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Given the historic nature of yesterday’s speech, intoned by the President of the United States, The Honorable Mr. Donald J. Trump, in Warsaw Poland, today I will provide my take on its significance and the wider CONTEXT.
One clear and dominant theme running through yesterday’s speech was the civilizational aspect of the current situation in the lands occupied by what constitutes Western Civilization. I will not go through the speech, since you dear reader can go and watch it for yourselves. (watch here)
What I will do below is provide some insights into the SETTING, and the resulting OPTICS, in which it was given.
We begin with Breitbart News which observes that the POTUS was seated in front of a portrait of the Polish King, Jan III Sobieski. (see here) Naturally, King Sobieski is one of the heroes of Western Civilization who led the Catholic forces at the Gates of Vienna against the Ottoman invasion in 1683, so a signalling effect is definitely present.
Hats off to Breitbart for the good catch.
Further, Breitbert asks the right question, namely: “Coincidence? Polish Government Seats Trump Beside Painting of Polish King Famed For Routing Islam from Europe.”
So today we try to answer this question and drill even deeper…
The eagle eye of your humble blogger has picked up another, and an even more significant OPTICLLY symbolic image. This one cuts through the contemporary disinformation and propaganda and gets to the ESSENCE of the ROOT CAUSE of the current existential crisis that threatens the lands of Western Civilization.
The image that I am referring to is the one at the top of this post.
The painting which the two Presidents are viewing was painted by Jan Matejko. It is titled Rejtan’s Protest and depicts the first partition of Poland that took place in 1772, or 89 years after Sobieski’s victory.
What is of critical importance to understand is what the historian would call the provenance of the scene. The scene in the painting depicts the moments before the abdication of the then Polish King, one Stanisław August Poniatowski.
The abdication was brought about at the behest of a number of Polish magnates, i.e. wealthy aristocrats. This is what passed for the ELITES of that time. These magnates and their families wielded vast power in Poland due to their land holdings. The key aspect to understand about these magnates is that they maintained large standing armies, larger than the army of the Polish Crown. In fact, the magnates were so powerful that they imported “kings”, so as not to give any one family a dominant say in the internal affairs of the Polish state. It was the Polish equivalent of a system of checks and balances.
The equivalent class of ELITES who fit this description in modern-day America would be the Globalist Oligarchs from say Wall Street and from Silicone Valley. These modern-day magnates might not possess standing armies, but they maintain standing infrastructure through which they control lesser mortals and the affairs of states. What they have in fact done is that they have socialized their costs (the state via taxpayers now pay for the armies) while privatizing the profits that they earn from being able to operate globally.
But back to 18th Century Poland…
The situation that arose in Poland’s First Republic after the ascension of August Poniatowski was that he actually tried to implement a series of limited political and land reforms that benefited the smaller landed gentry, and would have given more power to the lesser aristocratic classes.
How prophetic?
King Poniatowski is standing in the middle of the painting looking at the watch held in his left hand. That the individuals around him can be considered the Polish DEEP STATE of the day. But I digress…
And naturally, when we are speaking about POWER, we are dealing with a zero-sum game. So if the lesser aristocrats would have attained more POWER, it would have come at the expense of the magnetic families, i.e. the ELITES.
So naturally, the magnates who had found themselves with this rather delicate predicament, created by a King that they could not control, decided upon a rather novel, not well thought out, and dare I say risqué solution.
What they did was that they approached Queen Katherine II of Russia, and asked a foreign power to intervene in their internal squabble, guaranteeing them their rights and prerogatives.
Needless to say, not a good idea.
The analogous contemporary situation would be if a US President, say Barrack Hussein Obama would start seceding US sovereignty to an exterior power, say the UNITED NATIONS in order to create a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT. The underlying rationale would be that the US cannot be trusted to rule themselves, so an external force is needed to maintain order among the natives.
Far fetched?
Maybe…
But anyways…
Naturally, as you dear reader will no doubt imagine, the Polish magnate’s plan did not go that well. What ended up happening was that after the invitation of the Russian Imperial forces, it was decided that the deplorables Poles were so “unruly” that the country could not… should not be allowed to trouble the arc of history existing power structures. So it was partitioned into three pieces, and the lands were distributed amongst the Russians, the Prussians and the Austrians.
I don’t think I need to elaborate too much further on this point…
NB: What is important to note though, is what is known as the effect of the LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. The US-based ELITES, just like the 18th Century Polish ELITES, can transfer the SOVEREIGNTY of the UNITES STATES to international organizations, like the UNITED NATIONS, but what they can’t do is that they can’t guarantee an OUTCOME.
Aside, some might even be catching on. A modern-day Rejtan in the making?
Perhaps…
Looking ahead dear reader, please consider how a new emerging power, think homogenous Middle Kingdom with a society based on a stable Confucian social construct, could easily pick up the pieces of a disintegrating ancien regime, stuck in a Hobbesian war of special interest groups fighting amongst themselves to the death?
Could be a threat…
And it is this MESSAGE, whether it was delivered subconsciously or subconsciously, is the most significant MESSAGE that should be derived from yesterday’s speech and visit of President Trump to the Republic of Poland.
But there’s more and it gets better…
To reinforce this above MESSAGE, once again whether it was delivered subconsciously or subconsciously, the venue of the speech must also be noted. The speech was delivered on the Plac Krasinskich, in front of the Warsaw Uprising Monument.
The said Monument depicts the sacrifices that the population of Warsaw made in August, September and October of 1944, as the German front was retreating and the Russian Front was advancing through Warsaw. The Uprising resulted in anywhere between 150,000 and 200,000 Warsaw civilian casualties and razed a staggering 85% of city of Warsaw. Here is a picture of the center of Warsaw in April of 1945.
What makes the venue significant on a metaphysical level is that the death and destruction caused by this historical event, was brought about by the ELITES representing two irrational, nihilistic ideologies, both premised on the concept that they would remake man in their own image.
Yes, this is the result of the struggle between the Übermensch and the Homo-Sovieticus.
And we can see from the picture of how that worked out…
Concluding, the OPTICS are important. They are important because behind the OPTICS stand historical events. These historical events are set in motion by the decisions of the ruling ELITES. It is those decisions and actions of the ELITES that then carry consequences for the populations over which those ELITES have POWER.
And your humble blogger does not have the least bit of doubt, that during the course of yesterdays EVENTS, both rhetorical and symbolic, the Presidents of the United States and Poland tried to SIGNAL to the ELITES in Berlin and Brussels, that their actions will have consequences.
And the consequences of treachery by those ELITES, can have dire results.
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When I look at the picture at the top, I can just imagine President Trump saying: “You know, that’s a really great picture. It would look lovely hanging in my office. What would you take for it?” (Just a little humor to lighten things up)
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Would work with his new acquisition:
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Good one!
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Here is a comment I posted in the Wall Street Journal and received a ton of thumbs up.
“Mr Trump has transcended himself with this speech. It spoke of God, family and nation and the need to band together to protect our heritage of Western civilization. It was a direct challenge to the forces of globalization, of a one world government, of moral corruption, of political correctness which despises the truth.
It was a direct challenge to the Progressive philosophy of modern leaders as it placed God over Man. It was the kind of speech we might have expected from the Pope if he hadn’t joined the side of collectivism.”
Let us celebrate.
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How could you agree with this heretical comment (ad nausea) from Kathleen?
Americanism represents a Protestant vision of government, NOT a Catholic one…..and often to an idolatrous degree…..you show signs of it…..beware!
Why you did not post my comment? Truth is not your name……you call yourself humble, but you are proud….’
You freely (without fear of God), speak against Pope Francis, but you protect and flatter heretics and every stripe……..Miserere!
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us Catholics!
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Hi Halina:
I post all of your comments. So the problem is not from this end.
As to Americanism and a vision of government, I see many good aspects of the US experiment. I am not as critical as some other Catholic bloggers. It is flawed, but I would say that corrections need to be made. It however, should not be discarded like some suggest.
As to my pride, I try to deal with it like every good Catholic, do doubt does.
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May those who have eyes See, that the ‘American experiment’ was a global project…..and still is! In which the revolutionary intelligentsia in every nation on the continent had been interested….. Poles, Germans, French, English, Irish……and many others.
“Immigrants had to learn the ‘American way’ slogans like……’tolerance’, ‘freedom of conscience’, ‘academic freedom,’ and a false belief that ‘material success’ is a sign of one’s very self-worth and identity.” (Tom Droleskey ‘Christ in the Voting Booth’).
The so-called ‘Equality’, ‘Fraternity’ and ‘Liberty’ (gift to the USA from the French Revolution), the so-called ‘freedom’, gives a green light to approve every ‘whim’ against the moral law, even the most hideous, unspeakable, unthinkable perversions, that humanity suffers from, and the earth groans…..to the great detriment of the welfare and stability of all nations.
Very visible also, for those who have eyes and SEE, since the Second Vatican Council, in the Church of Christ, a powerful influence of heretical Americanism, in other words ‘Modernism’ (that pre-Vatican II popes warned against), influenced by very dangerous ‘stripes’, that we are lamenting about today…… thousands of pages have been written about it. As a result legions of souls are going straight to hell!
Pope Leo XII: “They who say that ….political power depends on the will of the people err in opinion…..They place authority on too weak and unstable a foundation.” (Diuturnum).
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Have you taken a bit to look at “rocking philosophies” youtube evalutation of the Gottard tunnel opening ceremony?
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Why don’t you tell us what you think?
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I seen that. The optics were striking. It is as if the post-Marxists see that nihilism is not enough so they appear to be trying to reintroduce a pre-Christian fokelore as their foundational reference point.
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The Poles, like the Irish are not exactly without sin to simply claim all this devastation was caused by other peoples ideas when they themselves rashly and imprudently conducted the matters of state under the heresy of nationalism. Should they be excused because their nationalism was a failure from the get-go? For these republicans Catholicism was just a mean and a vehicle for nationalism, they tolerated and even encouraged Catholicism in people as long as it could be used to facilitate nationalism and when it could no longer then they would come out against Her. Who’s closer to you in charity as a Catholic Pole, a Catholic German or a Polish nationalist? Rome is superior to any one nation. This Catholic Sense for ‘Romanitas’ is what triggers the socialists to persecute Catholics.
But nationalism is the horrible effect of the French Revolution. The egalitarian ‘tricolor’ flags of the secularist-socialist state are the manifestation of hatred for the Roman Catholic civilization, they were made to do away with the crosses and coats of arms of old. Why do I say secularism is socialism, because the state took from the Church all the facilities She used to run and is now taxing the folk to the ground. Even as late as Archbishop Lefebvre’s childhood, he went to a school staffed by priests, that’s how it used to be.
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Thank you from the depths of my Polish heart.
I live in Canada, where doors are wide open to Islamists (criticizing Islam is illegal) and young minds brainwashed to celebrate sodomy.
With the last election, Poles are trying to say NO to both of these global trends engineered for us all wordl-wide by our degenerate elites.
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Hi:
You are welcome.
But also be mindful that the Canadians are also beginning to resist. Actually, Canada is a hotbed of the resistance with such people like Jordan Peterson, Stefan Molyneux, Rebel Media and others.
What must be the case is that it has gotten so bad, that Canadians are actually starting to take matters into their own hands.
And that is a good sign.
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Ah, no. Hotbed. No. The restoration is very far behind here. The institutions, political, educational, and religious, are near totally captured. Conservatives are badly compromised here. The next wave of kids coming up is going to be a disaster. I look at them and can no longer contain my amazement at their sorry state.
If there be any consolation it is that these institutions are about to go belly up.
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God writes straight with crooked lines. Donald Trump is being transformed into an astounding world leader, right before our eyes. The indications were there all along, that he loved America, that he loved Americans, and wanted to do whatever he could to make America restored, but it wasn’t just an economic focus, not at all, but a spiritual one.
Donald Trump, the business man, had no need of the presidency.
He had it all, money beyond imagining, success, celebrity, power. He had no need for this, and one could say, he and his family have paid a very high price for this endeavor.
He was mocked and derided. We don’t always appreciate how human we all are, and that we can be hurt, no matter how successful or lofty we become, other people and commentary can really hurt us, or those we love. They have been the target of incredibly cruel and vicious commentary.
His political opponents, including the media, never saw his election coming. No polls, no pundit, nobody, saw his election coming except those who supported him. If they had, the corruption would have gotten Hillary into the White House, and despite that, we could never have gotten her out. She would have had the media and the army to ensure that. God concealed the possibility from the Democrats.
Donald Trump has THE particular qualities that made him able to stand up to withering attacks, and the kind of stamina needed for this grueling job. People in the White House say, they cannot keep up with him as far as daily work. He is a work horse.
And while there were definitely signs, he has turned out to be not only a Christian, but a Christian soldier! Now you are saying, well, I’m not sure about that, but I encourage you to think about it.
Has any other sitting president mentioned God as many times as this one?
Has any other sitting president mentioned Christian faith as much as this one?
Has any other sitting president taken such a courageous stand FOR GOD AND HIS KINGDOM, as much as President Trump just did in Poland?
He defends Christianity.
He defends the West.
He rouses the faithful to defend our values.
He stands up to the powerful and elitist secularists who lead Europe.
We have a man, anointed by God, who to our amazement, is leading the charge to reclaiming our nations against Islamic conquest. May God bless him, keep him, and continue to guide him, for years to come, and may the people see the kind of leader they have in President Donald Trump, and support him wholeheartedly.
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Yes, It is as you write.
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Easy there. Take it easy. There wasn’t any anointing. That is a totally unwarranted claim. He is a man like any other given sufficient grace to be saved. He is bound by the natural law. He will pay the penalty any would pay for transgressing it. He will receive his award if he keeps it. Just because God appoints, doesn’t mean that He, thereby, anoints.
Reminder, you don’t just pray for those whom you love, but your enemies too.
(Takes own advice and prays for Prime Minister “Socks.”)
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