I’m allowing myself to feel hopeful. The top piece on the Wall Street Journal this morning details actual plans for getting the ball rolling on mass deportations. It’s strange to think this second term administration will likely be more successful than if it had won in 2020. The abject disaster of the Biden administration and four more years of the media hysterically discrediting itself seems to have provided the counterfactual necessary for voters to give Trump 2.0 an undeniable mandate.
And from the perspective of touching grass and enjoying my real life: even if this is just a reprieve from the endless advance of militantly secular managerialism, the discourse has, for the moment, chilled out a bit IRL. Powerful liberals in the media do not seem to have learned their lesson, but the rank and file Democrats in my life seem to have understood this victory in a way they did not in 2016 or 2020. If these next four years go even moderately well while the media remains shrill and ignorant of reality, there may be great opportunity ahead.
"I am purposely ignoring the blackpillers who say this is all some 7-D chess by an impossibly omniscient ruling cabal, who had everything planned far in advance."
I think eugyppius has made a great point on this: as evil as the cabal is, they are not omniscient and they still have to operate with a fig leaf of restraint because if they go full communist totalitarian there's no going back for them. There's a core of true believers that surely wouldn't care if and when that time comes, but it will be at the risk of losing a host of normie supporters that absolutely will care that the last peaceful norms have been broken.
First off I want to say thank you for getting it. Am baffled that so many people didn’t. I have heard numerous times “It doesn’t matter” or “your vote doesn’t count.” That has been the most effective psyop ever pushed on the right. There’s a difference, a big damn difference.
For starters everything you stated about what the left planned on doing to us after the pesky election is accurate. The first item on the agenda was to rev up Censorship Inc as their top surrogates told us out loud this time. Vance just warned the EU to back off X or the US might pull out of NATO. Had the unthinkable happened poor Elon and X would have had lawsuits flying at him from every Western Nation in existence. A total coordinated effort to bring it down. The other sites would then adhere to rules.
What frustrated me is our ticket was almost punched by early 2022. That was the end for America and freedom as we know it. Elon had remained apolitical at that time aside from moving his biz to TX. I suspect they (deep state) let the deal go down because they were not threatened by him. I also have a theory that the goal was to cock block Trump’s Truth Social (just a guess).
We got extremely lucky and now we must make it count. I didn’t even give much thought to how Trump would govern. To me it was a moot point because the alternative was a death sentence.
I saw a video about a week out from EM Burlingame. He spoke about the 2 factions of elites. On one side you have the Responsible’s and other the Resentful’s. The host of the podcast Mike asked him how Trump could ever hope to win after what happened in 2020. EM said that there had been numerous lawsuits that had quietly taken place the last 4 years. He said widespread fraud had been well defined but no one (judge or sheriff, etc) wanted to be responsible for starting a civil war. The precedent these lawsuits set was the reason the Dems couldn’t do their mail in tricks. In Many states they tried to screw with the rules again but this year they were rejected. So that’s my best explanation of what happened.
Like I said I am elated for the simple reason of what we avoided. Here is that podcast if you care to view it. I had never heard of him before but I am listening to him now when I can find him.
Thanks! I will check out that podcast. If we ever get *real* investigation into the corruption of the past five years (including the astroturfing behind 2020 riots and the election fraud and of course COVID), enough smoking guns would be unearthed to show us the fate we averted.
The parties have rotated on the liberty-equality playing field. Notice that there are two former Democratic presidential hopefuls on Trump's transition team. True populists who act instead of muttering conspiracy theories are gathering.
I am choosing cautious optimism Americans will rally with Trump to dismantle the deep state. His recent videos outlining his intent for taking down the deep state and smashing the censorship complex are very encouraging.
I choose to believe in something positive and meaningful, a new era and restoration of America.
Not blackpilling, but I do believe it’s likely we are approaching several Extinction Level Events. In which case, peace among neighbors will be like gold.
I’m happy Trump was elected, hopeful the transition of power goes easy, and doubtful we will see the crazies come to their senses any time soon. It will require much patience.
You never know. That could be why some of the elites went over to Trump's side -- or at least didn't actively support Harris. Maybe they know something we don't about what's coming, and they knew a bunch of diversity hires in key positions would undermine their own chances of making it through these black swan events.
I'm pretty blackpilled. The Federal Deficit continues to grow without bounds, and Trump's first term spending doesn't inspire confidence. While I'm modestly hopeful that Elon and the Department Of Government Efficiency can reduce spending somewhat, I still expect the US Govt to crash and burn somewhere in the mid 2030s.
That said, I still voted Trump, as Harris was obviously worse on every single dimension.
You bring up a legitimate issue with the unsustainable debt levels. We're still close to the edge of the cliff: Harris would have steered us towards the cliff and hit the gas; whereas Trump's victory seems to have hit the breaks on that -- for now. It will definitely be an uphill battle going forward, and it's possible that we could still skid off the cliff later, but at least we have a real possibility of turning things around. With a Harris administration, that would not be possible.
"That said, I still voted Trump, as Harris was obviously worse on every single dimension." I am certain that the best qualified people to run this country don't want the job or couldn't get vetted by the political machine in any event. So, for me, it always comes down to voting for the lesser of two evils. To an observant person, it would seem to be easy to compare Trump and Biden's records and even discounting issues of "evil" (subjective or obvious) pick the right guy to be the next President. I never had any doubts...and if I did, and I didn't, I told myself, "Dale, you wishy-washy wavering POS, don't you remember that President who Svengalied a young intern into performing oral sodomy on him in the Oval Office some 28 years ago? Do you want a new President catching instead of pitching every day in that same hallowed office?" My answer was "Nope". I voted for Trump, as if I didn't have another hundred reasons.
Don’t be too afraid of the debt. We have ways out of it without causing a complete societal meltdown. That horrible thought has plagued me since the lockdowns. It used to really scare me man. To the point where I would need to have a drink or something. Technically as long as the USD is king they can get extremely aggressive with their printing. No doubt there has to be a line in the sand somewhere. Worst case we may have to default. Hopefully the big govt and military cuts and same fiscal policy can avoid that. I can tell you that scenario I would envision is why I started prepping to some degree. Vance talked about this a bit in his podcast with Tucker. One of the reasons I watched so many things like that was to read their body language. See if they looked worried about anything.
What complicates it is, more debt is how they create more money. That's why even during the latter years of the Clinton Administration, when the budget was balanced, they didn't pay down the debt at all, because that would have constricted the money supply. We're basically locked into a debt/inflation cycle that cannot be changed absent some major overhauls to the entire monetary system. Will they do that? Trump's people are retweeting Ron Paul now, so it's possible, though admittedly a long shot. Hopefully Trump will be the 21st Century Andrew Jackson. If he does this, that would be the greatest thing an American President has done ever. He would deserve to be on Mt. Rushmore for that.
Unapologetically black pilled. You ought to regularly refer back to this post over the next four years. Own your take. Anyhow, even if you do, I’m confident you’ll just pivot. Ugh.
I’m allowing myself to feel hopeful. The top piece on the Wall Street Journal this morning details actual plans for getting the ball rolling on mass deportations. It’s strange to think this second term administration will likely be more successful than if it had won in 2020. The abject disaster of the Biden administration and four more years of the media hysterically discrediting itself seems to have provided the counterfactual necessary for voters to give Trump 2.0 an undeniable mandate.
And from the perspective of touching grass and enjoying my real life: even if this is just a reprieve from the endless advance of militantly secular managerialism, the discourse has, for the moment, chilled out a bit IRL. Powerful liberals in the media do not seem to have learned their lesson, but the rank and file Democrats in my life seem to have understood this victory in a way they did not in 2016 or 2020. If these next four years go even moderately well while the media remains shrill and ignorant of reality, there may be great opportunity ahead.
"I am purposely ignoring the blackpillers who say this is all some 7-D chess by an impossibly omniscient ruling cabal, who had everything planned far in advance."
I think eugyppius has made a great point on this: as evil as the cabal is, they are not omniscient and they still have to operate with a fig leaf of restraint because if they go full communist totalitarian there's no going back for them. There's a core of true believers that surely wouldn't care if and when that time comes, but it will be at the risk of losing a host of normie supporters that absolutely will care that the last peaceful norms have been broken.
First off I want to say thank you for getting it. Am baffled that so many people didn’t. I have heard numerous times “It doesn’t matter” or “your vote doesn’t count.” That has been the most effective psyop ever pushed on the right. There’s a difference, a big damn difference.
For starters everything you stated about what the left planned on doing to us after the pesky election is accurate. The first item on the agenda was to rev up Censorship Inc as their top surrogates told us out loud this time. Vance just warned the EU to back off X or the US might pull out of NATO. Had the unthinkable happened poor Elon and X would have had lawsuits flying at him from every Western Nation in existence. A total coordinated effort to bring it down. The other sites would then adhere to rules.
What frustrated me is our ticket was almost punched by early 2022. That was the end for America and freedom as we know it. Elon had remained apolitical at that time aside from moving his biz to TX. I suspect they (deep state) let the deal go down because they were not threatened by him. I also have a theory that the goal was to cock block Trump’s Truth Social (just a guess).
We got extremely lucky and now we must make it count. I didn’t even give much thought to how Trump would govern. To me it was a moot point because the alternative was a death sentence.
I saw a video about a week out from EM Burlingame. He spoke about the 2 factions of elites. On one side you have the Responsible’s and other the Resentful’s. The host of the podcast Mike asked him how Trump could ever hope to win after what happened in 2020. EM said that there had been numerous lawsuits that had quietly taken place the last 4 years. He said widespread fraud had been well defined but no one (judge or sheriff, etc) wanted to be responsible for starting a civil war. The precedent these lawsuits set was the reason the Dems couldn’t do their mail in tricks. In Many states they tried to screw with the rules again but this year they were rejected. So that’s my best explanation of what happened.
Like I said I am elated for the simple reason of what we avoided. Here is that podcast if you care to view it. I had never heard of him before but I am listening to him now when I can find him.
https://rumble.com/v5kr8et-coffee-and-a-mike-em-burlingame-what-the-resentful-might-do.html
Thanks! I will check out that podcast. If we ever get *real* investigation into the corruption of the past five years (including the astroturfing behind 2020 riots and the election fraud and of course COVID), enough smoking guns would be unearthed to show us the fate we averted.
The parties have rotated on the liberty-equality playing field. Notice that there are two former Democratic presidential hopefuls on Trump's transition team. True populists who act instead of muttering conspiracy theories are gathering.
I'm in my happy place.
Well stated. The genius is an equal opportunity disorienter.
I am choosing cautious optimism Americans will rally with Trump to dismantle the deep state. His recent videos outlining his intent for taking down the deep state and smashing the censorship complex are very encouraging.
I choose to believe in something positive and meaningful, a new era and restoration of America.
Not blackpilling, but I do believe it’s likely we are approaching several Extinction Level Events. In which case, peace among neighbors will be like gold.
I’m happy Trump was elected, hopeful the transition of power goes easy, and doubtful we will see the crazies come to their senses any time soon. It will require much patience.
You never know. That could be why some of the elites went over to Trump's side -- or at least didn't actively support Harris. Maybe they know something we don't about what's coming, and they knew a bunch of diversity hires in key positions would undermine their own chances of making it through these black swan events.
Apparently the Dems and Celebs have a sudden trip to Antarctica planned again, just like 2016.
Interesting. There's definitely something unusual about Antarctica, and the official narrative just raises more questions than it answers.
I'm pretty blackpilled. The Federal Deficit continues to grow without bounds, and Trump's first term spending doesn't inspire confidence. While I'm modestly hopeful that Elon and the Department Of Government Efficiency can reduce spending somewhat, I still expect the US Govt to crash and burn somewhere in the mid 2030s.
That said, I still voted Trump, as Harris was obviously worse on every single dimension.
You bring up a legitimate issue with the unsustainable debt levels. We're still close to the edge of the cliff: Harris would have steered us towards the cliff and hit the gas; whereas Trump's victory seems to have hit the breaks on that -- for now. It will definitely be an uphill battle going forward, and it's possible that we could still skid off the cliff later, but at least we have a real possibility of turning things around. With a Harris administration, that would not be possible.
Exactly. Lionel Shriver's _The Mandibles_ continues to be prophecy.
"That said, I still voted Trump, as Harris was obviously worse on every single dimension." I am certain that the best qualified people to run this country don't want the job or couldn't get vetted by the political machine in any event. So, for me, it always comes down to voting for the lesser of two evils. To an observant person, it would seem to be easy to compare Trump and Biden's records and even discounting issues of "evil" (subjective or obvious) pick the right guy to be the next President. I never had any doubts...and if I did, and I didn't, I told myself, "Dale, you wishy-washy wavering POS, don't you remember that President who Svengalied a young intern into performing oral sodomy on him in the Oval Office some 28 years ago? Do you want a new President catching instead of pitching every day in that same hallowed office?" My answer was "Nope". I voted for Trump, as if I didn't have another hundred reasons.
Don’t be too afraid of the debt. We have ways out of it without causing a complete societal meltdown. That horrible thought has plagued me since the lockdowns. It used to really scare me man. To the point where I would need to have a drink or something. Technically as long as the USD is king they can get extremely aggressive with their printing. No doubt there has to be a line in the sand somewhere. Worst case we may have to default. Hopefully the big govt and military cuts and same fiscal policy can avoid that. I can tell you that scenario I would envision is why I started prepping to some degree. Vance talked about this a bit in his podcast with Tucker. One of the reasons I watched so many things like that was to read their body language. See if they looked worried about anything.
What complicates it is, more debt is how they create more money. That's why even during the latter years of the Clinton Administration, when the budget was balanced, they didn't pay down the debt at all, because that would have constricted the money supply. We're basically locked into a debt/inflation cycle that cannot be changed absent some major overhauls to the entire monetary system. Will they do that? Trump's people are retweeting Ron Paul now, so it's possible, though admittedly a long shot. Hopefully Trump will be the 21st Century Andrew Jackson. If he does this, that would be the greatest thing an American President has done ever. He would deserve to be on Mt. Rushmore for that.
Unapologetically black pilled. You ought to regularly refer back to this post over the next four years. Own your take. Anyhow, even if you do, I’m confident you’ll just pivot. Ugh.