Re: [CTRL] Fw: THE HOFFMAN WIRE: Apocalypse 2000
-Caveat Lector- Hoffman's written some very good articles in the past, "The Mad Mullah's" being my personal favourite, but on other occasions, such as the one below, he seems to be too self-involved and pre-occupied with waxing poetic than taking a serious look at a subject which seems to merit taking precautionry measures. Wheather it's a contrived disaster or not, it helps little to write "artsy" articles about how easily "spooked" the "sheople" are without offering any insight or evidence that he's accumulated which shows it's all B.S. I hope it is all hype and overkill, but then again nobody knows for sure, and to be without power for even three days (which I was a couple of years ago) is *extremely* inconvenient and frustrating. Will the wise and flippant Hoffman be purchasing a home generator in the next few months? Gavin. << From: Campaign for Radical Truth in History <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: THE HOFFMAN WIRE: Apocalypse 2000 Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 2:03 AM T-H-E H-O-F-F-M-A-N W-I-R-E -- No. 115 Dec. 31, 1998 -- Michael A. Hoffman II, Editor Published by the The Campaign for Radical Truth in History Coeur d'Alene, Idaho http://www.hoffman-info.com == Apocalypse 2000 As we approach the Year 2000 and millennial madness begins to manifest in all its amusing pagan frenzy, I am not so much interested in the claims made for what shall or shall not transpire after the great chronological divide has been crossed, but rather in what people believe about those claims. There may be little of consequence in the claim of industrial and technological collapse on Jan. 1, 2000 but if people believe a catastrophe will occur, they will by their own volition and credulity, make it come to pass. The widespread belief in and resulting panic associated with the Y2K doom scenario indicates an enormous fatigue. The denizens of the technological imperium are weary of their gadgets and believe they should be punished for using them, so they conceive of a world reduced to the Neolithic. I do not believe that a population of superior people would have any significant difficulties with Y2K since the history of the West is the history of surmounting technological difficulties. I have seen some hint that a technological remedy to the Y2K computer glitch has been at hand since last summer but is being withheld. But aside from that, I am fascinating by the emergence of the cult of limitation which accompanies the mob reaction to Y2K. Suddenly man is paralyzed by two zeros. Two zeros in a Unix system will collapse western civilization. What a complete reversal of the spirit of 69, which saw German scientists Arthur Rudolf and Werner Von Braun place men on the moon. Yet this new sense of limitation is not all bad. It signifies a profound anxiety over the direction of our technological imperium as it grows increasingly alien and artificial, particularly in the pharmaceutical usurpation of agriculture and the growth of gene-manipulated modern foods. But these appropriate concerns are being manipulated and diverted into mob panic. Monsanto and the other corporations who are at present the equivalent of the city-states of Medici Italy--that is to say, nations unto themselves on the British East India model--will emerge stronger after the Y2K millennial panic is in full swing, as will FEMA and the other departments of the Federal leviathan. The rulers of the age require chiefly one form of energy from the masses: fear. The chief agent of these rulers in our time is the American right wing, the greatest repository of fear and fear-mongering rumors, which almost always concern the alleged enormous power of our rulers and the dark fate they have in store for us. Being cowans and dupes, these rightists have no knowledge of the equilibrium, no knowledge that fear is the glue that holds the Evil Empire together. More than an adhesive, fear is a magnet, attracting precisely that which is most feared and bringing it into materialization as reality. It is for this reason that the Hebrew Bible states, Fear God and you need fear no other. But the American right wing is a cesspool of fear--fear of the U.N., the FBI, Bill Clinton, the Jews, and the media. They have woven these disparate forces into an invincible web of power over themselves and constantly imagine impending doom and gloom. Without even knowing it, the Right is practicing pagan sorcery by just such means. I have just described the mechanics of primitive witchcraft, or perhaps we should call t
[CTRL] Fw: THE HOFFMAN WIRE: Apocalypse 2000
-Caveat Lector- For consideration of Why-Two-Kay (Why To-kay? Because it's fortified?) A<>E<>R The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. -- From: Campaign for Radical Truth in History <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: THE HOFFMAN WIRE: Apocalypse 2000 Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 2:03 AM T-H-E H-O-F-F-M-A-N W-I-R-E -- No. 115 Dec. 31, 1998 -- Michael A. Hoffman II, Editor Published by the The Campaign for Radical Truth in History Coeur d'Alene, Idaho http://www.hoffman-info.com == Apocalypse 2000 As we approach the Year 2000 and millennial madness begins to manifest in all its amusing pagan frenzy, I am not so much interested in the claims made for what shall or shall not transpire after the great chronological divide has been crossed, but rather in what people believe about those claims. There may be little of consequence in the claim of industrial and technological collapse on Jan. 1, 2000 but if people believe a catastrophe will occur, they will by their own volition and credulity, make it come to pass. The widespread belief in and resulting panic associated with the Y2K doom scenario indicates an enormous fatigue. The denizens of the technological imperium are weary of their gadgets and believe they should be punished for using them, so they conceive of a world reduced to the Neolithic. I do not believe that a population of superior people would have any significant difficulties with Y2K since the history of the West is the history of surmounting technological difficulties. I have seen some hint that a technological remedy to the Y2K computer glitch has been at hand since last summer but is being withheld. But aside from that, I am fascinating by the emergence of the cult of limitation which accompanies the mob reaction to Y2K. Suddenly man is paralyzed by two zeros. Two zeros in a Unix system will collapse western civilization. What a complete reversal of the spirit of 69, which saw German scientists Arthur Rudolf and Werner Von Braun place men on the moon. Yet this new sense of limitation is not all bad. It signifies a profound anxiety over the direction of our technological imperium as it grows increasingly alien and artificial, particularly in the pharmaceutical usurpation of agriculture and the growth of gene-manipulated modern foods. But these appropriate concerns are being manipulated and diverted into mob panic. Monsanto and the other corporations who are at present the equivalent of the city-states of Medici Italy--that is to say, nations unto themselves on the British East India model--will emerge stronger after the Y2K millennial panic is in full swing, as will FEMA and the other departments of the Federal leviathan. The rulers of the age require chiefly one form of energy from the masses: fear. The chief agent of these rulers in our time is the American right wing, the greatest repository of fear and fear-mongering rumors, which almost always concern the alleged enormous power of our rulers and the dark fate they have in store for us. Being cowans and dupes, these rightists have no knowledge of the equilibrium, no knowledge that fear is the glue that holds the Evil Empire together. More than an adhesive, fear is a magnet, attracting precisely that which is most feared and bringing it into materialization as reality. It is for this reason that the Hebrew Bible states, Fear God and you need fear no other. But the American right wing is a cesspool of fear--fear of the U.N., the FBI, Bill Clinton, the Jews, and the media. They have woven these disparate forces into an invincible web of power over themselves and constantly imagine impending doom and gloom. Without even knowing it, the Right is practicing pagan sorcery by just such means. I have just described the mechanics of primitive witchcraft, or perhaps we should call this self-fulfilling prophecy, wishcraft. It has been used by harlequin hucksters at market stands of the Middle Ages and in our day by Gallup pollsters, Madison Avenue advertisers and a legion of agents planted deep in the right wing as well as in the pulpits of
