THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

POLITICS IS LIFE | 2010-01-21

Six months is a long time in what the pundits call politics. The 2010 elections look awful for the Democrats, with four consecutive defeats since the 2008 victory. But for me, that is not politics.

This sounds strange, since that was the sort of analysis I made my living on. To me, "politics" is a very, VERY long-term business. "Politics," said the Greeks, "is life."

"Politics is life." There have been endless Wise Discussions on what those words meant. All of the famous ones begin at the same point: a total disinterest in what THE GREEKS meant by it. Likewise all popular theological discussion begins at a common point: a complete in what JESUS THE MAN meant in his own time.

Oddly enough there is nothing wrong with this. As I have said, Futurology has nothing whatsoever to do with the future. Likewise no interpretation of Jesus' words has anything to do with understanding HIM. Futurology, like theology, lives or dies on its ability to interest people NOW and to get donations NOW.

Futurology is no more correct that Flash Rogers was, but it gets hundreds of millions of dollars each year and support thousands of people who call themselves Experts on the Future. Likewise Vatican II declared a huge number of things that Vatican I SPECIFICALLY determined to be heretical.

Since futurology has nothing to do with the future, and Christian Theology has little to do with Christ, it is no surprise that pundits have almost nothing to do with politics.

"Politics is life." Well, most people realize that whether Mo is favored over Larry six months before the election constitutes "life." Though in my myriad political campaigns I have seen exceptions to that rule, people whose whole life really is Mo's percentage in a poll or whether one black basketball team beasts another, both teams more or less randomly selected from the same national pool.

But most people. If sober, will not insist that whether Sara Palin is ahead in the polls is a matter of life or death.

Politics is what we discuss here. "Politics is life" goes back to the real basis of life. The basis of life has always been very simple: Will the next generation look like YOU? The Greek's life was the polis, whose life was determined by his definition of politics. The wolf lives and dies by his pack. Greeks survived or died with their polis.

One of the major steps forward in studying evolution was the inclusion into it of politics. Before that it was assumed that heroism was a purely human trait because mere animals only wanted survival for THEMSELVES: "Nature red in blood and claw." No valor among animals.

Wrong. Higher animals almost universally survive in groups. To survive one must preserve one's group. In African Genesis Robert Ardrey introduced us to animals who sacrificed themselves in ways that fulfill even the Obedient Generation's claims for itself.

But heroism is necessary only where politics has FAILED. The baboon must throw itself to the wild dogs so its brethren have time to get to safety ONLY if the troop leadership FAILED and left the group in danger, The failure of political leadership becomes necessary makes death necessary on SOMEBODY'S part, in the group or among the heroes.

If we who practice REAL politics succeed, the race can live without the battle causing death.

Politics is life.

COMMENTS (4)

#1 Dave | 2010-01-21 16:16

"Politics is Life" is the reason I keep pointing out how important it is that the Establishment has been unable to keep Americans from free speech and from guns and ammunition.

Every other country in the world has succeeded in abolishing either free speech or an armed citizenry or both.

No one has done a better job of exposing costume worshipping than Robert Whitaker.

I'm not just talking about the here and now. No one in American history has done a better job of exposing costume worshipping than Robert Whitaker. It is no accident he is one of the few alive that knows America's real history.

The need for heroism is a failure of political leadership and it is very important to know who we are to be heroic against. Look no further than those wearing costumes either actually or figuratively as in "PHD".

If you don't know that, you don't know what is going on.

#2 shari | 2010-01-21 17:59

Sobering thoughts! Not dying,so much, as being torn apart by wild dogs. But many, already have been torn apart, both literally and figuratively, most not knowing why. So why not do whatever you can,I think. Without life,there is nothing.

#3 Simmons | 2010-01-22 10:29

One of the sages at v-dare made a note of it that it is in fact whites that are the swing vote these days. Of course it has been that way for years since 92 by my accounts when Clinton bit his lip and the overfed babied soccer moms became our new, new GG. But now they are becoming "white" even if they don't realize it, God Bless Obama and the libs who refuse to grow up.

Buchanon has a semi-respectable opinion up now, I think if he included the phrase "new swing vote" he could still stay "legal", and really throw a wrench into the Left's gear box. ( I view the Left as our one true ally, the morons)

But this electoral crap is small shriveled potatoes compared to what would be Horus' "practical Politics" if millions of white men and women started playing them daily and in electoral politics. Imagine a PPplayer calling a respectable conservative radio host and asking, "As a white American man married to a white American woman what will candidate X do for me as other politicians do for everyother Fedgov designated beneficiary?"

#4 Simmons | 2010-01-22 15:32

If anyone knows anyone at the CofCC could you ask them about an article in the latest Informer that said there was in the Fed Register a listing of race and gender which placed them in heirarchy. I have a feeling that would be a great warmup for a Mantra smackdown. If such a thing exists it would be handy to know exactly what it is and where it is located so the new swing voters can see where they stand in Obama's America.