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All eyes are on Donald Trump as he moves into the White House for his second term as president. Expectations are high that he and his associates will be able to resuscitate a once-great nation that has fallen into disarray. We are all breathing a huge sigh of relief, as if waking from a nightmare. No matter what Trump & Co. are able (or not able) to accomplish, we dodged a bullet. Even in the waning days of the Biden regime, the scoundrels demonstrated on a daily basis the depth of their depravity. Never has America been subjected to the rule of such wretched swine.
There have been signs of life in the body politic, as the nation shakes off its chains. One example is the shunning of Woke ideology in the corporate world. Another is legislative initiatives that seek to restore integrity to our broken election process. Despite the encouraging trend, we cannot be complacent. The road to recovery has only just begun. We must applaud whenever positive steps are taken by the new administration, but push back whenever they stray from effective tactics. Foremost in our minds should be the words of that shrewd observer of the political scene, Curtis Yarvin: “Progressives do not believe in the American system of government, only in power. Conservatives do not believe in power, only in the American system of government. Therefore, progressives always win and conservatives always lose.” Never forget this profound insight, not for a minute. The Left is all about power, and they will do everything and anything to attain and hold it. Unfortunately, too many Conservatives view them as the “opposition” (albeit one that is increasingly unhinged) with whom we engage in debate and rational discourse. Does anyone really think it is possible to “reach across the aisle,” to have a rational discussion with the lunatics that spearhead the Democratic Party? They are at war with European civilization, and view it as an enemy to be annihilated. To borrow a phrase from Nietzsche, we let them become our priesthood when we should have been building madhouses for them. If one side wages war, the other must respond appropriately or face defeat. I have previously written about several requirements of this appropriate response; for example, imposing severe consequences, especially prison time, as a punishment and deterrent for Leftist criminality and treason. I now wish to elucidate an additional requirement: the avoidance of blind alleys, rabbit holes, and wild goose chases. Our side has pursued many of these, and the Left is only too happy to assist us in this labor. “Point at a deer and call it a horse,” as the Chinese say. Following are a few of these counterproductive pursuits. Some are total fiction; some are half-truths; some are merely inconsequential. All are wastes of time, energy, and money. All prevent us from concentrating on the true sources and mechanics of Leftist power. Constant awareness of these traps is critical, as the Left will surely exploit every possible weakness in order to sabotage America’s renaissance. 1. The sky is falling. This category of wild goose chase includes UFOs, drones, spy balloons, chemtrails, and weather control. Sometimes I feel as if we’re living in a cheesy 1950s sci-fi flick. Does anyone remember these things more than two weeks after the initial huffing and puffing dies down? Classic fearmongering and don’t-look-here-look-there. 2. The man behind the curtain. Some among us think they are being sophisticated by insisting that, for any outrage from the Left, there is ultimately some small clique pulling the strings behind the scenes. The people you see, so goes the story, are merely puppets. Now, of course there are big fish and little fish, officers and soldiers, opinion-makers and useful idiots. But the argument is carried to extremes. Whenever you point to a powerful person who has caused significant damage, well, “he’s just a pawn.” No matter how high up the food chain, there is always an unnamed Wizard of Oz behind the curtain. The result of this line of thinking: We are hindered from focusing our efforts. A variant of the man-behind-the-curtain rabbit hole is “all wars are bankers’ wars.” When I hear this historically illiterate assertion, I can’t help thinking of two primitive tribes battling it out in the Kalahari Desert or the rain forests of the Amazon. The people who are mouthing this gibberish are usually well-intentioned folk who are overly focused on the financial and banking system. Once again, if you zoom in on a bad actor high up in the financial world, you'll be told that “he’s just a puppet; the central banks control everything.” No, they don’t. Powerful, yes; all-powerful, no. 3. The one percenters. This amorphous statistical entity is supposedly the cause of numerous ills. The allegations, however, are merely repackaged, reheated Marxist blather. In fact, whenever income percentile is cited as if it were some sort of ethnic group, the alarm bells should be ringing. It is a prime example of, to use the Marxist term of art, false consciousness. The Leftist Establishment does of course include plenty of ultra-wealthy individuals, but it also counts among its key personnel many who are not in that category. Conversely, many people with deep pockets are in our camp, or at least willing to “play ball.” 4. Q-Anon, “trust the plan,” 4d chess, etc. If, God forbid, as in Trump 1.0 things turn sour, may we have the strength to look reality in the eye, and not comfort ourselves by believing in fantasy worlds, some of which are of dubious origin. 5. Bitcoin. An enormous reservoir of anti-Establishment energy was squandered on the blind alley of crypto-currency. We all witnessed the endless parade of young “influencers,” with a twinkle in their eye, who tried to explain to us old geezers how their electronic messiah was going to usher in the Libertarian paradise. What can you expect from a generation that grew up with computer screens more familiar to them than their mother’s face? Anyone with a rudimentary command of logic could see that this paean to nothingness was going to end badly. Whether Bitcoin was a preplanned Deep State psy-op, or they simply hopped on the bandwagon, the early promise of an escape from government control has evaporated, leaving nothing but raw greed in its place. Let us hope that the pro-Bitcoin proposals coming from Mr. Trump were just so much campaign rhetoric, and soon will be shelved. Wowie-zowie tech stuff, such as muh Blockchain, is not going to defeat the Left. Stick to the basics. 6. Ultra-processed foods. Certainly, many ingredients and processes involved in food production are hazardous to our health, but going too far down this path deflects our attention from the immediate and drastic threats to our food supply. These are, first and foremost, mRNA-based genetic manipulation, as well as the destruction of livestock on the pretext of “bird flu” or some such hysteria. I trust that RFK Jr. and his lieutenants are fully aware of the situation, and will act swiftly and decisively. 7. Gain of function. One of the most difficult things for a person to admit is that he was played for a sucker. Almost all of our people realize that the secondary effects of the scamdemic were atrocious: lockdowns, destruction of small business, fiscal and monetary incontinence, masks, social distancing, etc. A smaller but still significant number acknowledge the lethal nature of the jabs. But far too few could resist the myth that some horrible new disease was spreading like wildfire through the population. The Left has gleefully exploited this propaganda victory, deflecting our potential scrutiny onto narratives of Chinese conspiracies, lab leaks, gain of function, withholding Ivermectin, and other irrelevant sideshows. Meanwhile, the perpetrators of the real psy-op, at the heart of the scamdemic, scurry off into the darkness. Consider for example the decision-makers in mass media, who dutifully disseminated, in lock-step, the fabricated “science” coming out of the Pharmaceutical-Industrial Complex. Their preemptive response to potential accusations of malfeasance: CHINA! LAB LEAKS! FAUCI LET THE COOTIES OUT! No, what Fauci did was to serve as the kind, grandfatherly face of what was possibly the greatest lie in the history of man.
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Bitcoin is again capturing headlines, due to its recent dramatic surge in price, and to the notable personalities and institutions that have hitched their wagon to the crypto train.
Who invented it, and why, are questions open to debate. What seems incontrovertible, however, is that Bitcoin is a massive speculative bubble, a latter-day tulip mania, a Ponzi scheme that requires ever-increasing infusions of new cash. This need is so great that the bagholder of last resort may very well be that endless fount of liquidity, the U.S. government itself. Witness the declarations of President-elect Donald Trump and others indicating the possibility of purchases by the Treasury. Moreover, it appears that enormous sums are already being channeled from Bitcoin into government bonds, via “Tether.” Does anyone still claim that Bitcoin is a form of money? In the heady early days, many naive Libertarian types succumbed to the hype, proudly announcing a “digital gold,” a ticket to financial freedom, beyond the control of rapacious governments and central banks. Although most of the major players currently are big-money types who cynically (and now openly) manipulate the suckers, one can still find die-hard coiners of the old school. In a recent debate, Peter Schiff went head-to-head with Robert Breedlove, a youngish defender of the faith. Schiff easily demonstrated that Bitcoin is in reality “nothing,” and has none of the key characteristics of true money. The one exchange between the two men that stuck in my mind was related to the notion that a good money must have value. Both debaters were in agreement on this point. Schiff, however, emphasized that the object used as money must have a value apart from and prior to its use as a monetary instrument. Naturally, gold fulfills this requirement (and all others); Bitcoin does not, because it has no existence, so you can’t do anything with it, other than buy and sell it. It has a price, but it has no value. The response of the crypto advocate: “value is subjective.” In other words, it has value because we say it does. No need for any practical application in the physical world—that’s dinosaur thinking. Subjective value, forsooth! Bitcoin is a widely-touted alternative to fiat currency. A delicious irony presents itself: Does this "subjective" business not sound suspiciously like the basis of the fiat dollar, indeed of all fiat currencies? Here, take this piece of paper with a number printed on it, backed by nothing, but don't worry, the government says it has value. Somewhat reminiscent of modern art, is it not? A silly person tapes a banana to the wall and calls it art. You say: Wait a minute, it doesn't fulfill any of the requirements of art. Ahh, my friend, don't you fret, it's all subjective. Come to think of it, there are countless examples of collapse along these lines, where reality and quality go out the window. Welcome to the modern world. Ersatz everywhere you look. I wonder just how far the level of intellect had to decay, in order to reach this cerebral wasteland devoid of logic and rational thought. How far did the decay need to progress before huge numbers of otherwise bright and educated people signed up for the digital utopia? They can already live most of their life on line: shopping, social interaction, entertainment, even the carnal pleasures. Why not have money exclusively on line as well? The digitization is already well advanced, so let’s push it just a bit further, and erase any remaining link with “meatspace.” Instead of Bitcoin, they should have named it Smartcoin. Everything else, from cars to refrigerators, is becoming smart; in other words, subject to endless complication and breakdown. The transition from crypto currency to central bank digital currency (CBDC) is obvious at this point. Put it in the basket with lockdowns, social media censorship, unrealized capital gains, elimination of cash, destruction of small business—all paving the way for the digital gulag. You say you want to deal with real people using real money? Hahahahaha….. |
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