Sometimes i wiil hear someone making fun of the 2012 Apocalypse. I will usually deadpan, does it seem to you like everything is better, or has it totally gone to shit?
2012 was also about the time the smartphone went mainstream.
I totally agree. If liberals take power after this it wiil be a tsunami of immigration, but also be about equity by technocratic dictate, property seizure, to bribe and entice more immigrants with. A kind of new Homestead Act except it will be mostly land transfer, white people taken from this time instead of natives and the fronteir.
Trump is prioritizing criminal illegal immigrants -- which is getting a lot of pushback because many of them have been here a while.
If he focused on the low hanging fruit -- those let in during the last couple of years -- he wouldn't have the due process headaches. Hopefully, he will pivot to the low hanging fruit if he gets bogged down deporting the gang members.
From Grok, which I asked about Toynbee: "Arnold Toynbee, in his work A Study of History, argued that civilizations often face crises where the leaders who rise to power by identifying or exploiting a problem are not necessarily equipped to solve it. He suggested that the qualities needed to gain leadership—such as charisma, rhetorical skill, or political maneuvering—differ from those required to address complex challenges effectively, like strategic vision, technical expertise, or sustained commitment. Toynbee observed that societies in decline often produce 'dominant minorities' or leaders who excel at seizing control during turmoil but fail to provide creative solutions, leading to further stagnation or collapse. Instead, he emphasized the need for 'creative minorities' who can inspire and implement transformative change, though such leaders are rarer and often emerge only when a society is open to renewal." It could be that Trump is the man who could beat the system enough to get elected, and who even accurately understands our problems, but, also, he's not the man who can fix it -- as has apparently happened enough times that Toynbee recognized the pattern.
Sometimes i wiil hear someone making fun of the 2012 Apocalypse. I will usually deadpan, does it seem to you like everything is better, or has it totally gone to shit?
2012 was also about the time the smartphone went mainstream.
I totally agree. If liberals take power after this it wiil be a tsunami of immigration, but also be about equity by technocratic dictate, property seizure, to bribe and entice more immigrants with. A kind of new Homestead Act except it will be mostly land transfer, white people taken from this time instead of natives and the fronteir.
Trump is prioritizing criminal illegal immigrants -- which is getting a lot of pushback because many of them have been here a while.
If he focused on the low hanging fruit -- those let in during the last couple of years -- he wouldn't have the due process headaches. Hopefully, he will pivot to the low hanging fruit if he gets bogged down deporting the gang members.
Does this mean that criminal illegal aliens get more legal protection than ordinary illegal aliens? If so, why not switch tactics immediately?
From Grok, which I asked about Toynbee: "Arnold Toynbee, in his work A Study of History, argued that civilizations often face crises where the leaders who rise to power by identifying or exploiting a problem are not necessarily equipped to solve it. He suggested that the qualities needed to gain leadership—such as charisma, rhetorical skill, or political maneuvering—differ from those required to address complex challenges effectively, like strategic vision, technical expertise, or sustained commitment. Toynbee observed that societies in decline often produce 'dominant minorities' or leaders who excel at seizing control during turmoil but fail to provide creative solutions, leading to further stagnation or collapse. Instead, he emphasized the need for 'creative minorities' who can inspire and implement transformative change, though such leaders are rarer and often emerge only when a society is open to renewal." It could be that Trump is the man who could beat the system enough to get elected, and who even accurately understands our problems, but, also, he's not the man who can fix it -- as has apparently happened enough times that Toynbee recognized the pattern.
Great essay. Our fate as a people does indeed depend upon the success of the Trump administration in its efforts to deport Biden’s millions.