GREER MOUNTAIN DUDE
I came across this link
( HERE
), a reprint of a new article by Greer. The link to the link was at
the new Green Mountain Dudes latest article ( HERE
). Now, I have philosophical issues with each one, but Greer really
chaps my ass. Mountain Dude is just a product of his culture, a bit
of a pacifist weenie since he is a Canadian. Otherwise, he is really
a smart guy that I can't get enough of his writing. Greer, who I
respect as a writer, is far too close minded and not open to new
ideas.
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Each has invaluable
additions to prepperdom, but you must calculate their peculiarities
into their conclusions. Just like you all want to acknowledge that
my hair is perfect, but you cannot abide entertaining the notion your
Go Juice is running out so you have to take one star away from my
rating. Mountain Dude is mostly right. Tools and food are of
primary importance. And perhaps in Canada, which is much more
harmonious culturally ( as seemingly are his working vacation spots
), there will be cooperation after the collapse and arms are not as
vital.
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Hey, I'm rooting for
him. I HOPE this is the case. But for Americans to listen to him
is, well, retarded. His conclusions and priorities are just fine for
him and his, but they do NOT cross the border well at all. Americans
are a bunch of malcontents who are tribal and vicious. We had slaves
of both colors and the dregs of society as ancestors, with a bunch of
Blue Blood asswhores using and abusing us ( and yes, Spanky, we WOULD
care for a bit of the ultra violence in retaliation ). Before
Independence we were not meant to play well together, and since then
it has just gotten worse.
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Green Dude is spot on
with his derision of this culture of violence, because he sees a lot
of empty posturing by former Straw Bosses now made serfs who engage
in empty posturing and equate masculinity with owning a plastic
poodle shooter. Hey, so do I. Nine out of ten Semi Simians will be
road pizza the first few minutes of the apocalypse. And yes, that is
partially because they own guns instead of tools and food
production. But more so because they are out of practice delivering
violence on target.
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They think a mag dump
worth of bullets on target is the same thing as violence on target,
and they are wrong. It is the necessary philosophy of the love of
hate and love of violence. Do you think ADD meds and soy, fags and
feminization, impotent unemployment and economic targeting and
luxurious leisurely lifestyles were accidental? The goal was to turn
us into eunuchs. It worked for most of us ( and you don't know if it
worked on you until it is time to re-embrace aggression ). But one
shouldn't confuse ability with necessity.
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Greer is in love with
his original idea of stair step collapse. Once he made his writing
chops and started his paycheck with that idea, he could never let it
go ( kind of like Rawles and his 30 Year Prepper Plan, Blue Helmet
Invasions and Yuppie Scum Survivalism )( I have to hand it to Orlov
that he transcended his original claim to fame work rather well ).
He instructs us to read “Overshoot”, which gives us the
multiplying microbes in the beer vat and the reindeer on the island
examples of overshooting resources leading to mass die-off, then he
completely ignores that conclusion favoring a crowd pleasing extra
slow centuries long collapse.
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In case you are
confused as to my ire, that means he is a whore for the book
royalties and a money grubber and like a Gore Warming advocate
scientist is just in it for the paycheck and facts be damned ( Green
Mountain Dude is a Warming fan, but I forgive him and the many others
because of the wave of lies force fed to everyone. Also, because he
could be right. And, because he is genuine about it and not out to
profit from it ).
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( Also, he IS actually
living through the Atlantic conveyor belt current breaking down.
And, have you seen some of his cool crap, like the catapult windmill?
). Greer has a keen mind and you can learn a lot from him. I
enjoyed his years at the blog and bought all his books. But he
thinks because we never had an overnight collapse, all Doomers are
wrong. He thinks because we've had a mild fifty year collapse that
we'll have another century of that. It is black and white with him.
His slow collapse model, or delusional fear.
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Now, to be fair, a few
times buried in all his hate and discontent towards anyone NOT soft
collapse orientated, he does mention not all areas will collapse
equally. Which is really big of him because otherwise how would be
explain Somalia or Afghanistan? Haiti or Detroit? So, he does sneak
in the occasional “Well, I'm right but in a few instances some
areas will collapse quicker”. He then goes back to pimping
permaculture as the solution for everyone. Again, technically he
covered his ass, and he does offer a lot of good material to work
with.
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Yet, I can't quite
forgive him. A bit of a pompous nerd ( God! I'm not like that, am
I? ). The article linked to at the beginning of this piece really is
a great summation of his whole philosophy. He basically dismisses any
concerns of a faster collapse because, well, we haven't had one since
he started writing! But we had more Stair Step Collapse! I are
Greer, hear me roar! Okay, I kind of get that. I love being proved
correct myself. Not that I have. I'm kind of like Reese, who
according to the criminal psychologist has concocted the perfect
cover story that cannot be disproved.
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Fast collapse is a
faith based religion, granted. I'm NOT talking about an overnight
collapse, although one Yellowstone blow or an asteroid hit would
laugh at Greer's optimism. Just one that starts as a single domino
falling and the others just happen to be aligned at that time. One
that isn't a continuing set of problems dwelt with but finally one
that couldn't be. All that is required to be concerned with it is
the realization that perhaps unfounded optimism isn't the best Plan
A, with no Plan B.
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Okay, tomorrow let's
look under the hood of Model Greer and see how silly slow collapse is. Unless you are a Fracking Fanboy, the math don't work.
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"Well, because this collapse didn't 'go all the way' while I read this column, that means it will never happen this week!"
ReplyDeleteNope.
This collapse happened before you started reading today's column. Think of it as something so new and different, your brains can't imagine it.
But, then, after The Event and looking back at The Event, it seemed inevitable, the only reasonable course... every other event was impossible.
Perhaps a "missing the forest for the trees"?
DeleteIts not that 'stair step collapse' isn't going to happen, its that the stair risers (distance from tread to tread) is steep, and the treads are grease covered ice.
DeleteHa! Okay, I'll give you that one :D
Delete“His conclusions and priorities are just fine for him and his, but they do NOT cross the border well at all”
ReplyDeleteI’m not Canadian Jim, but it’s my understanding that there’s Toronto (The equivalent of our democrat voting coasts) and then there’s everywhere else (The equivalent of our flyover country). Yes, there’s also Quebec, but that’s an entirely different topic all together.
And have you seen their prime minister? This is a dude that makes Richards Simmons looks like John Wayne, minus the funny, bow legged walk (And no, I’m not talking about Mr Wayne :D ) Yes, that’s obviously hyperbole, but it’s not too far off the mark.
I'm not sure if you are agreeing or not agreeing that Canadians are not as violent or aggressive as we are, and have more unity. Not that I know much about them. I wouldn't mind being wrong.
DeleteOh sorry, I should have elaborated a little better Jim. I’m only going from what I’ve heard, but this is how I see it, according to the reporting from some of the Canadians that I know. Rural Canadians are more or less the equivalent of our red staters. They have traditional values, and are at odds with those Canadians living in the big city. Parts of Canada are really still much like the wild west, such as the Yukon Territory (Canada’s Alaska, but with even less people).
DeleteObviously, these rural “red province” Canadians were not the one’s that voted that Trudeau mangina into office, but rather, the dipshits living in Ontario, or to be more precise, Toronto (Canada’s San Fransicko, but with perhaps a few less turd burglars :D )
No, I got the conservative red/blue difference. I'm unsure if all Canadians are pacifist or not. Not pacifist as in Amish "I won't fight back", but more as in comfortable letting the police handle things ( whereas Americans WANT to take the law into their own hands ). I'm not intimately familiar with Canadian custom, it is just a sense I pick up reading from them, that they are civilized and don't "do" violence.
DeleteI’m not sure about this either Jim (Though I hear tell that Ted Bundy was a rather aggressive date :D ) Perhaps a genuine Canadian can comment on this. They came by their independence by much different means, so they may not have that rebellious streak that some American’s are still reputed to have. On the other hand, I think that we’ve mostly lost that here as well. Spend any time watching a reality show for example. It seems that many of the younger generation of males, act effeminate, or even border line gay, even the straight one’s.
DeleteThen you have the keyboard commando idiots, like that one moron that I often mention here. These people are no better. They go on and on, about how they’re going take back the republic, and possibly die in the process, to preserve those freedoms that many fought and died for before us. Only one problem? That republic is long gone, along with those freedoms, and the best that these idiots could do was to shout “molon lobe, mother f’er”, at meetings, or at online forums, as the left, slowly but surely whittled away at the republic. Now it’s too far gone, and the only fix is a complete collapse.
It’s like that old saying:
“Hard times create strong men,
Strong men create good times,
Good times create weak men,
Weak men create hard times.”
We are mostly a nation of weak men now. Feminized males, and females, now run the show, as is always the case when a civilization is approaching its end.
I would have doubted you in the 80's, said you had a crystal ball in the 90's, agreed with you ten years ago and now I wonder why we haven't already collapsed. You are right that we are all soft and weak, the only difference is that by custom and history we at least have a role model of what we can be once again, if we want. For the few with the balls for it. I'd hope I could be one, but who knows after a life of sloth and unreality. It's depressing when it is time for Darwin Inc. to shock cleanse the pool with extra bleach.
DeleteI ain't sayin I'm the baddest motha fucka in the land, but I be doing his old lady...and he knows it...
DeleteYou're still my hero, bro.
DeleteHardly har har bro Bison...
DeleteHey, besides the ultimate sin of not stocking more coffee, I admire and envy your efforts. And with ten years on me ( or, near nuff ). So, yeah, a bit of a bromance. Don't tell the others :)
DeleteYou may regret that comment with my next post. What may (intentionally) be missed, is that I am a man, grossly and disproportionately familiar with the application of violence. That Knowledge is why I write as I do. Perhaps its a reserved Canadian thing. One of my better life stories is being punched in the back of the head by an enforcer for a well known organized crime group (with a hundred pounds on me and six people backing him). I'm street savvy enough not to mention their name. That would get me killed. He knew not to punch a second time. It was awkward for a while but got sorted out. How many of you can say that. Nothing I teach is theoretical. It's from first hand knowledge. I would very much like for people to not have lived my life... yet they rush towards it
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is rushing towards violence. I think most know we come up short. I think it is more psyching ourselves up to accept that violence is coming and we must face this new reality. What we are capable of and want, and what reality is going to be are separate things.
DeleteImagine the Event happening in Japan. They'd pull through in better condition than most of the planet. Third world nations will starve because they're dependent on foreign aid
ReplyDeleteScene Ethiopia ages ago "We don't have enough food and are starving"
Western nations "Let's have a concert and raise money"
Ethiopians "Cool, we have food for millions more people. Keep providing aid Western Nations or we'll call you heartless racists"
So yeah, where you are will effect the flavour of collapse you'll experience. I suspect my friends in America are going to have a spicy time with running gun battles. Please be live streaming it. But not in all parts. But what would I know? I'm all the way in Dingoland and only have seen America on a map
No, you're right. You just need to know a little bit about Detroit or LA and, well, its pretty obvious. Japan's only issue is their population is still too high for only domestic food production ( and radioactive fish ), but that could get sorted out real quick without violence just from their demographics.
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