Lord of the Flies
A script by William Golding it is not!
The ‘Lord of the Flies’ is a translation from the Hebrew ‘Beelzebub’. Ironically, Beelzebub was likely invoked to ward off the flies, rather than attract them. But myths are nothing if not flexible. Which is precisely why we are not overly keen on myths in this scientific world in which we live. Today, everything must be plain and simple – either/or, as Søren Kierkegaard would say, flying in the face of Slavoj Žižek.
Politicians are not allowed to change their minds, admit that maybe a policy needs amendments, or decide not to leave the European Union. It is seen as a U-Turn, if they do and, thanks to that, oh so English Lord of the Flies, Margaret Thatcher, this is seen as political suicide.
So, we are lumbered with, as Doggett so ably puts it, a culture that takes “enormous pride in being sub-mental”. It has given us Reality TV and, consequently, Donald Trump. How lucky we are to live in a world that we created for ourselves – infinitely better than the one that God person had lined up for us!
Irony of ironies, a Republican, Orrin Hatch, said, “This is the greatest country in the world, but we do have some really stupid people representing it from time to time.” Surely, he was having a sly dig at the President?
If the United States stands for anything anymore it is the triumph of the ‘sub-mental’. They brought it on themselves by allowing popular culture to dictate policy. There is a reason for not permitting all that people wish; it distinguishes those who can from those who ramble inanely for their own benefit. Liberalism is nothing more than allowing the sub-mental to take over. When everyone has the right to voice their opinions as if they were all equally relevant and important, we end up with Donald Trump as the President of the most powerful nuclear country in the world.
Dylan Lokensgard, the ‘Lord of the Flies’, isn’t really a bad kid. Okay, he doesn’t listen to his mother and isn’t Mr. Popular at his school, of which Mom is Principal, but he is loved by Natalie as she grows ever-more disillusioned with the in-crowd, ruled by her ‘boyfriend’, ‘Sky Commander Winky’.
Despite this not being a great comedy episode, it’s message is pretty straightforward.
Dylan’s mum, who has her husband’s – and Dylan’s father – desiccated body cocooned in the attic, is the voice of authority that Liberalism – and stupidity – refuses to listen to. The brand of authority she represents may not be pretty, may even cost lives, but it would never elect a Reality TV star President.
Not the X Files at its best, but still incredibly prescient.
Mrs Lokensgard – and Dylan – has to be portrayed as the monster-of-the-week simply because she stands for something the Sky Commander Winkys of this world – of which there are far too many – ridicule in their “glorification of stupid”.
There is only ever going to be one out-come when stupidity is given the same, or more, credence than that authority which restricts in its protection of the sane world. Mrs. Lokensgard, the voice of reason in her son’s messed up life, must be demonised for she also embodies the sense of reason that ‘Dumbass’ glorifies in subverting.
Every Western Democracy has its own brand of Liberalism – and stupidity. The United States is unique only in that it allowed the stupid to take over those institutions charged with maintaining a sound society. Britain came close in its vote for Brexit but, at least, it left the adults in charge of overseeing the disaster. Not very capable adults, granted, but not stupid either. The United States has taken Orrin Hatch’s “from time to time” and made it the establishment. Oh, how the Liberals must be celebrating!
Except, of course, they’re not, but only because it isn’t their brand of stupid that took over the asylum.
The ‘Lord of the Flies’ is a translation from the Hebrew ‘Beelzebub’. Ironically, Beelzebub was likely invoked to ward off the flies, rather than attract them. But myths are nothing if not flexible. Which is precisely why we are not overly keen on myths in this scientific world in which we live. Today, everything must be plain and simple – either/or, as Søren Kierkegaard would say, flying in the face of Slavoj Žižek.
Politicians are not allowed to change their minds, admit that maybe a policy needs amendments, or decide not to leave the European Union. It is seen as a U-Turn, if they do and, thanks to that, oh so English Lord of the Flies, Margaret Thatcher, this is seen as political suicide.
So, we are lumbered with, as Doggett so ably puts it, a culture that takes “enormous pride in being sub-mental”. It has given us Reality TV and, consequently, Donald Trump. How lucky we are to live in a world that we created for ourselves – infinitely better than the one that God person had lined up for us!
Irony of ironies, a Republican, Orrin Hatch, said, “This is the greatest country in the world, but we do have some really stupid people representing it from time to time.” Surely, he was having a sly dig at the President?
If the United States stands for anything anymore it is the triumph of the ‘sub-mental’. They brought it on themselves by allowing popular culture to dictate policy. There is a reason for not permitting all that people wish; it distinguishes those who can from those who ramble inanely for their own benefit. Liberalism is nothing more than allowing the sub-mental to take over. When everyone has the right to voice their opinions as if they were all equally relevant and important, we end up with Donald Trump as the President of the most powerful nuclear country in the world.
Dylan Lokensgard, the ‘Lord of the Flies’, isn’t really a bad kid. Okay, he doesn’t listen to his mother and isn’t Mr. Popular at his school, of which Mom is Principal, but he is loved by Natalie as she grows ever-more disillusioned with the in-crowd, ruled by her ‘boyfriend’, ‘Sky Commander Winky’.
Despite this not being a great comedy episode, it’s message is pretty straightforward.
Dylan’s mum, who has her husband’s – and Dylan’s father – desiccated body cocooned in the attic, is the voice of authority that Liberalism – and stupidity – refuses to listen to. The brand of authority she represents may not be pretty, may even cost lives, but it would never elect a Reality TV star President.
Not the X Files at its best, but still incredibly prescient.
Mrs Lokensgard – and Dylan – has to be portrayed as the monster-of-the-week simply because she stands for something the Sky Commander Winkys of this world – of which there are far too many – ridicule in their “glorification of stupid”.
There is only ever going to be one out-come when stupidity is given the same, or more, credence than that authority which restricts in its protection of the sane world. Mrs. Lokensgard, the voice of reason in her son’s messed up life, must be demonised for she also embodies the sense of reason that ‘Dumbass’ glorifies in subverting.
Every Western Democracy has its own brand of Liberalism – and stupidity. The United States is unique only in that it allowed the stupid to take over those institutions charged with maintaining a sound society. Britain came close in its vote for Brexit but, at least, it left the adults in charge of overseeing the disaster. Not very capable adults, granted, but not stupid either. The United States has taken Orrin Hatch’s “from time to time” and made it the establishment. Oh, how the Liberals must be celebrating!
Except, of course, they’re not, but only because it isn’t their brand of stupid that took over the asylum.
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