I share your misgivings about the strange things coming out of the mouths of Farage, Tice and Bull.
I'm going to be charitable and put it down to one of Baldrick's cunning plans.
If it is its failing as the membership ticker is down by a few thousand and trending down.
Your idea of community, friends and family is a good one and everyone I speak to in my circle share my beliefs in sovereignty, decency, honesty and no mass immigration with a permanent stop until we can clear the decks as Trump and Vance are doing.
No one who hates us and our values should be allowed into our country- period !
I agree, I don't know what can be done either and I think this is because this is not due to recent events. We have had devaluation of the currency in the past with money clipping but out present phase of devaluation started with the creation of the Federal Reserve and Article 16 of the US Constitution which brought in income tax and the central banking system spread. The pound lost its status as the reserve currency after the stupidity of WWII and we soon lost the Empire. The Labour government after the war created the welfare state and there is no going back on that because most people would not survive without it. Now our governments have deliberately lost control of our borders. There is no going back from this and complete collapse is inevitable, but there will be no sudden event, it will be gradual and we are now in this final phase.
I haven't read Gibbons but we seem to be following ancient Rome. It was a welfare state that became unaffordable, the emperors used money clipping the "fund" it, and it lost control of its borders. The collapse wasn't sudden and Rome is still there. What concerns me is we are a more advanced civilisation and the collapse could be very different.
Civil war is coming and I for one will welcome it. We need partition between us and the rapist moochers, and if that involves a new Cromwell or even a new Hitler I am all for it.
In the US, the major issue in homelessness is not the lack of housing. It's the refusal of society to say no. No, you can't camp in this city. No, you can't shit in the streets. No, you can't panhandle aggressively. No, you can't shoot up publicly and leave your used needles lying around. The fact that we are not going to allow you to destroy our city by doing these things is not our problem. It's your problem. You can solve your problem by not doing drugs, getting help for your mental problems, getting a job, and sharing rent with others so inclined until you can afford a place of your own, probably in a lower cost community.
This is not going to happen because the people we have elected allow the homeless to wallow in their victimhood rather than accept personal responsibility for their self destructiveness.
What specific steps should be taken by cities to deal with the problem? Cities should use all existing shelters and further provide simple shelter space with surplus military tents with mess and recreational tents, a medical tent and restroom and shower facilities (the way I lived in the army) on leased or purchased unused commercial or industrial sites on the outskirts of the city. As many who want to and are able to work should be hired to help feed others and to maintain the facilities. Individuals could use surplus military squad tents or their own for sleeping. When those facilities are available the city should send in crews to clean up existing encampments, without arresting anyone who does not physically resist.
Custodial care should be mandatory for those who are so mentally or drug addicted that they cannot care for themselves. We did a huge disservice to the mentally ill when we closed rather than reform our state mental hospitals. We need them back. This approach actually would cost far less and be far more effective than the current housing first attempts to fix the problem. Most of the homeless lack the capacity to live unassisted in modern society but that is not an excuse to destroy our beautiful cities and drive out our productive citizens.
Thanks Frederick.
I share your misgivings about the strange things coming out of the mouths of Farage, Tice and Bull.
I'm going to be charitable and put it down to one of Baldrick's cunning plans.
If it is its failing as the membership ticker is down by a few thousand and trending down.
Your idea of community, friends and family is a good one and everyone I speak to in my circle share my beliefs in sovereignty, decency, honesty and no mass immigration with a permanent stop until we can clear the decks as Trump and Vance are doing.
No one who hates us and our values should be allowed into our country- period !
"As I look ahead I am full of foreboding" - we should have faced up to what's unfolding now a considerable time ago.
We did, but our politicians didn't.
Bleak, scary - but sadly a true outlook. I don't know any longer what to propose to change this.
I agree, I don't know what can be done either and I think this is because this is not due to recent events. We have had devaluation of the currency in the past with money clipping but out present phase of devaluation started with the creation of the Federal Reserve and Article 16 of the US Constitution which brought in income tax and the central banking system spread. The pound lost its status as the reserve currency after the stupidity of WWII and we soon lost the Empire. The Labour government after the war created the welfare state and there is no going back on that because most people would not survive without it. Now our governments have deliberately lost control of our borders. There is no going back from this and complete collapse is inevitable, but there will be no sudden event, it will be gradual and we are now in this final phase.
I haven't read Gibbons but we seem to be following ancient Rome. It was a welfare state that became unaffordable, the emperors used money clipping the "fund" it, and it lost control of its borders. The collapse wasn't sudden and Rome is still there. What concerns me is we are a more advanced civilisation and the collapse could be very different.
Excellent post - thank you
As you say, this is a house of cards that will soon collapse.
Whereupon, migrants won't want to come here.
Problem solved.
But they’re already there in overwhelming numbers and seem to control the government. Even if everything collapses, the dregs will still be there.
It’s decadence. There are several solutions to decadence: defeat, disaster or revolution.
Does anyone know of a society that emerged from decadence without such dramatic solutions? I don’t
The gem is the last paragraph. I will add: Seek the Lord with all your heart.
Your last paragraph is the real mes
Civil war is coming and I for one will welcome it. We need partition between us and the rapist moochers, and if that involves a new Cromwell or even a new Hitler I am all for it.
In the US, the major issue in homelessness is not the lack of housing. It's the refusal of society to say no. No, you can't camp in this city. No, you can't shit in the streets. No, you can't panhandle aggressively. No, you can't shoot up publicly and leave your used needles lying around. The fact that we are not going to allow you to destroy our city by doing these things is not our problem. It's your problem. You can solve your problem by not doing drugs, getting help for your mental problems, getting a job, and sharing rent with others so inclined until you can afford a place of your own, probably in a lower cost community.
This is not going to happen because the people we have elected allow the homeless to wallow in their victimhood rather than accept personal responsibility for their self destructiveness.
What specific steps should be taken by cities to deal with the problem? Cities should use all existing shelters and further provide simple shelter space with surplus military tents with mess and recreational tents, a medical tent and restroom and shower facilities (the way I lived in the army) on leased or purchased unused commercial or industrial sites on the outskirts of the city. As many who want to and are able to work should be hired to help feed others and to maintain the facilities. Individuals could use surplus military squad tents or their own for sleeping. When those facilities are available the city should send in crews to clean up existing encampments, without arresting anyone who does not physically resist.
Custodial care should be mandatory for those who are so mentally or drug addicted that they cannot care for themselves. We did a huge disservice to the mentally ill when we closed rather than reform our state mental hospitals. We need them back. This approach actually would cost far less and be far more effective than the current housing first attempts to fix the problem. Most of the homeless lack the capacity to live unassisted in modern society but that is not an excuse to destroy our beautiful cities and drive out our productive citizens.
That's a very good idea , instead of going to a campsite British holiday makers should just rock up and camp where they feel like it .
That was a brilliantly worded, but deeply depressing post!