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I can’t think of another time when the entire nation has been so mesmerized by a new president’s picks. The high engagement is remarkable, because it shows we now all believe everything matters in a way it didn’t before, and this is true of people on both the right and the left. But there's this other thing, where it's almost like those lab beagles who step onto the grass for the first time after being rescued. It feels *new*. I think the doubts for me come from two places. One is that Trump is a circuitous rather than a direct route, whereas if we had someone like Lee Kuan Yew or Nayib Bukele, we could turn this whole country around in an absolute U-turn. My other doubt stems from the idea that there are true psychopaths on the other side. As non-psychopaths, we can’t really envision what they are capable of doing next. World War 3 is just one possibility. As Musk said, “The Matrix will fight back.”

All that said, it was an amazing comeback for Trump and for all of us, and I continue to believe we can turn this thing around. I hope this all makes sense -- I think everybody in my house has covid again, so I'm feeling pretty fuzzy-headed... :(

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That brain fog from covid is brutal. Best wishes on a swift recovery.

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Thank you, I'm already feeling better (but still foggy).

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You raise an important point about people's rekindled interest and cautious optimism: there really has been a palpable shift in the Zeitgeist. I have no idea how it works, but on some level, the cause-and-effect relationship between "reality" and perception gets complicated and a shift in the Zeitgeist really does signal a shift in the underlying reality.

The psychopaths on the other side absolutely will fight back, though. We might be at the beginning of what could be a harrowing roller coaster ride, depending on how they try to reestablish control of the situation, or maybe they will back off a bit, regroup, and go for more subtle methods. Either way, we're 1000% better off with Trump in office than we would have been under Kamala. The psychopaths are not omniscient or infallible. They do make mistakes, and this may have been one of them. Moreover, the more complicated the psychopaths' plans, the more likely they will go awry, presenting us with solid opportunities. And if enough people believe that great things are possible, that belief could become a self-fulfilling prophecy; more people will be in a state of mind to recognize and exploit the errors the psychopaths make. This has tremendous potential upside, and no downside.

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Glad you've noticed that Nick's focus on the bad behavior of an alien group does not benefit us. Jason makes the case brilliantly https://youtu.be/01OF3SC9xwI?t=3688 that the anti-Jew movement is a psyop designed to steer us away from positive strategies that work to recapture our well-being. He identifies the anti-Jewish movement as the AIDS of the White race. It's never worked for us, even when we had countries that were 90% White and rich industrialists on our side. Rather than centering others in our story, we need to center OUR PEOPLE in our story. The anti-Jew movement is the biggest hurdle to the White race recapturing our destiny.

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Very true and critically important! Owen Benjamin has been consistently on point with exposing the insidious influence of victim consciousness, whether it's the blacks or the Jews ... or the whites. While acknowledging realities that contradict mainstream historical narratives is essential, we have to do it without becoming the very thing we're opposing.

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