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So long forensic studies of blunt force trauma!

Y'all, look, the post WWII order has been wobbly since 2012-2014. 9/11 and the Patriot Act changed things in a way that were not compatible with that world. We lasted barely a decade before the wheels fell off.

We can pretty much all agree that things are broken, and these people ran, and won, on a platform of tearing it all down. And so they are.

Things ARE getting ugly for a lot of people already. Hundreds of thousands globally in 2 weeks.

The only way out is through, and it's a decade+ recovery.

This is how art has worked for millennia.

I go to a human artist and say "please make me a painting of my family. Make my wife more beautiful, me more tall, and my kids not look like little shits." And then you give money. That's a prompt for a commissioned work.

No one ever praises the Duke of Milan for commissioning a painting of The Last Supper. They praise Leonardo Friggin' di Vinci for making it.

I've spent a career in places with very little rule of law or effective governance.

The only thing that can give you a sliver of hope is to physically be close to a community that is tight-knit and competent homesteaders. This is African village rules. Force and money are all that matters. Life is cheap. Food is scarce and untrustworthy unless you farm it yourself. Cities are nightmares of abuse with pockets for the super-wealthy behind walls.

Real life examples like Lagos are hard to explain to Americans. Parable of the Sower gets close and is a book worth a read.

For real. Plus it's Dem-sponsored, so until it gets an R cosponsor it's likely not even going to make it to the floor.

Sept 17 and 19, 2024.

There's a great Behind the Bastards episode about Curtis Yarvin that really fills this all out.

The Broligarchy is real and Vance is the gateway to the fallback. Elon is just a willing idiot to be the tip of their spear first.

HR 899

Oh, hey, guys let's play a guessing game. Which developing African county has yet to approve Starlink for use while other countries are all about it.

Hmmmm......which one, which one...hmmm...

If you read the bill, heavily sponsored by the MPA, part of it is about forcing ISPs (and presumably US based VPNs) to block the DNS/URLs of "foreign criminal" sites.

It's laying the groundwork for a Great American Firewall.

It's just the easiest example to use. I have maybe dozens more examples that require more storytelling and setup.

Ever had someone try to sell you a car with visible drywall screws holding the bumper on, like you were the dick for pointing them out?

They care about the optics of halting obvious immediate lifesaving assistance because it makes them look like they're making "responsible" decisions.