RFK said this, but less known is the fact that he was quoting that Fabian, George Bernard Shaw.
even less known is that he was quoting Shaw's play, Back To Methuselah
on top of that, it's not widely understood that it's actually a quote from the Serpent, aka the devil:
"I hear you say 'Why?' Always 'Why?' You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?"
which like, sure, I get that in all radical politics there's a strain of Miltonian satanic inversion to dream of a better world, but first of all, the Fabians weren't that radical, and idk if most people would get on board with quoting Satan for your New World, lol
and do not get me started on the contents of the play. "Back to Methuselah", ok dude
also, credit for the angle as always due to Levenda, lol
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I'd like to do a shorter thread on Wackenhut, not like a full history, but a few interesting things to tie together
Wackenhut Security was started by George Wackenhut, an FBI agent. he started Wackenhut Security with several other retired FBI agents back in 1954
the Miami New Times reported widespread and flagrant overbilling - "Wackenhut stole more than $20 million — $4.5 million per year — from taxpayers by submitting trumped-up records"
I read this very nice and short book on German Communist resistance to the Nazis, and I recommend it both as a fascinating and inspiring history and as a salve against the liberal bullshit narrative that's often taught about the Germans in Germany
the narrative we know is that the Communists fiercely opposed the Nazis, but were immediately put down by them, and didn't do much until the very end of the war, and then we learn a LOT about the White Rose and the Kreisau Circle
in reality, the Communists were the only ones who employed all forms of resistance against the Nazis for the duration of the regime
there's a lot to say about Marilyn Monroe. but I'd like to talk about the forces that propelled/(groomed?) her to stardom, the Kennedys, the Feds, Communists, organized crime, espionage, and the hint of even darker forces that destroyed her life.
up front, I should say that growing up, I was only vaguely aware of her through like, the Misfits, a certain type of woman being into her, and being into classic movies. and of course she's one of the brightest Hollywood stars. but man, there's a lot more going on with her
also, I'm not really going to do a conventional bio, but she was a serious and talented actress; her movies are hilarious and the Misfits is a very good film
I'd like to cover the curious case of Wen Ho Lee 李文和, a Taiwanese-American scientist at Los Alamos who was accused of spying for the People's Republic of China.
Lee grew up in Taiwan where he got a degree in mechanical engineering, and then came to Texas A&M to finish continue his studies. he got a doctorate, specializing in fluid mechanics in 1969 and became a US citizen in 1974
he worked in various research firms before he was hired at Los Alamos in 1978, where he worked on weapons design, focusing on applied mathematics and fluid dynamics
a while back, I read Sally Denton's the Bluegrass Conspiracy, which blew my mind and I totally recommend to everyone. it covered Andrew Thornton II and 'the Company' cocaine ring that infiltrated Kentucky and US politics
this year, I read her other book, the Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World, and its ridiculous how influential and important Bechtel is, and I had, like, no idea about any of it. it just wasn't on my radar
I'm not trying to do a megathread on Bechtel, but there's a few stories I wanna cover, at least
when I was younger, I fell for the Assange-Snowden myth pretty hard; I believed that we needed more transparency, that it was as simple as leaking government secrets, and that The People would be able to enact changes to reform society.
I hate being a sucker, and that's what you are if you still buy the dream
Assange's mom was in the Family, also known as the Great White Brotherhood, and according to Assange, he and his mom were on the run from the cult when he was age 11 to 16.