I awoke this morning to two tweets from my Governor:
Sending migrants to Washington because Biden won’t “secure the border.
Biden administration’s refusal to approve post-partum care for TX women on Medicaid.
Normally, I ignore our Governor because mostly it’s political theater. But it got me to thinking: What compells this man to lie about things? Texas refused the government’s offer of expanded Medicaid (ACH) and why does he insist on scaring people with the “caravans of migrants”? My personal opinion on his migrant tweet is that he should be arrested for human trafficking and misuse of public funds, but I digress.
A few days ago, The CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) had Viktor Orban of Hungary speak where he spoke about “race-mixing”. He railed against immigration and liberal democarcy but defended himself by saying “Don’t worry, a Christian politician cannot be racist”. He received a rousing round of applause and a standing ovation.
Back in 2017, The Economist magazine had a cover that had many people talking and guessing.
The tarot world was on fire about this cover. Astrologists were on fire about this cover. All of us trying to decipher it. And although all of the images on these cards are enigmatic, it was the Wheel of Fortune that really had people talking as we attempted to identify the figures on the wheel. If you look closely, each figure has a flag attached to them - Germany and Angela Merkel, France and Marine Le Pen, but it was the guy at the bottom that had people stumped. The flag was confusing as it looked very similar to lots of flags. I know I spent almost two days searching that flag image and finally landed upon Hungary and Viktor Orban.
I won’t write about Viktor Orban save to say - 45’s agenda is still in play as we approach the November Midterms. The Conservative Republican faction of our two party - and I would argue 4 party system (right, far-right, left, far-left) - are gearing up to bring a whupping on us “regular Americans”. So I pulled a card from the Archetypes deck:
What this card says is that many on the far-right conservative side are seeking a “Rescuer”. Someone who will come to their aid and help them solve the issues that they feel are eroding the American Way of life. The leaders of this movement are speaking the words and taking the actions that make it seem as though they support those who agree with them and give them the “strength of their convictions.” They do so out of “Christian love” and although they may say they expect no reward, I would argue against that.
Because this is the Shadow Rescuer at work. The assumed “reward” here is keeping them in power and as long as they espouse the words needed to do so, they will keep the “rescued” dependent upon them.
This plays into the Karpman Drama Triangle. There are three actors in this play, The Victim, The Persecutor and The Rescuer.
NOTE: This model is more commonly used to describe romantic/familial situations, but I feel that it can also apply to today’s political climate.
This is a social model of human interaction as proposed by Stephen Karpman. It represents a type of destructive interaction that occurs among people in conflict.
Karpman says of these actors:
…these roles were not undertaken in an "honest" manner to resolve the presenting problem, but rather were used fluidly and switched between by the actors in a way that achieved unconscious goals and agendas. The outcome in such cases was that the actors would be left feeling justified and entrenched, but there would often be little or no change to the presenting problem, and other more fundamental problems giving rise to the situation remained unaddressed.
In this model, the victim is not intended to represent a “real” victim, but one who feels or acts as though they are. They convince themselves and others they are helpless and that they cannot do anything, nothing can be done, all attempts are futile, despite trying hard.
(I lost my job because of the migrants/I can’t get a job because of the migrants/The migrants are taking away my livelihood and lifestyle/Obama took away my right to be poor and sick)
Then the Victim feels persecuted, oppressed, helpless, hopeless, powerless, ashamed, and seems unable to make decisions, solve problems, take pleasure in life, or achieve insight. The Victim will remain with a Persecutor or, if not being persecuted, will set someone else up in the role of Persecutor.
(*45 is speaking up for “us”/DeSantis is doing the will of the “people”/ Hungary for Hungarians).
They will also seek help, creating one or more Rescuers to save the day, who will in reality perpetuate the Victim's negative feelings and leave the situation broadly unchanged.
Enter “The Rescuer”. "Let me help you." A classic enabler, the Rescuer feels guilty
(I’m not doing this for money. I’m doing this to help you/I heard your greivance and am answering your call)
if they don't go to the rescue, and ultimately becomes angry (and becomes a Persecutor) as their help fails to achieve change. Yet their rescuing has negative effects: it keeps the Victim dependent and doesn't allow the Victim permission to fail and experience the consequences of their choices. The rewards derived from this rescue role are that the focus is taken off of the Rescuer, who can also feel good for having tried, and justified in their negative feelings (to the other actor/s) upon failing. When they focus their energy on someone else, it enables them to ignore their own anxiety and issues.
(That guy’s a loser/She’s a low-IQ individual/He’s weak)
This rescue role is also pivotal because their actual primary interest is really an avoidance of their own problems disguised as concern for the Victim's needs.
(“I alone can fix it”, The libs are preventing you from (insert issue), the Democrats are trying to keep you (insert faux problem), the Globalists run the media this is why they won’t tell the truth. The Election was stolen because (insert conspiracy theory).
Then there’s the Persecutor. The Persecutor insists, "It's all your fault." The Persecutor is controlling, blaming, critical, oppressive, angry, authoritarian, rigid, and superior. But, if blamed in turn, the Persecutor may become defensive, and may switch roles to become a Victim if attacked forcefully by the Rescuer and/or Victim, in which case the Victim may also switch roles to become a Persecutor.
(“This happened because they are taking your “rights” to (guns/religion/educate your kids/worship/etc. You need to fight like hell to take your country back -if you don’t the (insert boogeyman) will (insert fear). If you don’t vote for me/believe in me/espouse my cause, then your life will be (insert various ideas of Armageddon).
But if things don’t go the Persecutor’s way then it’s
(The libs/Dems/non-chrisitian, non-whites, non-males) have all conspired against me/stolen the election/caused you to lose your job/house/forced your kids to learn diversity and kindness) - the list can be endless.
But there’s also another archetype at work here:
On the surface, guys like Orban are espousing what’s fair for Chrisitian Hungarians or right-wing ideology and is no doubt sharing his strategy with the American Chrisitan Right on what has worked in his country. But then he veers and takes a VERY SHARP RIGHT - around the corner and down the street 37 blocks. There is no respect for the “both sides of the argument” in his view. And the far-right conservative party are running around the corner, down the street 37 blocks to catch up with him. In this scenario there is only ONE view and it’s theirs.
How do these guys come to power? Who’s funding or backing them? Well, some of it is big corporate donations, billionaire donations and shadowy political action campaigns (PACS). This is the world of ultra, uber believers in Ayn Rand’s theory of Objectivism. She is considered one one of the three most important women in the early development of modern American libertarianism and she has been referred to as “"the ultimate gateway drug to life on the right" by historian Jennifer Burns. The modern American libertarianism has deviated from its political origins to the extent that the common meaning of libertarian in the United States is different from elsewhere and it would appear that at this point, Neoliberalism is where the Republican party has landed. And sure, while Ronald Reagan is heralded (continually) as the “architect of neoliberalism” in the 80’s and the person the Repulicans always Demi-God, but it was really Bill Clinton who put the ideas into motion with NAFTA. Here the Mediator was telling us how good free trade across open borders would be when in actually, it was the greenlight for companies to move operations to foreign soil so as to avoid having to pay the American worker high wages, benefits and avoid paying taxes, and then gain the ability to donate as much money as they wanted without divulging who they are or how much they gave.
They may have told us it would be cheaper to manufactuer goods outside the states. They just didn’t mention how it would effect the working population and hit us in our purses.
Neoliberalism is not neccesarily a bad thing. Some countries have employed the theory and helped bring their countries out of poverty. Other countries - America, Great Britain for example, have employed it to change the game for their citizens so I suppose it’s not really the theory but the actors - those Rescuers and Mediators. What is “neoliberalism”? It is the reappearance of a 19th century idea associated with “free-market capitalism”. The basic tenets include privatization, deregulation, globalization, free trade, monetarism, austerity, and reductions in government spending in order to increase the role (And I say political influence) of the private sector in the economy and society.
Movie: Atlas Shrugged
While the merits of capitalism have often been defended on various grounds, Rand is different in that she fervently promoted capitalism as the only moral system that can be consistent with individualism and an objective theory of values.
64 years after it was first published, the philosophical arguments contained within Atlas Shrugged remain as powerful and relevant as ever. With the popularity of ideologies opposed to free markets and individual liberty showing no sign of weakening, there is no time like the present to read and promote the work of Ayn Rand.
Excerpted from theStudentsOfLiberty.org website.
Motto: “Who is John Gault?”
So this brings me back to Orban and CPAC, what kind of world do you think it would be if only white, Christians had access or if the private sector tells you that a loaf of bread will now cost you $10? What happens if deregulation of water safety means there’s no more safe water to drink or use. What happens if you have to have “papers” to travel after dark or to a neighboring state for medical care?
The agenda of the far-right and CPAC is very subtle in one respect because it is pointing to the levers of power and behind the scenes power. It is Pluto at his darkest and strongest.
But every once-in-a-while, the God of Hell will come up to show us something. What is in the open is the harsh, stark truth of division. This keeps us in the dark about what’s happening behind closed doors - the real agenda being obsfucated because they are pushing emotional buttons and stoking fear. Bombs and Guns never win wars. Divisiveness , chaos and fear is the way wars are really won. Divide and Conquer.
Who are they really rescuing and what are they truly mediating? Now I’m no economist and I don’t pretend to understand how it works and the algorithms that dictate the science. What I am though is a human, with eyes - and a political party doing business with the likes of Viktor Orban should scare you. The fact that Texas welcomed this guy doubly scares me. Trust me when I say guys like Orban have no altruism and they don’t do stuff “just because” or for “free”.
Authoritarians are here. And I stand by my prediction that after the 2024 election, we Americans will have to live under authoritarian rule for a number of years. This is my duty to warn. I am living for Pluto in Aquarius - the change in the status quo and People Power ruling the day. So when you go out to vote this year, think ahead. Not just a year ahead but a generation or two ahead. Pluto will be in Aquarius long after we depart this earth.
Be the light of these Archetypes - be the Light Rescuer and Light Mediator.
Soooo... the bill that just passed spending billions more; printing more money causing even more inflation); paying even more to farmers to NOT grow food; funding 87,000 IRS agents, of which the same agency is buying thousands of rounds of ammunition; doesn't cause you any concern? No red flags? Has anyone actually read the bill? I have. Wake up Linda - authoritarianism is ALREADY HERE, on full display and getting stronger every day. The 2020 election seated the Authoritarians and they project everything they are doing on the other side. If you need proof, just read the bill - it seals the deal on so many areas and further erodes individualism and innate freedoms.
I guess if you believe the government (and the media) has all the answers and actually cares about it's citizens (hint: they don't), you are spot on. I believe power lies with the people, but it's being taken away every day now right in front of our very eyes and too many fail to see it. November elections won't make a difference - it will be too late.