By now I'm sure everyone has heard or seen the recent CIA woke recruiting video. The CIA I'm accustomed to is full of gallant and patriotic Jack Ryan types. Jack Ryan a graduate of the Naval Academy and Marine Officer was an archetypical hero. Jack is an accomplished individual. He loves his country. He is honest and has integrity to a fault. Jack is an impressive man.
Yes, I realize I'm comparing fantasy to reality, but, in this case, art intimidated life. The CIA is secretive and I have never been a part of it, but, I know of people that joined the agency and they were of the Jack Ryan ilk. That was the CIA.
What immediately strikes me about the new woke CIA recruiting video is one word - unimpressive. The person highlighted here is overweight, not athletic, not attractive. She wobbles through the corridors not strikes with confidence. The Jack Ryan types are humble and tend to be reserved with any awards they may have gotten over the years. By contrast, she's quick to boast of her "accomplishments" and "accolades". However, at closer inspection, we discover she got a diversity award? You mean just being who you are you got an award? Jack Ryan spies stop terrorist attacks and disarm nuclear bombs. She gets an award for just showing up.
And then you have the cherry on top. "I have an anxiety disorder". Oh, so you scare easily and can't handle things when they're easy, which means you'll really unravel when things are tough. Huh, things getting tough as a spy? Nah, that will never happen.
This reminds me of Professor Eric Weinstein's interview with Douglas Murray. Murray talked about how people today wear their disorders as a badge of honor. People are proud that they're bipolar. When this country was sane a mother might say junior's football team won the championship or he just got a full ride to Notre Dame. Today, it might go like this - my daughter is doing great she just got diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, anxiety disorder, bipolar, and depression!
This single admission takes the cake because it brings it all together. Its indicative of the lower standards and anti-merit theme overtaking our society. The joke is ultimately on these people who weasel their way into institutions like the CIA because it shows you just how low the bar has to be set in order for people like this to be let in.
In general, the CIA is highly regarded and so to say you're associated with it means something significant. This is what these people are truly after. Its certainly not patriotism. I think its abundantly clear the person in this recruiting video is not patriotic. Rather its status. Its the same reason why "they" push women into medical school or blacks into academia or homosexuals into etc. Its a cliche around our neck-of-the-internet-woods to say - gee wiz, you people don't seem to be so eager to implement equity for things like gas pumpers, janitors or sewage workers etc. Naturally, this is because none of those jobs carry any prestige. Again, its prestige these people are after.
But, what kind of prestige do you really have if standards have been lowered? What difference does it make to call yourself a spy or a doctor or a Marine or a VP etc when its not as hard to become these things as it once was? Worse still, how "accomplished" can you really feel if you got this because of a handout? The status of such jobs has been diluted. They got what they wanted, the title, the name, the logo, but at the same time, they didn't get what they really wanted, which is the egotistical satisfaction for doing something most people can't. Because if you lower standards then everyone can do it and if everyone can do it then its really not that special.
Yes, I realize I'm comparing fantasy to reality, but, in this case, art intimidated life. The CIA is secretive and I have never been a part of it, but, I know of people that joined the agency and they were of the Jack Ryan ilk. That was the CIA.
What immediately strikes me about the new woke CIA recruiting video is one word - unimpressive. The person highlighted here is overweight, not athletic, not attractive. She wobbles through the corridors not strikes with confidence. The Jack Ryan types are humble and tend to be reserved with any awards they may have gotten over the years. By contrast, she's quick to boast of her "accomplishments" and "accolades". However, at closer inspection, we discover she got a diversity award? You mean just being who you are you got an award? Jack Ryan spies stop terrorist attacks and disarm nuclear bombs. She gets an award for just showing up.
And then you have the cherry on top. "I have an anxiety disorder". Oh, so you scare easily and can't handle things when they're easy, which means you'll really unravel when things are tough. Huh, things getting tough as a spy? Nah, that will never happen.
This reminds me of Professor Eric Weinstein's interview with Douglas Murray. Murray talked about how people today wear their disorders as a badge of honor. People are proud that they're bipolar. When this country was sane a mother might say junior's football team won the championship or he just got a full ride to Notre Dame. Today, it might go like this - my daughter is doing great she just got diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, anxiety disorder, bipolar, and depression!
This single admission takes the cake because it brings it all together. Its indicative of the lower standards and anti-merit theme overtaking our society. The joke is ultimately on these people who weasel their way into institutions like the CIA because it shows you just how low the bar has to be set in order for people like this to be let in.
In general, the CIA is highly regarded and so to say you're associated with it means something significant. This is what these people are truly after. Its certainly not patriotism. I think its abundantly clear the person in this recruiting video is not patriotic. Rather its status. Its the same reason why "they" push women into medical school or blacks into academia or homosexuals into etc. Its a cliche around our neck-of-the-internet-woods to say - gee wiz, you people don't seem to be so eager to implement equity for things like gas pumpers, janitors or sewage workers etc. Naturally, this is because none of those jobs carry any prestige. Again, its prestige these people are after.
But, what kind of prestige do you really have if standards have been lowered? What difference does it make to call yourself a spy or a doctor or a Marine or a VP etc when its not as hard to become these things as it once was? Worse still, how "accomplished" can you really feel if you got this because of a handout? The status of such jobs has been diluted. They got what they wanted, the title, the name, the logo, but at the same time, they didn't get what they really wanted, which is the egotistical satisfaction for doing something most people can't. Because if you lower standards then everyone can do it and if everyone can do it then its really not that special.
