Nice - shared. Incredible how effective leftist activists are at subverting these huge endowments. Ford Foundation follows exactly the same story. So important to have a definite vision for what you want your legacy to achieve and a calculated strategy for ensuring that the project stays on track, rather than assuming a huge pot of money for 'charity and philanthropy' will be put towards good ends.
Doesn't matter how clear your vision is, if you don't put a definite, and fairly short time limit on it, once you're dead... the money's too big a draw and it will get subverted by people who don't share your vision.
The wheels definitely are turning, however slowly. I'm a missionary for a small non-profit Catholic apostolate, and besides our general organizational fundraising, I fundraise my own salary every year to do this work. Interestingly, even while pulling from north eastern, generally liberal areas of the US, more than a few of my donors joined my support team primarily because of my work as a photographer and a writer - which was very surprising given my work typically focuses on faith, tradition, and modernity, and they knew that. It's still tough and takes a lot of work, but now going into my second year fundraising I've adopted bolder and more dissident pitches with some donors to great success. Being fully funded on grassroots small-scale fundraising doesn't really exist of course, but I can confirm it is possible to network your way up from your fellow parishioners to with real wealth and influence, and make a lot of really valuable connections, even between others, along the way.
Thank you for recognizing the essential need of elites to run the big machine. Most of us wouldn't have a ghost of a chance at successfully managing large scale enterprises or nation-states; we'd make as big a mess as the incompetents we have running things now.
We need elites just as they need us. Getting most to recognize that instead of being resentful of the hyper-successful is a worthy goal.
It’s truly incredible to see how far things have come. Getting direct elite support in the 10s seemed like a massive pipe-dream. How things have changed
Okay there you go. There are "elites" that care about Western Civilization and want to see it continue and recognize the issues. But be careful. There are also elites who want to use you like useful idiots.
As amusing as it sometimes is, to watch the Westcoast Elites duke it out with the Eastcoast Elites... none of them are on our side, and they all seem quite determined to go the way of the old French aristocracy.
I am not totally convinced that we should stop them.
It’s like the war of the Roses in old England- and we are the Peasants who want rights; they are Aristocrats that want power. So how do we ensure they deliver for us; especially if they need us- the exploited masses- to support them in their seizure of power?
I don't think they're aware that they need us for anything-- thus the drive to replace us with people from elsewhere who are more used to being peasants.
Was thinking more French Revolution than War of the Roses, really: more head chopping, slightly less chronic starvation of the masses. But it could go either way. I don't think we plebes will have a good time of it, whoever wins.
Of course, what they are signaling openly might only hint at what they are doing privately. If we are to take certain whispers at their word, it's well on its way.
The Baptism of Clovis comes to mind. A Frankish king converts to Christianity and begins the Merovingian Dynasty. Convert the king and you convert the kingdom.
A more radical perspective is this: Elites see commoners as less-than-human. They lie to us, cheat us, poison our food and water, tax us, send us to die in their wars, sell us narcotics and poisons, manipulate us with media and propaganda, debase our currency, undermine our rights, confiscate our children, break up our families, indoctrinate our children, pervert our justice system, and steal our inheritance. They take from what we earn, what we own, what we save, and what we invest. They debase our currency and enslave our children with debt; then divide us on sex, race, nationality, while denigrating our beliefs and promoting debauchery. And because they get away with it, they feel justified in their rule over us, deeming us to stupid, docile, compliant, and base to govern ourselves. These are the elites you seek to ally with; tread carefully.
The Eztablisment does a pretty good job of pushing them into the desired role. They’ll back whoever serves THEIR interests and only so far. Remember the Eztablishment Elites have them by the money.
Careful, here. John the Baptist didn’t ask for a court position from Herod. The Centurion came to Jesus, not the other way around. Don’t mistake temporal aims with eternal aims.
I don’t think Darrell Cooper is especially right unless it’s from the perspective of a far leftist. Any dissident movement must nurture its own elite because the current elite is by its nature suspect. Why don’t we see right wing billionaires funding movies and television shows? Either they are not really on the right or they’re just scared.
This is the way. Leftist elites have built massive patronage networks in their long march through the institutions. We are badly outgunned, but the time has come to build anew: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/macarthur-fellowship-leftist-patronage-network
Nice - shared. Incredible how effective leftist activists are at subverting these huge endowments. Ford Foundation follows exactly the same story. So important to have a definite vision for what you want your legacy to achieve and a calculated strategy for ensuring that the project stays on track, rather than assuming a huge pot of money for 'charity and philanthropy' will be put towards good ends.
Doesn't matter how clear your vision is, if you don't put a definite, and fairly short time limit on it, once you're dead... the money's too big a draw and it will get subverted by people who don't share your vision.
The wheels definitely are turning, however slowly. I'm a missionary for a small non-profit Catholic apostolate, and besides our general organizational fundraising, I fundraise my own salary every year to do this work. Interestingly, even while pulling from north eastern, generally liberal areas of the US, more than a few of my donors joined my support team primarily because of my work as a photographer and a writer - which was very surprising given my work typically focuses on faith, tradition, and modernity, and they knew that. It's still tough and takes a lot of work, but now going into my second year fundraising I've adopted bolder and more dissident pitches with some donors to great success. Being fully funded on grassroots small-scale fundraising doesn't really exist of course, but I can confirm it is possible to network your way up from your fellow parishioners to with real wealth and influence, and make a lot of really valuable connections, even between others, along the way.
This is great to hear!
Thank you for recognizing the essential need of elites to run the big machine. Most of us wouldn't have a ghost of a chance at successfully managing large scale enterprises or nation-states; we'd make as big a mess as the incompetents we have running things now.
We need elites just as they need us. Getting most to recognize that instead of being resentful of the hyper-successful is a worthy goal.
It’s truly incredible to see how far things have come. Getting direct elite support in the 10s seemed like a massive pipe-dream. How things have changed
Okay there you go. There are "elites" that care about Western Civilization and want to see it continue and recognize the issues. But be careful. There are also elites who want to use you like useful idiots.
Definitely
As amusing as it sometimes is, to watch the Westcoast Elites duke it out with the Eastcoast Elites... none of them are on our side, and they all seem quite determined to go the way of the old French aristocracy.
I am not totally convinced that we should stop them.
It’s like the war of the Roses in old England- and we are the Peasants who want rights; they are Aristocrats that want power. So how do we ensure they deliver for us; especially if they need us- the exploited masses- to support them in their seizure of power?
I don't think they're aware that they need us for anything-- thus the drive to replace us with people from elsewhere who are more used to being peasants.
Was thinking more French Revolution than War of the Roses, really: more head chopping, slightly less chronic starvation of the masses. But it could go either way. I don't think we plebes will have a good time of it, whoever wins.
I’m fine taking their money to get my beliefs popularized.
Of course, what they are signaling openly might only hint at what they are doing privately. If we are to take certain whispers at their word, it's well on its way.
The Baptism of Clovis comes to mind. A Frankish king converts to Christianity and begins the Merovingian Dynasty. Convert the king and you convert the kingdom.
There is a need for believers to become shrewd. Great post.
Thank you Matt
A more radical perspective is this: Elites see commoners as less-than-human. They lie to us, cheat us, poison our food and water, tax us, send us to die in their wars, sell us narcotics and poisons, manipulate us with media and propaganda, debase our currency, undermine our rights, confiscate our children, break up our families, indoctrinate our children, pervert our justice system, and steal our inheritance. They take from what we earn, what we own, what we save, and what we invest. They debase our currency and enslave our children with debt; then divide us on sex, race, nationality, while denigrating our beliefs and promoting debauchery. And because they get away with it, they feel justified in their rule over us, deeming us to stupid, docile, compliant, and base to govern ourselves. These are the elites you seek to ally with; tread carefully.
"Elites" are not a coherent and homogenous group
Best investment for the Billionaires is Anduril et al and the ah er Erik Prinz activist class.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxmZurfkIwZm8K6FuWMkeolsKFgUmUEsrD?si=VyrzQAV7BmM86mZe
The Eztablisment does a pretty good job of pushing them into the desired role. They’ll back whoever serves THEIR interests and only so far. Remember the Eztablishment Elites have them by the money.
Careful, here. John the Baptist didn’t ask for a court position from Herod. The Centurion came to Jesus, not the other way around. Don’t mistake temporal aims with eternal aims.
I don’t think Darrell Cooper is especially right unless it’s from the perspective of a far leftist. Any dissident movement must nurture its own elite because the current elite is by its nature suspect. Why don’t we see right wing billionaires funding movies and television shows? Either they are not really on the right or they’re just scared.