The Psychology of Treason

In an article from the Irish Times ^[1], we get a glimpse of the root cause of many if not most of the troubles plaguing us in Ireland today. The question is posed in the manner of a breathless whisper, wide-eyed and astounded at its own daring: "Is the idea of a ‘country’ still useful in a world of climate challenges and AI?".

This is the shark's fin which has been cutting through the waters of Irish national politics for two decades and more, threatening, herding, menacing and cajoling but never actually attacking – with good reason.

For if we peer beneath the waters we find that it not only lacks teeth, but is little more than a rubber facsimile strapped to the back of a rather unpleasant individual long overdue to find employment better suited to their very limited abilities.

The reader’s indulgence is begged for the use of the overburdened word “treason” in the title of this article. We are well aware it has a specific legal definition, largely confined to the attempted overthrow of the state by force of arms, but we hold that the people of Ireland, as the legal sovereign of our Republic, have had the force of arms levied against them by interests outside of their mandate or control, which as such could fall under the appropriate definition.

Unless that is we are to hold individuals and groups who have found themselves temporarily in power incapable of treasonous acts, which is a ludicrous proposition. Neither can apparent rule of law be strictly applied as a fig leaf to people who write the laws.

The internationalist discourse is not new – Irish nationalists have been sounding a clear warning about the dark faith of internationalism for over a century. In earlier days the internationalists were riding the horse of labour solidarity, which was very much abused in order to pursue, ironically, imperialistic goals.

"Day after day strangers, emissaries from the land of our hereditary enemy, have preached this doctrine of Internationalism to our fellow-countrymen and fellow-citizens, urging them to tear down the barriers of racial prejudice, in other words, to forswear their country and change the name of Irishman for citizen of the world: and, judging from the newspaper reports, no voice in the listening crowd has been raised to protest.

When this doctrine, now preached daily and hourly in our midst by word of mouth, was committed to writing, and the message thus transmitted . . . . " it is essential in our opinion that neither provincialism, sectionalism, nor mere race prejudice must stand in the way of the greater and real unity of the working classes," still our people remained dumb.

When an Englishman declared to a mass meeting of Dubliners: "There is nothing between Ireland and England but a drop of water," one would have thought a great shout would have gone forth from the multitude,

"There are rivers of blood between us, there are centuries of wrong, and if all the blood could be washed away, if all the wrong could be undone, there would still be between us, and must always be till the end of time, the chasm created by two irreconcilable ideals, two conflicting types of civilisation, Gaelicism and Anglo-Saxonism."

But this outrageous declaration : "There is nothing to divide Ireland and England but a drop of water," was let go unchallenged, and since then similar statements have over and over again been listened to in a silence which must be taken for acquiescence.

Stunned and amazed one hears of these things and asks, Is this Ireland or an English shire ? Has the last conquest of Ireland indeed been completed, the conquest of the Nation's soul ? The flag of Irish Nationality has been kept flying for seven centuries at the cost of indescribable suffering and sacrifice, and unsurpassed heroism. Is it to be lowered now by our own people and the banner of Internationalism raised in its place?" ^[2]

James Connolly himself spelled out the difficulties with some kind of overweening international labour collective in clear and certain terms when he stood against a massive influx of Belgian refugees to Ireland resulting from world war one. The fact was and remains that labour must focus on local needs and bargaining power – introducing an effectively limitless pool of new workers serves none but the owner class.

"Mr. [ed: James] Connolly thought Mr. Farren's resolution a very dangerous one, as it involved that if the refugees complied with what was laid down in the resolution they (the Council) had nothing more to complain of. Provided the position was an ordinary one, with no war in question, and these people came to this country they ought to be welcomed no matter what their nationality might be. But the present position was an extraordinary one. It was not a case of a man or two men, but a possible case of a whole army being dumped down here.

He was opposed to the resolution because it implied that no matter what number was dumped down they accepted them and undertook to work harmoniously along with them. This was no war of theirs and the people of this country had no interest in it or in the Allies. He believed the Belgian people had been dragged into it by the machinations of their Government, and the Government having brought them into it should look after them.

The British had called on them to preserve their neutrality—which was not threatened for a moment—and said they would stand behind them. They did stand behind them—so much so that the Belgians did not know they were there (laughter). The Belgian people, he believed, had been sold by their Government for something which they could only guess at. While carefully avoiding saying anything against the Belgians, they ought not to do anything that would give the employers in this country a chance to "sack" Irish workers and take on Belgian employees." ^[3]

Although transnational labour solidarity has become less of a pursuit these days, for better or for worse, the suppurating wound of internationalism still persists, this time wearing a Green hat.

We can find its snail trail not only in the Irish Times, but in passing comments from various public sector and elected representatives, as well as in otherwise inexplicable actions by groups such as the gardaí.

Eamon Ryan has stated publicly that the population of the country WILL go up to 10 million in the near future, and the majority of this will be due to refugees. We have a variety of others making similar statements along the same lines, like Neal Richmond, the same person who let slip that yes, the referendum on expanding the definition of family would have serious effects on Irish immigration.

One of its chief proponents is Roderic O’Gorman, quoted as saying "we are developing a system that will be able to deal with the amount of migration that Ireland and most European countries are going to face". ^[4]

So what exactly is this theory that causes our politicians and public officials to believe that enormous amounts of mass immigration is just the way of the world and we have no choice but to adapt to this new challenge?

In simple terms it is this: the belief that global warming is turning everywhere south of Spain into the kind of dystopian violent anarchy that a character like Mad Max would feel quite comfortable with, so we will inevitably, as the sun rises in the east, be getting wave after wave of desperate migrants, just as has happened throughout history from times immemorial and will always happen.

In the minds of the proponents of this theory there is even a kind of deranged justice at work, since Ireland as part of the collective west (instead of Ireland as the greatest victim of their “west”) deserves punishment for global pollution, slavery and historical imperialism or something.

This isn't the proper forum to delve into the science of why this belief is laughably, ludicrously wrong, to say nothing of the way they are now trying to rope in AI, of all things, as a further impetus, but even a brief analysis of conditions elsewhere in the world will rapidly correct any misapprehensions a reader may have.

Those who have decided to base their actions and indeed careers upon this tripe can be divided into three broad categories:

•  those who know it's nonsense but go along to get along, safer to keep the head down
•  those who know it's nonsense but don't care, only interested in how they can use it to increase their own personal wealth and power
•  those simple souls who actually believe it's true (in this category we place many of the guards)

The Greens and their fellow travellers have been treading the halls of power for years and years now, holding conferences and symposiums, ushering in people with impressive-looking letters after their names - which upon closer scrutiny typically mean very little - pressing the flesh, bracketing hapless TDs and working away on every level they can reach in order to convince people that their religion has something to do with reality.

Understanding this framework allows us to gain a much clearer understanding of the motivations behind these otherwise inexplicable actions on the part of the politicians, the state, and its enforcers. As far as they're concerned they have the inside scoop, and as the only cute hoors in the room, will profit greatly by their foresight.

When you see the guards standing proudly between busloads of "immigrants" and protestors, Irish mammies and daddies, the pep talk they got from a Green Commissar back in the station is still ringing in their ears:

"These are good men " instead of people rejected by every other country in the EU, which they mostly are " simply trying to make a better life for their families and children! The protestors are racists and cowards, xenophobes and fools! Don't be on the wrong side of history like the nazis! You aren't a nazi, are you? Remember, global warming!"

And so we have an explanation for how the guards, themselves members of their communities, can drop billy clubs on their neighbours and once-friends. We now begin to understand how politicians who only a decade or so ago expressed serious opposition to mass immigration are now doing their level best to enable it. There's more to talk about of course, with the Catholic Church, the indoctrination camps that are modern universities, big business interests trying to create a subclass of untermensch to mop their floors for pennies, the EU and the US, but this is as good a place to start as any.

However make no mistake – their actions, regardless of their claimed motivations, are an imperial impetus whose end result will be the eradication of smaller nations and their subsumption into larger ones. Imagine the British empire except horribly more effective and pervasive, because it genuinely believes itself justified.

Whatever they tell themselves so they can sleep at night, the end result will be to destroy us and our self determination, our right to freely choose and pursue our own destinies.

All that our forebears fought to overcome, all that they fought, suffered and died to give us, will have been for nought.

I, for one, do not accept this outcome.

[1] https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/05/27/is-the-idea-of-a-country-still-useful-in-a-world-of-climate-challenges-and-ai/
[2] https://anclaiomhsolais.com/internationalism-the-new-danger
[3] https://anclaiomhsolais.com/dublin-trades-council-and-belgian-refugees-
[4] https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/politics/roderic-ogorman-suggests-far-right-32934719