Ireland and Connor McGregor

AMA #6

So, Josh asked:

For those who don’t know: who the flip am I to pontificate upon such a question?

I’ll give you a hint. This was my master’s thesis.

Am I therefore fully up to date on everything? No. But I do know a thing or two.

So, some background before I answer Josh’s question.

Europe has been undergoing some problems. Think of every problem we’ve had in America:

• Out of control immigration

• Corrupt government officials

• “Deep state” / (permanent bureaucracy) BS

• Anarcho-tyranny (Letting felons go free while arresting law-abiding citizens)

And then multiply it to an absurd degree, you have an idea of what’s going on in Europe.

They have a large Pakistani problem. And of course, like all Muslims abroad in the last few years, to goal seems to be a takeover of the countries they’re in.

This includes Ireland.

Now, there is a movement in Ireland against this. Let’s call it Make Ireland Great Again. Or just Irish nationalism. One particular slogan being “Ireland belongs to the Irish.”

But MIGA will do for our purposes. (“What’s up my MIGA?“)

One of the guys encouraging it, is, of all people, a man name Connor McGregor, an MMA fighter and actor. He has already tried once to run for President of Ireland.¹ It fell flat, and McGregor’s campaign died in the crib.

He is uncouth, loud, brash, obnoxious … sound like any Orange Man we know?

Personally, I think Trump’s braggadocio is more a public persona he learned from his days working with the WWE. But with McGregor, it seems much more like his base personality. That’s my best guess based on assessments by news junkies I know and trust, I don’t obviously know him personally.

That said, yes, I think McGregor should keep running. Persistence leads to success. There’s enough boots on the ground sentiment to encourage it.

Do I think that McGregor, personally, will be victorious? No. Not really. But the American TEA party movement has morphed into MAGA, and that seems to be doing well in America so far. You can’t reap what you don’t sow.

And the threat of Islam has Orangemen marching with Catholics in Belfast, breaking approximately 400 years of animosity² in Northern Ireland. If this isn’t an age of miracles, I don’t know what is.

Not to mention, there has been backlash by locals. Certain “migrant havens” have had mysterious issues with fire. Only ten people have been arrested for several arsons, the majority of which are still under investigation, with no arrests.

It’s almost like some people don’t like being invaded by Muslims who go out of their way to be parasites on the welfare system.

At this point, I’m just wondering how many old PIRA guys are still wandering around. Probably not many. Perhaps enough?

As for the next part of the question. A King? I’m not even sure who they would put on the throne.

Seriously, before Henry II decided to take over, Ireland had few moments of island unity. The last high king of Ireland was, who? Brian Boru a thousand years ago?

“A Nation Once Again” makes for a nice song, but calling the Ireland of the post-Roman, or the Early modern period, a nation is straining it. Then again, the modern “nation” as we would see it is truly a modern notion, from perhaps the 1500s onward, if not the 1700s, depending on which historian you ask.³

Therefore, trying to go to a royalty-based system would be an issue, on a few levels. Are we going to dig up Brian Boru and DNA test the population in the hope of an heir? Are we going to do a lottery and just appoint some sorry bugger? And what sort of royalty? A full Tyrant who does the job and then spends most of his time enjoying his own hobbies, or one that’s gelded by a parliament?

While Democracy is starting to show its vulnerabilities,⁴ I’m not sure royalty is a viable option. There’s a reason why the quote is “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”

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1. Ireland has a President and a Prime Minister. Yes. It is. Don’t ask me to explain it. I don’t quite understand how that works either.

2. William of Orange, King of England from 1689, hence the Oragemen. Or you can discuss Plantations of Elizabeth I or James I. So there’s a lot of “depending on how you want to count it.”

3. You know the old joke, “Ask two Rabbis, get three opinions?” The joke applies to historians as well.

4. Which is mostly a lazy citizenry abdicating its responsibility to hold their elected officials accountable. Yes, you have responsibilities in a Democracy, too. Or a Republic