2020 was stolen. 2026 is genuine.
The barbarians stormed Rome once more. But let's be fair. They used the political process in pursuit of their destruction.. And destruct they will.
I started this blog with lofty ideals of promoting truth, justice and as much as I hate to say it, (cringe word alert) virtue. Is it not hubris to think that my platitudes could help those lofty ideals?
In the past two decades we witnessed a populist movement that permeated every Western nation. Now we witness the crushing of that movement in Europe, Brazil and now, America.
We were walking a tightrope that could not handle much imbalance and they throw the weight of the Iran War on our shoulders. We did not vote for that. If the Iran War was on the ballot Trump would not have prevailed in 2024.
There is no such thing as good socialism or virtuous socialism or moral socialism or most oxymoronical "populist socialism". There is only diminished living for the masses and nest feathering for the politically entrenched.
We lost to a mindless political tribe who can never be red-pilled. They will take comfort in their spoonfed slogans and whatever thrill one gets from cheering on political persecution and waving the pennant for the tyrants.
We can take comfort that we saw the glory of America and that we tasted the best life humanity ever provided. That is the silver lining I can take from our defeat. Maybe it would be better to not see our great country ground into pabulum. But we did live long enough to see it. It is black pill time.