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Oct 29, 2022Liked by Rurik Skywalker

"Red-pilling of Putin" -- nice turn of phrase but interpretive. Some of your editorializing re: Putin's speech, Rolo, also reminds me of modern scientists criticizing the older scientists who gave these same youngsters something real to chew on and work with. Finally, it is pretty clear to me in reading the excerpts of Putin's speech that Putin's perspective has been carved out internally by his personal practice of an Asian martial art -- now that's not an influence you encounter everyday in people working in modern government and management. Thanks for posting the column -- if it were a food, I'd say it is "very filling".

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Oct 29, 2022·edited Oct 29, 2022Liked by Rurik Skywalker

Though I have seen other Putin speeches, I haven't seen many. I read through most of this one, though towards the end it began to seem over long, and I only skimmed. This speech is the most sophisticated and intelligent communication from a politician that I have ever seen.

That said, it IS from a politician. And therefore it is aimed at the common level of understanding, whether or not the one delivering it actually resides at that level.

Putin's "can't we all be friends" approach to international relations is very warm-hearted and reminds me of the fuzzy and romantic picture of the future painted by the writers of the early Star Trek TV episodes. That the world actually operates more like Star Wars is a reality too tenuous, perhaps, to confidently assert. Or perhaps it is a reality that is simply too frightening.

If we lived in a Star Trek world, then Putin's dream for a world of harmonious cooperation between diverse cultures might be possible. But just beyond the curtain that surrounds this planet and contains most of our perceptive capabilities lies a Star Wars universe. Putin should be aware of this. If he is, though, he is not letting on.

In the "West," and in the United States in particular, there is enough limited hangout available to those who wish to look to make it clear that some of our elites know this.

Putin, rather craftily I thought, defines two different "Wests." There is, in essence, a Star Trek West, and then there is a Star Wars West. But in Star Wars there were two major political factions (and perhaps a few others if you include the organized criminal communities). And so it is here on Earth. The big difference is that in Star Wars - in proper Space Opera style - the various factions operate openly. The Force is something freely discussed, and all are aware that both sides use it. Here on Earth this is not the case.

Here on Earth, most of us don't even credit the possibility of developing "higher" spiritual capabilities. And those few who have are shunned or ignored, along with their shocking (by Earth standards) discoveries. Outside of this small group, we are not even aware that Earth is being operated as a spiritual prison. And if this were openly discussed, there would be attempts to silence that discussion. Though some here (possibly quite a few) "deserve" to be in a real prison, most of us think of ourselves as OK guys, not really capable of causing any major trouble. Why, then, were we sent here, and why are our jailers so intent on making sure we don't ever try to escape?

The answer I have been given - and this may not be a complete answer - is that our jailers are terrified of spiritual freedom. One version of the story is that the group that has been beating back the group that runs this prison utilizes (or at least did in the past) "free beings" as its leading military commanders. The "Old Empire" (the group that runs this prison) had destroyed all of its free beings, relying instead on heavy forms of technological assistance to achieve military superiority. In so doing, they destroyed the humanity of their elites and became a criminal civilization, raping and pillaging its way across the universe. Free Beings have a lot of abilities that we would today associate with "gods." We are actually learning, here on Earth, how to restore those abilities to ordinary people. The Old Empire operatives who control (or try to) Earth leadership MUST keep this disturbing impulse towards freedom contained to this planet. To do otherwise would only strengthen their mortal enemies, who already dominate many regions of this galaxy.

Though the above sounds like a fairy tale, it appears to be - in its broad strokes - true. Thus, when Putin speaks of "otherworldly" sabotage of pipelines, or of the "spiritual essence" of people, or of freedom, he may well be hinting at an awareness that he has yet dares not fully share with us.

World leaders have utilized mystics and magicians since ancient times. This has always been done confidentially, yet it has been done. The leader does not wish to become a laughing stock, if the mystic turns out to be wrong, and seldom totally trusts him. We have not have world leaders with substantial mystical powers since the time of Krishna - and his were waning. William, the original king of the Normans, apparently had deeply intuitive abilities. Only such a ruler could rule in total confidence, and then only for his lifetime. True free beings, on the other hand, have no lifetimes and thus a civilization based on their supremacy could last for a very long period.

I speak here of things that our leaders, especially someone like Putin, should really be discussing with us. That he is not speaks to his limitations, his mortality, and his fears. A gifted leader, stuck in a human body, can only lead while residing in that body. This becomes a major concern for any such leader. We should not discount Putin's perception of his own personal fragility when we consider his remarks. We yearn for total honesty from our leaders, yet look at how far JFK or MLK got when they tried.

And so our way through this seems to lie in the hands of those training to be free beings. Meanwhile, we must struggle to maintain some sort of standoff between our jailers and those of us who would prefer to one day be free spirits once again. It will entail, quite possibly, considerable more bloodshed. But if our trainees, with their materials, can make it through this, then our future could possibly one day be a bit less troubling.

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Oct 30, 2022Liked by Rurik Skywalker

Not directly on this topic, but thought you might find this interesting. The American "War for Righteousness" Is a War for Evil BOYD D. CATHEY

https://www.unz.com/article/the-american-war-for-righteousness-is-a-war-for-evil/

Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) celebrated the withdrawal by the Democratic congressional “progressive caucus” of their abortive letter (October 24) imploring the Biden administration to engage in serious negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to possibly end the bloody conflict in Eastern Europe that threatens rapidly to become a nuclear conflagration which could end life on earth as we know it.

Raskin hates Russia for the exact same reasons he hates 'MAGA' Americans. Here is Raskin stating why we must be in Ukraine:

“Moscow right now is a hub of corrupt tyranny, censorship, authoritarian repression, police violence, propaganda, government lies and disinformation, and planning for war crimes. It is a world center of antifeminist, antigay, anti-trans hatred, as well as the homeland of replacement theory for export. In supporting Ukraine, we are opposing these fascist views, and supporting the urgent principles of democratic pluralism.”

Sound familiar? It should, as it is the same litany of accusations we hear constantly and hysterically spouted by most of our legacy media domestically to attack, impugn and cancel those who question and challenge the latest conquests of our “liberal democracy.” The language is nearly identical, save for the location.

Those “ultra MAGA” types must be defeated, extinguished, whether in America or in Russia….

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Oct 30, 2022Liked by Rurik Skywalker

''Mom come pick me up the weak men are creating hard times''

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Oct 29, 2022Liked by Rurik Skywalker

Rolo, I don't understand Russian people.

I talked yesterday with a russian girl (living in Krasnodar). She sayed contradictories things.

-Russia is "pivets" (not sure of the name, apparently, an old russian word for "cursed"

-I approve people leaving Russia to Georgia to escape the war

-I dream to live in France (!)

-Putin is a tyrant, we have even not the right to call the war a "war" (she's right on this point)

-Kiev is russian !

How can someone say in the same night "Kiev is russian" and "I approve men who escape the horror of war" ?

I explained in details to her how crazy France had turn, how we are sinking into poverty by destruction of our strenghts (factories, energy, education, immigration, cancel, etc.)

But she still think west is better than corrupted Russia. I have no doubt than Russia is corrupted, but the western states have another style of corruption. The entire state is an oligarchy with clients (as Repubican Rome), which are bankers, africans, employees of the state, subventioned associations, old people receiving pensions.

Could you help me to understand this russian woman ?

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Fascinating read, and fodder for a great discussion (remember those?) over my morning coffee. Keep it coming!

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Putin demonstrated that he is at a completely different level when it comes to intelligent leadership when compared to EU, USA, UK "leaders".

In fact, he's in a completely different universe.

His speech was superb [I've read and listened to it all], and his handling of the questions from the international attendees was pretty masterful.

He has no peer in the West.

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/69695

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"... the only man out there saying anything of any interest whatsoever ..." - I could not agree with you more. I would not spend 90 seconds with any "Western" ruler - this one I will print out and read closely in the next few days. There is also a personal quality to the man that gets expressed - a "comfortable in his skin" quality completely absent from any Western ruler. I see that expressed, for example, in the note of humility when he credits his aides for the Dostoevsky quotes (often translated into English as The Devils).

But I don't know if I will get to even a 7 of 10 score. I scanned and found not a single reference to WEF, Davos, Schwab - Putin is hiding behind "The West" - he's got to level with us about the Globalism project - and the configuration of that with US Power and behavior. And obviously, his aides haven't read my comments or have not gotten him to agree to share with us what he - and Russian intelligence- know about what really happened on Sept 11, 2001. If he really wants to throw down the gantlet, that's one way to do it.

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I read the Kremlin's English transcript of the speech, questions included and your take on Putin is spot on. As for leveling with the people, I think first someone urgently needs to up the red-pilling and level with Putin. It would go something like this:

"Vladimir Vladimirovich, the land of Great Satanism has no intention of allowing civilizational diversity. The concept of a post hegemonic world is outside of the vocabulary of the Kagan-cultists who, like Achilles, have been immersed in the waters of exceptionalism from head to toe and consider themselves invulnerable. These people are psychopaths. They are preparing a first strike* capability to annihilate Mother Russia in case the Ukrainian battering ram is insufficient to destroy us. You cannot reason with these people or their sympathizers. They must be utterly destroyed or at least be convinced that Russia has the capability and will to utterly destroy them. Fly a Sarmat down the Eastern Seaboard to demonstrate this, or maybe nuke an island somewhere."

*http://johnhelmer.org/the-us-signals-readiness-to-launch-nuclear-strike-against-russia/

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Good summary. I personally hated the speech. His mannerism came off feminine, like some hoe smiling talking about God the Sunday after a gangbang. The "strongman" was not present. It's like he feels pressured to lay it on thick for the plebs. Considering the rhetoric is only going bottom up at this point it feels extremely disingenuous. Wasn't impressed with him rolling back any aggressive stances, appealing to the rest of the world like a suck up, acting like this is some continuation of a long time policy, everything should stay the same and saying that there were no mistakes and no one is at fault for anything. I'm not sure why he's acting like its the day before elections. The moderator really had some good straightforward questions but he blew those as well. Thumbs down for me. His time is coming to an end.

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The US-NATO-UK Ukrainian Proxy War on Russia is an existential war of survival, for Russia. The West as well. It is now a Zero Sum Game Conflict. American political and economic goals are to destroy the Russian state, apply regime change strategies and steal Russia's vast natural resources.

This campaign comes as the culmination of several hundred years of Western global dominance, not by the superiority of Western ideas and values, of which we hear much, but rather by The West's superiority in applying organized violence, mass murder and resource theft, notably against technologically inferior states.

It thus is a test of The West's dominant Geo-Political and Geo-Economic Success Paradigm. Russia is not a technologically inferior state. The Ukrainian people are entirely expendable cannon fodder for this campaign and they are the modern equivalent of a Pyramid of Skulls.

Russia cannot lose this existential battle with The West.

God Favours Russia (and China) . . .

https://les7eb.substack.com/p/ukraine-long-proxy-war-vi-god-favours

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Paul Craig Roberts is still frustrated with Putin.

Putin says “no one can sit out the coming storm,” but he himself is doing a good job of it.

https://www.unz.com/proberts/no-one-can-sit-out-the-coming-storm/

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Excellent analysis Rolo. Congratulations on your new book from one writer to another bravo! Отличная работа! In fact I just might subscribe as I know you'll return the favor subscribing to my platform too. Да, брат? I'm delighted to see you mentioned the most reviled, misunderstood and lied about man of the 20th Century in the light he deserves. Long over due. I've gotten some intel that we may see a surprise in the spring, or sooner in the border war. Possible large scale offensive. Should've been done from the get go. Have you heard any talk of this is the voice stream?

Seems Putin tends to vacillate in his pronouncements. Perhaps he's walking a tightrope around the pro global crowd in his government. JFK took them on aggressively and we know the result. I agree he's got no place to run he is truly balls to the wall. He may be treading water until he see his opportunity. We'll watch, wait and see. By the way I pass your essays on to my many like minded colleagues and they're overall impressed. I thought I'd pass on the comment of one lovely lady. I think you'll find them interesting.

She prefers anonymity. Here's her comments (as he wrote them) to me after she read your essay:

"Great article. The truth of the matter is the US since the UN consolidated after WW2, became an official Judaic malevolent empire misruling with Talmudic law. The US became the new Soviet Union. I think it's even disingenuous to call it all Western power. Patrick Henry knew early on there was a blueprint built in for world hegemony. So-called world rule goes directly against nature. Nature is sovereign. J-s are not a natural phenomenon. They are the result of ultimate race mixing and are not viable or fit to rule the world. I agree with some that this world mess we are in is the end result dating back to the Cromwell revolution which led to all other revolutions. The success of China and Japan is the fact that racially they know who they are and know who their natural enemies are. Japan correctly called WW2 a civil war. Mostly Germanic people in America sent over to destroy their very own in Germany. The Chinese have correctly called us mad bandits lol." (In the USA 68% of all white Americans have some German ancestry. Including my two kids from their mother's side.)

There you have it. I'd enjoy hearing your thoughts. Best of luck with your writings. I love writing and write about everything and anything that comes to mind, or that I find of interest to me. That young people like yourself and others that comment here and elsewhere, recognize the truth and the world's political and cultural situation. Confirms all is not forlorn. Stay healthy, safe and strong.

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Oct 30, 2022·edited Oct 30, 2022

> It is simply necessary to understand clearly that, as I have already said before, two Wests – at least two and maybe more but two at least – the West of traditional, primarily Christian values, freedom, patriotism, great culture and now Islamic values as well – a substantial part of the population in many Western countries follows Islam.

> After all, much more will depend on Asia, Africa, and Latin America in tomorrow’s world than is commonly believed today, and this increase in their influence is undoubtedly a positive development.

> Let me recall that the Western civilisation is not the only one even in our common Eurasian space. Moreover, the majority of the population is concentrated in the east of Eurasia, where the centres of the oldest human civilisations emerged.

Catal Huyuk is the oldest one and is in Turkey

Overall, this is a load of crap, pandering at the "Global South". I hope he does not believe in what he said.

In fact I'd rather keep myself under the heel of rootless cosmopolitan financial elite, than acquiesce to the arrogant pretensions of smug Indians and Mexicans, with their ghastly accents, or those of stone-faced, slumbering, always-cheating and completely amoral humanoids from China. All the above seething with blind hate against the "West" just out of pure envy. Oh and that hate includes Russians by the way.

Pretensions which of course I already have to acquiesce to, but at least now all trouble stemming from diversity is kept informal and hush hush. Officially it does not happen.

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I have to admit to continue being confused by what you mean by 'liberal', but perhaps that is my problem.

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Do you think it is possible, that Putin's 'go-slow' approach is his own reading of the Russian population and their readiness for the approach you would prefer?

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