Feminism, feminism 2.0 and other f-words

Feminism became in the beginning of the 20th century a way and a tool for urban women to achieve political influence for themselves. Prior to this the common way for women to guard their interest was always through a man (e.g. father or husband).

Due to the industrial revolution and the mass migration from countryside into urban areas, women found themselves – for economical reasons – needing to seek an employment. This in many ways marked the end of a pastoral society, built around strict family values. In this context women contributing economically by bringing home a paycheck also started to vocalize opinions of women’s rights, in other words they demanded political influence. The feministic movement has since then changed a lot. Such as any movement it has taken on a self-promoting almost organic evolution.

When any movement reaches such status and when the enemy is no longer there, it starts to invent enemies, all for the ‘good cause’ and in order to survive. There are just too many people making a living on the idea of feminism, for ‘mission accomplished’ to be declared and the movement dismantled. The number of politicians, genus-experts, debaters, journalists etc. involved are growing for each year.

After women obtained the right to vote the aim changed to equal salary, then to equal ‘opportunities’, then to actively change socio-economical structures (tax system, contributions etc.) by political incentives and punishment, then by introducing female quotas wherever possible, then to practice ‘feministic policies’ within every sector and now even within such far-out sectors as defense and foreign policies. In short, the policies have been to elevate feminism as a hard-core political belief and into every corner of society. A state-religion. The country, which has taken this political belief farthest, is my own country, Sweden.

If feminism started as a way of gaining influence in a changing world, it has truly succeeded in changing society in a very profound way. With the majority of western women working outside their home, the ‘old fashioned’ family bond no longer exists.

So, what obvious negative impacts can we observe?

Today’s children are growing up with caretakers in kindergartens and the elderly are locked away in institutions. There are many examples where children and elderly have been abused or neglected in Swedish institutions. This brings alienation and frustration into every level of society. We are seeing an explosion in psychological disorder and un-health. Much of this might be connected with stressful societies where traditional family units have been destroyed. Feminism plays a big part in all this by promoting the sense that all women have to make job careers. Political decisions with feministic bias and often with economical incentives drive people to certain decisions. These decisions tend to be contrarian to traditional family values. This is also the wish by the political class; by destroying the family unit and introducing the ‘unified group-value unit’ in its place, the politicians can easier manipulate people, since these groups are not built on blood but on the ‘trend of the day’.

What we see today in modern western societies are that the number of divorces are on the rise, especially in urban areas. Women today are suffering from typical male lifestyle deceases such as ulcer, stress-related heart problems, alcoholism etc.

Children who are overactive – a grandparent might describe it as lack of parenting – are often diagnosed with ADHD. Many times it seems in order just to relive the parent from a bad conscience. Usually heavily medicated, in what probably will be considered by future medical professionals as a medical scandal.

Professor Annica Dahlström (histology and bio-neurology) has been outspoken with her critic against politically bias feministic ideas. When she dared to mention that children in Sweden as young as 1 year are placed in kindergarten and likely suffer PTSD with possible brain damages as a result, the feminists demanded her to be banned from her position and she literally became ‘persona non grata’.

Psychologist Eva Rusz has in many articles pointed to the danger of political ideas in Sweden. Often these ideas are based on a feministic agenda and are completely unscientific and contrarian to the needs of children.

There are numerous examples where an expert has been disqualified by Swedish media and not seldom is that person also declared ‘persona non grata’ and never to be heard of again, not in Sweden any way. This could only happen in what is best described as a totally brainwashed society.

The reason why feminism went so far in Sweden is probably due to ideas such as economical equality and the creation of the welfare state by the socialists in the 1960’s. This laid the foundation for a ‘big brother-society’ where the responsibility for children and elderly was moved away from the family and onto institutions.

If we establish that feminism once had a valid reason but nowadays as feminism 2.0 it is a movement creating a politically bias society, which is increasingly negative for its citizens, then what can we expect from the future and for how long will this movement continue?

We need to start with the differences between genders. Science, however politically incorrect, shows many biological differences. Cognitive capacity is connected to neurons and their activity levels in the brain. Science shows that men have more brain cells than women (due to larger brain size). This is not necessarily indicative of higher IQ but researches show that men do have a higher IQ than women (within their ethnical group). Actually it shows that women’s IQ are more clustered to the median level and lack really low (retarded) or really high (genius) scores, while men are more extreme, with higher number of retards and geniuses – to put it bluntly. Most people sense that more men than females are in prison and also that more men than females won the Nobel Prize. These are facts and not myths.

Are these facts at all significant for the future? Well, yes it is significant since history has shown us that the success of humanity mainly is due to a surprisingly few number of geniuses. The absolute majority of people live their lives in insignificancy. The people who really changed the world are men like Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, and Einstein etc. Also into our own days the people making the really astonishing discoveries are men. Nobel Prize winning females are less than 5% (science) while 95% are men. http://chartsbin.com/view/3069

Of course, on the other hand you might also say that people who changed the world in a negative way are men like Hitler, Stalin, Mao and G W Bush etc. Yes, this is true. With men we have bigger possibilities but also bigger risk for wars, as it looks like.

Since the feministic movement became a state-religion in Sweden, men have experienced a reversed discrimination. This starts already in kindergarten where boys are prohibited to play with toys that have an “aggressive” aura from a gender correct standpoint. Boys are also taught to sit and pee. Little by little the boys are brainwashed into believing that the female way is the better way. Due to that many boys live with the mother as a single parent, the female point of view is completely inserted into the young boys mind. Growing up he listens to that he should not take so much “space” since the girls “always and everywhere are discriminated”. The effect of all this brainwashing is that boys are losing their self-esteem and start doing much worse in school than girls. Boys in Sweden are presently not continuing to university in the same degree as before. In many Swedish university classes (law etc.) the gender ratio is 80/20 for the girls.

What this will bring for the future Swedish society is easy to guess. Since the society will be governed by a majority of females and seldom on positions well suited for them – necessary discoveries and inventions (like in the past) will not be made. We will have a society that is mellow, drab and highly politicalized. A lot of discourse but no solution or the survival of the un-fittest is another way to describe it.

These tendencies can already be found in today’s Swedish society. Since feministic values are the rule, nobody dares to take any ‘hard’ decisions. In Sweden the migration policy debate is a fine example of this with a complete systemic collapse, still nobody want to address the elephant in the room.

This situation will prevail until the feministic belief system fails enough times – and it will, trust me. When the general population start to feel the pain of idiotic politics in the form of unemployment, increased poverty, failing welfare, failing infrastructure and maybe even war. All due to an extreme experiment I call feminism 2.0, then the pendulum will strike back.

The illusion continues…

Part 2.

The idea that democracy is the only valid and a legal way of government is an absolute truth in the West (The Americas and Europe).

In other part of the world e.g. Asia, Africa, MENA etc,  it is however not the obvious choice. With “choice” I mean the WILL of the citizens. In many cultures such as the Chinese, the main objective is to create a successful way to govern. An illustration to this is a famous quote by Deng Xiao Ping (the architect of modern China as an economical wonder nation); “It doesn’t matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.” This very pragmatic view sums it up for the Chinese.

The same goes for many Third World countries. There are numerous studies showing that people find it more important to have a good job, access to reliable health care, effective education system, less corruption and the rule of law. In other words, people just want to live their lives as well as they can and in a foreseeable fashion. In this context “democracy” is not scoring very high. Actually in some societies democracy (or the idea of western democracy) is even looked upon as bringing an added negative insecurity to society. Iraq after Saddam and Libya after Gaddafi – would be such examples. In Egypt the people quickly got bored with the democratically voted Mursi and he was disposed by the military. The country is now back to normal and not many (expect the jihadists) are longing for the unruly times that democracy delivered.

Russia in the 1990’s is another fine example of what can go wrong when a society moves too quickly from one extreme to another. From one secure structure to a less secure dito. Boris Yeltsin, the first president of the “democratic” Russia and once called “the flawed founder of the Russian democracy” oversaw – under the pretext of democracy – the creation of an empire of crooks and oligarchs (cronyism). Basically what happened can be described as the greatest robbery in mankind. Many of these oligarchs are today living happily in Europe and flushing the bank systems with their ill-gotten money.

So, is Russia a one off example? No, everywhere where there are politically appointed people representing someone else, you have corruption. It’s built into the system. The difference is that democracy as a system creates a perfect smoke screen by which the crook (the politician) easily can get away and by the help from his colleagues if necessary (if severely incompetent, you are usually given another position away from media for some years but with a nice remuneration package). If you don’t believe me, then ask your self how many top level politicians have been found guilty of wrong doings? Not many, I rest my case.

Also the system itself makes it very difficult to complain, since the citizens (voters) in many ways are and feel complicit in the situation, due to have voted for such incompetent and corrupt leaders in the first place. The only way out from this conundrum is for the citizen to refuse playing a part in the charade – refuse to vote.

The lack of citizen-participation in elections is really the BIG fear among politicians. They do not really care if they are in power or in opposition. Sure, they put on their TV-sad-look if they “lose” the role as the ruling party, but since there is hardly any difference between left and right parties anymore, it’s more about being in the game than actually winning it. It’s like a football match where every player makes the same money, should he win or lose. The only one that actually pays, is the spectator – You.

The illusion of self-determination…Democracy

PART 1.

The ancient Greeks introduced democracy as a concept of government (Athenian democracy). However, in their world only free men with completed military training and without any state-related debts, could vote. Excluded from voting rights were women, slaves, debtors and foreigners. Totally around 10-20% of the Athenian population could “participate” in this democracy. This number by the way correlates very well to Pareto’s Principle (80-20 rule). The rule shows that in anything a few (20%) are vital and many (80%) are trivial. http://management.about.com/cs/generalmanagement/a/Pareto081202.htm

Today’s democracy project includes women, debtors and foreigners and there are not many critical voices. So, are we living in the best of worlds and with the best system of government ever invented? My answer is NO. If we study earlier opinions by respected leaders such as Benjamin Franklin, there is no doubt that they believed the democratic system to be an instrument with which a majority easily could abuse a minority.

The inherent problem with democracy is that it pitches socio-economical groups against each other in other words; the ones who have against the ones who don’t. This is not a wise way to build a society. Franklin expressed this in a famous quote; “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch….”. It’s not hard to guess who’ll end up being the lunch.

Another negative aspect is the acute short sightedness in democratic governments; the normal term of office being 4 years is not enough to plan, execute, review, and adjust etc. policies. Ask any CEO of a big company and they will tell you that one major problem with being listed on the stock market is that they are measured every trimester. Decisions are therefor by default very short sighted and therefor often erroneous.

How does this fit in with the common notion that it is a good thing to have as many people as possible involved?

Well, presuming that also today the 80-20 rule apply, what we really have then is a majority that has no or little interest in these questions but feel pressured to vote; “It is a right and an obligation to vote”. This mantra by the political class is however not for the benefit of societies. It is to justify the system as such – where the majority has no clue and a minority is economically benefiting.

This situation is emphasized by the fact that there are very little (if any) differences between today’s political left/ right parties anymore. This is why we are seeing the present surge for separatist parties all over Europe (Uqip, Front National, Syriza, Podemos etc.). Although they differ on the left/right scale they all have in common a very critical view of the stagnant political establishment (the political class or the nomenclatura) often symbolized by EU.

Let’s be honest. Our average politician – to whom we place so much trust – has limited skills for handling the complexity of today’s world. Many even lack a basic University education. Many (in Sweden) have never had a ‘normal’ job. They are often recruited in high school and continue within the political party structure, with a lifetime employment. If they have an ability to adapt to the political jargon and todays trendy ideas, they will be promoted quickly. In many ways a successful political career is the one following the most travelled road. As a result we have shallow, ignorant, greedy politicians with hubris to top it off.

“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” HL Mencken

What we today are witnessing in Europe is a change and revitalization of stagnant political structures. Many of these structures are also inherent corrupt. When a power structure is questioned, unrest and even violence usually erupts. I believe we are starting to see the beginning of such unrest throughout Europe. A dark horse in this equation will also be Russia, which has its own agenda. Russia is actively supporting separatist movements and betting on a very different Europe in the future.

The conclusion is that the democracy project as today being implemented is ineffective, creates social instability, is short sighted etc. The only ones that benefits from this is the political class. Since the heard (80%) have been brainwashed with that “voting is a right and an obligation”, the system will continue until it collapses. The collapse might come by an implosion where separatist movements gradually take over and start to dismantle projects such as the Euro, European Union, NATO etc. or it might come by an explosion (a black swan) due to string of wrong decisions in economical policies and also due to the fact that the politicians are not competent for the role they play and they also (knowingly or not, depending on individual ignorance and/ or hubris) are directed by greater powers such as; big business, lobby groups, investors, oligarchs etc.

Looking at the future after the implosion/ explosion, we might start talking about alternatives to the democracy project we have today.

My belief is that any successful government should have 3 bases:

  • Ethical and Spiritual leaders
  • The board of Experts
  • The active Citizens (voters) and their Representatives (politicians)

A society needs an ethical direction, which is superior to day-to-day issues. Without this our basic instincts such as greed, envy etc. take over. Look at leaders such as M. Gandhi (India), G. Meir (Israel), K. Adenauer (Germany), Churchill (GB) etc., these were leaders that in times of hardship guided their people and countries successfully. Can you say the same about any of today’s leaders?

As mentioned before, today’s societies are getting more and more complex. Is it then reasonable to expect that politicians with neither knowledge nor experience (within their respective field) can be assumed to solve their tasks? No, obviously not. A society therefor needs its best of the best. These can be scientists, professors, successful entrepreneurs etc. The main objective is to attract knowledge and experience to the leadership of a country.

Finally there are the citizens (voters) and their respective wishes. Since all citizens are not interested in politics, why should then all participate? If we accept the notion that a minimum of interest is needed in order to have the right to vote, then the involvement by those active citizens will be higher and therefor of a better quality.

For more about critic on democracy and also information on the alternatives, I highly recommend the following book:

“Beyond Democracy” by Frank Karsten and Karel Beckman, 2012

www.beyonddemocracy.net