Caesar Won't Do As He's Told

I might do another post about the wifejak meme later - we'll see how spiteful I'm feeling. Firstly I just want to make note of another trend. It's been a slow train coming, but it's now well and truly here.

I call it the, "Caesar won't do as he's told" mindset.

Obviously, we've witnessed a rightwards shift over the last decade or so. Left wing progressivism has been so bad it's made being right wing look cool. Or based as they say.

Back circa 2016 you would be labelled "racist" and "far right" for wanting lower immigration.

Now, circa 2024 you might get branded a weak "liberal" just for wanting the same thing. That's if that's all you want - and you don't want the ethnic nationalism/mass deportations/zero immigration to go with it.

Often it might even be the very same people doing this labelling. So radically have some people's politics shifted in such a short space of time. Just ten years ago they were progressives themselves. Now they are so right wing they dream of a modern Caesar coming to lift us from the progressive mire. As they sit and discuss how degenerate democracy is.

The thing is though, these people are still, at heart, progressives. So, though they cry for a strong, dictator-like government, they still have the mindset of a democratic citizen. A democratic citizen that gets to whine and express their opinion. So we have this constant spectacle, where these people urge other men (be it Trump or Farage, or even Jeremy Clarkson lol) to take up the mantle of Caesar. Yet they then still want to be able to tell this Caesar what to do, and get annoyed when he doesn't do exactly as they say.

It's like watching a domineering woman push a reluctant husband to apply for a promotion. Hyacinth Bucket telling Richard to be more assertive. Or some evil, potion-wielding sorceress advising a weak prince to usurp his brother.

There's not a Caesar in sight here. It's all very feminine and quite the opposite. If there ever was all these wife-like big mouths (including myself) would be up against a wall.

Anyway, we'll see how much this trend persists.