Black Horse (Soviet Jesus, Two.)

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. ~Revelation 13:16:18

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"The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride." ~Volodymyr Zelenskyy, allegedly 25 February 2022, Associated Press

I saw this on Threads last night.

"8 Men have as much wealth as 3.6 Billion people."

You want to know what the source code for all of modern "Conservatism" is, it's that right there.

Meanwhile, with the possibility of an autoworkers strike looming here in Michigan and the SAG-WGA strike paralying the entertainment industry...I saw in the paper that the head of the UAW said there shouldn't be any such thing as a billionaire.

I tend to agree with that, but I'll allow for some exceptions if somebody has done things that changed the world, or something.

(Just in case you wonder why Elon is pushing increasingly Bread-And-Circuses prejudiced horseshit on Twitter and planning to bring Alex Jones back.)

And 74 million Americans, at least, would sacrifice the whole damn rest of the world...either to get Alex Jones on Twitter...or to keep those 8 men having more wealth than anyone could ever use. This, despite the fact that a couple major governments forcing even one of those eight to shake loose even a tiny percentage of their wealth could measurably improve billions of lives.

But these fucking people, collectively, don't want things to be better. If things got better, their shitty beliefs, their shitty zero-sum way of looking at the world, might be less popular or something.

I mean, fuck...a majority of people getting a couple months off because of COVID-19 lockdowns (and thus people having the time to do their own things, or even simply think...probably permanently altered a lot of the social dynamics of the United States of America. Certainly, a lot of people quit jobs they didn't like because of it...either in the moment or soon after that.

And these fucking people...they hate that more than anything.

Even if they personally benefitted from the whole damn mess.

And trust me, plenty of them did. 

I have a conservative former coworker who went from being a dishwasher to making bank as an OnlyFans ho (I used to verbally spar with her at work when we'd be in the same area, and we hung out once or twice.) I functionally found out her plans had worked out when I actually put some stuff on Instagram recently and now that I'm using Threads more heavily, and if anything she's become more stridently right-wing since she has money from flashing her boobs around on the internet, not kidding. (Note: I refuse to use Onlyfans, so I haven't seem them.)

Doing what I like, or want, or social mobility for me, but not for thee...is basically these people's whole thing.

In fact, these fucking people would inflict untold and untellable calamities upon the world to reduce that tiny number from eight to seven or do even worse to add any one of themselves as a ninth.

It's easier, I guess, to rationalize that oneself is a member of the "Ruling Class" because one "Likes" Elon Musk than it is to do something, even if it's something as simple as voting in one's own best interests...let alone those of a group or of society as a whole.

Then the weak can say he is a mighty man without even doing anything...but I suppose after awhile you notice that conditions don't actually improve whether you want to or not.

Of course these fucking people's whole thing, increasingly, is that they seem to think freedom is too hard, or something. 

Or they don't want it because Black people have it. I don't know, I can't fit my head far enough up my own ass to see their point of view...or maybe I just don't want to?

Hess: So what shall we toast to, boys? I can blather on about “To health” or “To success,” but I’d like to do somethin’ a little less rote. Where you from, Brown Eyes?

Migs Mayfield: How ’bout a toast to Operation Cinder?

Hess: Now there’s a man who knows his history.

Mayfield: No, I don’t just know it. I lived it. I was in Burnin Konn.

Hess: Burnin Konn?

Mayfield: Mmm.

Hess: That was a hard day. I had to make many unpleasant decisions.

Mayfield: Yes, you did. Entire city gone in moments, along with everybody in it. We lost our whole division that day. Man, that was like 5-10,000 people.

Hess: Yep. All heroes of the Empire.

Mayfield: Yeah. And all dead.

Hess: Well, it’s a small sacrifice for the greater good, son.

Mayfield: Depends on who you ask, don’t you think?

Hess: [irritated] What you gettin’ at, trooper?

Mayfield: All those people, the ones who died, was it good for them? Hmm? Their families? The guys I served with? Civilians, those poor mud scuffers, died defending their homes, fighting for freedom. Was it good for them?

Hess: But we’ve outlasted them, son. They’re eating themselves alive. The New Republic is in complete disarray, and we grow stronger. You see, with the rhydonium you’ve delivered, we can create havoc that’s gonna make Burnin Konn pale by comparison. And then they’re gonna turn to us once again. You see, boys, everybody thinks they want freedom, but what they really want is order. And when they realize that, they’re gonna welcome us back with open arms. Ah. To the Empire.

[Mayfield chuckles, then fires a blaster at Hess' chest, killing him instantly. He and Mando then shoot their way out of the mess hall] ~From The Mandalorian, Season 2, Ep. 7 "The Believer"

In Ukraine, there's people fighting for their own freedom...and having to do some terrible shit and live with knowing they had to do it...with basically nothing. Killing a person close-up, especially if you have to choke them or hold them underwater or some shit is almost guaranteed PTSD.

Meanwhile we've got people over here who have thousands of dollars worth of guns and shit who only want to fight if it's on the side of fascists, invaders and oppressors. 

And, they want to do it in a nation allegedly based on freedom, where a sort of individualist hyper-democracy thrives that's in and of itself become quite destructive to the whole and to actual democracy on a macro level. I can't make this shit make sense, and I've done drugs. I'm increasingly of the opinion that these people are just bored and debased from having had things too good for too long, and never really having to do anything. They're too chickenshit to engage any of those 'adventures' such as they are, that our society makes voluntary. They've been too insulated from crises and problems...and when they've faced things that finally did break through their bubble like COVID-19, they couldn't handle it.

Conspiracy theories were easier.

It'd be more useful to send one of your seven AR-15's that you don't need to the Ukrainians, see what they can do with it, Bubba. But that might make "Conservatives" look bad and/or remind them of what they should have been doing all this time.

But that might mean they'd have to give up something, even a small thing.

Ya know, America...indeed any country or society...is supposed to be based on citizenship, freedom, and giving a shit, not greed, selfishness and vainglory.

Republicans would rather praise saying "No" for its own sake, and trying to enact their shitty social values (that no one but them wants) on the people whose job it literally is to defend all of our rights, and then damage our national defense in the process than give up one single iota of the power they clearly never deserved to have in the first place.

They'd rather burn America down, or split it into two countries, than lose that undeserved power. And if you think they wouldn't give it up at the will of the People, what makes you think they'd give it up even for a Conquering Christ that didn't talk like a Republican Southern Baptist??

I'm tired of it.

The question is, why aren't you.

You know who's gonna have to be the ones to step up and end this bullshit??

It has to be us, you know...We, The People.

And we have to send a strong enough message that these greedy, power-hungry, relentless sons of bitches either quit, or go try and be a son of a bitch someplace else but not in our government.

Because if you don't think they'd let the four horses of Revelation, but particularly the Black Horse, trample us all...so long as they got to pick through the wreckage...you're wrong. And if they get away with that...how long is it before they say "Well, it's not the Mark Of The Beast when WE do it!" 

Republicans would rather be the Empire from Star Wars than be free, or see you and me be free. They'd rather prostrate themselves before the Hammer and Sickle than salute the Stars and Stripes and they'd rather yield to Vladimir Putin or some Russian oligarch than listen to a majority of their fellow Americans. 

They hate America so much they'd rather ally with literal Nazis than live with the rest of us!

Do. The. Math.

There has to come a point where enough is enough.

It's going to come down to a fight.

Lead, follow, or get the fuck out of the way.

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And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. ~Revelation 6:1-14