A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess – what it means with the paramount elections taking place next week, wherein Orange Jesus aka a version of the psychopath Alex has 2 in 3 chances at the betting houses of getting the dictatorship he wants – a previous look at this is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-clockwork-orange-by-anthony-burgess.html where you find thousands of other reviews… And a lot about Orange Alex, a calamity, but likely to be president next week, just like the mass suicides of the past - 10 out of 10

 

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess – what it means with the paramount elections taking place next week, wherein Orange Jesus aka a version of the psychopath Alex has 2 in 3 chances at the betting houses of getting the dictatorship he wants – a previous look at this is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-clockwork-orange-by-anthony-burgess.html where you find thousands of other reviews…

And a lot about Orange Alex, a calamity, but likely to be president next week, just like the mass suicides of the past

 

10 out of 10

 

This is the fourth time I take on A Clockwork Orange and I think it is not the last – Insha’Allah, you never know, with Orange Felon favorite to win the most powerful job in the world, however diminished if the fool is getting it, who knows what will happen, maybe this will be a province in Russia, and I will be in the gulag

 

They did bring communism here before, we had Ceausescu and I stood up and fought against tyranny, here is the proof http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world I am mentioned in the Newsweek covering the December 1989 toppling of one of the most vicious despots…

Come November 5, we could see the making of something we have never seen before, and not in the sense the lunatic keeps in his mind, but because he will take what was once the greatest democracy in the world, and smash it into the ground, the real carnage he spoke of about eight years ago, to quote George W Bush:

 

‘That was some weird shit’

 

Now, I think A Clockwork Orange is not just a fabulous chef d’oeuvre – and here is a second look at the magnum opus https://realini.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-clockwork-orange-by-anthony-burgess.html - but it is also so accurate, useful in explaining some of what we see now in America, the part worshipping the Orange Crook

In the Anthony Burgess masterpiece, Alex is the antihero and I see the one I try not to name, expect using the nicknames provided by his cohorts, Orange Jesus, the criminal record he now has, Orange Felon, because he has been found guilty on what was it, thirty-four counts, and he clearly has done so much more

 

Alex is vicious, violent, irate, aggressive, but on a small scale, and although the supporters of the Orange Demon would say ‘look, it is exactly what the radical left does, they make up things, haunt the poor guy, witch hunt and the rest’, I say the man who had been president for four years has shown with acts and words how awful he is

 

So, what do you choose, if the alternative is a psychopath, with limited power, or a sick bastard with narcissistic personality disorder, who will have access to the nuclear codes and the button, his defenders say ‘he has been there, and we did not see Apocalypse Now, but that was because he had some sane folks nearby

And it is a miracle – like in The History of The World by Mel Brooks – almost all those sensible generals, secretaries of defense, chief of staff, vice president, I mean dozens of the ‘best people’ (for the idiot said and keeps saying that he always selects the best people, what a lousy leader) say he is an imminent threat to democracy

 

At least Alex gets punished – he attacks innocent men and women, then he is abandoned by his partners in crime, and he gets punished, even tortured, so now we are in contrast territory, Alex has similarities with Orange Jesus, in my mind at least – doing the ‘weave’ - but there is also the severe contrast, one mentioned above

The Orange Alex however was not abandoned by the hoi polloi (his garbage crowds, I think Biden was confused when he said it, maybe he meant it after all, but then I see it as one of those absolute truths, for Musk and all) they worship him, it is a cult, he is the Chosen, no less, and they connect him with Cyrus in the bible

 

And yes, he gave them these three fucking stupid judges, and then the end of abortion, reproductive rights in so many states, and the whole thing looks like a nightmare, it is also a question of Influence https://realini.blogspot.com/2013/10/influence-science-and-practice-graphic.html the rules you find in this classic

Robert Cialdini explains how you can have mass suicides, as in Guyana, some decades back, when they followed this Trump-like prophet all the way to South America, and then when the lunatic decided it is time for…mass killing, they just obeyed, that is the Principle of Respect for Authority for you and you can see some weird experiments

 

Then there is the Social Conformity, we tend to follow the example of others in unfamiliar territory – when an accident happens, one has to name the ones that need to help, because the tendency is to just pass and do nothing, but if you say ‘you in the blue jacket, call 911, and the red shirt, come and help, then you may get through

Finally, I must think of the Zen Master Story, wherein all kinds of bad, then good things happen, but the Master has equanimity all the same, it is mentioned at the end of Charlie Wislon’s War, and then maybe we get more wisdom from https://realini.blogspot.com/2015/08/war-what-is-it-good-for-by-ian-morris.html Ian Morris is a fabulous author, he has also written Why The West Rules For Now, and it is fantastic

 

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se

 

 There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

 

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html

 

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

 

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

 

‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’

 

“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”