Friday, August 21, 2020

A Few Words From..Ol' Remus






“Middle class America is no less violent than any other people. They seem passive because they’re results oriented. They rise not out of blood frenzy but to solve the otherwise insoluble. Their methods of choice are good will, cooperation, forbearance, negotiation and finally, appeasement, roughly in that order. Only when these fail to end the abuse do they revert to blowback. And they do so irretrievably. Once the course is set and the outcome defined, doubt is put aside. The middle class is known, condemned actually, for carrying out violence with the efficiency of an industrial project where bloody destruction at any scale is not only in play, it’s a metric. Remorse is left for the next generation, they’ll have the leisure for it. We’d like to believe this is merely dark speculation. History says it isn’t.” – The Late Ol’ Remus


(Hat Tip:  Survival Blog)

(And we do dearly miss him and his wisdom.  Rest well, friend.)

8 comments:

  1. ...Let's hope Remus finds a crowded Heaven... and doesn't mind at all...

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    1. Yes, that may be an issue for him, given his opinion of "Avoid crowds". That said, perhaps he will make the one exception...

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  2. yes, we do miss him. Thanks for posting, TB
    ~hobo

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    1. You are quite welcome Hobo. Hopefully they will get his writings all uploaded.

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  3. I never really became a follower of his... and the more I see of his writings, the more I see that I may have missed out....

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    1. Glen, I was very late to the party as well. Turns out I missed a great deal. Hopefully someone will post his blog archive.

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  4. love him the wise ones are falling hope there will be those who are able to replace them

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    1. Deb, I firmly believe that others will rise to the times. Ol' Remus was needed for this time. Others will be needed for the times ahead. They will emerge.

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