RFK, Jr.'s announcement of an alliance with Trump is another sign of the deepening schism among the West's ruling class, and *that* is something to celebrate.
Basically there are two sides in America. One side recognizes that America is in decline. The other side is busy looting what is left while distracting people with nonsense.
I agree that there is something to celebrate here, though I'm at a loss to describe it.
There does seem to be a new elite faction cobbling itself together. On the other hand, at a certain level of play the Blob has *always* contained rival factions who were either visibly at each other’s throats or quietly poisoning each other’s cocktails. "Bad guys also fight bad guys," in other words.
That said, even the rise of a new rival "bad guy" faction (if that's what this is) will likely produce a while bunch of interesting new tactical opportunities and exploits. Like the monsters in those old Godzilla flicks, they might be too busy fighting each other to notice the group of human nerds assembling their superweapon.
"That said, even the rise of a new rival "bad guy" faction (if that's what this is) will likely produce a while bunch of interesting new tactical opportunities and exploits."
The phrase "The formation of a counter-elite" immediately forked off a thread of thought in my mind to Turchin's cliometric framework and the concept of inter-elite struggle being a contributing factor to (or indicator of) the wheels coming off of societies.
It really is a win, though not the most significant one. I like the idea of having RFK and Gabbard in the cabinet, with some mild reservations. In a sane and decent world the Dems would get a trouncing at least as hard as the Tory Party recently had, but it looks like the race will be "tight". I don't like what that says about near future America.
Absent significant astroturfing and outright cheating the Dems would get that kind of a trouncing. If they successfully install Kamala, though, you can bet they will kick their cultural revolution into overdrive. We are really on the razors edge.
In the realm of democratic politics it's only cheating when you lose. The Dems already set the standard of *fortification*. If Republicans are serious about winning they'd better take up the new rules of the game.
RFK as Minister of State, Finance or the Director of the CIA would be cool. Can the POTUS bypass the intel committees and appoint the Director by EO decree?
The schism is the two party system that freezes out competition and forces everything into this simple minded binary. Oh you are For/Against Trump!!
And here we have an example of two different high profile former Democrats reaching across to find common ground. Both of them win with this arrangement.
More of this and less of Bush/Gore/Bush/Kerry/Obama/Obama II/ Obama III as our choices.
There’s a lot of evidence that the Israeli government or portions of it had a hand killing his uncle who refused to allow them to have nuclear weapons. I don’t know if it was weeks but soon after JFK’s death Lyndon Johnson handed Israel nuclear weapons
So Trump said he was going to release the long awaited classified files. I doubt that’s gonna happen because he won’t be able to support Israel. Once you find out they killed his uncle Meyer, Lansky and the mob and Israel
All I see is more jostling by the Uniparty to maintain the Punch and Judy Show illusion that there are two different parties rather than one party with two different puppets.
I see two puppetmasters fighting over who will be pulling the strings. It's still a puppet show, and the puppetmasters are not our friends, but while the puppetmasters are fighting among themselves, maybe a few of us can get free of our strings.
it is easy to say I agree. one would have to be naieve to not at least partially agree. And yet, I also see in my day to day interactions that people are waking up if ever so slowly.
Daniel: what is the pressure for them to rush things? I couldnt follow you logic on that
I can't speak for Daniel, but I think that they way they are behaving indicates that THEY feel under pressure, perhaps because they fear their time to pull off their slave planet dream is fast running out. Their power depends on secrecy and deception, and awareness of their methods and morals is spreading fast. Since Gaza, I'm seeing like a 10x or 100x increase in discussion of e.g. ziocons morality and apparent role in the JFK, RFK and JFK Jr. assassinations, 9/11, Epstein blackmail, &etc. We're not in 2001 any more. We're making breakthroughs in understanding the deviant psychology of our victimizers, e.g. https://ponerology.substack.com/p/the-bones-of-contention . Their time may be running out.
They appear to be rushing things, because they are pushing things too far, too quickly, when they do not need to, and it's backfiring on them. I discuss it a bit more in this post: https://aghostinthemachine.substack.com/p/signs-of-the-times
The ruling class has been universally supportive of White dispossession for almost 100 years. At no time has any member of the ruling class sided with the White population of any (formerly-majority) White territory *anywhere in the world*.
And you think that the some part of the elite is going to go against the rest of the ruling class? I don't. I think it's all smoke and mirrors designed to *get the right people* to march out in front of an emergent 'grass roots' movement so as to co-opt and defuse it.
But the simple reality is that *if* some member or members of 'the elite' want to do something, they can go ahead and do it. They didn't need our support creating this mess and they sure don't need our support to undo it.
Daniel, the mere fact that you call it an "elite" means that, even if it manages to evolve into a full-blown unstoppable elite, it will eventually turn into a tyranny, just like any other elite has ever done, and the qualifier "counter" will not change that 1 iota, except perhaps in terms of time, but even then ....
An elite is always, by definition, power-hungry. So, at the end of the day, the emergence of a counter-elite is nothing to celebrate at all, unless perhaps if you aim to be part of it.
Yeah but we can start from scratch and maybe have another 100 years of peace. This is why Jefferson was happy with a rebellion every 10 years or so. We’ve let this get way out of control.
My point is not to say the counter-elites are our friends, but rather to say that any division in the enemy camp that prevents them from focusing all their resources and attention on us, is a good thing. A counter-elite creates that kind of division in the enemy camp. Hence, it's a good thing.
I disagree. The counter-elite does not create a division in the enemy camp, instead it creates yet another division in our camp. A counter-elite is still an elite, and an elite, any elite, disdains the rest of humanity and is power hungry, and it is no different for what you call a counter-elite.
All they will do is create a veneer of "opposition" so as to confuse the plebs and keep them divided so the counter-elite can take over from the elite and continue the tyranny.
A counter-elite is a competing faction within the existing elites, jockeying for control of the regime. This is, by definition, a division among the elites. They cannot be united if they are fighting among themselves over who will be in control.
True, except if they are not really fighting. Look at the Dems and Reps, supposedly 2 competing parties. In reality they are 2 sides of the same coin: whichever party is running the show, the result is always the same, i.e. more wealth for the rich stolen from the (wo)men in the street.
Given that counter-elites are just as hungry as elites, if the former win it will just be a change of the guard with no significant result for "we the people".
This article is not about the search for a solution. Daniel believes he has discerned an important trend in U.S. society that he believes will bring an important, welcome change.
I dispute that. The only significant change will be a different gang in charge of robbing the masses, so it will be welcome for the counter-eilite.
You believe it will bring 100 years of peace, well that'll be the day because the U.S. has never been at peace for more than say 25 years. And the change of the guard won't do the trick.
Interesting perspective. And I don't think that the good cop, bad cop scenario is going on here. Not since O'Biden vs Bush. It's incredible O'Biden got a full term if you consider what everyone knows today.
Things have changed a bit once Americans got a taste of DJT because he always knew that Americans have to pull their weight too. For a democracy to work - again.
A lot of lazy and self-centered people in America always support the path of least resistance. The political faction knows that; and plays the same game on those idiots every time. These folks are what is wrong with America. Instant gratification socioeconomics. As if they believe a president can waive a magic wand that instantly changes the coarse of things by simply promising things.
When, the reality always ends up being the same or even worse because idiots believe in the impossible route instead of understanding that you have to fix the problem before you can start the process of rebuilding. That which takes time and EFFORT from not only the administration *and* WE THE PEOPLE are the ones that do the legwork. It's symbiotic and necessary for so-called democracy to work as designed. Mob rule doesn't work either unless the mob does something other than bully the lesser mob into doing the actual work.
Un-woke these idiots into reality first. Then we'll have a democracy.
Definitely, a democratic system is only as good as the people who comprise it. There's a method to the enemy's madness, with dumbing down the education system, poisoning the food supply, promoting addictive technologies and drugs, tearing down traditions, inverting natural hierarchies, etc.
Agreed, " etc." I really appreciate your reply, Daniel...
... I'll just add keeping the majority of the world population poor or on the brink of bankruptcy & stupid, lazy, fat, sick, distracted, and desperate as possible...
... and good luck to the O'Biden regime too; with that new Nazi slogan from their "fake" Harris-Bozo The Clown's "Opportunity Economy" commercials. Hah, ha, ha. lol 😂
That's classic. And any idiot that even thinks that is not commi - Marxist - socialism - robbery - unconstitutional or straight CCP rhetoric should go visit China; permanently.
Notwithstanding the so-called citizens thereof. Because we're all innocent people around the world. Enslaved by the monetary system, fiat currency, and taxation. Where we are basically funding lifestyles of the rich & oppressive.
Folks who keep believing we can be immune if you just sell-out, join the club, etc. Well, tell that to the one's who were on that mega-yaht that allegedly sank in Italy the other day. Oh, you can't because they're all deceased. Add them to the list.
*As Kennedy makes plain in his speech, one of his primary motives for aligning with Trump is their desire for peace with Russia and an end to the Ukraine War. Trump and RFK, Jr. may share the Neocons’ support for Israel, but they are not Neocons.*
You Make to many assumptions about the motives of Trump of RFK Jr.. They are owned by zionist, full stop.
Could be, and you are right to note that point of agreement. I do think they represent a real division among the elites in that, though the elites may be united in terms of their interests, they may be disunited in terms of who runs the show and whose methods are used. They are not our friends, but if rival factions are fighting for control of the regime, their divisions and infighting mean that they cannot devote 100% of their resources and attention to crushing us. That can create opportunities and openings for us.
Basically there are two sides in America. One side recognizes that America is in decline. The other side is busy looting what is left while distracting people with nonsense.
I agree that there is something to celebrate here, though I'm at a loss to describe it.
There does seem to be a new elite faction cobbling itself together. On the other hand, at a certain level of play the Blob has *always* contained rival factions who were either visibly at each other’s throats or quietly poisoning each other’s cocktails. "Bad guys also fight bad guys," in other words.
That said, even the rise of a new rival "bad guy" faction (if that's what this is) will likely produce a while bunch of interesting new tactical opportunities and exploits. Like the monsters in those old Godzilla flicks, they might be too busy fighting each other to notice the group of human nerds assembling their superweapon.
"That said, even the rise of a new rival "bad guy" faction (if that's what this is) will likely produce a while bunch of interesting new tactical opportunities and exploits."
Very well put!
The phrase "The formation of a counter-elite" immediately forked off a thread of thought in my mind to Turchin's cliometric framework and the concept of inter-elite struggle being a contributing factor to (or indicator of) the wheels coming off of societies.
It really is a win, though not the most significant one. I like the idea of having RFK and Gabbard in the cabinet, with some mild reservations. In a sane and decent world the Dems would get a trouncing at least as hard as the Tory Party recently had, but it looks like the race will be "tight". I don't like what that says about near future America.
Absent significant astroturfing and outright cheating the Dems would get that kind of a trouncing. If they successfully install Kamala, though, you can bet they will kick their cultural revolution into overdrive. We are really on the razors edge.
In the realm of democratic politics it's only cheating when you lose. The Dems already set the standard of *fortification*. If Republicans are serious about winning they'd better take up the new rules of the game.
RFK as Minister of State, Finance or the Director of the CIA would be cool. Can the POTUS bypass the intel committees and appoint the Director by EO decree?
Danged, I needed this tonight - thank you, good sir. *salute
Thanks!
The schism is the two party system that freezes out competition and forces everything into this simple minded binary. Oh you are For/Against Trump!!
And here we have an example of two different high profile former Democrats reaching across to find common ground. Both of them win with this arrangement.
More of this and less of Bush/Gore/Bush/Kerry/Obama/Obama II/ Obama III as our choices.
Look at you being all positive Dan! Nice article.
Thanks! Yeah, I’m not always successful, but I do try to find some kind of legitimate silver lining.
There’s a lot of evidence that the Israeli government or portions of it had a hand killing his uncle who refused to allow them to have nuclear weapons. I don’t know if it was weeks but soon after JFK’s death Lyndon Johnson handed Israel nuclear weapons
So Trump said he was going to release the long awaited classified files. I doubt that’s gonna happen because he won’t be able to support Israel. Once you find out they killed his uncle Meyer, Lansky and the mob and Israel
All I see is more jostling by the Uniparty to maintain the Punch and Judy Show illusion that there are two different parties rather than one party with two different puppets.
I see two puppetmasters fighting over who will be pulling the strings. It's still a puppet show, and the puppetmasters are not our friends, but while the puppetmasters are fighting among themselves, maybe a few of us can get free of our strings.
it is easy to say I agree. one would have to be naieve to not at least partially agree. And yet, I also see in my day to day interactions that people are waking up if ever so slowly.
Daniel: what is the pressure for them to rush things? I couldnt follow you logic on that
I can't speak for Daniel, but I think that they way they are behaving indicates that THEY feel under pressure, perhaps because they fear their time to pull off their slave planet dream is fast running out. Their power depends on secrecy and deception, and awareness of their methods and morals is spreading fast. Since Gaza, I'm seeing like a 10x or 100x increase in discussion of e.g. ziocons morality and apparent role in the JFK, RFK and JFK Jr. assassinations, 9/11, Epstein blackmail, &etc. We're not in 2001 any more. We're making breakthroughs in understanding the deviant psychology of our victimizers, e.g. https://ponerology.substack.com/p/the-bones-of-contention . Their time may be running out.
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They appear to be rushing things, because they are pushing things too far, too quickly, when they do not need to, and it's backfiring on them. I discuss it a bit more in this post: https://aghostinthemachine.substack.com/p/signs-of-the-times
'Waking up' to what? As long as *any party* is perceived as *more legitimate* than the other party, the puppet show will continue.
The goal of genuine revolutionaries is inducing a crisis of legitimacy while being prepared to take advantage of it.
“The goal of genuine revolutionaries as to be inducing a crisis of legitimacy while being prepared to take advantage of it.”
I think that's what infighting among the ruling class can do: create crises of legitimacy for the dissidents to take advantage of.
The ruling class has been universally supportive of White dispossession for almost 100 years. At no time has any member of the ruling class sided with the White population of any (formerly-majority) White territory *anywhere in the world*.
And you think that the some part of the elite is going to go against the rest of the ruling class? I don't. I think it's all smoke and mirrors designed to *get the right people* to march out in front of an emergent 'grass roots' movement so as to co-opt and defuse it.
But the simple reality is that *if* some member or members of 'the elite' want to do something, they can go ahead and do it. They didn't need our support creating this mess and they sure don't need our support to undo it.
The only actual opposition to the rising totalitarian state is the people's unity.
Daniel, the mere fact that you call it an "elite" means that, even if it manages to evolve into a full-blown unstoppable elite, it will eventually turn into a tyranny, just like any other elite has ever done, and the qualifier "counter" will not change that 1 iota, except perhaps in terms of time, but even then ....
An elite is always, by definition, power-hungry. So, at the end of the day, the emergence of a counter-elite is nothing to celebrate at all, unless perhaps if you aim to be part of it.
My apologies if I burst your bubble.
Yeah but we can start from scratch and maybe have another 100 years of peace. This is why Jefferson was happy with a rebellion every 10 years or so. We’ve let this get way out of control.
"We've let this get out of control" and now it won't happen anymore so we will have 100 years of peace the new, power-hungry elite will bestow on us?
Did you know that pigs can fly?
My point is not to say the counter-elites are our friends, but rather to say that any division in the enemy camp that prevents them from focusing all their resources and attention on us, is a good thing. A counter-elite creates that kind of division in the enemy camp. Hence, it's a good thing.
I disagree. The counter-elite does not create a division in the enemy camp, instead it creates yet another division in our camp. A counter-elite is still an elite, and an elite, any elite, disdains the rest of humanity and is power hungry, and it is no different for what you call a counter-elite.
All they will do is create a veneer of "opposition" so as to confuse the plebs and keep them divided so the counter-elite can take over from the elite and continue the tyranny.
A counter-elite is a competing faction within the existing elites, jockeying for control of the regime. This is, by definition, a division among the elites. They cannot be united if they are fighting among themselves over who will be in control.
True, except if they are not really fighting. Look at the Dems and Reps, supposedly 2 competing parties. In reality they are 2 sides of the same coin: whichever party is running the show, the result is always the same, i.e. more wealth for the rich stolen from the (wo)men in the street.
Given that counter-elites are just as hungry as elites, if the former win it will just be a change of the guard with no significant result for "we the people".
What’s your solution Ernesto? There’s always been, and always will be, the elites. Or do you think pigs can fly?
This article is not about the search for a solution. Daniel believes he has discerned an important trend in U.S. society that he believes will bring an important, welcome change.
I dispute that. The only significant change will be a different gang in charge of robbing the masses, so it will be welcome for the counter-eilite.
You believe it will bring 100 years of peace, well that'll be the day because the U.S. has never been at peace for more than say 25 years. And the change of the guard won't do the trick.
Interesting perspective. And I don't think that the good cop, bad cop scenario is going on here. Not since O'Biden vs Bush. It's incredible O'Biden got a full term if you consider what everyone knows today.
Things have changed a bit once Americans got a taste of DJT because he always knew that Americans have to pull their weight too. For a democracy to work - again.
A lot of lazy and self-centered people in America always support the path of least resistance. The political faction knows that; and plays the same game on those idiots every time. These folks are what is wrong with America. Instant gratification socioeconomics. As if they believe a president can waive a magic wand that instantly changes the coarse of things by simply promising things.
When, the reality always ends up being the same or even worse because idiots believe in the impossible route instead of understanding that you have to fix the problem before you can start the process of rebuilding. That which takes time and EFFORT from not only the administration *and* WE THE PEOPLE are the ones that do the legwork. It's symbiotic and necessary for so-called democracy to work as designed. Mob rule doesn't work either unless the mob does something other than bully the lesser mob into doing the actual work.
Un-woke these idiots into reality first. Then we'll have a democracy.
Definitely, a democratic system is only as good as the people who comprise it. There's a method to the enemy's madness, with dumbing down the education system, poisoning the food supply, promoting addictive technologies and drugs, tearing down traditions, inverting natural hierarchies, etc.
Agreed, " etc." I really appreciate your reply, Daniel...
... I'll just add keeping the majority of the world population poor or on the brink of bankruptcy & stupid, lazy, fat, sick, distracted, and desperate as possible...
... and good luck to the O'Biden regime too; with that new Nazi slogan from their "fake" Harris-Bozo The Clown's "Opportunity Economy" commercials. Hah, ha, ha. lol 😂
That's classic. And any idiot that even thinks that is not commi - Marxist - socialism - robbery - unconstitutional or straight CCP rhetoric should go visit China; permanently.
Notwithstanding the so-called citizens thereof. Because we're all innocent people around the world. Enslaved by the monetary system, fiat currency, and taxation. Where we are basically funding lifestyles of the rich & oppressive.
Folks who keep believing we can be immune if you just sell-out, join the club, etc. Well, tell that to the one's who were on that mega-yaht that allegedly sank in Italy the other day. Oh, you can't because they're all deceased. Add them to the list.
Are we all WOKE enough, yet⁉️
[Insert Memes Here] lol,
(I'm not really laughing. 😱)
*As Kennedy makes plain in his speech, one of his primary motives for aligning with Trump is their desire for peace with Russia and an end to the Ukraine War. Trump and RFK, Jr. may share the Neocons’ support for Israel, but they are not Neocons.*
You Make to many assumptions about the motives of Trump of RFK Jr.. They are owned by zionist, full stop.
https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/25-times-trump-has-been-dangerously-hawkish-on-russia-ada915b07f97
Could be, and you are right to note that point of agreement. I do think they represent a real division among the elites in that, though the elites may be united in terms of their interests, they may be disunited in terms of who runs the show and whose methods are used. They are not our friends, but if rival factions are fighting for control of the regime, their divisions and infighting mean that they cannot devote 100% of their resources and attention to crushing us. That can create opportunities and openings for us.
Trump should really have appointed Kennedy as his VP rather than that shyster Vance.
Tim Walz is a certifiably unglued. https://shorturl.at/TPFWD
Harris supporters remind me of the Manson Family. https://tinyurl.com/thcrs3z
The tampons in the boys bathroom is really peak clownworld.