The morning after Election Day, I read the news that Trump had clearly and incontrovertibly won, and I felt a tangible weight lift from my soul. If America is a cancer patient, Trump’s victory was like getting a report that the treatment appears to have been successful, and that the cancer is now in remission. America may not be cancer free, but our situation is not as bad as it once was — and it’s not nearly as bad as it would have been if Kamala the Cackling Commie had won.
In this episode, we discuss what Trump’s victory means. Worst case scenario? What’s coming our way is still coming, but we now have more time and better circumstances under which to prepare. Best case scenario? Trump’s reelection will prove to be one of those pivotal events that tangibly shifts the zeitgeist towards a better and brighter future. Potentially, the sky’s the limit — literally.
Now that the election is over, it’s easy to be dismissive of pre-election anxieties. Hindsight is really not 20/20 when it comes to appreciating what the mood was just two weeks ago, let alone two years ago. I reference the following posts to put both pre-election anxieties, and post-election sighs of relief, into context:
The Weeks When Decades Happen by
(from October 24, 2024):
And Doomer Optimism: What I See Coming and How I’m Preparing by Tucker Max (from December 29, 2021):
https://www.tuckermax.com/doomer-optimism-what-i-see-coming-how-im-preparing/
At the time they were written, both of these posts expressed very reasonable causes for concern about the future. I picked these two posts, but there are so many others I could have used (like the excellent American Eschaton by Tree of Woe, from September 2023) to demonstrate where we were, not all that long ago. We really don’t know, and will probably never know, just how close to the edge we were.
Certainly, we are not in the clear yet. Inauguration Day is the next big milestone, and a lot can happen before then. But we are in far better position now than we would have been if Harris had won, or if Trump had eked out a doubtful win that the Democrats could plausibly challenge in the courts.
And if all goes well, and if enough of us start believing that we can create something great and glorious as a civilization, then we just might actually do it. God only knows what Trump’s victory could ultimately mean. Truly, as
observed, “The Mandate of Heaven has settled upon him.”[Note: if you’re listening to this on a podcast app or streaming platform, check out the Substack page for this episode at aghostinthemachine.substack.com/p/trumps-win-gave-us-a-reprieve to view any embedded media, and kindly like, leave a comment, and share if the spirit moved you. Thanks!]
Trump's Win Gave Us a Reprieve