Thread by @s7ephen

I'm definitely not on this guy's "team". But his book does have some good nuggets.

...but about halfway through, it takes a turn and we see the seeds (i.e. plans) of what we're watching blossom all around us today

H.G. Wells' "Blueprints for World Revolution"

A short thread🧵

https://twitter.com/s7ephen/status/1794428915534201089

"Hunting the truth is an art"

Me: *nods in agreement*

"The world can not be run by a minority of escaped minds alone, with the rest of the [horde] against them."

wow, yup, totally! and "escaped minds"? I really like that!

"No Utopia is now Conceivable"

"....these are the jailers of human freedom and achievement"

*nods*

He doesnt get going on his "plans" until Chapter 10. This is where things begin to turn.

The whole chapter is valuable tho cuz it really delineates the difference (and nuance) between "Globalist"-thought and stuff like "Marxism"/"Communism".
overlaps tho for sure.

whoa there buddy: "patriotic virus"?

ok yea now he's warmed up. mask off.

LOL. After disparaging citizens and "normies" for a chapter, he then placates to the Bankers and Financeers: saying that their intelligence and traditions would have them naturally agree with him and align toward the Open Conspiracy.🙄

Is he...is he suggesting a subversive and "stochastic revolution?"

...yes. yes I think he is.

Where have we heard this before?

And then a chapter or so later. POW.

HE ACTUALLY SAYS THE THING OUT LOUD!

A "world directorate" 🤣

I understand the danger of the close-minded kind of patriotism that bends toward tribalism and xenophobia. But he COMPLETELY disregards the more common kind of patriotism: the kind where people are mostly proud-of and content-with their "home" and seek to preserve and improve it

He completely overlooks that this kind of patriotism can actually be a "peace preserving" and stabilizing force.
People who like their lives are less likely to disturb the peace and march off to war.

A state of perpetual discontent seems bad for his "New World" also. right?

He regularly disregards logical conclusions like the above.

Throughout the book, nestled between insidiously transhumanist or borderline-authoritarian and eugenicist tactics are idyllic bits like this:

He supports intermingling of cultures for their unique "richness".

Which is good.

But then completely neglects to address that the "uniqueness" and "richness" of culture comes from their DISTINCTION from other cultures and their desire to PRESERVE it: aka patriotism.

He abhors the "imperialist" and "war-focused" nature of patriotism (which he says is rampant in the West) but then advocates using the same tactics to FORCE other nations into his "Open Conspiracy".

These kinds of oversights/contradictions were on almost every page.

He abhors the use of propaganda for stoking national pride or cultural preservation, but extols the use of propaganda for evangelizing his "Open Conspiracy".

Russia and China are the best "home" for the "Open Conspiracy" you say????? 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

iiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnteresting.

dont forget that this guy was a member of the Theosophy cult.

https://x.com/s7ephen/status/1658903772079292416

theosophy.world/resource/scien…

And all his theosophy buddies: World leaders and big-thinkers like Bertrand Russell wrote glowingly about it.

You can see how it truly was a blueprint for a certain "faction" of elites at the early turn of the century.

As I said, the book had its moments. IMHO the most valuable thing is that it helps you understand the underlying mindset of a specific "faction" at work today

A more defined "THEY"

I fear their philosophy (like this book) will start nice and then take a really dark turn.
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P.S. I intended to end this thread with the "who is they though" meme.

but apparently admid all its popularity with people saying it sarcastically all the time....search engines STILL cant manage to find it 🤔🤔🤔

lol. we're so f*cked.