Musk is better than Zuckerberg, RFK Jr is better than Fauci, Carlson is better than Maddow, Trump is better than Harris. Modern history has provided many examples of societies that failed to stop communism when they still could have, and having failed to do that fell into communist massacres that killed tens of millions while also completely destroying their cultures. The two main examples are Russia and China. Many in Russia were aware of the danger of communism many decades before the nation was destroyed. Too many of those who were aware played nice, dithered, were complacent, did nothing when they could have done a lot. We are now living in something akin to early 20th Century Russia. Is today 1905, 1912, 1914? I don’t know but we are close to full totalitarian takeover and destruction that will be every bit as bad as what happened to Russia. It won’t be called communism but it will be a civilizational disaster. This applies to every nation in the collective West and all of our closest allies, like Japan, Taiwan, etc. It is the West that is going to fall hard, not just USA, UK, NZ, or whatever single nation you choose to focus on.
There is an argument out there that it’s all a circus. The elite have total control. Trump has been chosen to usher in digital IDs and currency. Etc. There is truth to this POV and it should be kept in mind that we are not going to get a perfect government. Digital everything is probably inevitable, including digital babies. We live in a quickly evolving world and we have to negotiate that. But remember, Russia could have saved itself if it had reformed in time. It didn’t, so the Bolsheviks won and destroyed everything. If it weren’t for Putin, Russia would look like Ukraine today. Making the right choices in muddled circumstances is the mark of great thinkers. It’s never all black-and-white. ABN
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