How the Pendulum Really Swings

New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 81

We all hear about the pendulum swinging in politics. We're also all aware that the pendulum is currently pushed very far Left, leading people to suspect it will swing back hard soon; indeed, maybe too hard. It's important to understand how Work Marxists and other Leftists throughout history have made intentional and productive use of the pendulum swinging. It is their style to arrange affairs so that when the pendulum swings back, it has also moved position so that instead of striking them, it strikes another one of their targets. In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay breaks down this strategic use of "the principle of polarity" so we can strategize more successfully and avoid predictable traps.

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[shelleyscloud]

I was thinking the other day about the (hopefully inevitable) push back - especially against immigration and islamification. That’s a tremendously difficult path to walk without falling into the abyss. And especially since it’s unlikely to happen until people’s patience has been utterly broken - very VERY difficult future we have ahead either way.

I’m so furious with those who have created this predicament!!

[martindenham]

What I've come to understand from JL, my own experience & listening to other great social/cultural commentators, is that the key takeaway is you're dealing with people who are up to no good. Those who are trying to pull a fast one. It doesn't matter how convincing, logical, reasonable or plausible what they're saying might be, they are using the issue to manipulate you to get what benefits them.

We need to stop debating the issue, and instead cross-examine who's talking to expose the lie (like in a court of law). They're not trying to solve the problem, they're trying to win the argument.

It's a hell of thing to understand this, to acknowledge that there are bad people doing bad things under a mask of virtue (to put it simply).

[blackquiver]

The middle class is being destroyed.. it's a server based economy now. Not an industrial based skilled economy. . Scary

[TacticalTerry]

I think this confirms a lot of what I was thinking regarding the current turmoil.

[shempshempleton]

Bullseye, as always. If our entire civilization does not implode, you and your tireless work will be one of the key reasons. Thank you. Stay healthy. God bless :)

[peterrusso]

Think of the Pit and the Pendulum. It's a blade that swings left and right, but also descends to sever us from our rights.

[lindamccloud-bondoc]

I worked with personality disorders for many years, and the kind of manipulation and appropriate response James describes sounds very familiar.

[douglee]

As a blind person, I personally thank you for explaining your imagery well enough for everything to make sense sans screen.

I also very much appreciate this summarized-presentation idea in general.

I'm not convinced that most people involved in pushing this troublesome agenda understand at all the high-level view you present. I do, though, firmly believe that the effect of this agenda, regardless of plan or intent, is exactly as you describe - destruction of individual liberties and independence, destruction of systems of government that favor those things, and even derailment of what people think terms like "liberty" and "freedom" mean, despite their having clear and static definitions whose nature will never change regardless of terminology. To wit: If you tell me I must say x, you have violated my freedom regardless of what you call it; and if you ban or fire me for saying "People of these two religions cannot in good conscience say X, " you have engaged in exclusion and intolerance, not inclusion and diversity.

And finally along with many others here, I thank you for your tireless efforts to help people understand what is happening.

[funfunfun]

More people need to watch these videos. I'd really like to hear James discuss how online politics have caused many people to disconnect from how normal people talk about politics and social issues and how many on the right have made themselves rhetorically useless in fighting communism through their terminally online behaviour.

[OptimusPrime-vgti]

This is one of the most intelligent pieces of political analysis I have ever heard. Hope we can make this message more popular within the American mainstream.

[arcanepolitica]

This runs way deeper than politics. The tricks they use come straight from the heart of western esotericism, and until you understand that, you are helpless to defend yourselves against them whilst they drag you around the arena like blind fools.

Esotericism is not simply some 'woo woo' nonsence thought up by primative minds, but is instead one of the most potent systems for the manipulation and transformation of human cognition, belief, perception and phenomenology ever devised. Their understanding of this incredibly advanced. And until this is understood, you may as well be fighting them with feather swords and water guns.

[sagandalya]

I've noticed in online conversations that if you stick to the original claim they will eventually have to give up.

[scillyautomatic]

Notice that you comment isn't showing up? YT has set the deleter to full blast.

[AngelHeart]

This just happened to Billboard Chris. When he chased down the one who attacked him on to a bus. He ended up being the one attacked by the people on the bus when trying to address his attacker.

[Tyler_W]

Is this essentially just a part of the Cloward-Piven strategy or an adaptation of it? Action, reaction, solution.

Commit an action that provoke a reaction, and offer your own solution to the problem you created.

[arcdecibel]

Excellent visualization! I'm sure it will help people struggling with some of these concepts.

[TeutobergForestryService]

Dude. Your pendulum explanation is absolutely brilliant.

[mossbergshockwave]

We need someone who with a hypnotic speeches and starts a revolutionary movement.

[DumpsterJedi]

Pendulum is a metaphor for the Overton Window, which is a much better topic of conversation as everyone seems to think their political opponent is pulling the Overton window away from their position...

[testname]

Reminds me of tacking.

But that only works when there's access to a second (less fluid) medium.

Solidify the water and expel the hull: the wind prevails.