The Death of Hulk Hogan

Reporting on the death of Hulk Hogan got it all wrong. Of course, mainstream media is mostly a lot of drivel, so it was expected. But even alternative sites and their usually astute commentators really missed the boat on this one.

Hulk Hogan’s passing was not just a pop culture icon kicking the bucket at the relatively young age of 71.

It was the death of a man of historic importance, comparable to Jesus, Gutenberg, Galileo, Einstein, John F. Kennedy.

It was the death of America’s newest Founding Father!

Hulk Hogan represented a cosmic shift in the way America conducted its internal affairs and its entire relationship to the rest of the world!

No more wussy negotiating. Now we yell! No more timidity and cooperation. Now we threaten and coerce! Forget about polite speeches and fluffy oratory. Now it’s bombast and bellicosity!

And no more false humility: America is exceptional! America is indispensable!

AMERICA IS #1!

You got that? We own the world and we’ll run it the way we see fit!

So . . .

Good-bye to all those barriers to the full expression of America’s greatness and power. Try to stop us? We’ll bomb the shit of you!

Indeed! Hulk Hogan was in the ring what America now is on the world stage. Loud, raucous, boisterous, belligerent! Arrogant, menacing, ruthless!

Yes folks, it’s show time for the New Hulk Hogan-style America! We’re the greatest! We’re the most awesome! We’re the most powerful! And we’re dangerous!

So don’t even think about messing with us. WE’LL FUCK YOU UP REAL GOOD!

Granted, everyone knows pro wrestling is fake. But this just reinforces my point. American democracy is fake. American diplomacy is fake. It’s all posing, posturing, chest-beating. Just like with pro wrestling, the American citizenry is locked into a stupor of willful denial, a suspension of disbelief. We don’t need substance. We don’t need reality. We want drama! We want a good show! We want spectacle! We want the GOOD GUY — that would be the U.S. — to WIN and WIN and WIN.

So let’s give Hulk the credit he deserves. While it’s doubtful that Hulk Hogan single-handedly was responsible for this profound shift in American politics, he was entirely emblematic of what America has become and now will always be.

Hulk Hogan was the Founding Father of the New American Century.

God bless this amazing, patriotic man! And may he rest in peace!

[ This originated at the author's personal website . . . https://jdrachel.com ]

The Death of Hulk Hogan | John Rachel

Obviously Insane?

 

A definition of insanity attributed to Albert Einstein getting a lot of attention lately is . . .

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

So every day I get up, read the news, write some comments on Facebook, OpEdNews,
Huffington Post, sign some petitions. Some days I write a blog (that takes up several hours), 
some years I write a book. That means 6 to 8 months of focused work. (My most recent novel, 
"An Unlikely Truth" took about two years to research, then six months to write and re-write.)


This pattern of activity has been going on for several years now. Day after day, I do these same 
things over and over. Each and everyday I check the news, the reports, the updates.

I keep hoping.

But nothing changes.

Well . . . technically it does. Things get worse.

But there you are. The textbook (or comic book) definition of insanity. Doing the same thing 
over and over and expecting a different result.

Sound familiar?

But I figured something out the other day. Maybe I'm not insane.

There is an important concept that applies here. That concept is critical mass.

Adapted from nuclear physics, where a certain critical concentration of fissile material is 
required to create and sustain a nuclear reaction, the sociodynamic concept of critical mass 
is parallel.

Basically, it suggests that there is some level of active participation within society, where 
change occurs and becomes self-sustaining. Estimates of what percentage of the general 
population is sufficient varies. Some say only 5%, others suggest it's more like 20%.

The important thing is that profound change, even huge paradigm shifts, don't necessitate 
100% of the population. An aggressive, focused minority can move mountains. They might 
even be able to move Congress. Wouldn't that be special!

So in terms of our current, highly frustrating political quagmire, let me suggest my own, 
slightly different definition of insanity . . .

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over but not having enough other insane people 
doing it to get a different result.

Obviously insane?

Or just hopeful?

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I am doing what I can to address the destruction of our democratic system.

Without taking back our government, nothing will change.

In my new book, An Unlikely Truth, I offer an electoral strategy which I believe can 
effectively remove the crooks and liars from office, and begin to restore representative
democracy to America.

An Unlikely Truth (Literary Vagabond Books) is now available worldwide in
every popular ebook format and as a deluxe edition paperback.