By Batiushka for The Saker blog
Once upon a time there was a world where there were four Kingdoms. These were called the Kingdom of the North, the Kingdom of the East, the Kingdom of the South and the Kingdom of the West. Now the smallest Kingdom by far was the Kingdom of the West, which was only a tiny part of the whole. But it was by far the richest of the four Kingdoms. This was because it kept stealing things with guns and with cunning from the other three Kingdoms. But it turned out to be by far the stupidest Kingdom. This was because it loved itself so much that it could no longer see in front of its nose.
Now it all happened in this way.
First of all, the wizards of the Kingdom of the West created a nasty illness called a Pestilence. They wanted to kill the people in the other three Kingdoms. In fact, the other three Kingdoms threw off the Pestilence. And because they were cowards, the rulers of the Kingdom of the West scared themselves and made themselves very ill and very poor instead.
Then the Kingdom of the West said: ‘We will start a War with the Kingdom of the North because that is the Kingdom that is the closest to us. Then we will be able to take all their lands and all their money. And in that way we shall get back all the money we lost in our Pestilence and we will all be happy again’.
So the Kingdom of the West found a little prince in the Kingdom of the North, whose country was next to the Kingdom of the West. And they paid him and all the rich people there lots of money and sent them lots of guns to fight against the very big Kingdom of the North. And then the Kingdom of the West added, ‘To make sure we win, we will not buy any things from the Kingdom of the North any more and so they will have no money, but we will be richer and richer’.
However, made blind by their love for themselves, the Kingdom of the West had not seen that the Kingdom of the North was much bigger, much richer and much stronger than it was. And as well as that, the Kingdom of the North was helped by the Kingdom of the East and the Kingdom of the South. And those two Kingdoms very much wanted all the things the Kingdom of the North had to sell. So the Kingdom of the North sold all its things to the Kingdom of the East and the Kingdom of the South and became rich. Then the Kingdom of the North conquered the little prince, making his rich people run away, and took all the money and the lands of the little prince and broke all the guns that the Kingdom of the West had sent him.
Now the rich people in the Kingdom of the West were very angry at all this. And the people of the West did not want to suffer and give their money to the little prince so he could have lots of guns. And they were cold and hungry and did not want to suffer any more. The people of the West were very sad because they did not have enough money to buy all the things they wanted from the Kingdom of the North, the Kingdom of the East and the Kingdom of the South.
And this was how the Kingdom of the West became poor. And, by the way, everyone in the world began laughing at the rich people in the Kingdom of the West and made fun of them because they had been so very stupid.
1 September 2022
It’s nice to see an ‘old’ friend in these dark times and oft lonely days without one. Thanks.
I like the way this is written. Very well placed words “made blind by their love for themselves” could be written like “Westeros blind by the vile hatred for the peoples of the Northern kingdom”. But was not. And this speaks a lot over peoples of the North, far more and deeper than the degenerate peoples of my forcibly combined west can muster lately…
Is it wise to teach the children about the stupidity of others? I think not.
I think a better story would be about the wisdom of the folks in the Motherland. Let the children appreciate that and not denigrate anybody by virtue of where they were born.
BK
Smart people learn from the mistakes of others.
Average people learn from their own mistakes.
Dull people never learn from any mistakes.
I rather have my kids in group #1.
Also, this is obviously a metaphor – did you really miss this?
“Smart people learn from the mistakes of others.”
Whilst quiet, unseen,smarter people facilitate the mistakes of others, so smart people can learn from the mistakes of others.
I didn’t miss it. I’m all for a good story. I love metaphor.
Nothing wrong with learning from the mistakes of others, but usually one has to learn from their own mistakes first. I’d just assume teach the kids to appreciate long time coming hard learned principles of future hope versus denigrating others had no choice where they were born.
Anyhow, I’m all for childrens literature.
Peace,
BK
Buffalo Ken just wants it presented with another title … that he would understand :
Geopolitics For Dummies
Prezado Saber minhas cordiais saudações aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷,mais precisamente da cidade de São Paulo.
Essa é uma excelente metáfora ,aqui no temos poucos canais de mídia alternativa,a luta e dura e longa em busca da verdade.
Um ótimo final de semana a todos .
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Dear knowing my greetings here in Brazil 🇧🇷, more precisely from the city of São Paulo.
This is an excellent metaphor, here we have few alternative media channels, the fight is long and long in search of the truth.
A great weekend everyone .
Yes, and experience is the best tutor. Experience: the sum of all one’s mistakes.
Wisdom: the ability to learn from mistakes, be they one’s own, or those of others.
That, and the analogy assumes ther absence of a malignent fifth force that is demonstrably manipulating the behaviour of the other four by controlling the issuance of the money they all use. In tha respect the analogy is flawed.
I think you missed two main things: This story is a parable and, secondly, as parables go, remarkably close to the reality of our times. The moral of the story is not to over-indulge in self-love and not to over-estimate oneself. I thought it was a beautiful story and both children and adults can learn a lot from it.
We still have the printing machine, Dr. Manhattan and the words.
“Let there be darkness over the Kingdom of the North and let the King be cornered and a lonely wolf”, and then there was darkness over the Kingdom of the North and the King became cornered and a loner.”
“Let there be light on the Hill and more fiat money over the Kingdom of the West, and the Hill of the Kingdom of the West became bright, and it was raining over the Kingdom with fiat money.”
Thats how it was in the past, thats how it is today, and thats how it ever will be in the future. And no one is able do a shit about it and you know it!
the printing machine is out of [Kingdom of the East-made] ink..
Dr. Manhattan lingers on Mars, contemplating Time as he builds Clocks..
regarding words to remember for the certain future:
AHH – Nicely said and on topic for those in the “West”.
The energy it takes to make glass is considerable, as is the energy consumed in pulp and paper plants. I feel sorry for the Germans, when it comes to wiping their behinds with the cold winter coming.
But, I don’t really feel that sorry for them, if they can’t learn old lessons.
BK
To end this factual discussion with logo, reason and truth, I urge everybody to refrain from saying we are superficial, noisy and stupid. We are NOT stupid.
“Because he who can smell a fart, is talking about his owner part”.
I didnt know Isreal was in the west?
“I didnt know Isreal was in the west?”
To some it depends where they are standing, whilst some others realise that the planet is roughly spherical and ponder Is Real ?
Just depends on which side of hell they are on.
Well, you know dual-triple citizenship and all that, yes?
Enjoyable little story
To Batiushka
The problem that i see with your article is its directive to children, which stupid parents or casual readers here might take to heart and, thereby, condition their kids to thinking about guns and evil deeds. Why plant such a seed in a young mind when one can just as easily teach virtue and wisdom and appreciation and all in a positive manner.
I agree with Buffalo_Ken that a parent who is conscientious in their parenting duties will try their best to control what goes into young minds so that the same does not receive pollution from the home sources. This is a point with which Andrei would agree, I would think, since he home-schooled his own children.
I applaud all who home school their children. The children in Germany recently born don’t deserve the harm coming their way. With that said, harm has a way of reciprocating, and no denying that.
BK
Mommy, can we move to Russia?
Sinceramente, estou impressionado com o ataque aos reatores de Zaporizhzhya.
Creio que Martianov não foi explícito mas, deu a entender, foi um planejamento sublime de algum roteirista de Hollywood, dará um excelente filme se os bons mocinhos, em um final trocado, conseguirem a façanha.
Outrossim, assisti um vídeo no Cassad, um T-72 polaco em mãos ucranianas, a legenda: membros da tripulação do tanque explodido…
Eram literalmente membros, pedaços de gente visto de um drone com ratos e pássaros devorando o que sobrou dos corpos, coisa muito triste mas, é a Guerra.
Essa coisa vai longe, até o Papa disse que estamos na Terceira Guerra Mundial, a geopolítica que anos atrás mudava a cada cinco ou seis anos, com diplomacia, hoje muda em questão de horas, nas notícias ou com chumbo ou mísseis.
Está difícil se manter atualizado.
Estou com 60 anos de idade, dois filhos que casaram com mulheres e, cada casal me deu um neto homem.
Nenhum deles tem tatuagem ou usam metais no corpo.
Se morrer hoje, morrerei feliz, cumpri minha saga, eduquei da melhor forma possível meus filhos para as dificuldades da vida quando a vida era boa e, eles, para criar meus netos, provavelmente entenderão o tipo de educação que dei a eles.
Pescar, caçar, acender uma fogueira, fazer um abrigo, higiene em campo, atirar, etc. .
Tenho muita pena dos que ficarão pra assistir e tentar sobreviver nesse mundo que está diante de nós.
Talvez esse texto não seja bem traduzido pelo Google mas, esse velho Professor de Geografia nascido no Brasil, de origem polaca e austríaca, toque alguma coisa na alma de vocês.
Tenho maus pressentimentos sobre 2.023, infelizmente.
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I am honestly impressed by the attack on the Zaporizhzhya reactors.
I believe that Martianov was not explicit, but, he hinted, it was a sublime planning by some Hollywood screenwriter, it will make an excellent film if the good guys, in a changed ending, manage to do the feat.
Also, I watched a video on Cassad, a Polish T-72 in Ukrainian hands, the caption: crew members of the exploded tank…
They were literally limbs, pieces of people seen from a drone with rats and birds devouring what was left of the bodies, a very sad thing but, it’s War.
This thing goes far, even the Pope said that we are in the Third World War, the geopolitics that years ago changed every five or six years, with diplomacy, today changes in a matter of hours, in the news or with lead or missiles.
It’s hard to keep up to date.
I am 60 years old, I have two children who have married women, and each couple has given me a male grandchild.
None of them have tattoos or use metals on their bodies.
If I die today, I will die happy, I fulfilled my saga, I educated my children in the best possible way to the difficulties of life when life was good and, they, in order to raise my grandchildren, will probably understand the type of education I gave them.
Fishing, hunting, lighting a fire, making a shelter, hygiene in the field, shooting, etc. .
I feel very sorry for those who will stay to watch and try to survive in this world that is before us.
Maybe this text is not well translated by Google, but this old Geography Professor born in Brazil, of Polish and Austrian origin, touches something in your soul.
I have a bad feeling about 2023, unfortunately.
Lol… love the last para.
And apart from the Kingdom of The West they all live happy ever after.
Delightful metaphor. There is a charm to childrens’ stories nothing else equals.
Cant tell you how much it pleases me to see Russia recognised as the worlds ONLY northern nation.
The one thing the Empire of Lies wants is to try to eliminate Russia in minds as well as in physical reality, thus Obama banning the use of the word “oriental” and insisting the entire region is “Asia”. thus blurring the Northern Nation of Russia with the Pacific East of Oriental peoples, who are a different people to the Caucasians of the Middle Great Northern Continent.
Even Dynastic Egyptians refer to the green/blue eyed people who visited them as “the people of the North”
Very stupid on purpose, many of We the Victims have long ago concluded. At first, yes, it all seemed very illogical and stupid. Here is the thing : they have been gambling and losing now for a very long time, and rolling over Paul to pay Peter, as the old saying goes. If only, they prayed to please god, the empty numbers could go on forever indeed they could buy and rule the world, because numbers are infinite so that is how much credit they were willing to extend to themselves. Due in 2 years and roll it over, due in 3 years and roll it over. They thought that could go on forever, or at least until they all had overseas palaces that they could run to hide from any failure. Now the Piper is playing that tune and they hear it off in the valley, and telling them they must act now or lose the bet entirely. Another thing, there is no ‘West,’ or any constituent sovereignty, it is a pyramid scheme of decision and policy makers hidden behind a Wizard of Oz screen and a few dozen run the day to day and pass the profits and interest earned on up the ladder to our Banking friends such as the Rothchilds and Rockefellers and a few others.
MOD: removed covid-related part per moderation rules
But hey, they have to cover their bets, the numbers are coming due. Getting harder to roll over. Hmmm, perhaps a nuclear war would wipe their slate clean ? The rest of it is all similarly planned, the many coming problems causing massive unemployment for instance has always been on the wish list of the Nazi West, they groomed Adolph on it and he was very adept, but now, everywhere, people will be begging for food, for heat, for any semblance of an organized civilization, so they will be begging from the State which is causing their problems. Hmmm. With any luck they will be able to reduce all the working force of the West to Holocaust standards, and then maybe able to compete with China once again. So, anyhow that is largely how it is seeming to me. Malice with intent.
Brilliant.