Archetypes not of the Jungian category

There have been writers who have created models of personality types from time-to-time. Author Robert Ringer wrote about the three types in the business world. Actually, there was a fourth type, which is himself. He called himself the Tortoise, for reasons known to himself and explained in his book, but not here. In short, he was the Tortoise in the Tortoise and Hare story.

Then there were the tricky Number Twos. There were always after your chips, but in a sneaky diabolical way. Then there were the Number Ones-- the Black Hats, the Dishonest John types. To Ringer, these were the "safest" ones, because they were predictable. The Tortoise knew where he stood with them. They would steal your chips at any opportunity.

Then there were the incompetent Type Number Threes. The Number Threes were after your chips, but didn't really come across as the bad guys. But the result was the same as if they were anyway. They'd reach for your chips just like the rest.

Now there is another group of archetypes I want to discuss briefly before I get to the point. That's the four types of people in the Laws of Stupidity Theory. In short, there are the Helpless Ones, The White Knights non-stupid people, The Bandits, and the Stupid People. Refer to the post in the History of this here blog to get the low down on this model. I've managed to summarize them in this paragraph, so that it is mainly self-explanatory.

The point is that I want to expand upon the Idiocracy types. Actually, in that movie, everybody is an idiot in a dystopian future full of idiots. There was a character in it called Frito Pendejo. Frito Pendejo maps a lot onto the Helpless types from the Laws of Stupidity family of archetypes. He might fit the Type Number Three in the Ringer archetypes. But not exactly. The Frito Pendejos of this world are actually the Hapless Ones in my model. They are comically foolish. They actually cheer on their own demise. It brings to mind the old Mortimer Snerd routine when he asks the question "How can you be so stupid?"-- and the reply was "I got this fella helping me". You can't really call Frito diabolical, because he's just a hapless slob. There are four types in my family of archetypes. Frito was the first that I observed.

But what about the others? I won't use the Idiocracy archetypes here, but will adapt others to fit my own. The one that really infuriates me are the ones I dub the Puto Pendejo types. These would be the Communists. The Communists and the Nazis are one and the same in this family of archetypes. They are just plain diabolical in their destructive power. In the end, the Puto Pendejos most closely fit the Stupid People archetype, who don't benefit anybody, including themselves. This type not only burns everything down, but they seem to get a kick out of destroying anything good. They don't really profit from their destructive ways. The point is that they are the losers in the end, because everything they touch turns to shit--like a reverse Midas touch.

Now the third type fits the Bandit type from the Laws of Stupidity, and will be dubbed the Frito Bandito. This is short of the type that Ringer calls the Number One. I see the Frito Bandito as the Happy Bandit. He's the Dishonest John in the Dudley Do-Right family. He will smile in your face while he robs you blind. He sings the Frito corn chips song in the old commerical from the '60's--"Ay, yay, yay, yay! I am the Frito Bandito. I love Frito corn cheeps, I love them I do, I love Frito Corn Cheeps, I take them from YOU!" Robert Ringer himself may be the Frito Bandito. Or he may be the Sneaky Number Two. But he sells himself as the plodding Tortoise who always gets your chips. But the archetype really doesn't fit Ringer. Ringer lacks the sense of humor. He certainly isn't the White Knight in the Laws of Stupidity family. He may even be laughing his ass off going to the bank-- all in private.

But Ringer may have a point with respect to everybody being after your chips. So I introduce the last type who isn't a White Knight, but is a survivor. He is no glamour puss. He is usually rather sloppy and in a general state of disheveledness. I shall dub him Captain Caveman. Captain Caveman may seem like something of a Hero, but he is just a survivor in a primitive and dangerous world.

To recap briefly, there's Frito Pendejo, then Puto Pendejo, the Frito Bandito, and finally there's the survivor Captain Caveman.

Of the four archetypes, the ideal could be Captain Caveman. Just laugh at the Frito Pendejos. Relatively easy to dodge the Happy Bandit, the Frito Bandito. Better to survive than to get eaten by the Big Bad Wolf Communist/Nazi. Ooops! I mean the Puto Pendejo communists. Gotta watch those mistakes. The Puto Pendejos of this world will take advantage of your mistakes. One missed step can be fatal.

Know what I mean, Vern?

The darkness of the Fascism Smear

11/11/26:

If memory serves, the "left" and the "right" conspired together against the Weimar Republic (For those in Rio Linda, this was 1930's Germany). The result was Adolf Hitler.

If so, could history repeat? Well, Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin conspired with each other to start World War II. Ribbentrop and Molotov signed the Non-Aggression Treaty. Well, that little romance didn't last, now did it?

If it repeated once, could it repeat again? Well, it seems that the Frito Pendejos conspired with the Communists in order to deliver victory to the communists in this past election.

Then who starts World War III? I leave that as an exercise for the moron horde.

10/1/22: The original post follows:

Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds asks : Why does the left uses fascism smear against rivals?

Comment:

Reynolds is way too easy on them. They use it because they think it works for them. It has worked for them in the past, but it may be losing its punch. Why? For the first time, those who use this tactic aren't relegated to the fringes of the party. The leaders of the party did not use this tactic, until the Dark Brandon speech. It only works for them if at least they have a credible appearance of moderation. This party is not "moderate" in the least. Neither in word nor in deed. It's not only Brandon, but Hillary as well who has used this tactic lately. It's no longer a lunatic fringe tactic.

There has been discussion recently of a liberal named Paul Krugman, who writes for the "New York Times". His book, The Conscience of a Liberal" has been mentioned here. That book was published in 2007. His thesis in the book is that the "polarization" has been due to the "hard right's" influence on the GOP. So, let's take a deeper dive into that book. The reason is that this tactic has a long history. It has been used long before 2007.

He claims (in his book) that Democrats haven't moved left : He fails to mention old Solid South, and the loss of a conservative element in the Democrat party, 2) since his book came out, Nancy Pelosi went from being against impeachment ( supposedly) to being for impeachment of Trump. The radical wing of the party was calling for the ouster of Trump all along, thus 3) The party has been taken over by the radicals. 4) Obama was America's first leftist president. Obama was mentored by a communist. Those are indisputable facts. Here's another one: Since 1968, the Democrat Party has been moving leftward. Yet, Krugman claims that they are the same as always.

Something must have changed because the polls say so. The direction of the country poll has not been above water for nearly all of the new century. That's quite a long time. The election of Obama did not change it for long. It may have been above water for a short time. When it went under, did not go back up for the rest of his two terms.

Krugman's argument is about who owns the middle. But the "middle" is just the old dialectic mentioned over and over again here. Marxists love to use this, as it comes from Hegel. Hitler didn't mind using it either. The point is to disarm the opposition and render them helpless. It is easy to win when you demand that the other side not defend itself, and the response is obliging. As it can be seen, Liz Cheney is certainly obliging.

What does "hard right" mean for Krugman, if it isn't a subliminal comparison to Hitler? Krugman didn't make that connection in his 2007 book, but it is understood. If it wasn't, did Brandon just now discover it? Did Hillary just now discover it? What better way to disarm your opponent than to call them an infamous name? If you dare to defend yourself, then you are just being "mean". Easy to win that way. Hard to understand the obliging response of some in the GOP, like Romney.

What do these "hard right" types talk about once they get amongst themselves? There was a CPAC convention, with the 2012 candidates ( in 2012) mentioned here It is pretty much plain vanilla stuff. According to the "hard left", old fashioned American patriotism is no longer respectable. In fact, it is fascist. Usually, the conservatives talk about limited government and freedom. This isn't fascism. Freedom and fascism doesn't go together.

Compare that with what Hitler said himself in his book "Mein Kampf".

Shirer: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

At the very least, the comparisons of the "hard right" are not apt. But they might be apt for what the Democrats have become. Is it really necessary to list the reasons why it has become an apt comparison for Democrats these days? Or are memories that short? Or has the opposition become too intimidated to say anything in response? This goes for everyone, not just Republicans, but those in the Democrat party who may have given in to the "spiritual terror" thrown their way.

So, why do they do it? It has worked for them in the past. If it works for them again, it will become a feature of politics for the foreseeable future. The only way to stop it is to defeat it resoundingly. Perhaps a Pavlovian response will persuade them not to do it again. Well, at least one would hope so.

American Band - Grand Funk Railroad

11/11/26:

Ah, the American Band... Those who followed this band are probably aware of the split up. Mark Farner wrote most of the songs, but in a DEMOCRACY that they had, got voted out of all his work. Now he cannot have access to his own creation. It was stolen from him because he trusted the other two, who double-crossed him.

Anything sound familiar about that story?

After the Constitution was written in the time of old Benjamin Franklin, the question was put to him. What kind of government did the Framers create? Franklin replied --- "A Republic if you can keep it." Do we still have one. Like Mark Farner, we just might have gotten swindled out of what's rightfully ours.

8/15/13: The orginal post is below:

I was looking at another video that seemed appropriate right now, and came across this.  It is actually quite good, so I'm putting it up.

Groypers grope for truth, did they whiff?

Do the "groypers" have the answers? A quick scan of the first few segments of this article reveals a number of good things, and maybe one bad thing. I disagree about Elon Musk.

I've written a lot about the next level of civilization. The next level is in space. Musk may come over on "our terms" as this article says, or he may re-join the pinkos. Either way will be at the point of a gun.

That's too bad. It proves a couple things to me. One, is that the MAGA movement and conservative movement are badly fractured. It reminds me of the Greek City States going up against the Persian Empire in ancient times. Either we resolve our disagreements, or we will be subjugated.

Two, it proves that we are truly facing a communist takeover. If not communist, then monolithic, with no dissent allowed; and an end to our Constitutional liberties and freedoms. I have long bitched about the Marxist Paradigm. It is not about right versus left. It is about freedom, but evidently my opinion is in the minority. Those who adopt the Marxist Paradigm of the right v left do not impress me with their arguments. If you cannot bring yourself to leave the phony dialectic, then consider it a matter of right versus wrong. In that dialectic, the "middle" is a riddle in a muddle. It is the confused state of people who think that you can "split the baby" and preserve the truth. The truth cannot be split. There is no middle ground with regards to the truth. You are for or against it.

We don't have a "commander" (Alexander) who can unite the "Greeks", so that the Greeks can conquer the "Persians". The Greeks are too divided at this time, and maybe history will not repeat this time, as the unity may be out of reach.  The Idiocracy may have already prevailed. The idiots in the Idiocracy cheer their own demise.

The MAGA Path Forward by Deplorable Pepe

Read on Substack

Frauds and Sellouts Episode 2635

Witnessing the truth. Unfortunately, the brainless horde wasn't listening. And still isn't.

Chinese spy scandal

Just the News

Discuss the Chinese spy scandal in a brief summary, please.

Brave AI summary:


**Nvidia CEO **Jensen Huang** has admitted to an extramarital affair with **Alice Huang**, a Chinese executive who U.S. intelligence suspects was recruited by China’s Ministry of State Security to spy for Beijing. The company has launched an independent investigation into whether Huang was targeted in a foreign intelligence effort, though it stated there is currently no evidence that national security or company secrets were compromised.

The scandal centers on Huang’s relationship with Alice Huang (no familial relation), who served as an executive at **Megaspeed**, a Singapore-based firm suspected of helping divert restricted Nvidia AI chips to China. U.S. officials believe the alleged spy was tasked with gathering intelligence on Nvidia and influencing its efforts to loosen American semiconductor export restrictions.

**China** has dismissed the allegations as "groundless speculation" and a smear campaign, while **Nvidia** shares initially tumbled following the news. Jensen Huang apologized for his infidelity, taking full responsibility for his actions, while the FBI had reportedly raised concerns about Alice Huang’s potential espionage activities nearly a year prior to the public disclosure.

A different perspective on what happened last Tuesday from Glenn Beck

11/10/26:

Ace has the story. The REAL story. It was an op, and the GOP "didn't figure it out".

Do you remember Robert Ringer? He was the guy who wrote "Winning Through Intimidation". The book discusses a concept called "Premeditated Apathy". What it is about is that certain folks are indifferent towards things that are not on the up-and-up, but choose not to say nor to do anything about it. There are folks supposedly on "our side" who are engaging in this "premeditated apathy". When they say that it was about affordability, they SHOULD know better. In fact, I am of the opinion that they did know, but didn't give a sheet, main.

It wasn't about affordability. Now they tell us.

I won't forgive this from those who do not call this out, which means just about everybody except those like ME. I called it out all the time, but nobody seems to give a flip.

11/8/26: The original post is below:

I'm in a rush for things to start happening. But as usual, there is no time. This video is over an hour long, and I filed it away and forgot about it. It may be worthwhile to look at this carefully for clues on how to proceed.

The election is OVER. The aftermath is what is right in front of us, and it is that that we have to deal with. Endless post-mortems will indeed waste time when no time is available.

What can be salvaged is the question? Anything???? So, I'll adjust it to this: if you have the time, watch this. At the moment, I don't. There are things to do, and places to go. Life goes on. Until it doesn't. Make of that what you will. I'll post this, and let YOU decide if you want to watch it or not. I watched enough to give it some thought. But keep in mind what is coming and that there's not much time before the Communists take over.

Update:

The guy's major premise is that the people are right. I don't agree. I cannot agree because to do so will completely overturn everything I believe in.

The communists ran on affordability. I don't think the people were really suffering. The poverty rate is the lowest in history. Instead, I think this is the most spoiled rotten generation of people in the history of civilizations. America has had it so good for so long and now is about to find out the hard way what it is like to live on the downside.

The left wing is about to punish the living shit out of all of us, and they are going to blame us for it. Maybe for once, they are right about that.

What? The issue is not affordability. The issue was really about self-indulgence. That self-indulgence will have its consequences.

I stopped this again at about 5 minutes. Beck's guest is sounding like Little Jebbie Bush. We all have to learn how to be good comrades. So now you will learn how to stand in lines at empty shelves because that what happens in communism.

I won't waste anymore of my time or yours discussing this.