The Rise (and Rise) of the Imbecile
Why the West is Drowning in a Tidal Wave of Ignorance, Demagoguery, and Self-Inflicted Catastrophe
When we look at the spectacular, astonishing, bizarre state of affairs that Anglo countries — meaning the US and UK are in — it’s hard not to see a truth emerge. Large segments of these societies have become imbeciles. I don’t mean that as an insult, a gibe, a taunt —not at all, I will always respect you, and the question I will ask is whether people respect themselves and the things that matter anymore — so I mean “imbecile” in a precise, an analytical way, a way that will yield , perhaps, some understanding. But you can be the judge of that.
Do you need examples? They surround us daily, in the mounting collapse of Anglo societies. Imbecility is rising like a massive tidal wave, crunching down everything in its path — from the rise of anti-vaxxers, to casual fascism, to lies that spread at light-speed, lies masquerading as unsullied truth, to the rise of superstition and the persistence of bigotry, a new wave of bellowing, enraged dunces who, quite naturally, have risen to the heights of Western power — because an imbecile loves nothing more than a bigger imbecile.
Can anyone really deny by now that Anglo societies are the world’s greatest hotbeds, breeding grounds, and maybe even industrial-scale laboratories of imbecility…by a very long way? Where else do you find gigantic, unbelievable spectacles like armed teachers, kids pretend dying, economic suicide, imploding middle classes voting for their own ruin, and people taking away their own healthcare and retirement (while people Facebook applause at Insta-celebrities while it all burns down)…not by mistake, but by design? Not by accident, but deliberately? If that’s not imbecility, my friends, what is?
What else do we call a person who burns down their garden just so that his neighbors don’t have flowers to see or smell anymore…but an imbecile? But isn’t that exactly what Anglo societies have degenerated into, “build that wall!” “Brexit means Brexit!” “Make us great again!”?
Let’s define imbecility a little more exactly, then, so we can get to the heart of this tidal wave of stupidity that has engulfed the West. An imbecile is a person who is three…