Author: Brian Parsons

Casus belli is a Latin term that, literally translated, means a case for war.  Under the Just War Theory of St. Augustine, Christians subscribe to certain conditions that must be met to make a case for righteous warfare.  Just War Theory largely permits warfare in defense of oneself or the defenseless, and those who make war are keenly aware of this.  This is the reason why those who desire war must often shift public sentiment in their favor by enacting subversive schemes.

I sincerely wish that every week when I sit down to put ideas to paper that all I had to do was point out the obvious insanity that is the left spectrum of politics in America.  I couldn’t be so fortunate.  You see, there’s this problem that consistently gets in the way, and it’s my own side.  We are our own worst enemy.

In 1984, KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov warned that the bulk of efforts to take down America would not be done as covert espionage, but rather by ideological subversion. He goes on to explain that despite open access to an abundance of information, Americans’ perception of reality would be “so inundated with disinformation, that they are unable to discern what is necessary to protect their way of life, their country, their families, themselves, etc.” We see this now in our disassociated culture. How can a nation that doesn’t agree on objective reality like biology, come together on ethereal ideas like freedom and liberty? They cannot.

I must admit that I viewed Bitcoin much the same way many investors probably view Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) now.  I didn’t necessarily see the value in investing in a fiat (unbacked) currency as volatile as Bitcoin when a more stable U.S. dollar was king.  The libertarians got the last laugh.  Had I purchased ten thousand dollars worth of Bitcoin ten years ago, I would be sitting on nearly forty million dollars’ worth today. 

Historically, when a company has produced a game-changing product like an iPhone or a Tesla electric vehicle, the stock price has soared based on the objective value that the company has brought to the world.  Now with ESG funds, a company like Nike can continue to manufacture their shoes in a foreign sweatshop, so long as they speak out against white privilege and achieve the coveted ESG label, or get bundled into larger ESG funds.  A company can afford to lose a percentage of its consumer base if it can still grow by users investing in its activism.

There was always going to be a correction after our ill-advised COVID retreat policies.  Locking down supply chains in an attempt to run from viral contagion based on a high school experiment was never going to be without consequence.  Perhaps our greatest error was allowing these policies to persist unfettered for as long as we did?  Earlier course correction may have saved us from our current trajectory.

For most of us on the right, there won’t be any forgetting about the ham-fisted political bashing the left has adopted in pushing through their insane transformational agenda.  From electoral chicanery to the inhumane withholding of cheap and readily available outpatient treatment of disease, to the plague of racist and divisive social policies we’ve endured, the left spectrum makes an insufferable foxhole neighbor. 

There is no such thing as a moderate utopia.  In reality, there is no such thing as Utopia on Earth.  It is the pursuit of the state of perfection.  When it comes to governing, there are really only two means of pursuing perfection: either by force or by freedom. 

The press knew all of these things.  Yet at every point, the corporate press, celebrities, and even President Joe Biden wasted no opportunity to sell hate, racism, bigotry, and division throughout this ordeal. They weaved context into the event where it was simply unjustified.  The disinformation that they imparted to the public was so blatant, that it cannot be dismissed as merely hasty or negligent.  They have been active participants in sowing discord and strife in society.