In my youth, the government considered the father of a family the 'head of the household'. This was in line with patriarchal 'thinking', clearly the foundation of mono-religious cultures, with a male 'God' as creator, and 'Eve' ruining everything for humanity as she allowed herself to take a bite from the apple, encouraged to do so by a snake. Even if people did no longer subscribe to all of that, conditioning still created an 'Empire' state of mind in men. Peace was possible, if everybody obeyed the 'Head of the Household'.
In reality this was largely fiction. In some families the mother ran the household, with dad 'visiting', or colluding with the children to make life a misery for mom. Or the parents were on equal footing, consulting each other on the better way to address the children. And then there were those families where the children ran the show. Because they were 'in the groove', and spoke the language, while their parents did not. Or the parents were too 'spaced out'. Still, despite the different structure, many of these households knew peace, a negotiated settlement, or equilibrium which grew organically. Children growing up were always a challenge, as their contribution shifted from total dependency, to adulthood. At least, that was the general idea.
This far more 'layered', complex reality is ill suited for a structured approach if you want to ensure that every citizen is happy, and 'easy going'. Scores of 'experts' emerged, relieved from productive work, paid by the government, either directly, or through various contracted, subsidised 'cut-outs', charged with finding a better way. From that moment on chaos ruled supreme, and truly unbelievable suggestions were put on the table. After some form of consensus was reached, implemented locally, or nationally, with ideologues insisting that a world-wide implementation was of the essence to create the right conditions for peace, we lost the ball.
Although the silly dogma of a man being 'born' to lead was abandoned, the 'Empire State of Mind' wasn't. Or, rather, it soon became obvious that negotiating about every choice to be made had its limits, and a lack of authority, with a pledge to never use 'violence' to force a solution, was simply unworkable. Still, the government and 'experts' fed by the government, didn't want to go back to the 'old ways', with a government at arms length from the families, 'assuming' one 'Head of the Household', and politicians, civil servants and 'experts' doubled down on transferring all responsibility for 'violent' interventions to the 'Empire'. The reasoning behind that was that it would improve the situation for the children, way too often suffering from abuse. (And: There was good money in it!)
My hesitation did not emerge from spite over losing my status as the recognised 'Emperor', born to bully my children and dominate the family, but from fear that transferring the authority to 'nine-to-five' civil servants, 'professionals' and 'experts' would unleash a flurry of perverts who would pry on the children of caring parents. And that it would become way too expensive. I still strongly favour a traditional family, with parents in charge, and responsible, preferably caring for the children they themselves 'produced', since the love they have for their own offspring is a better basis for doing the right thing, than some abstract theory concocted in this or that university by 'scientists' who do not even want children for themselves, because it would hurt their career. Or if they 'take' them, they seek ways to become 'weekend-parents', leaving the kids in the care of 'professionals'.
Obviously I lost that battle. Our Western society changed dramatically, transferring all *real* authority to the 'Emperor' in charge of the State, who kept pushing parents to participate in the 'economy', so they could afford a house, a car, multiple holidays, a 'baby-sit' and a therapist.
Alright then. The theoretical underpinning was sympathetic. Abuse *did* happen, even though the sexual kind was almost always at the hands of clerics, teachers, uncles, aunts and 'friends of the family'. And 'violent' interventions were common when children misbehaved, and even encouraged to prevent a loss of authority. On these pages I've explained that authority requires recognition, and overstepping certain lines, bullying your kids into submission, destroys the authority which allows you to look your children in the eye by the time they are adults themselves. But no two kids are the same, and I trust loving parents to be much better 'positioned' to understand what a child needs, than some 'expert'. But the 'experts' disagreed, colluded with the civil servants and politicians, and came down on 'traditional' parents like a ton of bricks, siding with the children to create a 'bond'.
As the details of the 'Epstein Network' become clearer, we see a familiar pattern of a 'stooge' catching the girls, subsequently preparing them for abuse by the 'Emperors', using this strategy of creating a 'bond' to lure them away from their families and friends. And how governments worldwide were *aware* of this, but did nothing, if they were not involved in it themselves. And please pay attention, because that exact same pattern has been used, and is 'weaponised' as we speak, to re-create a 'powerful military' to 'defend our rights'. Which 'rights', darling? What are you talking about? Sex-changes? Choosing your 'identity'? Killing? Looting? Pirating? Acting in depraved ways? Doing drugs? Bullying other countries? Bombing them 'back' to the Stone Age? Grabbing them by the Pussy? Conditioning your child to be a 'trans-person', to elevate your social status as extremely 'tolerant'?
The odd thing is, that more than a few people who shout from the rooftops that they are 'Right Wing' are carrying the very same 'liberal values' as those who are saying they are 'Left Leaning'. If there is a difference at all, it is about how to 'go forward' and establish this 'Empire State of Mind' as the only game in town. Please note that this 'Epstein Network' doesn't give a hoot about 'politics'. It includes extremists from both sides. Trump as well as Clinton. Jews as well as Christians and Arabs. While the 'Right Wing' is embracing violence, and *lots* of it, the 'Left Leaning' wing is promoting scheming and using 'bonding', the 'Candy-man'-approach, while both refuse to debate the other, and under no circumstances people like me, who never left the planet.
All these 'Spaced Out' people, firing away from their 'Safe Spaces', with no inclination to try living together and find work-arounds, and acceptable compromises, understanding that life is not perfect, and that you have to *work*, and work *hard* to make things better for everybody, using your brain, and not your hedonistic impulses and conditioned notion that you are 'entitled', are dragging the entire species down. Yesterday I came across a posting on 'X' which contained a statement about the war in Ukraine, revealing that this individual had no idea what was happening in that country. He added a 'warning' which read: 'I prepare myself for replies which are beside the point'. Certain that my attempt to open his eyes to what was happening here, where I am, down on planet earth, would rub him the wrong way, I nevertheless responded. Like clockwork he came back to draw my attention to his closing sentence. Upon which I shot back that I fully understood that he was 'Spaced Out', and couldn't be reached, yet others who would read his statement, and my reply, could still be saved by a healthy dose of reality.
'Spaced Out' parents, allowing their children to run the show, are worse than those who try, but fail to strike the right chord, unless they go overboard and kill the lot. Now, could we *please* return to planet earth and engage in honest negotiations about how to save the day, and humanity? And no, a return to 'patriarchy' is not the answer. But Victoria 'Fuck the EU' Nuland, armed with a few billion in tax-payer money, cynical 'Candy-Man' strategies, and backed up by snipers, is no improvement. As my portrayal of the actual society of my youth in the opening of this article indicates, the formal arrangement at the time was of no importance for the families. Only if all hell broke loose, the government intervened. It wasn't paradise, but take a look at what we created. 'Good try, Zero points'!