empty top

… or the kakistocratic reality.

In Norway we have a fitting expression: “tomskalle”, for a person who does not show signs of having, or at least not of using, a brain. In the English language(s) “empty skull” or “empty top” may be suitable expressions with somewhat similar meaning. Note that I try hard to avoid using more accurate but what some may regard as politically incorrect wordings, for describing this sad condition.

Our Norwegian prime minister at present (caricatured in the image above), is probably no worse than elected and non-elected frontfigures in other countries and governed entities in this respect, and no worse than our national alternatives to that position either. That does of course not say anything particularly positive about the state of national and world-wide leaderships, but is worth mentioning in order to get the big picture of same. We are in effect being lead by some of the least capable people available anywhere … the very definition of “kakistocracy”.

No lack of candidates to fill party lists leading up to election days in my country, as the basics for positions in and around the national governing circles here in Norway are very simple: “habitual liars, cheaters and petty thieves, with the ability to formulate and express empty but good-sounding and politically correct statements, are much preferred.
Other than that they just have to show support for party policies – to the degree that there are any, repeat official talking points when called for, and not rock the boat too much”. Again, no worse here than anywhere else in the world.

Problem for indignant and disillusioned voters in “democracies” everywhere, is of course that it is near impossible to find qualified and electable people with both functioning brains and ethical senses, with appetite for taking on those dysfunctional circles that make up governments all over our planet.
Few potential candidates will find working in such degenerative environments attractive, and run the risk of being treated as “enemies of the states” by ingrown career politicians and bureaucrats who cling together in defence against all outsiders who refuse to become assimilated into these mainly corrupt and borderline criminal political circles. Recycled politicians do not lead to growth…
… not here, not anywhere.

the norm rather than the exception

As alluded to above; partial or complete kakistocratic leaderships are, always have been, and most likely always will be, more the norm than the exception when it comes to governments all around the world, regardless of what “names” they use to describe their forms of governments.

Once in a while their s.c. “governing” turns out such bad results that even the kakistocrats themself notice and pretend to introduce corrections. Most of the time they seem to have their focus anywhere but at what their governing leads to though, as if none of it is their business.

As we all may have noticed; the earth keeps on turning same as always, regardless of these more or less useless and often very destructive creatures who make up the world's leaderships.
Good that there still are a few things the kakistocrats and their masters can not easily destroy, or else all life on earth would have been eradicated by now. God knows they've tried…

never mind party lines

Having one, two, or a dozen political parties in a country, rarely ever makes any real difference no matter how their power in numbers is distributed throughout the governing bodies. It all comes down to the individual players, and distribution of dominance and submission between them – a power game across all real and artificial lines.

Political parties are constructed because it is found to be much easier to identify oneself as member of one or another group that, supposedly, stands for something, than to stand alone for something/anything without that more-or-less obligatory backing groups provide.
In Norway; being member of a political party also makes it perfectly legal to lie and cheat endlessly in order to win votes and thereby seats in national governing bodies. One only has to pay attention to those internal group-rules mentioned higher up in this article, and can ignore all, and everyone, else along the way … and so they do.

Beyond that; membership in this or that political party doesn't mean shit these days – if it ever did, and positions within parties only determine size of paychecks.
Some members excel in seemingly very important internal party-activities, and can hardly stop talking about how great they personally and their parties are doing. Others seem to prefer more laid-back political careers as silent supporters – same salary so why not.

Business people and other outsiders “take care of” all that matters, at inflated prices and abundant subsidies. Thus, no need to stress about any of that for those who like to call themselves “politicians” in my country.
They only have to make sure our money flows freely across to greedy scam artists everywhere in the world, something they have been successfully doing for quite some time.

no respect for our precious leaders?

Something not quite clear in my politically overcorrected language? Respect has to be deserved, and can neither be claimed nor given based on what position one pretends to occupy in a society. “Respect” does after all rank a whole lot higher than the “Nobel Peace Prize”…

Fact is that in my country we have no actual leaders. What we have is a collection of masked creatures who like to stay in front of the rest of us when pictures are taken, and to stroll around uttering entirely pointless nonsense to be spread by their partners in media so they can praise each other publicly for work well done.
All that while not only allowing but actively promoting the most heinous and meaningless acts of destruction our country has been exposed to since WWII, to continue with ever-increasing speed and intensity on their watch.

Thus, finding anyone anywhere in our political circles to show any respect for, is damn near impossible these days. Believe me, I have tried…

sincerely georg; sign

Hageland 30.aug.2020
last rev: 02.sep.2020

side notes.

a timetraveler's observations

One thing that signified what we now know as “the dark ages”, was the distance between rulers and the ruled – as if they lived in totally different worlds.

The rulers needed the ruled in their fights between themselves, and to sustain the rulers' lives – few rulers could feed themselves – same as now, but otherwise the ruled were not worth much to their rulers – same as now.
Of course; the ruled had absolutely no need for their rulers in any way, shape or form, but most was smart enough to keep their mouths shut about that fact, as they wanted to live in relative peace – rulers neither liked facts nor opposition back then either.

Uprises among the ruled that turned into revolutions here and there, signaled the end of the dark ages and rocked the balance between the rulers and the ruled a bit in the process. Nothing manmade lasts for long though, and a series of counter-revolutions that turned into dictatorships pretty much grayed out and replaced what could have been the start of something really positive.
Slowly but steadily the clock has been turned back to times one could be excused for believing was long gone. Not much positive in that, I'm afraid.

entering even darker ages…

Democracy is the worst form for government there is, once all other forms are removed from the list of choices. And as democracy gets diluted and reduced into nothing, leaving only a ghostly imprint of what could have been, what are we really left with‥?

The term “democracy” is still in use all around the world, mainly as cover to hide various forms of autocracies, oligarchies, dictatorships and kakistocracies behind, neither of which has much in common with true democracy.

Back in time only free men (who owned land) had a voice when it came to governing in the newly invented democracy – see Greek history. In a sense that is still true in the increasingly less democratic forms for governments that have taken over, as since there isn't much freedom left for the common man and woman in our societies, those who have laid claim on ruling positions can still pretend to play their games in accordance with “traditional democratic rules” when they claim all power for themselves and all too often choose to ignore the will of the subjects they rule over.
In essense: we are again turned into (the equivalent of) slaves under the mainly non-elected ruling classes, and as such have lost most of our rights. Back to square one, and time for new rounds of democratic revolutions.

from another angle…

As many of the Earth's most rare and sought after resources slowly but steadily are being depleted, the future may darken in more than one way. Inevitable processes on a finite planet of course, but sped up and made irreversible by the kakistocratic efforts and eagerness to satisfy the greed of those in power.

Whether it is climate changes, food shortages, pestilence, fake science, or just about any normal or abnormal set of conditions, incidents, disasters or failures one possibly can come up with, they are, and always will be, turned into tools by which those in power can increase their control over the masses.
And the masses will continue to choose sides and split into groups that stand against each other, with most never realizing that they are being lured and/or forced into being more or less willing participants in rotten, deadly and neverending games about ultimate power amongst their controllers – their (or our) masters if you like.

Resources will continue to be overexploited as long as there is money to be made in doing so, and no rules, laws or good thoughts will eliminate greed and power-hunger. From that we can deduce where the power to cause the most damage for the largest number of beings – not only humans – on our planet lies.

Having a few more planets within reach to exploit and lay waste in order to produce more consumer waste, may sound like the perfect future for the greedy. However, being smarter in how we exploit resources on the planet we happen to live on, will ensure a better life for the majority of us, now and in our future. Common sense, really … sadly a rare thing to find these days.

external info and distractions…

It sure looks empty at the top.