It’s been interesting to watch since the Obama election the transition of our economy into a Political Patronage Industrial Complex. It’s the private/public oligarchy partnership at scale, consuming ever greater quantities of productive capital in service of parasitic enterprises.
A word to learn is "Parteigenosse" (german). Literal meaning is "Party comrade", but the extended meaning is someone who's a complete party-being - someone who lives and breathy the Party at all times and who puts the Party before all else, and is in turn rewarded for that loyalty.
Another is "partigängare", a swedish pejorative meaning the same as above, literally "party-f*cker" or "married to the party". "Gänga" also means "hinge" and "to screw" relating to things like watertaps or nuts&bolts.
Of course, the formal term in pol-sci for what you are describing in your article is the well-known clientilism, the scourge and bane of having well-functioning low-corruption states everywhere.
The worst is the school boards. When there is an open seat the union gets together and decides who to choose. Their powerful campaigning almost guarantees a board member who works for the union and not the students. Then these folks more on to 'higher office'. Getting rid of public sector unions is one of the most effective solutions to busting the monopoly that is our current political elite.
“A nonprofit youth services organization funded by government, SBX trains and assigns young people to campaign for government funding that can be passed through to nonprofit youth services organizations.”
Fagin put on airs of being his young workforce’s teacher and protector as well.
On election day in 2000, I visited my mother in her Alzheimer's care facility. (She would be dead within a few months.) I found her in her daily haze in bed with a "I Voted!" sticker on her gown. The woman across from her was a literal unconscious zombie who also had a "I Voted" sticker on her hospital gown. She would be dead within weeks.
My mother had a faint memory of some nice people coming to visit her early in the morning. I'm sure that her roommate had no memory or consciousness of anything. The roommate "disappeared" (died) shortly thereafter.
Asking at the nursing station, I was told that the SEIU had union workers at the door at 6:59 am who piled in at 7:00 to vote the entire care facility. The care facility was required by state law to allow voting "assistance" which in this case amounted to forced vote harvesting of the sick and dying.
By myself, I can't outvote entire nursing homes. Many are naive about the corruption the bubbles beneath the electoral surface; same day registration with no ID requirement? Why bother having an election at all?
In Mexico, you have to show a picture ID to vote. Somehow they hold elections. They must be much smarter than us!
Well done. This latest tidbit into the machinations of our government reopened a canker sore in my mouth from the bile reading this forced up.
As a career Soldier I have often thought about, and even argued for a conscripted national service in some capacity. Maybe have 400,000 coeds walk the Sierra Nevadas picking up all kindling 100 years of mismanagement has accrued. Candy stripers, park attendants/landscapers, military, law enforcement, you name it--there infinite problems that low-skilled labor could be thrown.
The main reason is to create a 'collective, common American experience'. Maybe, maybe, we could drop some of the long knives and cooperate with one another. Most Veterans, upon meeting another Veteran, drop all butt-sniffing, posturing, posing--it's like, "Oh, hey bro, I get you. I trust you. Let's get after it..." ...whatever it is.
While this is still a government solution, it may serve a purpose that Bray hints at with private sector experience. No one should have a govt job--to include teaching--without 18-36 months of private sector work. Optimally in the service industry--fast food! When our govt employees understand from where the money comes.
"When the mainstream media and the ruling class decide to pick on a critical issue, it is usually for two reasons: first, the issue is serious enough and is affecting their interests, and therefore the narrative must be controlled to ensure that the results are in their favor. Second, in doing the former, the ruling class gets to strictly filter and manage the narrative on what needs to be said about any given topic; which ‘experts’ are given the stage to speak; and whose voices are excluded from debates, or even defamed and slandered, if necessary."
"It is an army bred for one purpose, to destroy the world of men." – The Lord of the Rings
It might seem like I'm being flippant. I don't mean to be. I think they are an army bred for one purpose, to destroy the very identity and volition and mind of the people, to make them pliable and corrupt and so conditioned to lies that they don't know what truth is anymore. "A labour supported class of people who have never contributed any labour," very accurate!
Being an ambitious apparatchik in the one-party state of California is like being a member of the courtier class inside the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty. You could gradually rise from Holder of the Imperial Chamberpot to trusted advisor to the Emperor without ever having set foot outside the Imperial Palace, without ever once meeting a peasant (or missing a meal).
Quite some years ago I discovered that most 501c3 "non profit" operations were basically fronts for the commies to siphon money from the American public without it knowing so. Also, the phony American Civil Liberties Union pioneered the gag of presenting themselves as a champion of Constitutional Rights. In the 60's their agitprop showed them as a bootstrap, volunteer org representing minorities and "the common man" against THE MAN. It was DECADES before I discovered that the lawsuits pursued by the ACLU generated million$ for their lawyers - they weren't working for peanuts.
These type of groups work together toward a common goal of marxist domination. "Class Action Lawsuits" are also an inside ticket for Lefties to enrich themselves. Their judge buddies allow them to "represent" people whom they have never met in order to snag million$ in court settlements from which they keep the lion's share if not the entire amount. They are shameless in their corruption and thievery of the commonweal.
Chris, I appreciate your diligent reportorial efforts to get the facts out about these criminals. It was also good to see in one of your recent articles some coverage of other "muckrakers" who are exposing the dark, evil results of these horrible organizations policies.
Perhaps you might dig around to identify some patriotic Californians who have solutions to bring down your crass, evil, pathetic government overlord class. In another editorial you confirmed my spoken suspicion that Cal has been subject to "controlled elections" since long before 2020. There must be a way out...
You are absolutely right, this is going on everywhere. My “congressman” is one of the parasites always having worked for political people and no experience in real work. But Utah is fortunate to have elected Burgess Owens in another district, former professional athlete who does understand work. I hope California takes the opportunity to elect Steve Garvey who also understands real work. I’m just afraid too many voters prefer kool aid to standing up to the problems.
....can't say this often enough....so glad I live in Canada, that never happens in Canada....well, only all the time....these limpets are everywhere.....and we are all enablers because we don't fight back!!
Parasites leeching off our productivity, increasingly financed by our fake money.
We should remember that Obama was a community organizer before his brief stint as US Senator, before becoming the leader of the free world.
It’s been interesting to watch since the Obama election the transition of our economy into a Political Patronage Industrial Complex. It’s the private/public oligarchy partnership at scale, consuming ever greater quantities of productive capital in service of parasitic enterprises.
A word to learn is "Parteigenosse" (german). Literal meaning is "Party comrade", but the extended meaning is someone who's a complete party-being - someone who lives and breathy the Party at all times and who puts the Party before all else, and is in turn rewarded for that loyalty.
Another is "partigängare", a swedish pejorative meaning the same as above, literally "party-f*cker" or "married to the party". "Gänga" also means "hinge" and "to screw" relating to things like watertaps or nuts&bolts.
Of course, the formal term in pol-sci for what you are describing in your article is the well-known clientilism, the scourge and bane of having well-functioning low-corruption states everywhere.
Some people are drawn to politics like flies are drawn to horse manure. Except I hold flies in much higher regard.
The worst is the school boards. When there is an open seat the union gets together and decides who to choose. Their powerful campaigning almost guarantees a board member who works for the union and not the students. Then these folks more on to 'higher office'. Getting rid of public sector unions is one of the most effective solutions to busting the monopoly that is our current political elite.
“A nonprofit youth services organization funded by government, SBX trains and assigns young people to campaign for government funding that can be passed through to nonprofit youth services organizations.”
Fagin put on airs of being his young workforce’s teacher and protector as well.
On election day in 2000, I visited my mother in her Alzheimer's care facility. (She would be dead within a few months.) I found her in her daily haze in bed with a "I Voted!" sticker on her gown. The woman across from her was a literal unconscious zombie who also had a "I Voted" sticker on her hospital gown. She would be dead within weeks.
My mother had a faint memory of some nice people coming to visit her early in the morning. I'm sure that her roommate had no memory or consciousness of anything. The roommate "disappeared" (died) shortly thereafter.
Asking at the nursing station, I was told that the SEIU had union workers at the door at 6:59 am who piled in at 7:00 to vote the entire care facility. The care facility was required by state law to allow voting "assistance" which in this case amounted to forced vote harvesting of the sick and dying.
By myself, I can't outvote entire nursing homes. Many are naive about the corruption the bubbles beneath the electoral surface; same day registration with no ID requirement? Why bother having an election at all?
In Mexico, you have to show a picture ID to vote. Somehow they hold elections. They must be much smarter than us!
“Politicians of All Stripes Found to be Pieces of Shit!” Color me shocked.
Well done. This latest tidbit into the machinations of our government reopened a canker sore in my mouth from the bile reading this forced up.
As a career Soldier I have often thought about, and even argued for a conscripted national service in some capacity. Maybe have 400,000 coeds walk the Sierra Nevadas picking up all kindling 100 years of mismanagement has accrued. Candy stripers, park attendants/landscapers, military, law enforcement, you name it--there infinite problems that low-skilled labor could be thrown.
The main reason is to create a 'collective, common American experience'. Maybe, maybe, we could drop some of the long knives and cooperate with one another. Most Veterans, upon meeting another Veteran, drop all butt-sniffing, posturing, posing--it's like, "Oh, hey bro, I get you. I trust you. Let's get after it..." ...whatever it is.
While this is still a government solution, it may serve a purpose that Bray hints at with private sector experience. No one should have a govt job--to include teaching--without 18-36 months of private sector work. Optimally in the service industry--fast food! When our govt employees understand from where the money comes.
bsn
"When the mainstream media and the ruling class decide to pick on a critical issue, it is usually for two reasons: first, the issue is serious enough and is affecting their interests, and therefore the narrative must be controlled to ensure that the results are in their favor. Second, in doing the former, the ruling class gets to strictly filter and manage the narrative on what needs to be said about any given topic; which ‘experts’ are given the stage to speak; and whose voices are excluded from debates, or even defamed and slandered, if necessary."
- Louis Yako
"It is an army bred for one purpose, to destroy the world of men." – The Lord of the Rings
It might seem like I'm being flippant. I don't mean to be. I think they are an army bred for one purpose, to destroy the very identity and volition and mind of the people, to make them pliable and corrupt and so conditioned to lies that they don't know what truth is anymore. "A labour supported class of people who have never contributed any labour," very accurate!
Being an ambitious apparatchik in the one-party state of California is like being a member of the courtier class inside the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty. You could gradually rise from Holder of the Imperial Chamberpot to trusted advisor to the Emperor without ever having set foot outside the Imperial Palace, without ever once meeting a peasant (or missing a meal).
And there are just as many eunuchs!
Quite some years ago I discovered that most 501c3 "non profit" operations were basically fronts for the commies to siphon money from the American public without it knowing so. Also, the phony American Civil Liberties Union pioneered the gag of presenting themselves as a champion of Constitutional Rights. In the 60's their agitprop showed them as a bootstrap, volunteer org representing minorities and "the common man" against THE MAN. It was DECADES before I discovered that the lawsuits pursued by the ACLU generated million$ for their lawyers - they weren't working for peanuts.
These type of groups work together toward a common goal of marxist domination. "Class Action Lawsuits" are also an inside ticket for Lefties to enrich themselves. Their judge buddies allow them to "represent" people whom they have never met in order to snag million$ in court settlements from which they keep the lion's share if not the entire amount. They are shameless in their corruption and thievery of the commonweal.
Chris, I appreciate your diligent reportorial efforts to get the facts out about these criminals. It was also good to see in one of your recent articles some coverage of other "muckrakers" who are exposing the dark, evil results of these horrible organizations policies.
Perhaps you might dig around to identify some patriotic Californians who have solutions to bring down your crass, evil, pathetic government overlord class. In another editorial you confirmed my spoken suspicion that Cal has been subject to "controlled elections" since long before 2020. There must be a way out...
You are absolutely right, this is going on everywhere. My “congressman” is one of the parasites always having worked for political people and no experience in real work. But Utah is fortunate to have elected Burgess Owens in another district, former professional athlete who does understand work. I hope California takes the opportunity to elect Steve Garvey who also understands real work. I’m just afraid too many voters prefer kool aid to standing up to the problems.
....can't say this often enough....so glad I live in Canada, that never happens in Canada....well, only all the time....these limpets are everywhere.....and we are all enablers because we don't fight back!!