– 19 April 2024 –

C. F. van Niekerk:

Me, the True Me

“Oh, how we youthful oppressed
yearn to be free,
Just like the Brits and the Yankees
over the sea!

“I flee from the Russkies,
who just won’t let me be me,
the true me,
So that I can reroute my urethra
to change how I pee!

“Only when people must call me “shim”
will I ever be free!”
Only with the free and open West
can I ever know me,
the true me!”
— The phone-addled retards of Tblisi and in every other world city

It’s a tiresome story that we’ve seen across the world for more than twenty tedious years: if the ruling—typically conservative—government won’t get with the “rules-based,” “democratic” program, the media and the NGO’s send several thousand emotionalized, porn-addled youth into the streets to throw public fits for days with English-language signs.

If you can’t subvert the leaders to betray their own nations, then try to shame them and scare them into resigning for the sake of “peace.” Conservatives especially tend to fall for this nonsense every time. They are jellyfish.

This is what is happening in the nation of Georgia right now.

Via RT.com:

The Georgian parliament adopted a controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill in its first reading on Wednesday, despite opposition protests and warnings from the EU that the legislation could jeopardize the country’s ambitions to join the bloc.   

The legislation, officially known as the bill ‘On the Transparency of Foreign Influence’, was backed by 83 members of the 150-member chamber. The opposition boycotted the vote. Several dissenting MPs were expelled from the chamber after becoming unruly during the hearing.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, is adamant that the ruling party will not cave in to foreign and domestic pressure. Speaking on Wednesday, Kobakhidze rejected criticism of the bill, arguing it would actually bring Georgia closer to the EU by making the country more transparent.

Oooh, so clever! And such zingers always work so well, too! The conservative (if that’s a useful assessment here) adopts the rhetoric and moral premises of the Left to disarm their arguments! Hmph!

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, however, has condemned the outcome of the vote, vowing to veto the legislation altogether, should it pass the second and third readings. The president claims the bill jeopardizes Georgia’s EU aspirations and imposes “obstacles” to fair elections in the country. 

“I’m going to veto this law, as I’m vetoing all the other laws… that go against the recommendations of the European Union,” Zourabichvili told the BBC. She admitted that her veto would likely be overridden by the parliament, but insisted that the step was necessary to express the “voice of people.”

[. . .]

…The new attempt to pass it has already faced similar trouble, including street protests, a mass brawl on the parliament floor, and mounting criticism from the West. The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has warned that the adoption of the bill could “compromise Georgia’s EU path.”

Georgia is an Orthodox Christian, socially conservative country, excepting the influential cosmopolitans who flit back and forth from Tblisi to visit places like Paris and New York. Of course, there are also the de-evolving, infertile cretins of the phone generations, the worst of them, like the upper crust, pulled into the urban drain of Tblisi and the universities. None of these groups has a natural resistance to the mind virus of the West.

The ruling party in Georgia is called Georgian Dream. They are vaguely conservative, kind of religious, sort of pro-Europe, ostensibly anti-Russian, limply anti-homo, and overall nothing very emphatically. What they really represent is everyone who doesn’t like the aggressively pro-Western nutcases who had backed the very cruel and corrupt former president Mikheil Sackofshi-, whoops! I mean Saakashvili!

Western-educated Mikheil Saakashvili magically sprang into the presidency of Georgia like a morning dandelion after one of the world’s first “color revolutions,” called the “Rose Revolution” (so like a morning rose bloom, I guess) because some Western agent walzed into their parliament sweeping around in circles with a bouquet of red roses as his dancing partner.

(These global Leftists like to do these very visual artsy things that end up sticking in people’s heads, the visual equivalent of earworm commercial jingles. It’s part of the psyop. Like the spiky Covid ball. Or that pretty Ukrainian lady’s braid on top of her head. Get an image to stick in the public’s head, and they will somehow become enslaved to it. Operant conditioning. Mind fuckery, is what it really is! Maybe I’ll write an article about that some time, but I’m running out of time here! Anyway…)

The Georgians hated Saakashvili! His government was very corrupt and thuggish. They jailed thousands of people and gave them show trials; in a short time, they had the fifth highest incarceration rate in the world. Maybe that wasn’t so bad, but the arrests could be arbitrary, and a lot of these victims were political opponents, I guess. Meanwhile, Saakashvili’s party opened up the country to even more foreign “investors” and NGO’s, who enriched a few but did little for anyone else except to manipulate them. Really though, as far as the Georgian people are concerned, the unforgivable thing Saakashvili did was lose Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Russia in the 2008 Russo-Georgian War. They blame him for the whole mess, and that’s why they sentenced him to jail.

So after Saakashvili lost his election, the Georgia Dream party took over and has held a majority ever since. But they are a schizophrenic party, mainly existing to oppose the Saakashvili people, as far as I can tell. For instance, their current president, a French-born-and-raised Georgian woman named Salome Zourabichvili, who is the typical Western-educated liberal, was elected in 2018 with Georgia Dream backing. She turned on them in 2020 over the all-too-typical election disputes (needed to undermine the legitimacy of a party that isn’t gay enough), and she is a full-on Western zio-globalist-butt-sex liberal of the Justin Trudeau variety. People seem to like her personally for whatever reason, but when she tried to form a Western-style Leftist party, it tanked like a rotten potater. The main opposition bloc, which is led by Saakashvili’s former party, the United National Movement, (but I guess now lumped under an international coalition under the EU’s European People’s Party) is ostensibly center-right in comparison with Georgia Dream. But even the United National Movement is schizophrenic: supposedly pro-Christian, socially conservative but aggressively pro-European and, of course, vehemently anti-Russian. What’s the difference between these parties, really? Matters of degree? Personalities? Styles?

So politics in Georgia is hard to pin down. It all seems to boil down to what level of anti-Russian and pro-European stance the political party maintains, but to win elections, every party must be anti-Russia and pro-EU/NATO. Nothing else really seems to matter: all the main parties are amorphously conservative but hazily liberal, vaguely globalist and androgynously nationalist or patriotic.

I read an interesting article that broke down a poll of the political persuasions of the Georgian public. It was machine-translated but quite coherent:

Via LinkedIn, of all places:

The respondents participating in the research evaluated how much they agree with the provisions in the Georgian popular and media discourse regarding the European Union and Russia. As a result of statistical processing of collected data , 6 main groups were selected: pragmatists, conservatives, liberals, nationalists, Euro-nihilists and anti-Europeans.

The group of pragmatists has the highest support for joining the European Union. However, this trend is neither due to the support of European values ​​nor to the feeling of Europeanness in general. The average statistical member of this group does not have a special connection with either Europe or Russia at the ideological-value level. Instead, they have a strong desire to belong to a strong political-economic union. Pragmatists give a high, not infrequently, even exaggerated assessment of the potential benefits that Georgia can receive from EU membership. On the other hand, in this group, the factors that are evaluated as threatening by other groups are less important, therefore, they cannot weaken the positive attitude towards the European Union among the pragmatists. The group actively defends its position regarding the “European choice” even when given a hypothetical situation in which the Georgian Orthodox Church no longer supports European integration. It should be noted that pragmatists do not have intense nostalgia for the Soviet Union, moreover, they think that only those people who miss the Soviet Union will oppose Georgia’s joining the European Union.

Conservatives also passionately support Georgia’s EU membership and, at first glance, have a lot in common with the group of pragmatists discussed above. However, the main feature that differentiates conservatives from pragmatists is the assessment of the potential benefits of joining the European Union as relatively low, and the threats as high risks. The position of the Georgian Orthodox Church has more or less influence on the value choice of conservatives. Members of this group share the opinion that common faith brings Russia and Georgia closer. On the other hand, they see a significant difference between European and Georgian culture, and they consider only the “removal” of what does not contradict Georgian traditions to be accepted. Conservatives actively support the idea of ​​the country declaring neutrality, as they consider it a guarantee of the country’s security. For this group, it is unacceptable for Georgia to join the Eurasian Union, although they have a strong desire to “normalize” Georgia’s relations with Russia.

Liberals, although they occupy the 3rd place in terms of the level of support for the European Union, they have the strongest feeling of “Europeanness” compared to other groups. At the same time, it is important that they are against having any connection with Russia at the political level, because for the liberals, Russia is not one of the neighbors, but an aggressor that has occupied the country’s territories. Members of this group believe that Georgians are not yet fully European, although they do not see this as a distant prospect. It should be noted that among the members of the group there is clearly an excess of young adults who have access to relevant information related to the European Union and often have direct contact with it. All this ensures that they are an informed group of citizens who can more adequately evaluate the pros and cons of European Union membership. Therefore, compared to the previous groups, the liberals are modest in their support for European integration, however, we can assume that in the long term they will maintain a stable position and not deviate from the chosen path. It is also worth noting that liberals try to separate themselves from the rest of society, which does not share their position.

Nationalists also express a strong desire for Georgia to become a member of the European Union. However, their enthusiasm is tempered by the fear that Europe is threatening their national identity. Among these potential threats, which could lead to the “loss of Georgia”, the marriage of same-sex couples is on the first place, as the latter is considered a self-enforced regulation by the European Union. The rights of the LGBT community are a burning issue among pragmatists and conservatives, but among nationalist groups, the topic provokes hatred and violence. The members of the mentioned group oppose the idea of ​​equating Georgianness and Europeanness with each other. They believe that Georgia belongs neither to Europe nor to Asia, but represents a separate, unique category. The nationalists do not consider Russia a reliable partner, but they want to stabilize the relations between the two countries and enjoy all the benefits that can accompany the stabilized relations.

Euro-nihilists are characterized by a lower level of support for the European Union compared to the groups discussed above. This group considers the prospect of European integration to be unrealistic. Euro-nihilists do not consider themselves Europeans and see an insurmountable contradiction between Georgian and European values. In general, members of this group are characterized by dissatisfaction with their standard of living and skepticism towards the government. It is important to note that this applies not only to the current government, but also to every government that has headed the country since independence. Euro-nihilists are suspicious of all the potential benefits associated with the EU among other groups, as they believe that the government is a barrier that prevents them from enjoying the benefits that the EU offers to Georgia. The members of this group also fear that rapprochement with Europe may further intensify the conflict with Russia and repeat military aggression. Despite all this, Euro-nihilists still prefer Russia to Europe and take a negative position regarding joining the Eurasian Union.

The group of anti-Europeans fundamentally differs from all the groups discussed above, as they do not accept Georgia’s membership in the European Union. However, it should be noted that this group is more against Europe and everything European than the EU itself. The anti-Europeans themselves reject the title of “European”, although the idea of ​​Georgia’s existence on two continents is also unacceptable to them. Instead, they will boldly place Georgia on the borders of Asia. The mentioned group believes that Georgia has no real prospect of joining the European Union, but nevertheless they fear that Europe can bring disastrous consequences to the religious and national identity of Georgians with “forced propaganda of the LGBT community”. Among the anti-Europeans, there are ambivalent attitudes regarding the formation of a political alliance with the Russian Federation. However, what the members of this group do not dispute is that Russia can protect Georgia from future threats from Europe.

The findings of the study reveal that the value orientations of the study population are ambiguous and hybrid in nature. In this regard, groups of liberals and anti-Europeans stand out, where the value system is more or less linear. In the rest of the groups, intersection of values ​​and evaluations is frequent. Not infrequently, members of the group take opposing positions. The value orientations of the mentioned groups are rather fragile and highly dependent on changes in external factors. An individual’s view of the pros and cons of EU membership is shaped not only by media and public narratives about Europe, but also by how Russia is perceived by wider social groups.

It makes sense that the Georgians really don’t like Russia. The Russians, in the name of their common Orthodox Christianity and royal friendship, absorbed them in 1800 through trickery and betrayal and then set about dismantling their state, their Church, and their culture over the decades. Then the USSR did very much the same thing, accepting Georgian independence one year and then invading and absorbing them the next.

As far as the ongoing riots, it just seems to boil down to the NGO’s that generated the Rose Revolution. They have whipped up their agents and the stupid, restless youth, but the majority of the people don’t really have a problem with the so-called “Russian law” that would force foreign agents to register themselves. The over-the-top color-revolution antics over this law are phenomenal! Like a kid throwing a tantrum over nutrition labels on his Tootsie Rolls.

What’s more interesting is whether Georgian Dream is trying to uphold some kind of distinct Georgian nationhood between the insatiable pig of the West and the lurking crocodile of the East. The only reason Georgian Dream would so assertively push this foreign-agent-labeling-bill is to restrict, to some degree or another, all of this foreign meddling that has caused Georgia to be drawn into these international games between Russia and the West. The purple-haired hags shriek over it, but Georgian Dream doesn’t seem to care about their howls this time, nor the deeply-concerned threats from the glaring sissy rulers in the West.

Georgia Dream’s political platform is wishy washy, but they have made some other assertive actions in the past few years. They tried to sue and impeach their liberal woman president a few times, and they changed the constitution to make future presidents appointed by parliament, which takes effect this year, I think. They had Saakashvili arrested in 2021. But those are all personality feuds. This stance by Georgia Dream in the face of spoiled-ADHD-kid riots seems to mark a new direction. Maybe a direction towards sovereign nationhood. Maybe!

The history of Georgia is a tumultuous one, probably the most amazing and heroic of all Christendom. Throughout the centuries, from ancient times to today, wave after wave of bloody foreign invasions and occupations, and then civil wars, and then more invasions, almost without rest, and always finally redeemed by the heroism of the fighting saints that the nation just seems to spawn in their darkest hours. They survived the Romans, the Byzantines, the Persians, the Turks, the Mongols, the Russians, the Communists, and now they must persevere against the worst enemy of them all: the mind-virus tentacles of the relentless liberal West.

Can they do it? If any nation could ever resist, it is the Georgians! Noble resistance runs in the Georgian blood, and stubborn perseverance cries out from their blood-soaked land!

Lines to a Georgian Mother

O Georgian mother! Thou gavest sons
To home and land in days of yore.
The future braves were lulled to sleep
With lullabies and mountain lore.
Alas! those days are past, and now
By sorrow is thy country swayed.
Thy very breath of life is fled.
Thy warrior son is now a shade.
Where is the courage of our sires,
The dagger and the crushing blow,
The honour and the pride of old,
The fearless struggle with the foe?
But why should we shed idle tears
For glory that is past and gone;
Another star, O Georgians, must
We find to guide and lead us on.
It is our duty to prepare
The future for the people, and —
Ah here, O mother, is thy task,
Thy sacred duty to thy land:
Endow thy sons with spirits strong,
With strength of heart and honour bright,
Inspire them with fraternal love,
To strive for freedom and for right;
Infuse in them God’s Gospel wise,
Give them true courage for the fight,
And thus enrich our land with sons
Who’ll change this darkness into light.
O mother! hear thy country’s plea:
Nurture thy sons with spirits strong
Led by the torch of truth whose flame
Will banish ignorance and wrong.
— Ilia Chavachavadze (1837-1907)