The Omen 1976 vs 2006

1976

2006

                                                               

One of my all time favourite horror films is The Omen 1976 together with The Others. I thought The Omen was masterfully written, well acted and didnt waste time. I watched the Exorcist and Nightmare of Elm Street and  I was bored out of my mind. Unlike The Omen, The Exorcist relies on shock, awe and disgusting vomit inducing scenes. The Omen does not need spinning heads and vomiting demon possessed kids to arouse fear. It just relies on the telling a narrative in such a way that the viewer feels terrified. The black dog in The Omen gave me chills.

30 years after the iconic movie came out they did a remake. To compare The Omen 1976 to the The Omen 2006 is like comparing a cat to a lion. One is ferocious, roars and makes you tremble. The other is a pussy cat. Both are felines but one is far superior to the other. The Omen 2006 copies everything from 1976 but somehow it misses a step. The quality of the camera in 1976 does not help matters because that grainy feel of 1976 adds to the fear inducing element of the film. The actors of 2006 werent that great except for the nanny who nails her part. You have to wonder what was the point of remaking a movie and then creating a far inferior product. Some things should just be left alone. Classics like The Omen should remain untouched. 

Further thoughts on The Anti-Christ

We first hear of an Anti-Christ figure in the book of Daniel which makes reference to Antiochus Epiphanes IV as the 'little horn' who causes "an abomination of desolation". Films like The Omen illustrate how influential the Bible is. The genius of the Bible is that is has so many layers and multiple meanings. It really is a timeless classic and as a writer I am in awe of the authors of the Bible. The ambiguous nature of apocalyptic books like Daniel and the Book of Revelation makes it resonate with the reader. The verses can mean whatever you what it to mean. Thousands of years after the verses were written, people still draw meaning from the Holy Book. Generations continue to interpret and misinterpret Bible verses as they try to predict the future and the "end of days".

The Bible really shows how the adage the pen is mightier than the sword is. The authors of the Bible were very aware of how powerful the written word is. Ideas are mightier than spears. You can kill a man but you cannot kill an idea. Take the Jewish nation of Israel as an example. The Hellenists fought tooth and nail to destroy Judaism and failed. Why? Because they were fighting an idea with the spear. The Maccabees were inspired by their Holy Texts and would not give up fighting even on pain of death. And in the end the pen of the Bible authors triumphed over the Greek spear. Then we move onto the Romans and the Jews who battled for decades until the second Temple was destroyed. But still the Jews persisted in their belief because you cannot kill an idea. Judaism continued to be practiced even without the temple and even after the Jews did not have a homeland. For 2000 years the idea of Zionism persisted because it had been written down and spoken. Speaking words will manifest destiny. And in 1948 the idea of Zionism triumphed.

The Omen is a movie about the Anti-Christ and that got me thinking again about the battle between the pen and the sword. The first so called Anti-Christ was Nero. He burnt Christians alive and fed them to lions but that was fruitless because you cannot kill an idea. Persecution only made the Christians stronger in their beliefs. Many Anti-Christs came after Nero. Domitian, Decius, Valerian and finally Diocletian tried in vain to stamp out Christianity but they all failed because they relied on force to neutralise Christianity. Finally, when Constantine converted, Christianity prevailed. The conquered conquered the conqueror and Rome fell to the pen of the New Testament authors. The pen of Christianity was mightier than all the swords in Rome. And the pen proved mightier than the sword in keeping Rome a powerful city and the centre of western Europe. Centuries after Rome had fallen in 476 Rome continued to cast its shadow over western Europe. Kings and armies trembled at the feet of Catholic Popes. Truly George RR Martin was right to have Varys say that power lies where men believe it lies. 

In the east Christianity was the glue that held the Byzantine Eastern Roman empire together for 1000 years. However, one more Anti-Christ came and was more successful in destroying Christianity. The most dangerous anti-Christ of all time was Mohammed. Not because he came with a sword but because he also came with a book. You cannot kill an idea with a sword but you can neutralise an idea with another idea. And so Mohammed came with Islam and the Koran. Armed with his pen and sacred book he eradicated Christianity and Zoroastrianism from the Middle East and North Africa. Islam spread like wild fire from Europe to Indonesia and held the Ottoman empire together for centuries. And finally Islam was triumphant over Constantinople, the greatest city in Christendom. The pen of the Koran was mightier than the pen of Christianity. 

However, Islam did not completely destroy Christianity and Hinduism precisely because an idea cannot be killed. It makes me think what would have happened in the pagans, Druids, Vikings etc had written down their ideas with Runes and created their own sacred texts. Would paganism have persisted? Today we see a resurgence in pagan belief because ideas are eternal.

Back to the battle between Christianity and Islam. Islam has not given up its 1400 war against Christendom. Mohammed is still the most dangerous Anti-Christ off all time. Today many capitals of the Christian world have thousands of mosques and the Islamic call to prayer shrieks out over Europe. Christians all over the world are being persecuted by Muslims. The problem with Christianity today is that it has splintered into numerous factions and denominations. You have Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, Calvinists etc. During the middle ages most Europeans were all Catholics and were united in their fight against Islam. Moreover today Christianity is a dying religion in the west. Christianity has now become commercialised. It was destroyed by atheism, science, feminism, liberalism and humanism. The question is will liberalism be able to stop the march of Islam? For now it seems like liberalism is assisting Islam in its conquest of the West. If western civilisation does not wake up soon the Anti-Christ will not be a white man with blue eyes and a black suit. The Anti-Christ will be an Arabic man with a beard and a kufi.

Othello 1995 vs 2001

                        1995                                                                                             2001

                                                                       

           

Othello is one of my favourite Shakespeare plays. I remember fondly memorising the lines "making the beast with two backs" and "circumcised dog". Iago was and still is one of the worst villains to ever be written down and Othello is the noble savage undone by his passions. I had never had the chance to watch Shakespeare on a stage so I had to make do with watching Othello on tv so I did. 

I first watched the 1995 adaptation of the play with Lawrence Fishbourne. It is very faithful to the source material and does not stray too much from the play. I thought it was okay although hearing medieval English is not as enjoyable as reading it for some reason.  The movie was okay. 

However the 2001 version starring Eammon Walker was far superior in my opinion. The writers of the latter version did a very good job of inserting the story of Othello into a modern setting. The Iago of the 2001 version is way more cunning and devious. He is almost likeable. The villain of the modern version has a more logical reason for plotting Othello's downfall. The Iago of Shakespeare's play hates Othello because either because he is simply evil, racism or latent homosexuality. The Othello of the play seems too gullible it is almost unrealistic whilst the modern version is a more complex character. And the ending of the modern version is bittersweet and unexpected. I wish they would have continued with the story and made a sequel to the 2001 Othello. 

The great thing about the 2001 Othello is that it is free to watch on Youtube.

Final verdict. The Othello 2001 is way better than the 1995 adaptation in my opinion. And I know it is an unpopular opinion. Maybe I am too much of a Philistine to appreciate Shakespeare's Othello in its purest form. But everyone is entitled to their opinion. I enjoyed the 2001 version much more and will watch it over and over again. 

Further thoughts.

The black male white female pairing has always been controversial. It seems even during Shakespeare's time the idea of a black male being romantic with a white female was tendentious. Since the days of Othello there have been numerous incidents of black males murdering their white girlfriends and wives. The story of OJ Simpson and Nicole comes to mind.

OJ and Nicole the modern Othello and Desdemona 

The black man's lust for white women, the white woman's curiosity of the black man's sexual prowess and the white man's fear of the black man's violent sexual urges are issues as old as the hills. The Bible talks about Aaron and Miriam's displeasure of Moses marrying a black woman. There is truly nothing new under the sun. In my opinion every race has the right to protect their women from foreigners. It is perfectly natural to want to keep "your" women within the confines of the tribe and nation. To approve of foreigners taking your women is the height of cuckoldry. And Muslim men making it unlawful for non-Muslims to wed Muslim women is the right thing to do. 

Today white women who "betray their race" and date blacks and browns are called mud sharks or coal burners and when they are raped and killed they are said to have paid the toll. Memes like this are abound on social media.

On the other hand television shows and adverts bombard white women with race mixing images designed to lead them astray. Who is behind the push for race-mixing? Is it a plot to destroy the white race?

So what is the lesson behind the play Othello? Is it a warning against race mixing? Yes. There is no other way to decipher the play. It is a cautionary tale about the perils of dating the outsider. A caveat that many white women like Nicole Brown ignore and pay the ultimate price for their lust.

The Girl with the Dragon tattoo 2009 vs 2011

 

2009                                                    2011

I had heard about the movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and had never bothered to watch it. Back in the 2000s I was a good for nothing drunk who had no time for movies. Now that I have more time on my hands I took time to watch it to see what was all the fuss about. I first watched the 2011 film with Daniel Craig. The film drags for almost an hour without anything interesting happening. There is no hook that gets you into the film. Only when the girl with dragon tattoo gets sodomised then gets her revenge did the movie begin to interest me. From that moment the story becomes exciting and there are many twists until the duo find out what happened to the missing girl. It was a good movie, a bit long but not too bad. My favourite line from the movie is, 'People should trust their instincts....people fear offending more than they fear pain.' That line is so true and explains the dire straights that the West finds itself in. Whites fear offending people and being called racist rather than having hostile migrants in their country.

Then I watched the first movie from 2009 and it is exactly the same as the 2011 one. There are minor differences like the missing girl was a baby sitter for Mikhail and the girl with the dragon tattoo visiting her mother and it justifies why she burnt the father. The two movies are almost identical and I wonder what was the point of remaking the movie.

My verdict is a draw. The two adaptations of the book are equally good and equal.

Further thoughts.

After watching the films I thought they were okay but a bit overrated. On further reflection it is self-evident that the movies were made to besmirch the white male. Like most movies and books made today, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo seeks to demonise white men and also throw Nazis under the bus for good measure. The book the movies is based on was also title Men Who Hate Women. Almost every white man in the film is depicted as a rapist, a thief, an adulterer, a Nazi, a money launderer, incestuous, a murderer etc. Was the movie a psyop to program anti-white hate? Was it the Jews promoting hatred for white men? I looked a bit into the author's background and it does not appear he was Jewish. Perhaps he was a self-hating European. Either way, the books and the movies are politically motivated to instill self hatred in white men. To enjoy the movies and books is to drink from a poisoned chalice.

Book Review : Tsumo - Shumo Shona Proverbial Lore and Wisdom

 

Tsumo is a book written, translated and explained by the great Mordechai Hamutyinei and Albert Plangger. Hamutyinei was a giant in Shona literature. He wrote timeless classics such as Maidei and China manenji hachifambisi and the great poem Kana wamutanga musikana. In a sane world there would be statues of Hamutyinei all over Zimbabwe and schools and streets named after him. The Mount Rushmore of Zimbabwean writers in my opinion would have Mordechai Hamutyinei, Aaron Chiunduramoyo, Tsitsi Dangarembga and the late Dambudzo Marechera. I cannot believe that Hamutyinei does not have a Wikipedia page. 

Anyway back to the book Tsumo. This book is sensational. It is 484 pages long and contains 1900 Shona proverbs divided thematically into eleven chapters. It should be in the home of every Shona person and its contents should be memorised and recited like Muslims do to the Koran and Jews to the Torah. It should be as sacred as the Holy Bible to the Shona nation. And why? Because it contains the ancient wisdom of the Shona people. Tsumo is the Shona word for proverb. And thusly, it is a book that has the largest collection of Shona proverbs. It contains the wisdom passed down from generation to generation. It rivals the biblical book of Proverbs in my opinion. In fact, it rivals the entire Bible. And if Shonas had any pride in their history and culture they would replace their Bible with this book. It covers all facets of life from human nature, relationships, domestic advice and general affairs. The book speaks to Shona people the way no other book could. It is part of our DNA.

The book has a very interesting introduction that explains  the origin of Shona proverbs. It says that the tsumos are the words of the elders used in customary law during trials and the settling of disputes by chiefs. Besides being laws tsumos were also used as educational tools from parents to children. Moreover they were composed as entertainment amongst friends and a way of speaking. Shonas have a rhythm and a manner of speaking. They use parallelism and similes. And since Shonas were a hunter-gatherer, pastoral and agricultural people, tsumos are often related to farming and animals, both wild and domestic. It is almost miraculous how all over Zimbabwe different clans from the Zezuru, Manyika and Karanga have similar proverbs as if they came from a common source but more of that later.

What makes the book Tsumo so great is that it provides Shona proverbs in the native tongue as well as English. And then it provides the explanation of the proverb and its application in life. The book shows the reader which region the tsumo originated from, whether it is a Karanga, Manyika or Zezuru proverb. Furthermore, tsumos are divided by chapters depending on the topic. One chapter might have proverbs pertaining to honesty and dishonesty whilst another chapter deals with domestic affairs. The back of the book has all the proverbs listed in alphabetical order as well as a topical index that helps the reader navigate the book. It really is like the bible for Shonas. 

If I had the money I would like to produce an audiobook of the book Tsumos perhaps with a mbira, hosho and ngoma instruments playing in the background. 

It is really sad how Shonas are viewed internationally. We are the laughing stock of the world due the economic collapse of our country Zimbabwe. We are called international orphans with smelly armpits. Our Ndebele compatriots mock us and say we have no history and culture. We are ridiculed for giving our children silly English names. And people make memes like this deriding us.

Today we have parasitic pastors like Makandiwa, Passion Java, Uebert Angel and Magaya who profit from people's gullibility and desperation. These so called prophets fill their pockets by promising miracles and selling dreams whilst delivering nothing but false hope. They are not prophets but profiteers who use religion to enrich themselves. These self proclaimed men of God are nothing more than charlatans, snake oil salesmen and wolves in sheep's clothing. When the church is in trouble they ask for money. When the people are in trouble they ask you to pray. Let us not forget that the colonialists came with a Bible in one hand and a gun in another.          

                                         

The Roman Seneca the Younger once said that religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false and by rulers as useful. I would like to add to that statement is that religion is regarded as a business by scoundrels, opportunists and con artists.

Perhaps the reason why everything is wrong in Zimbabwe is because we have neglected our customs and heritage. We are identify more with Christianity and political parties than with our ancestors and our history. Calling on Jesus and the God of Israel has not helped Zimbabwe one bit. Maybe if we practice our ancient traditions things in our country will improve. It is time for a Shona cultural renaissance. This might sound drastic but the capital of Zimbabwe should be in Masvingo near Great Zimbabwe which is our spiritual capital. Harare has no geographical, historical or spiritual significance. We should remember and embrace our precolonial past. Movies and plays should be performed about Changamire Dombo, Chaminuka, and Nehanda. Schools and streets should be named after our great Mutapa kings. Why do we as Africans claim colonialism was evil and yet still embrace Christianity that was brought by colonialists? Why do we claim we gained liberation and yet give our children European names? 

If I was Dictator I would make it illegal to give children English names. I would decree that every child should be given an African name. Furthermore, I would make Shona totems the surnames. The surnames that Shonas use today are by products of colonialism. Historically our totems were our surnames that connected us to our forefathers and let us  know which clan we belonged to. We should have a Heritage day like South Africa where all tribes and races celebrate their culture. Shonas do have culture. We have ngano folk tales, mbira music, nhetembo poems, madimikira idioms, nyaudzosingwi ideophones, tsumo proverbs, mutupo totems, Great Zimbabwe architecture, Munhumutapa history and kings. Our history is full of prophets, spirit mediums and sacred places. It is time to take pride in who we are. In fact the term Shona is a very recent name given to us by Rhodesian colonialists like Professor Doke in 1923. In reality we should be known as the Tovera people or Tovera nation after our great ancestor Tovera.

Back to the tsumos. It is my belief that Shona proverbs came from our ancestor Tovera. My grandfather told me the story of Tovera who is the great ancestor of all Shona people. According to my grandfather Tover was the builder of the Great Zimbabwe monument and he was the one who taught the people the Shona proverbs. So I decided to do my part in enriching Shona culture and wrote down a book about the Shona people contained in a series called the Shona Chronicles. If you interested in Shona culture and supporting my work and  you can purchase my books on Amazon. Links below.

The Shona Chronicles is a series about the Shona people, an African people located in Southern Africa between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers. It takes a look at Shona culture, poetry, songs, myths and beliefs. The Shona Chronicles is a volume that is comprised of four books. The first book is about Tovera the ancestor of the Shona people. The second book is about the customs and beliefs of the Shonas told through poetry. The third book is about the praise songs of each Shona clan. The final book in the series is about the prophet Chaminuka who predicts the end of the precolonial age and prepares the Shona nation for the new colonial era.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKVWY4T?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_sirpi

Tovera is the ancestor of the Shona people and the builder of Great Zimbabwe. This is the story of his life.

https://www.amazon.com/Tovera-Great-Shona-Chronicles-Anderson/dp/B0CRDXWQMV/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1705170499&sr=1-3

                                                        

A collection of poems about the culture and customs of the Shona people.

https://a.co/d/7vSNDcp

This is a collection of the songs and praise poems of the various Shona totem clans.

https://a.co/d/f88Lrpe 

The life of Chaminuka the great Shona prophet who predicts the coming of the white man and the fall of King Lobengula.

https://a.co/d/aPffgkf

Is the movie Idiocracy a prophecy?

 

Idiocracy is a 2006 film produced by Mike Judge. It is about an average Joe who undergoes an experiment that goes wrong. The average wakes up 500 years later in a world full of stupid people where he is the smartest man and must either lead, follow or get out of the way. Idiocracy did well commercially and gained a cult following and critical acclaim. This is all not surprising because it is a great film. It is funny and sad at the same time. It is a comedy because it pokes fun at corporate America but it may be a tragedy if it proves prophetic. There is no need to go on and on about how great the movie was, the proof is in the pudding.

Idiocracy got me thinking. I saw parallels between the movie and what happened in the Third World after decolonisation. After Europeans left their former colonies, everything fell apart. Take Zimbabwe for example. After chasing away the white farmers, the colony formerly known as Rhodesia experienced the same problems as in the movie Idiocracy. Like in the movie, Zimbabwe has problems disposing of waste, pyramids of garbage are a common sight in Zimbabwe as well as many parts of the world like India and even parts of America's inner city. Zimbabwe also face farming and the break down of the agricultural industry just like in the movie. Furthermore, Zimbabwe also had runaway inflation and million dollar notes like the movie Idiocracy. The only difference is that President Camacho was smart enough to recognise the smartest man in the world and give him a chance to lead. In Zimbabwe and much of the developing world there is a reluctance to accept their shortcomings and ask for help.

     

Is Zimbabwe an Idiocracy?

Failure to dispose of waste is a common feature amongst low IQ populations.

How can you have a functional civilisation if your people dont know how to use a trash can?

Until the people of the Global South accept there are differences in IQ as related to race, they will continue to suffer from poverty, crime and disease. Tests have shown that the average IQ of Africans is around 70 and Indians may be 85 whilst North East Asians and Western Europeans have three digit average IQs. This alone explains the prosperity of the Global North and the poverty of the Global South. Wakanda will remain a work of fiction. It is unlikely that the Global South will build and maintain advanced civilisations without outside help. Take a look at the Gulf Arabs. They were not too proud to ask the West for help. Saudi Arabians and the UAE understood their shortcomings and partnered with the highly skilled westerners. Thus today the Gulf Arab world is undergoing a second Arab Golden Age whilst their neighbours bring themselves to ruin fighting Israel and the Great Satan America.

The White Man's Burden is unfortunately a real thing. Just like in the movie Idiocracy, it is up to the white man to save the "lesser races" from themselves. This is quite evident by the mass migration into the West, proving that decolonisation was a bad idea. The natives could not govern themselves. The documentary Adios Africa is uncomfortable to watch but shows how decolonisation allowed the inmates to run the asylum.

Back to the movie Idiocracy. The dumbification of society is not an accident. It is by design. There is a secret hand that is working overtime to make the public stupider. Is it a Jewish conspiracy to genocide the white race and to bring about the Messiah? Is it the corporate world behind the plot to bring third worlders into the west to serve as slaves? Is it white guilt for slavery and the Holocaust behind the mass migration into the Global North? Is the Red and Green Axis uniting to destroy Christendom? Who knows. 

The attempt to make the public dumber is not a new thing. It harkens back to the beginning of time. Zeus punished Prometheus for giving humanity fire whilst Yahweh punished Adam and Eve and the snake for gaining knowledge. Even the gods did not want their creation to be wiser. Then history tells us about how the empires have used religion, bread and circus to distract the citizens. Ottomans suppressed the printing press to prevent the spreading of heretical ideas. And today the elite use fake news, drugs, porn, gambling and degenerate music to keep their population in a permanent stupor.

I do understand the need for the elite to keep the population dumbed down. Humanity was not ready for the technological advances it took. The two World Wars are prime examples of why it is dangerous to have advanced weaponry without the necessary mental evolution. Today the world is a garbage dump because humanity is irresponsible. We are still primates after all.  Look at the colonisation of Africa. Perhaps it would have been better to let nature take its course and allow people to develop at their own pace. Colonisation of the Global South just led to more mouths to feed and trillions of aid down the drain. Perhaps that was the warning behind the Prometheus myth. Knowledge is power, but power corrupts. So in a way knowledge corrupts and ignorance is bliss.

Edward Dutton has written and spoken about how people are getting stupider. 

So what does the future hold for humanity? If it was up to me all the high IQ individuals would have 20 wives and 500 children. We have escaped the Darwinian pressures that got rid of the "spiteful mutants" and the weak and infirm. So the idiots will be a majority in a world where democracy is seen as the best ideology. The insane will run the asylum. But I suspect Mother Nature will have the last laugh. If humanity is not careful, we might wipe ourselves out with our stupidity. The future might not be as comedic as Idiocracy paints it. Idiocracy shows a world with cars, computers and vending machines. Perhaps the future will be much darker, no pun intended. Without smart people our destiny might be a return to the caves and a life of hunting and gathering and that is if we are lucky. It might actually be a future with no humans at all because we would have gone extinct due to our insane wars. Idiots in charge of nuclear weapons might be the end of us all.

I did write about the end of humanity in my book Lucifer. If you like reading and want to help me out, check out my book on Amazon. Link below.

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Book Review : Long Walk to Freedom and Tutu, Voice of the Voiceless

 

To read biographies of great men of the past is like stepping into a time machine. And to read Long Walk to Freedom and Tutu, Voice of the Voiceless is like walking on the shoulders of giants.

Let me start with Long Walk to Freedom. It was a magnificent read. It is a very book but I finished it in three days. Buy it and read it, you will not be sorry. The book is vivid, detailed and well written. You feel Mandela's pain, joy and fears as he fights against the apartheid system that humiliates and oppresses his people. Mandela has secured his place amongst the greatest pan Africanists. He stands in the company of greats like Martin Luther King, Gandhi and to some he is the black equivalent of Jesus. However, like great leaders he remains controversial. He is beloved around the world and to many he stands in contrast to devils like Mugabe and Mobutu. Mandela was one of the few African leaders to voluntarily leave power when he didnt have to. He was not your typical African dictator who steals everything that is not bolted down. And yet to black South Africans he was a sell out, a Judas Iscariot who betrayed the revolution. And simultaneously, he is reviled by many white South Africans as a Marxist terrorist. I guess you cannot please everyone. Nevertheless, Mandela has immortalised himself in history by writing Long Walk to Freedom. His voice will echo throughout eternity.

I also read Tutu : Voice of the Voiceless by Shirley Du Boulay. It was a decent book but as exciting as Long Walk to Freedom. Since he was a religious leader there weren't many flights from the secret police, underground missions, lonely nights in the cell and near death experiences. Tutu embarked on a peaceful fight against apartheid and because he was a man of the cloth, the apartheid system could not touch a hair on his head without being subjected to the wrath of the international Christian community. Tutu was Martin Luther King whilst Mandela was Malcolm X. To read Voice of the Voiceless is to see apartheid for the ridiculous and unjust system that it was. A system that wanted its cake and to eat it too. A system that desired to exploit black labour whilst keeping blacks at arms length. A system that contradicted itself and collapsed under the weight of its own stupidity. 

On the other hand I do understand why apartheid was necessary. There is nothing wrong with living separately from other races and cultures. Multi-culturalism leads to a destruction of individual cultures and language. Plus, the present day crime statistics of modern day South Africa prove the blacks tend to engage in violent crime than white people do. Hundreds of murders and rapes a day is the norm in the Rainbow nation. But this is not surprising. Societies with lots of black people tend to be filthy, crime ridden hell holes and that is not because of the legacy of apartheid. That is just the way it is. Even black people do not want to live amongst other blacks. So why do we expect whites to live with black people? There should be freedom of association. Apartheid was not a crime, it was the taking of land, killing people, name calling and exploitation that was criminal.

If the whites who desired separation from other races had been serious about segregation they should not have used blacks as labourers in the first place. Sloth, pride and greed are three of the seven deadly sins that destroyed White South Africa. If white South Africans had not been so myopic they would have created a penal colony like Australia that utilised white labour. Then today South Africa would be a white majority country.

After 300 years of being in Africa, whites want a separate country but it is too late for that. Like Eminem said, 'You only get one shot do not miss your chance to blow, because opportunities come once in a lifetime yo.' In their search for a white ethnostate Afrikaners have created Orania and English South Africans want the Western Cape to be independent but that time has long gone. They had centuries to build a white only state that did not depend on black labour but that ship has sailed. White South Africans must now deal with the consequences of the actions of their forefathers. Children are often punished for the sins of their fathers. That is cruel and unjust but that is the way of the world. Perhaps white South Africans will form a laager and succeed in their search for a homeland. Or maybe they will have to find a place in the Rainbow nation and live cheek by jowl with everyone else.

However, decades later and South Africa is at the precipice of an enormous crossroad. A wise man once said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. And he was right. I am sure the creators of apartheid meant well and had good intentions. In their minds apartheid was the right thing to do. However their good intentions led to hell. And likewise, Mandela and his comrades had good intentions but those good intentions have led to a crime ridden South Africa that flirts with disaster. Nevertheless, no matter how bad South Africa seems, it is still a paradise compared to the rest of Africa. And this is why millions jump over fences and swim with crocodiles to breathe South African air. And that is thanks to people like Mandela and Tutu who helped create a democratic and semi-functional South Africa that is flawed but is still a giant on the African continent.

Pandora and Eve : Were the ancients right about women?

 

For thousands of years, women were treated like second class citizens. They were marginalised from politics. Their place was in the kitchen and the bedroom. Myths and religions were used to justify the suppression of women. From the pulpit, religious leaders blamed women for the fall of mankind, the banishment of man from Paradise. Then in the 20th century women were given the vote and treated as equal citizens. 

Now about a hundred years after the success of feminism many are starting to regret giving women the vote and a voice in politics. Was it a mistake to give women freedom? Were the ancients who wrote about Pandora and Eve right along? Let's discuss and look at both sides. The misogynist stance goes something like this feminism has brought about high divorce rates which leads to broken homes which leads to dysfunctional and wayward children which leads to a broken society.  They say women's sexual liberation has brought about millions of abortion, low birth rates, single parent homes because women fuck bad boys, sexually transmitted diseases, pornography, prostitution, Only Fans digital hookers etc. Look at the Catholic church for example, it is the most enduring institution in the world because women are sidelined from decision making positions. People like Andrew Tate argue that the west has fallen because white men listen to their women. And women are essentially children and to listen to them brings about societal breakdown. Men are responsible for civilisation, they build cities and fight wars. Women are just baby making factories so why should they have a voice in a world built by men? There are cries to repeal the 19th amendment and to put women back in their place. Once women can no longer vote everything will go back into place and sanity will be restored. 

                                                    

Perhaps the Muslims are right to keep their women modestly dressed and chaste. Muslim fathers dont have to worry about their daughters becoming the next Lily Phillips or Bonnie Blue. And Muslim fathers are allowed to do honour killing on naughty girls. Islam keeps women chaste and forbids them from marrying infidels. Women in Muslim countries are forbidden from doing abortions which means the birth rate remains high. Furthermore women sidelined from politics thus they cannot bring their immaturity and emotions into government. In the west women feel sorry for migrants and allow them to flood in. Not so in the Musllim world. Muslim men dont have to worry about marrying a women with three digit body counts and dont have to live in fear of adultery and divorce theft. Why because adultery is punishable by death. Maybe western civilisation becoming Islamic wont be the worst thing in the world. A Muslim Europe means no more abortions, pornography, prostitution, high divorce rates, low fertility rates, race mixing, Only Fans and all the other ills that feminism has brought into the world.

Can Islam solve all the West's problems?

White Sharia now?

On the other hand, myths like Eve and Pandora are used to explain why there is so much evil in the world. But maybe it is a case of the accusation being a confession. Most wars and crimes are committed by men. Prisons are full of criminal men who contribute nothing to society. Some will argue that marginalising women from politics makes no sense if the average man is a dunce as well. Churchill said the best arguement against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. Maybe the best way forward is to sideline most men and women from politics and to let kings or priests or military generals lead the way. 

So which way man? Back to patriarchal society or onward with feminism? According to writers like Leonard Shlain the emancipation of women is a result of how our brains work. In the video below he describes how the rise of literacy led to misogyny and how in recent years we have become more visual and this has led to feminism and gender equality. I cannot fully explain it so watch the video.

And here is his book if you want to read it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alphabet-Versus-Goddess-Conflict-Between-ebook/dp/B006URPSJK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DSMJ4YC8O0A6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HdDRuQhaBA5T0ENxDA8kZbYizW3lmAZe5HoUahx6O7DGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.v3LLa6ysGa0f0_IXPU6jzQjeTfZIW1jtoZKpA3RgwAc&dib_tag=se&keywords=leonard+shlain&qid=1744913204&s=digital-text&sprefix=leonard+shl%2Cdigital-text%2C532&sr=1-1

Writers like Edward Dodge put forward the idea that the worship of the feminine was man's original religion and feminism, homosexuality, prostitution are completely normal. Here is a link to his book

https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Goddess-Ice-Age-Bible-ebook/dp/B0933M1BTY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3398NYFWXE5U9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HEXARCIPWAKPhoHBaKfWsg.IV2KnLMBTHcGFj9UJb8BwYgBEe5ov8kTarqXM0nWjxI&dib_tag=se&keywords=edward+dodge&qid=1744913436&s=digital-text&sprefix=edward+dodge%2Cdigital-text%2C412&sr=1-1

Here is an interesting video where Edward Dodge explains his ideas

In my opinion myths and legends were written by men. Had women written Genesis and Greek myths they would have depicted god as a woman and men as responsible for the problems of the world. I have written a few books where I play around with the idea of goddesses and a female centric religion. Link below.

https://a.co/d/cNjgfF9 is the link to my book Josephine.

And here is a collection of poems and praises to the earth goddess Gaia if you are into that sort of thing.

https://a.co/d/1zeZp6X is the link to my book Gaia is supreme.

So what does the future hold for feminism and gender equality? It seems like the sexual arms race will continue forever. However, with Muslims migrating in large numbers into the west, the flame of feminism might be extinguished and women will be dragged from the boardrooms and back into the bedrooms. Only time will tell.

1984

 

1984 is a book that is often referenced when discussing politics. If someone wants to sound intelligent they used phrased like Orwellian, newspeak and memory hole. As someone who had never read 1984, I got tired of hearing about Big Brother and not knowing what it meant. So I decided to read 1984. 

After reading it in a few days I had mixed feelings. It is a great story, there is no doubt about that. The twist where Winston gets arrested was jaw dropping. The ending was breath taking, no pun intended. The final scene of 1984 was very similar to the ending scene of The Sopranos. So much so that I feel David Chase must have been inspired by 1984. 

However, the writing style of 1984 was not that great. It was a bit of a struggle to continue reading the book. It was not the most enjoyable read. The prose felt disjointed and forced. But other than that it was a great read. I don't think 1984 is overrated. It is pertinent today more than ever. With the advanced technology at hand the elite can watch their subject's every move. The secret police can listen to our conversations, read our messages and watch us in the privacy of our homes. We are living in 1984 and Snowden showed us that.

My thoughts are that there is nothing new under the sun like the Bible says in Ecclesiastes 1:9. Way before electronic surveillance the elite had discovered a way to keep an eye on their subjects. The ruling class invented God or the gods who watched our every move, knew our thoughts and listened to our most private conversations. Moreover, like in 1984 rulers used fear and torture to keep the public on a leash. So the elite invented hell, the afterlife and eternal damnation. They promised heavenly bliss for those who died in their wars and who gave them money. But torture and darkness was the punishment for the disobedient. Before Big Brother there was Zeus, Jupiter, Ra, Quetzalcoatl, Yahweh and a host of other sky authoritarians.

The ruler will always want to shape the thoughts of the ruled. Whether through religion, fake news, bread and circus those who have power always want to keep it from the powerless. The elite will use every tactic in the book to keep their privilege. Distractions, wars, threats of violence, torture, lies etc are part their arsenal. 

And perhaps the public needs to be watched. There are bad guys and criminals in society who need to be watched and followed before they commit crimes and hurt the innocent. Places like China and Dubai are safe and clean because the government keeps their boot on the people. Like Machiavelli wrote it is better to be feared than loved. And so a fearful public obeys the law. Without strict laws and a fearsome government the lunatics will soon run the asylum. So in the east and much of the world, 1984 will be the future.

Europe and the west is at the precipice of an enormous cross road. One path leads to Islam and sharia states and on the other hedonistic carefree liberalism plus electronic surveillance. However, I feel Islam will triumph over liberalism. The blue haired anarchists will be beheaded by radical Muslims. George Orwell was both right and wrong about the future. Big Brother will be Allah and he will be watching with the help of technology. If Europeans continue to flirt with Islam, the future will not be a boot stamping on a human face forever, it will be a scimitar descending on the infidel's neck.

Why does Animal Farm remain relevant?

Animal Farm by George Orwell is a book that needs no introduction. It is a parable on par with Jesus' parables. It is a masterpiece that stands apart from other fiction. It is a light hearted look at the terrifying Soviet regime. In 2000 years people will still be reading Animal Farm. But why does the tale of the animal revolt remain relevant decades after the Soviet Union it was based upon has collapsed? Communism has been vanquished yet Animal Farm still echoes.

Why do people resonate with Animal Farm so much? I think that it speaks to the fundamental truth of human nature and politics. And the truth is that humans are animals. No matter how hard we try to make ourselves in the image of the gods we are nothing more than apes. So the ancients invented religions and laws to restrain our animal impulses. But in the end nature prevails. Human civilisation is a veneer that soon wears off. In the end all humans reveal themselves to be wild animals and civilisation collapses. The Romans, the ancient Egyptians, the British and all other empire builders in the final stage become degenerate and sexually immoral and everything collapses. Once we understand that humans are wild animals everything will make sense.

Animal Farm remains relevant because it is a mirror in the face of the revolutionary and the oppressed. It is a prophetic book that illustrates how the oppressed will soon become the oppressor. The slave will one day become the enslaver. The Israelites who fled slavery from Egypt landed in Canaan and legalised slavery whilst committing a genocide on the Canaanites. The Maccabees fought the Greeks but a few decades later they took Greek names. The early Christians were persecuted by the Romans but as soon as they tasted power they became the persecutors and attacked pagan temples. Napoleon was part of the Republic but soon after gaining power declared himself an emperor. The American revolutionaries fought the British and turned around and continued the slave trade. American black slaves were freed and some went to Liberia, only to enslave the local Africans they found there. The African liberators fought colonialism then afterward became tyrannical and abused the people they claimed to set free. Like Polybius described with his idea of anacyclosis that it is inevitable that  the monarch becomes a tyrant, the aristocrat becomes an oligarch and the democrat becomes an anarchist. Power like the ring in Tolkien's Lord of the Ring corrupts even the most saintly revolutionary. 

I fell in love with Animal Farm so much I tried my hand at writing a fable about power and politics. My book is entiled The Animal Ranch. It is about African politics not the Soviet Union. Like in Animal Farm, in my story the animals revolt and chase the farmer away. But in my version, the animals fail to run the farm and fall victim to disease and starvation. In the end the animals regret the revolution and go and look for the man to bring him back so he can run the farm. My book mirrors what happened at the end of colonialism. The Africans and Indians wanted liberty from colonialism and they got their freedom. But freedom brought economic collapse, chaos and tyranny. And in the end the formally colonised people followed the coloniser to Europe and USA in search of a better life. If you are interested in my book you can buy it on Amazon. Link below.

Ian Manning is the owner of the Manning Ranch. One day the animals revolt and chase the man away. The animals select Damian the dog to lead the Animal Movement. But the animals soon realise they have replaced one form of tyranny with another. https://a.co/d/aD99ZHa

 

Staying Away from Islam by Ridvan Aydemir

 

Sike! No such book exists although I wish it did. Ridvan Aydemir also known as the Apostate Prophet is the most popular ex Muslim on Youtube and possibly in the whole world. He has over half a million subscribers on Youtube and thousands of followers on X. He is a funny and intelligent ex-Muslim who has led the charge against Islam with his catchy phrase, 'Stay Away from Islam'. So why has he not penned a book about his life story and his journey into apostasy. Many other ex-Muslims like Harris Sultan and Armin Navabi have put their ideas to paper but still the Apostate Prophet hasn't. But hopefully one day he will.

Islam has been the greatest threat to western civilisation since its inception. Islam's whole purpose is anti-Christian. Islam began as a Nestorian anti-trinitarian sect. Its very essence is about opposition to the Trinitarian west. For 1400 years Islam has been a thorn in the side of Europe. They took Constantinople in 1453, they ruled Spain for 700 years and Sicily for 500 years. The Muslims conquered Greece and the Balkans for centuries and today Islam has a foothold in Europe once again as Muslim immigrants pour into the west, undermining its democratic principles. If Europeans keep sleeping they will wake up one day and realise they are the dhimmis. The whole of western Europe will be like Rotherham. White girls will be sold as sex slaves publicly and white men will be used as janissaries once again.

That is why it is important to listen and to support ex-Muslims like Ridvan Aydemir. That is why I hope he puts pen to paper and write about his life story and experiences and titles his book Staying Away from Islam. In the mean time while I wait for his book which might never be written I will have to make do with his Youtube channel.

Escaping the Matrix

 

What would a biography about Andrew Tate be called. In my mind it would be named Escaping the Matrix. I know he has written a few books such as The Tate Bible etc but Escaping the Matrix sounds way better. 

To some Tate is a rapist and pimp. To others is the Moses of the manosphere, leading men from a world that emasculates toward the Promised Land of ultra masculinity. Maybe he is both. All I know is that he is one of the few people I can listen to talk for more than an hour without falling asleep. He is charismatic and intelligent. A book about Tate's famous quotes would make interesting reading. I have learnt many things from Andrew Tate. Such as :

Hate always comes from the bottom not from the top.

85% of being a man is saying no. 

You dont have to hit your children but they should know you can hit them. Children should know that the threat of violence is there and violence can be used, just like people obey the police because they know the threat of violence is present.

Being a man is not about being happy, women can be happy. Being a man is about suffering.

Being a good father is not about quantity time, it is about quality time. An hour of good fatherhood is better than decades of bad parenting.

Stay away from brokies.

Money is stored time and energy.

Push ups are God's free gym membership to the world.

Societies that care more about the group than the individual will do better societies that put the individual ahead of the group. For example a country that has the death penalty might put an innocent person to death but in the end the death penalty will deter criminals from committing crime. A country that is afraid of executing an innocent man will have more crime because criminals will not fear the death penalty. Another example, an army that is willing to sacrifice more soldiers in a war will defeat an army that will not sacrifice the lives of its soldiers.

Once you become a king you must continuously fight to protect your kingdom.

It is better to live the experience than to read it in a book.

Armed men are what keep civilisation going.

The soul of Dubai is winning.

Dont let one woman limit your genetic potential. Have as many children as possible.

A society that cares more about the group than the individual will succeed.

Women are sex workers. Men are cannon fodder.

Every man should be capable of violence.

Politicians at the top are the same as the criminals at the bottom, lots of killing, stealing and drug pushing.

Telling a woman you love when you can provide for her and protect her is meaningless.

The problem with the white western man is that he listens to his women.

Andrew Tate points out that the western man has been turned into a yellow bellied coward. Once upon a time, the western male was feared and respected. But then one day the western man decided to listen to feminists and gave women the vote. And it has been downhill ever since. What caused the fall of the western man. Some blame the Jews. Others blame the good times that have created weak men. Some blame Christianity. Others blame atheism. Whatever the reason for the downfall of the western man, he must escape the matrix before it is too late and the white race goes extinct.

If the white western male remains asleep, the white race will become a minority in the west. And the aftermath of that will make the Haitian revolution seem like a picnic. So what are some of the solutions people have brought forward. The lack of purpose in the western male has been discussed to death in film and literature. That is why films like Fight Club and the Matrix are so popular. Some say Islam will bring back masculinity into the western male. Others say Christianity will reawaken the fighting spirit of the white male. Some say paganism and Hellenism will bring back masculine spirit in the west. Others say repealing the 19th amendment and taking away the female vote will save the west. For others like the comedian Owen Benjamin and the Amish escaping the matrix means leaving the city and going to farm in the country away from technology.

From my personal experience as a younger man I struggled with finding my masculinity. The problem started with not having any masculine role models to look up to. My father was not the red blooded alpha male he should have been. He didnt discipline me or give me a hiding when I deserved it. And so I sought out role models from gangsta rap and that was a disaster. It led me down the wrong path of drug and alcohol abuse. Then I began reading about the PUA, the Mystery Method and the red pill movement. I studied the art of seduction with all its gibberish about cold approach, kino escalation, comfort building and peacocking. But that was all garbage. Then I looked for my purpose in religion but that was unfulfilling. 

In the end I realised that life is meaningless. Just like the philosopher in the book of Ecclesiastes, I realised that all one can do is enjoy life. Eat and drink for tomorrow we are to die it says Ecclesiastes 8:15. I suggest every man read Ecclesiastes many times over. It is my favourite book in the Bible and my favourite book in the whole world. It has timeless truths that should not be ignored. The Matrix is all the things trying to trap you and control you. As a man you must free your mind and body through self-improvement, positive hobbies, body building and reading good books. Your worries can be your Matrix. The government, your religion, your parents, your addictions, your friends and even your own self-defeating thoughts and expectations can be your Matrix. The goal is to find who you really are and not what the world expects you to be. Dont be another mindless NPC. JUST BE YOURSELF! Or better yet, be the best version of yourself. Ignore what your parents, the media, your friends, religious leaders and the world tells you who you are. Leave the herd, make your own path and find yourself. When you find out who you really are and what makes you happy is when you have escaped the Matrix.