Back in February, the New York Times credited me with popularising the term ‘slopulism’. I encourage you to use this term as it is by far my most likely shot at ever making it into the Oxford English Dictionary. One person who has been using it is Keith Woods
Yes, well written. If you look at the work of escapekey (escapekey.substack.com) he describes in minute detail the system that is being established by elites to permanently encode elite goals (SDGs, etc.) into a coded financial system that will monitor and approve every financial transaction in the world, completely outside government or citizen control. That's what Epstein was all about.
Not sure but I am getting more convinced that Trump was the guy chosen to usher in this system. The populist goals, as you point out, have completely failed in Trump's second term, and the Iran War has nothing to do with nuclear weapons, it's all about the new financial system even now being implemented in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran -- if it can be toppled.
Hasn't this codification of elite interests into the financial system been taking place since Bretton Woods? Point being, documentation is necessary, but I want to see countermeasures discussed in a serious capacity. I have to hope this is happening in private groups, who then disseminate relevant updates to the disposition of people who wish to oppose this.
From what I can gather from reading escapekey, this financial system is relatively new -- it's called Global Governance. I am interested in these documents not because I think it can't be stopped, but as an indicator of how these elite psychopaths think. It is a brilliantly designed system as you can see if you read escapekey's site, one which obviates the need for nation states, governments, and voters..
Not surprising in hindsight. In 2020 Trump was afraid to fire Fauci and has always had a soft touch with his opponents. He doesn't really go after them.
"The structural outcome matched the elite-theory expectation: a populist figure was permitted to win in part because he could redirect discontent into service for the institutions he once opposed."
Many people struggle with understanding this basic fact. But... I guess this is the Populist Delusion in practice. Sad.
Very interesting. It would be good to hear how your reading of Elite Theory informs your analysis of the rise of Reform and the vast amount of money and effort being poured into trying to push Britain into civil war. As the first person in UK politics to draw attention (back in 2012) to the Zionist operation behind the EDL, I would be very interested in discussing these matters with you.
Again and again, I keep listening (and reading) to AA and hope that he is wrong and that "the people matter", that a "turning point is coming", and again and again he is proven right and my hopes are squashed.
The populist delusion is correct. Elite theory is the right description for reality.
Slopulism will be harder to quit than eating actual slop (seed oils, refined sugar etc.), but at least with this, I am admitting "I am a ex-slopulist".
The problem is that I don't even have a 10-step program to get off it.
I’m inclined though to see this absorptive capacity as reflecting something deeper at the level of the system itself. Historically both populist movements and revolutions have been metabolised into new forms of managerial continuity rather than genuine upheaval.
So elite co-option may instead be a recurring pattern in which pressures and oppositional energies are redirected into forms that preserve the underlying structure, which elites themselves are constrained by. In their case, they may be forced to adapt in ways that contradict their stated ideology/preferences (eg. liberal regimes increasingly adopting more authoritarian measures in contrast to their own professed principles). This is less so a clear ideological shift so much as a response to underlying pressures that prioritise stability over doctrinal consistency.
The system demands adjustment, and elites are forced to carry it out.
What a wasted opportunity this was. 2024-2025 might be the best chance at getting a 'Red Caesar' for a generation and all the political energy was just squandered. A decade of Trump as the symbolic face of the GOP and his 'control' of the party is as shaky as ever. A proper circulation of the elites could have taken place, alas....
I agree, but squandered by who? Many pieces fail to be in place. Many through active countermeasures by our opponents. What I have not seen elaborated publicly, perhaps rightly, is the application of elite theory to the practice of NOT wasting these ongoing opportunities. To that end there have been renewed efforts in networking and organizing. Many men with fire in their hearts, but which is hot enough to burn through the firewalls and ignite the deadwood?
Credit where credit is due. You're analysis and prediction about who wins the presidential election 2024 proved correct. So I guess you are entitled to your victory lap and some in your face rubbing, especially considering how much flack you got from these clowns you mentioned above.
However, the consequences of this election seem quite chaotic and disruptive to me. Whatever the so called "regime" of the elite oligarchiv managerial class does, it doesn't look like containment at all. Calling the conduct of the Trump administration "pragmatic" also seems pretty out there.
Yes, your theory proved 100 % correct. If I may be permitted to nitpick, that theory of yours was ideal for providing the framework for an explanation of the "assassination attempt" quite different from the one swallowed hook, line and sinker by the MAGA crowd. Alas, perhaps it was your -2 in the school of schizo that prevented you from recognizing it at the time. Otherwise your track record would have been flawless indeed. But I suppose even so it is better than that of 99 % of your podcasting colleagues.
"You actually think someone tried to assassinate a presidential candidate, lol. That's never organically happened in US or world history, you must be a MAGA shill"
But the people do have *some* influence. The fact that the Regime had to accomodate the MAGA movement and the populist wave proves that those movements had an effect. Maybe not a massive effect, but it did force the Regime to change course slightly.
I would say group cohesion is primary. Without it power is impossible. Creating a myth or an Ethos/ Ethics which can widen the circle, promote group cohesion AND power, with an elite who can keep out intruders and have to be SEEN to force their influence WHEN NECESSARY.
Then that group can widen its influence by affiliating itself to other groups, eventually gaining enough power to take over/ incorporate those groups. The mighty are admired and/ or feared, the structure strengthened, the Gospels written, Infidels publicly disgraced and excommunicated.
It is best practice these days for the truely powerful to not be or act overly ideological and spread the appearance of being reasonable and realistic while at the same time increase their power and influence. It seems to me that the whole One World, One Government idea is very beneficial to those writing the rules and gaining profit from it. It is the only explanation i can come up why people/ institutions like Rockefeller, JP Morgan, George Soros and
Rothchild would be involved in the whole UN SDGs, ESGs etc scheme. What is the likelyhood that all these have had sone kind of 'road to Damascus' moment?
Therefor i think power trumps ideology in general. The justification after the act.
Many readers did not internalize the lessons taught in The Populist Delusion.
Yes, well written. If you look at the work of escapekey (escapekey.substack.com) he describes in minute detail the system that is being established by elites to permanently encode elite goals (SDGs, etc.) into a coded financial system that will monitor and approve every financial transaction in the world, completely outside government or citizen control. That's what Epstein was all about.
Not sure but I am getting more convinced that Trump was the guy chosen to usher in this system. The populist goals, as you point out, have completely failed in Trump's second term, and the Iran War has nothing to do with nuclear weapons, it's all about the new financial system even now being implemented in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran -- if it can be toppled.
Hasn't this codification of elite interests into the financial system been taking place since Bretton Woods? Point being, documentation is necessary, but I want to see countermeasures discussed in a serious capacity. I have to hope this is happening in private groups, who then disseminate relevant updates to the disposition of people who wish to oppose this.
From what I can gather from reading escapekey, this financial system is relatively new -- it's called Global Governance. I am interested in these documents not because I think it can't be stopped, but as an indicator of how these elite psychopaths think. It is a brilliantly designed system as you can see if you read escapekey's site, one which obviates the need for nation states, governments, and voters..
Which puts all these culture wars in perspective. Slop to preoccupy the easily triggered..
Not surprising in hindsight. In 2020 Trump was afraid to fire Fauci and has always had a soft touch with his opponents. He doesn't really go after them.
"The structural outcome matched the elite-theory expectation: a populist figure was permitted to win in part because he could redirect discontent into service for the institutions he once opposed."
Many people struggle with understanding this basic fact. But... I guess this is the Populist Delusion in practice. Sad.
Very interesting. It would be good to hear how your reading of Elite Theory informs your analysis of the rise of Reform and the vast amount of money and effort being poured into trying to push Britain into civil war. As the first person in UK politics to draw attention (back in 2012) to the Zionist operation behind the EDL, I would be very interested in discussing these matters with you.
In a podcast?
That's my thought. It would be quite a draw.
Would it though?
But what if your theory doesn't go far enough? What if the elite in question is not national but supranational?
Again and again, I keep listening (and reading) to AA and hope that he is wrong and that "the people matter", that a "turning point is coming", and again and again he is proven right and my hopes are squashed.
The populist delusion is correct. Elite theory is the right description for reality.
Slopulism will be harder to quit than eating actual slop (seed oils, refined sugar etc.), but at least with this, I am admitting "I am a ex-slopulist".
The problem is that I don't even have a 10-step program to get off it.
So what now?
"So what now?"
Ride the Tiger.
Great read.
I’m inclined though to see this absorptive capacity as reflecting something deeper at the level of the system itself. Historically both populist movements and revolutions have been metabolised into new forms of managerial continuity rather than genuine upheaval.
So elite co-option may instead be a recurring pattern in which pressures and oppositional energies are redirected into forms that preserve the underlying structure, which elites themselves are constrained by. In their case, they may be forced to adapt in ways that contradict their stated ideology/preferences (eg. liberal regimes increasingly adopting more authoritarian measures in contrast to their own professed principles). This is less so a clear ideological shift so much as a response to underlying pressures that prioritise stability over doctrinal consistency.
The system demands adjustment, and elites are forced to carry it out.
That would be my take on things as well.
What a wasted opportunity this was. 2024-2025 might be the best chance at getting a 'Red Caesar' for a generation and all the political energy was just squandered. A decade of Trump as the symbolic face of the GOP and his 'control' of the party is as shaky as ever. A proper circulation of the elites could have taken place, alas....
I agree, but squandered by who? Many pieces fail to be in place. Many through active countermeasures by our opponents. What I have not seen elaborated publicly, perhaps rightly, is the application of elite theory to the practice of NOT wasting these ongoing opportunities. To that end there have been renewed efforts in networking and organizing. Many men with fire in their hearts, but which is hot enough to burn through the firewalls and ignite the deadwood?
Credit where credit is due. You're analysis and prediction about who wins the presidential election 2024 proved correct. So I guess you are entitled to your victory lap and some in your face rubbing, especially considering how much flack you got from these clowns you mentioned above.
However, the consequences of this election seem quite chaotic and disruptive to me. Whatever the so called "regime" of the elite oligarchiv managerial class does, it doesn't look like containment at all. Calling the conduct of the Trump administration "pragmatic" also seems pretty out there.
Yes, your theory proved 100 % correct. If I may be permitted to nitpick, that theory of yours was ideal for providing the framework for an explanation of the "assassination attempt" quite different from the one swallowed hook, line and sinker by the MAGA crowd. Alas, perhaps it was your -2 in the school of schizo that prevented you from recognizing it at the time. Otherwise your track record would have been flawless indeed. But I suppose even so it is better than that of 99 % of your podcasting colleagues.
"You actually think someone tried to assassinate a presidential candidate, lol. That's never organically happened in US or world history, you must be a MAGA shill"
Did you ever get that box of cigars from Aaron?
Auron*
But the people do have *some* influence. The fact that the Regime had to accomodate the MAGA movement and the populist wave proves that those movements had an effect. Maybe not a massive effect, but it did force the Regime to change course slightly.
Yes, a little, but even then the DECISIVE factor was Palestine
used the slop to write the slop, amazing
I would say group cohesion is primary. Without it power is impossible. Creating a myth or an Ethos/ Ethics which can widen the circle, promote group cohesion AND power, with an elite who can keep out intruders and have to be SEEN to force their influence WHEN NECESSARY.
Then that group can widen its influence by affiliating itself to other groups, eventually gaining enough power to take over/ incorporate those groups. The mighty are admired and/ or feared, the structure strengthened, the Gospels written, Infidels publicly disgraced and excommunicated.
It is best practice these days for the truely powerful to not be or act overly ideological and spread the appearance of being reasonable and realistic while at the same time increase their power and influence. It seems to me that the whole One World, One Government idea is very beneficial to those writing the rules and gaining profit from it. It is the only explanation i can come up why people/ institutions like Rockefeller, JP Morgan, George Soros and
Rothchild would be involved in the whole UN SDGs, ESGs etc scheme. What is the likelyhood that all these have had sone kind of 'road to Damascus' moment?
Therefor i think power trumps ideology in general. The justification after the act.
What's your take on the Democrats Project 2029?