago, no one could expect to push some few buttons on a certain gadget and expect a ride to come to meet them within a twinkle of an eye. Long before we had Lyft and Uber, people would trek to their destination if they couldn't find a cab or a ride to hail. In case they couldn't find a ride close to wherever they are, they would walk to the nearest stop to find a cab, or find the nearest public hub to wait their turn. These days, however, you don't have to walk to cabs anymore; instead, fast cars drive themselves to you.It seems as though with every new piece of technology that gets released, we get lazier and lazier.