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Phoeagdor Blog 3 and Blog 1's avatar

Just finished the podcast, good chat......... anything resolved? Just the vote of - no confidence,. Anyway forward? sure what country is showing that these times. My own two cents worth - we work on the self, self empowerment, scaring the bejesus in a show of sovereign self.

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Changing hearts and minds one by one to use their own power and stop looking for saviours is how we beat them

Phoeagdor Blog 3 and Blog 1's avatar

There's an Irish guy on bootube with a channel called Not One Vote. He put up a short clip a month ago - 'bout voting in Ireland. He would be a very good guy to interview. Now is the time for huge dialogue. That guy calls for voting them out. Thomas Sheridan suggested debting them out. An interview with Thomas on that alone, would be worthy. Anarchy, in any country, will not work. The average person does not want to do anything, I included. I want to go my own way, most want to finish out their mortgage and be a home owner in about ten years. No one is invested in over-throwing. The middle ground is the call. All four of yee agreed, a direction towards Fail. Maybe that idea could be opened up for further debate, but not with current people....too old school. And not with any of the four of yee or I included, too radical. There's a certain type who call it out, but would not be good leaders. Leading is towards the dishes and pots and pans - administration. The artist/warrior/sports player/wilder, does not like that type of routine. Fine, we say, their job is first waver. Now is the time for the bridge people. Who will understand the provocateur, as well as connecting to the main group mindset. WE go beyond those in power or the people who call them out as wrong. Its a new breed of person/a more transparent system. That can hold both opinions at the same time. Localization, younger, a wilder/status quo balanced, nature/culture loving and tech/all inclusive mindset - is the new call. Debating has begun in certain secondary schools and colleges. My age group were never political or religious. Are the new breed this way inclined or are they too precious? From South America to North over there, to Ireland -the money and power has remained in the over 75/80 yr group way too long. Biden is just a visible view of where all societies currentlty dwell. The generation I belong to, also is considered boring/old/stuck in our ways, closer to the cruxifictional older brigade than whats needed. If we're all being cloned, all being avatared, then at least we should have choice in the matter. Put up a part two video, of all four of you with a younger four (a round table of 8) - that if yee were scrubbed from the board, that these new 4, would take yer place. Doen't have to be college students, could be those in their twenties, even thirties. Those fully committed. We'd all like to believe its a mighty number, but it is a small group of people who will make a difference (for the majority just want to live). Its brilliant to see all four of you with so much passion. I dont have that love for politics. I wanna live, but I am realizing that the powers that be, want to control everything. I could hippy along, just travel the world to find freedom. But dawning is coming to us all - that there will be no place left. We'll all find ourselves in one remaining land like Israel/Palastine where finally, we also - will have to take a stand. Bullies in the school yard want full obedience. So you must fight with us. I don't see fight as solution, I see it from a different angle. The new tribe will turn the same way. Its a new system/mindset that needs to change. Monopoly is the current game. The long play, wins with monotone/boredom/safety/security/penny pushing/grouping up/you scracth my back, I yours/nepostism etc. Creativety, living in the moment, wanting the best for all, knowing your happiness is affected by all being happy (so at least make it a level playing field for such play and such happiness). Will leave ya with this or I'll just have to go back blogging again - watched a movie and saw how there are two types on the playing field in sport, the talent/wilders/those who make things happen and those who's job is it to take them out. That their concentration is, going for the legs, not playing the ball. I'm after a mindset that everybody should get back to playing the ball, not indoors playing A.I. monopoly. Bit hippy, I know, doesnt resonate with a person, angry with governement policy, the world over. I'll continue my boreen, if you, yours. Luck to us both, strap in -it be a mad year coming. I plead Braveheart in everything as we jump deeper down the rabbit hole of this life - Hamish : Is your father a ghost, or do you converse with the Almighty? Stephen : In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God. Stephen : Yes, Father! Gotta go Stephen man, gods calling. Good luck 2024, if you connected with someone as far away from politics as I, then you are gettign through to people, own that. Keep up a sane voice, your bottle of Cop-On. Encourage others. Let's meme in the open mindset. Freedom.

Stephen Sutton's avatar

Wow that was a lot to unpack, but I got there in the end, pretty comprehensive comment and great to hear you got something from it. Your comment was tied together nicely with the last paragraph and made plenty of sense. Thanks for the engagement and support 🙏🏻

John of Stoats's avatar

I think you are right here that it is up to the younger generation to determine where the future will go.

Appealing to old Irish traditions is not the answer to tackling the attempts by the political class to eliminate our freedoms.

A large proportion of the population don't like the changes they are seeing but there is no political grouping able to capitalise on this. Irish nationalist parties are polling at about 1%

The forces at play creating this dystopian future are too complex for the average person to understand. We are going to see large financial problems get much worse and this may well result in economic and then social collapse. Only then will the average person want change.

The cause of the problems is socialism (equality). The solution to the problem is free markets which enforce open competition and restrict corruption as much as possible. There will never be a perfect system because people will always attempt to seek personal advantage at each other's expense. That said you can institute and enforce laws to minimise corruption.

Nothing will change for now but it will

Awaken, Arise Anew's avatar

I really enjoyed that conversation, it's been such a long time since I heard some decent pull no punches chat. I am so sick of political correctness. I have followed John Waters for a long time and one of the things that I have come to love is he is wonderful at bringing Ireland and what it is to be Irish back to us. Glad to have found you and the others, I think we're going to get through this, I was frightened by the global coup, not enough to comply of course, but no fear in me now.

Stephen Sutton's avatar

God bless, new year, no fear

Richard Kelly's avatar

I have finished listening to it for the second time , for me it was excellent and I have shared it wide . It's the kind of conversation I will keep going back to . Thanks and happy new year Stephen.

Stephen Sutton's avatar

Thanks Richard and thanks for your support this year

Richard Kelly's avatar

No problem Stephen see you in 24.

Fionnuala Murphy's avatar

Great job Stephen, I've shared it to the four winds and will spend the day listening to it. I love these long conversations where you can really get stuck in. Wishing you and yours a very happy New Year

Stephen Sutton's avatar

Thanks very much and many happy returns