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The Eunuchs and Would-Be Tyrants of Washington

By: Joe Cunningham | September 24th, 2015


Just over two years ago, * I wrote about this here at RedState. I had just come aboard as a Front Page contributor, and one of my first posts as such was about eunuchs.

I’ve written several times about the Latter or Eastern Han Dynasty of China and the years that followed, known mostly as the Three Kingdoms period. It is one of the most interesting eras of ancient history to me because it’s so easy to see parallels with modern history. Both historically and in the romanticized version of events, the downfall of the Han Dynasty was attributed to government corruption and the civil rebellions that rose up because of them. The corruption in the court of the Chinese emperors came almost exclusively from eunuchs – men who were tasked with overseeing the wives, concubines, and families of the emperors.

The eunuchs, because they were so trusted by the imperial court – they were heavily influential in the upbringing of the princes, after all – that they were given more and more power and were turned to more and more when questions of policy arose. Under the reign of the eunuchs, taxes went up, power was abused, and enemies who questioned the eunuchs’ motives were silenced by whatever means necessary.

It wasn’t until late in the second century A.D. that various warlords came together to eliminate the eunuchs and clear the way for the court to become an independent force where policy was based on sound advice, not self-serving advice… of course, that never happened. Rather, a fairly corpulent man seized and deposed one emperor, replacing him with the emperor’s own younger brother, who was all of nine years old (his older brother was fourteen).

The abuse of power increased exponentially as the court was once again the puppet of someone else, this time a cruel tyrant. If this story sounds familiar to you, but you don’t recognize it from the aforementioned piece from two years ago, chances are you are thinking of Washington D.C.

Right now, our government is filled with eunuchs and would-be tyrants, all out to increase power for themselves and do so at the expense of the people. This is not a partisan issue, as both Democrats and Republicans share responsibility in increasing the size and scope of government to give themselves as much power as possible. Because of this, an insurrection not unlike the Yellow Scarves Rebellion (minus the scarves and alleged magic) has taken hold in the form of populist movements within the presidential cycle we find ourselves in.

If Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Carly Fiorina are the results of populists wanting D.C. outsiders to take the reins of the country, and the Republican Party is not doing anything about it, they are setting themselves up for an embarrassing rout in 2016. Likewise, if the Democrats don’t look at the rise of Bernie Sanders as a populist movement (if it was truly a non-Hillary movement, you would see O’Malley picking up some of Hillary’s loss of support, too), they are also going to be in for a shock.

While I don’t expect to see Sanders, Fiorina, Trump, or Carson winning the nomination, I do see them exposing the inherent weaknesses in the “establishments” of both parties. Their success in doing so, while it may not pay off for them, will pay off for candidates who can claim D.C. outsider status while simultaneously being politicians – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and even candidates like Bobby Jindal.

The eunuchs are in trouble, and their time may be close at hand. As they and their allies find themselves losing their grasps of power, they may make more rash moves. It will frankly be a fascinating meltdown to watch if, say, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gets the nomination.


* Eunuchs in D.C.

By: Joe Cunningham | August 12th, 2013

That is probably the greatest post title I will ever have.

Do you know what a eunuch is? They are 100% manhood-free people who were often tasked with guarding consorts and harems (their lack of any sex drive made them trustworthy). Because they became so trusted by their rulers, they got seats of power. The Eastern Han Dynasty of China is a great example of how bad an idea it is to give people with no qualifications other than their lack of male pride spots in politics.

Corruption ran rampant. Taxes were levied left and right to feed the eunuchs and pay off the families that would help keep them in power. There were a lot of rebellions because of this, notably one by peasant farmers who tied yellow scarves around their heads and believed in magic. The Han Dynasty was rapidly coming to a close. The emperors grew less and less powerful as consorts and eunuchs became more and more powerful.

Again, men with no testosterone were ruling things in China toward the end of the second century AD.

The corruption was so bad, eventually a warlord and his brother came in and killed about 2000 eunuchs. The emperor and empress fled, only to later be taken in by a greedy and apparently incredibly obese warlord (in the romanticized story of all this, when that warlord died, they set his body on fire and the fat kept it burning for days… on a related note, who’s up for some barbecue later?). The land was in chaos.

Overall, it’s incredibly funny how all this translates so well into the modern era, right?

Today, we see plainly the eunuchs who allow for stagnation and corruption to continue. They look like us, color themselves like us and sometimes they talk like us. But the Republicans that have become a part of the stagnant establishment don’t have the testicular fortitude to fight for the country. They do what they can to stay paid off and do what they can to pay off others who support them and keep them in power. I’d also make the argument that the Democrats are either the consorts or, more likely, best represented by the greedy, obese warlord, but I have standards.

So, the question now is who is going to attack the Northern Palace and who will attack the Southern Palace? Who will throw the eunuchs out on their useless rears (because calling for Republicans’ deaths is a liberal tactic, not mine)? Well, we have a few already, but American politics are slightly more complex than ancient China’s. It involves a lot more support from the people and a lot less violent killing of enemies.

But it can be done. 2010 proved it. 2014, I strongly believe, can prove it. It only takes momentum, and that is something we can very easily do. Erick called for donations to Ken Cuccinelli last week. Don’t just stop there, folks. And don’t wait for calls to action. The eunuchs sit on their stagnant Congress and do nothing to advance the cause we elected them to advance. So, we flush them out and start over. And keep holding them accountable.

Find men with the stones to stand up for conservatism and support them however you can. Money, social media, word of mouth, whatever you’ve got. Also, I apologize for the not-very-family-friendly post.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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Excellent, excellent article and I am glad you posted it. I hope everyone will read it.

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