Matisyahu's Blog

Still got a sore throat and I’ve lost my sense of smell and taste – I think I may have COVID but I’ll need to get a testing kit to see whether that is the case. I originally thought that maybe it was due to a cold or seasons changing but apparently it is quite common at the moment and there have been reports of an uptick in COVID going through the community because of the regular waste water testing that is taking place. I’ve been vaccinated and don’t have any underlying health issues so I’m all good when it comes to not getting too sick but it is a bit annoying that here we are – I guess it is one of those things you have to learn to live with.

Once again I’m following the Iran-United States/Israel war and once again we have the usual suspects in the ‘conservative moment’ (influencers, online activists or what ever terminology you’re interested in using) who are trying to save face by claiming that “this isn’t what I voted for!”. Yes, this is exactly what you voted for just as those who are complaining about Republicans slashing the social safety net and defunding the department of education – Republicans are doing what they’ve talking about doing for decades. The Republican Party have had a 90+ year old plan of dismantling the welfare state ever since FDR started building it (and subsequent Democrats building upon that foundation) – they’ve never made it a secret, you just chose to ignore the evidence.

Getting back to the issue of the Republican Party, this whole idea of ‘neoconservatives hijacked the party’ is to ignore history or more correctly to invent a history of the Republican Party that can sooth people’s egos but not based on reality. The reality is that this whole nonsensical phrase of ‘peace through strength’ is like saying ‘fucking for virginity’ – it is completely illogical. If you’re claiming ‘peace through strength’ what you’re actually saying is that your whole policy is a giant bluff – an empty threat, a ‘wait until your father gets home’ because ultimately if you are going to use force rather than a bluff then you’re simply a neoconservative but with more flowery language.

Oh, and not to be left out – the antisemitic conspiracy theorists are coming out in full force in defence of Donald Trump by crafting conspiracy theories in defence of Trump by claiming there is something occuring behind the scenes involving Israel and the ‘Deep State’ (a term that Trump keeps invoking as an excuse to his followers why everything is going pear shaped). I tend to subscribe to Occam’s razor which can be simplified to ‘the simplest answer is usually the correct one” and at the end of the day Trump doesn’t believe in anything other than what benefits Trump and the Republican establishment saw him as an empty vessel that is unwed to an particular ideology. There was no mind trick done on Trump to convince him to take the action he did, Trump saw it in his own self interest and he did it and then all his cadre of sycophantic influencers did a complete 180 on their ‘deeply held conviction’ and realigned with Trump’s new position while rewriting the past by claiming that Trump had always held the position he is now advocating for.