Seen numerous people trying to boost Kissinger dying in an autofellatio mishap so just mentioning his tragic self-suck accident here to raise awareness.
RE: Lord Castlereagh. He's an important reactionary British leader in Ireland during the late 1790s & 1800s + British diplomat. To quote the Masque of Anarchy, by Percy Shelley: "I met Murder on the way-- He had a mask like Castlereagh-- Very smooth he looked, yet grim; Seven blood-hounds followed him: All were fat; and well they might Be in admirable plight, For one by one, and two by two, He tossed them human hearts to chew"
32:18 holy shit yeah this is one of my biggest issues in general because i have tried deprogramming actual cultists only to find when they learn about materialism they use it to reify the reasons to harm people with their insular beliefs (and attempt to ritualistically murder me as a bonus lmao) i think a lot about transcendental enlightenment and there's a concept there about it being a mortal sin to initiate anyone to it who might use it to become an esotericist instead the most famous historic example being the nazis coopting the symbol of the manju in order to claim that literally the power of all fate, fortune, and all things that are beneficial in this world belong to them it's vile. people really will go to therapy to learn how to become antitherapists but with a laser targeting unit installed
I also wondered if it might be in reference to "Triangle Diplomacy," the strategy often attributed to Kissinger of using the Sino-Soviet split and subsequent rivalry as a negotiating lever during the Cold War.
Yeah, it's supposed to be a reference to Triangle Diplomacy because that section is about the pushback he faced from those policies. They just don't bother to explicitly say it. I, on the other hand, am simply left wondering if he can do everything a triangle can; also if he hates Particle Man.
It’s interesting that JRRT based Treebeard off of his great friend CS Lewis, but they were both lecturers and Lewis was the way more popular one. Weird
Like... I can't even give Kissinger the credit of thinking he ever felt anything about the Nazi death camp he helped liberate beyond, perhaps, a faint sense of discomfort that a less sociopathic mind would have recognized as basic empathy. He's just so singularly disgusting, in every other aspect. At no point does he come across as a person with anything to him beyond a hunger for power and a total lack of scruples or shame. He's the kind of horrible that I struggle to describe without slipping into the realm of the supernaturally hyperbolic - a demon, a Moloch cultist, a Seer of the Throne.
where's the news about about those anarcho tyrants I've heard so much about, i need to hear how the anarchists are exercising their tyrannical authority over the world,
Excellent curation and analysis, as always. That last article in the Atlantic really drives home to me how reprehensible the editorial team of the Atlantic is. I cannot see how the choice to publish the piece is anything but a cynical grab to keep left liberals reading. I can't really blame the author of the article, they are outfully horrified by the extent of Kissinger's shittiness, and I understand the sort of tunnel vision you can get when researching something which so few of the people around you talk about (south asia, being a perpetual object of amnesia to the westerner). But the problem with such a narrow focus when talking about the ruling class is that it frames their legacy in terms of the fate of their soul, as if our evaluation of them should be as Anubis weighing their heart for sins. The level at which liberals are suddenly aware of Bangladesh has astounded me. I think that there's a collective realization that this can be Kissinger's Sally Hemmings, a sin which ultimately proves his heroism. It is only heroes, after all, who have such tragic flaws. And it makes a great story for Kissinger, the man who so loved peace that he would enable a genocide to achieve it. Like Sally Hemmings for Jefferson, or Washington's support of slavery, Kissinger's sins let people tell themselves the man had a complicated legacy, and leaving it at that, ignoring his relationship with power, just as the sins of Washington and Jefferson distract from the fact that at every opportunity, they would wield their influence to facilitate the mass genocide of Native Americans, and to sustain and intensify the institution of slavery.
40:15 meanwhile you can get a master's degree with a svelte 64 pages; almost like he was doing the English student who needs to meet word count trick that existed before we invented a button to do it for us (that button being one of the major features of chatGPT, lmao)
Kissinger invented and birthed so many ghouls and most annoying people you can think of, also the tactic of being a fake-wise wizened little trollman and saying nothing and doing so elliptically, forever
I'd argue that calling Kissinger Heinz isn't like deadnaming a trans person because - iirc from the Behind the Bastards series - all indications suggest that he changed his name to mitigate oppression, not because he preferred Henry. It would be more like posthumously calling a detransitioner by their transitioned name because, while they never actually retransitioned, you know they detransitioned for practical reasons and wanted to retransition in principle if it wasn't for transphobia etc
11:55 The talking starts
Great job!
I wonder how much bloodshed could have been avoided if kissinger just understood that was hennough
Henry''s in a box, henry's in a box, henry's in a box!
Seen numerous people trying to boost Kissinger dying in an autofellatio mishap so just mentioning his tragic self-suck accident here to raise awareness.
That's definitely how he died. And no-one can disagree as we are the VOD chat and thus are perfect in all things.
At least he left an ample amount of cum for the semen guy to get in there.
One day Sophie is going to turn on the vod viewers and I'm going to be devastated.
RE: Lord Castlereagh. He's an important reactionary British leader in Ireland during the late 1790s & 1800s + British diplomat.
To quote the Masque of Anarchy, by Percy Shelley:
"I met Murder on the way--
He had a mask like Castlereagh--
Very smooth he looked, yet grim;
Seven blood-hounds followed him:
All were fat; and well they might
Be in admirable plight,
For one by one, and two by two,
He tossed them human hearts to chew"
Also worth noting that Castlereagh deliberately undermined efforts to make the abolition of slavery part of the terms for the peace talks in Vienna
@@TransSappho Truly an insightful inspiration of all time. Alongside Klemens "wish I could uninvent the printing press" von Metternich.
Sophie @ 11:58
32:18 holy shit yeah this is one of my biggest issues in general because i have tried deprogramming actual cultists only to find when they learn about materialism they use it to reify the reasons to harm people with their insular beliefs (and attempt to ritualistically murder me as a bonus lmao)
i think a lot about transcendental enlightenment and there's a concept there about it being a mortal sin to initiate anyone to it who might use it to become an esotericist instead
the most famous historic example being the nazis coopting the symbol of the manju in order to claim that literally the power of all fate, fortune, and all things that are beneficial in this world belong to them
it's vile. people really will go to therapy to learn how to become antitherapists but with a laser targeting unit installed
I wonder if "Triangle Man" is in reference to the southeast Asian "Golden Triangle" of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
I also wondered if it might be in reference to "Triangle Diplomacy," the strategy often attributed to Kissinger of using the Sino-Soviet split and subsequent rivalry as a negotiating lever during the Cold War.
Yeah, it's supposed to be a reference to Triangle Diplomacy because that section is about the pushback he faced from those policies. They just don't bother to explicitly say it. I, on the other hand, am simply left wondering if he can do everything a triangle can; also if he hates Particle Man.
Oh blessed VoD viewers! Thank you for your grace and wisdom!
It’s interesting that JRRT based Treebeard off of his great friend CS Lewis, but they were both lecturers and Lewis was the way more popular one. Weird
I miss streams with Sophie. Is it wrong to dream of a redemptive return? ❤ I’m still rooting for you Sophie.
Like... I can't even give Kissinger the credit of thinking he ever felt anything about the Nazi death camp he helped liberate beyond, perhaps, a faint sense of discomfort that a less sociopathic mind would have recognized as basic empathy.
He's just so singularly disgusting, in every other aspect. At no point does he come across as a person with anything to him beyond a hunger for power and a total lack of scruples or shame. He's the kind of horrible that I struggle to describe without slipping into the realm of the supernaturally hyperbolic - a demon, a Moloch cultist, a Seer of the Throne.
This was streamed when I was sleeping but now I’m awake and watching the VOD
Oh no, I missed all teh celebration streams of my favorite internet people.
Ive only ever watched vods from you, never once have i been a part of the chat, i am a gold star vod viewer
where's the news about about those anarcho tyrants I've heard so much about, i need to hear how the anarchists are exercising their tyrannical authority over the world,
43:54 henry kissinger: rhetorical laundromat
Genuinely an amazing tree beard
Excellent curation and analysis, as always. That last article in the Atlantic really drives home to me how reprehensible the editorial team of the Atlantic is. I cannot see how the choice to publish the piece is anything but a cynical grab to keep left liberals reading. I can't really blame the author of the article, they are outfully horrified by the extent of Kissinger's shittiness, and I understand the sort of tunnel vision you can get when researching something which so few of the people around you talk about (south asia, being a perpetual object of amnesia to the westerner). But the problem with such a narrow focus when talking about the ruling class is that it frames their legacy in terms of the fate of their soul, as if our evaluation of them should be as Anubis weighing their heart for sins. The level at which liberals are suddenly aware of Bangladesh has astounded me. I think that there's a collective realization that this can be Kissinger's Sally Hemmings, a sin which ultimately proves his heroism. It is only heroes, after all, who have such tragic flaws. And it makes a great story for Kissinger, the man who so loved peace that he would enable a genocide to achieve it. Like Sally Hemmings for Jefferson, or Washington's support of slavery, Kissinger's sins let people tell themselves the man had a complicated legacy, and leaving it at that, ignoring his relationship with power, just as the sins of Washington and Jefferson distract from the fact that at every opportunity, they would wield their influence to facilitate the mass genocide of Native Americans, and to sustain and intensify the institution of slavery.
40:15
meanwhile you can get a master's degree with a svelte 64 pages; almost like he was doing the English student who needs to meet word count trick that existed before we invented a button to do it for us (that button being one of the major features of chatGPT, lmao)
Kissinger invented and birthed so many ghouls and most annoying people you can think of, also the tactic of being a fake-wise wizened little trollman and saying nothing and doing so elliptically, forever
36:38
*Malvo voice*
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Aces
I'd argue that calling Kissinger Heinz isn't like deadnaming a trans person because - iirc from the Behind the Bastards series - all indications suggest that he changed his name to mitigate oppression, not because he preferred Henry. It would be more like posthumously calling a detransitioner by their transitioned name because, while they never actually retransitioned, you know they detransitioned for practical reasons and wanted to retransition in principle if it wasn't for transphobia etc
I was joking when I said they were deadnaming him, to be clear
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extremely normal
1:28:50 hi sophie and nat
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1:41:40 I disagree I am a vod viewer and I am not the smarter than twitch chat.