People aren't sheep, they are just comfortable. And that comfort is dwindling
Great article by Tom Luongo, available in full from his site. And I would happily give all the rewards earned from this post to Tom if he would reach out to me and have some interest in a HIVE account.
HIVE, where our content is cryptographically owned, and thus uncensurable, on 'the blockchain'.
We are wolves, but we've gotten comfortable. But remove that comfort, and realize quickly we are not sheep, lieutenants will attack the alphas, and omegas will search out new 'packs' or communities to found (as in founder).
Its all happening right before our eyes. 2024 is a most interesting time to live in. We are blessed.
I'll leave you with some of Tom's summary words:
In response to those triggered by me having the temerity to have a little faith in people by calling them “Comfortable Wolves” here’s my sermon from my Digital Mount for today:
The whole “People are sheep” idea is itself a psy-op to keep leaders from emerging from the dissident class (both left and right).
If you believe the task is too big, will you do it? Will you do the cost/benefit analysis and say, “Fuck it, who wants pie?”
Divide and conquer takes many forms. This idea is one of them.
Bleeding off the energy of those who see the corruption earliest extends the lifespan of the tyrannical system. The very personality types who should emerge as leaders against the psychotic Alphas are the ones handed a platform like Twitter to vent their nihilism and hatred of humanity.
It’s not just the shitlibs who are gaslit NPCs folks.
So, stop being gaslit by morons, stop tuning out, chuckling in ‘collapsitarian,’ and work a little harder. There are people out there who aren’t leaders, but also aren’t doormats either. They are, like you, without hope.
They are looking for someone to provide the direction, the activation energy, to see some hope. Calling them sheep is to say they are irredeemable.
We’ve all been abused by these psychotic Alphas. Having empathy, not derision, for that abuse is the first step towards making things better. But, if this makes me naive or a hopeless romantic in your eyes, I would tell you maybe that mirror you’re holding up to me should be turned around.
Ask yourself where this impulse to degrade potential allies really comes from. Because that whole idea of people loving their misery because it’s comfortable takes many, many forms.
All of them are toxic. All of them.
So, yes, I’m not just standing up for my idea of people being ‘Comfortable wolves,” I’m doubling down. This is your call to action. Embrace it or remain in the service of those you profess to hate.
As I like to say:
Is there a trigger for downvoting when he doesn't like your comment on the article he made? If so, that is not indicative of a good person, as it suggests an inability to accept the opinions and observations of others for personal growth and improvement of character.
Are you talking about Tom's site? If so, its a private blog, so I assume that he can control which comments appear and which do not appear, its not at all about upvoting and downvoting, of course there aren't any rewards.
Also, in my experience on blogs like this, authors have to 'approve' comments so they appear, before which they won't, and it's a manual process that could just have not been done yet.
A private blog. I have no question. But here in HIVE, that is a problem.
Of course this article is very special as we all know that we are here in this world and if we work wisely and hard then we can live a good life here. If we don't work hard, we can never get a good life, so it is better that we get success through hard work.
A fascinating topic @ecoinstant. One on which I could write a whole series of posts ...
I hope you are successful!
I think I should have used 'wallet' instead of'account'. I have a few more authors on my list to try this with.
collapsitarian is a brilliant word. I love it.