Artifact of Object and Other Pretentious Things

[commanderry-blog]

“Money is the root of all evil” a simple enough saying and even easier to agree with in the modern day an age. However, it only rings true when paper takes the form of power. Power has always struggled with mercy. It's how we define greatness... and know the monsters

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“Just because the bad guys won doesn't mean there aren't still good guys. It just means most of them are dead” 

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“When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

[wnq-writers]

I’d rather live in a world full of brutal truths than a world full of gentle lies.

smallacechillinginspace  (via wnq-writers)

[commanderry-blog]

"Its not lying if you're the mayor, its politics... When you work for the government you can't control what happens in the world but you can control how people feel about it" - SU

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Classes

There are, in reality, four classes of people. Common myth often puts forward that there is merely three types; the wolf, the sheep, and the sheep dog or rather evil, ignorant, and good. However this myth makes the rather arrogant assumption that evil and good are separate things. Evil and good are one in the same, no one twirls their stereotypical mustache as they plot world destruction, rather one man’s good is another’s evil. Though we view Hitler as evil today he most certainly didn’t see himself as such, nor did those who followed him.

Instead we are broken into four distinct social classes, each with their own sub-classes, and none of them exist as absolute but rather we can see an individual move between classes through the course of his or her life. The first is the Warfighter, the warrior is one of the oldest members of society. They fight for a cause, something greater than their person, and they take this fight to others. While their actions may be seen as defensive the warrior is offensive by nature. The second is the peacekeeper, often confused for the war fighter the peacekeeper is only concerned with the safety and status-quo of his or her society. They make this safety their personal responsibility. The third is the Healer. The healer focuses not on causes or society per say but rather the concept of preserving life, the healer does not fight for their belief but acts in support of those who do. Most importantly the healer places the wellbeing and preservation of life as their primary concern. Finally there are the innocents, while the name is deceiving this class is comprised of the majority of society whose goals and objectives are only personal with no over-arching theme or altruistic purpose. This final group provides the need and the purpose of the other three groups.          

[commanderry-blog]

“If we can use an H-bomb--and as you said it's no checker game; it's real, it's war and nobody is fooling around--isn't it sort of ridiculous to go crawling around in the weeds, throwing knives and maybe getting yourself killed . . . and even losing the war . . . when you've got a real weapon you can use to win? What's the point in a whole lot of men risking their lives with obsolete weapons when one professor type can do so much more just by pushing a button?' Zim didn't answer at once, which wasn't like him at all. Then he said softly, 'Are you happy in the Infantry, Hendrick? You can resign, you know.' Hendrick muttered something; Zim said, 'Speak up!' I'm not itching to resign, sir. I'm going to sweat out my term.' I see. Well, the question you asked is one that a sergeant isn't really qualified to answer . . . and one that you shouldn't ask me. You're supposed to know the answer before you join up. Or you should. Did your school have a course in History and Moral Philosophy?' What? Sure--yes, sir.' Then you've heard the answer. But I'll give you my own--unofficial--views on it. If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cuts its head off?' Why . . . no, sir!' Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy with an H-Bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an ax. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him . . . but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing . . . but controlled and purposeful violence. But it's not your business or mine to decide the purpose of the control. It's never a soldier's business to decide when or where or how--or why--he fights; that belongs to the statesmen and the generals. The statesmen decide why and how much; the generals take it from there and tell us where and when and how. We supply the violence; other people--"older and wiser heads," as they say--supply the control. Which is as it should be. That's the best answer I can give you. If it doesn't satisfy you, I'll get you a chit to go talk to the regimental commander. If he can't convince you--then go home and be a civilian! Because in that case you will certainly never make a soldier.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers

[somepiecesofmyheartandsoul-deac]

What they do not know is that, it takes more than great courage to break down, to fall apart than it does, to remain strong, to be invulnerable.

Lukas W. // Coffee thoughts #88 (via somepiecesofmyheartandsoul)

Do we refuse our more shattering emotions because it is expected of us or because it is easier then to face the glass? Perhaps its neither and both, we have simply romanticized the the concept of strength to the point that we feed the self by denying it. 

[commanderry-blog]

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” - Oscar Wilde

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Revolution of Desire

“So few want to be rebels any more” seems to be the battle cry of the internet generation. This idea that true citizens of the world stand ready to rebel against the old and out-moded systems of our fathers. It is easy to be complacent, easy to be “sheep”. It is also easy to choose to replace rather then to fix, a convenient metaphor could be drawn from my cultures wanton consumerism. A brave new world-esque idea that our laziness in repairing and replacing the physical also transfers to the political and ideological; although this metaphor would be inane. Man has always fallen into the traps of convenience, it has been our one driving goal. To rebel is a convenient alternative when compared with investing into and fixing what is seen as a “broken system”. History has shown that sometimes the easy answer is the right one but more often it shows our failure to embrace the hard task produces more work, suffering, and general bullshit in the long run. We don’t need rebels, we need starry-eyed administrators, we need idealist politicians, we need people who are willing to take a part of themselves and put it into the leviathan knowing that this piece of them will not come back and may very well be tainted; but by trying they take steps for the betterment of all. That’s the difference between the noble rebel and the quiet soldier. History has shown both sides can corrupt from within and commit terrible atrocities but the rebel wields fire, seeking the destruction of the institution, it’s easy to burn. The solider however has taken and put his soul into the social contract, stands in defense and optimism that the system of our fathers can be repaired, can be improved upon, and despite the potential for corruption it is worth defending.

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Hello World

Not really sure why I started this, seemed like the thing to do I guess. I’m looking for discourse; positive or negative hit me with what you have. I’m not all that important and what I post probably wont be all that important either but the concept of an open forum always seems like an exciting thing, maybe a little pretentious, that probably fits right at home here.