The end of democracy or downfall of society?

We can choose.

We’re just over a week away from election day. Many are hoping that their nominee will emerge victorious for their cause —ushering in a better way forward for the country —losers be damned. Yet, for me, I get the sense that November 5, 2024, will be the day that society irreversibly spirals downward into an abyss of psychosis regardless of who wins. And if so, when and will we ever be able to pull ourselves out? It’s anyone’s guess.

It’s been said, the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. I’ve always found that quote quite ridiculous since according to biblical tradition the devil has never attempted to be hidden. However, the idea of the devil operating covertly to convince people he doesn’t really exist has become part of our current culture. But, if we were to peg a quote to the devil that was truly accurate it should be, the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that our real enemy is each other.

Ideas are powerful and when properly seeded, can blossom and sway an entire society towards a new direction. But ideas need checks and balances or else they can lead to silly quotes that people embrace as absolute truth. True checks and balances can only be implemented in a society that places a fair degree of importance on the use of logic and reason. Such a society will then be empowered to engage in healthy civil discourse and even heated debate concerning divisive or difficult issues. Much is being said today about democracy and free speech but not much is being said concerning what is necessary to enable such ideas to take root within society. The lack of critical thinking that many people exhibit today has ushered in a new kind of human operation consisting of infinite screen scrolling, short attention spans, hyper-emotionalism, instant gratification, and a constant foaming at the mouth over any disagreement. Rational thinking and discourse are no longer prized virtues. And while many people would agree that this is the current state of affairs, most people wouldn’t dare believe that they’re part of the problem. It’s always everybody else, never me.

The society of today celebrates one-liners, hot takes, zingers, shaming, dethroning and boiling tempers. How you say something is much more important than what you say. Your words need to be pithy, ripe with emotion and a touch of false humility so you can connect with those within your silo. Send someone a hot take supporting their view and the content will be consumed like a Crumbl Cookie devoured by a sugar addict. However, send a video that forces one to think differently about a subject and people can’t scroll or click away fast enough. Long gone are the days of appreciation for deep critical thinking, nuance in thought, and meaningful conversation. Just ask yourself who are some of the greatest thinkers of our day. Count them on your hand. You’ll be lucky to get past 2 fingers. But you could undoubtedly name ten influencers ranging from motivational speakers, politicians, journalists, business moguls, YouTubers, writers, activists, actors and athletes without batting an eye. The art of thinking has been replaced with the art of status. You’re assumed to be “smart” simply based on a job title or status. In some instances, you’re assumed to be “right” based on the very same things.

So it is no surprise to me when I hear people make ridiculous claims such as the election of Donald Trump will spell the end of democracy. I am not surprised when I see groups of people standing on the corner holding their Harris/Waltz signs proudly. None of this angers or upsets me, but it does sadden me to a degree. Why? Because I know how we all arrived at the doorstep of unfettered ignorance as many people have simply been psyop’d —or put another way— programmed to believe certain ideas. But not just any ideas. Really, really bad ones.

It is obvious to me that our society has divorced itself from deep critical thinking, and instead are wading in the shallow waters of emotion and logical fallacies, oblivious to how much they’ve been programmed to feel. Unfortunately, feelings are everything to people in our day. To make matters worse, nobody can ever be wrong and if they are, they’ll never admit it. Why? Because we no longer live in a period where we can all freely exchange ideas without being demonized by someone who disagrees. The net result becomes less ideation. The less ideas exchanged, the less we’re all able to embrace different ways of thinking without feeling attacked, shamed or embarrassed for being wrong. Changing one’s mind becomes difficult if not impossible no matter the facts.

I saw a quote by Mark Cuban on X the other day:

“A grandma is undocumented. She has lived in the USA 30 years. Not even a ticket. She has 4 kids, all American born. As are her 12 grandkids.”

He then presented a poll with options to:

• Deport her immediately

• Send her to a migrant camp

• Find a path to citizenship.

This is an example of bad thinking along with an attempt to gaslight those who don’t hold his view. Because Mark is positing a weak position he first attempts to bolster it through appealing to emotion by including a grandma in his scenario. Who doesn’t love grandma? The goal is to get you to focus on the little old lady and her family, not the fact that she’s lived in the United States for 30 years and for some reason never sought citizenship. He doubles down by claiming she’s never even committed a single crime. She’s a perfect “citizen” who has never committed a single crime, but for some reason has lived in the country undocumented for 30 years, which I might add is illegal.

Knowing the current political climate concerning immigration, Mark draws a false equivalency between sweet ole grandma and illegal immigrants who’ve recently crossed the border knowing many of them are here fleeing from the law in their own country, released from prisons, or are here to continue a life of crime carrying out gang activity or even terrorism. It’s no secret people have crossed our borders only to murder American citizens.

Mark is attempting to suggest therefore, that all immigrants should be provided with a path to citizenship and nobody should be sent back. If you send back the more recent illegal immigrants then in order to be “fair”, you should also send back poor undocumented grandma —separating her from her family. And that’s just morally unjust, cruel, and inhumane. Again, this is just bad thinking and many people can’t see the fallacies for what they are. But bad thinking doesn’t start or stop with Mark Cuban. It’s everywhere, like a parasite eating the minds of those within our nation.

I remember all of the headlines and talking points during Donald Trump’s first run at the oval office. This was the advent of the chicken little phenomenon. People screamed the stock market was going to crash, the 500 KKK members in Georgia were going to reignite all racists across the nation, WWIII would ensue, a pre-civil rights era would emerge, a global financial collapse would take place, all non-rich white peoples would become economically depressed and the nation would fall. And then…crickets. None of this happened under his presidency.

There were no wars, the stock market didn’t collapse, inflation was low, blacks had their best economic period in several decades and the handful of KKK members went back to playing bingo and duck hunting. However, the chicken littles couldn’t believe all of their nightmares didn’t come true but the pandemic gave them a glimmer of hope —a life line of sorts because they couldn’t admit they were wrong and had been played.

As the world struggled with a global pandemic which effectively shut down every nation’s economy, the chicken littles stretched their brains to conflate the fallout from it in order to tie something, anything disastrous to Trump. The pandemic provided an opportunity to validate their blind hysteria despite it not being true. In their eyes, correlation meant causation. A global economic downturn ensued. So they seized the event to portray Trump as the villain responsible for the economic downturn of our own nation towards the tail end of his presidency. And did those who were fueling the hysteria ever stop to think about the progress of the nation before the pandemic? No, because it went against their narrative and they couldn’t admit to themselves, friends, and family that they got it wrong. Instead, they double downed on the only thing they could do, blame him for anything bad that was happening so they could save face… until January 6.

After the insanity of trying to pin the deaths of millions of people on Donald Trump —as if he was the 4th horseman of the apocalypse— for “mishandling” a global pandemic started on the other side of the world, the chicken littles quickly jumped on the narrative of a coup d'état on the Capitol. This became their golden goose and was supposedly spearheaded by insurrectionist leader, Donald Trump. Despite Trump voluntarily leaving office after losing, he was called out for disputing the loss. The media would have you believe Trump had to be apprehended by security and forced out due to refusal to leave. Apparently contesting a loss had never been done before…except for when Hillary Clinton did it four years earlier when she lost to him and spent the next four years calling him an illegitimate president. Except for when Samuel J. Tilden, Aaron Burr, Al Gore and others contested their loss. But I digress. Let’s dig into the January 6 incident a bit more because this chicken little nonsense gets worse.

People who are opposed to Trump failed to look into the January 6 incident on their own accord to better understand what took place. They just continued to be programmed by mainstream media. If they had taken the time to do 30 seconds of research they would’ve learned that despite the inciting headlines, there wasn’t a single armed civilian at the Capitol that day, many people were simply let in to the building by security to take selfies, one person died —not 10—and that was due to a gunshot wound inflicted by an officer on an unarmed civilian. More importantly, despite all of the lies that have been spread about that day, Donald Trump did in fact call for peaceful protest and did everything he could to keep it that way. Now, I get it. Some of you reading this may think I’m blowing smoke as I must be some kind of MAGA apologist. I truly get it as that’s the programming talking. But I always bring receipts which is something the programmers hate.

WASHINGTON - Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Barry Loudermilk (GA-11) revealed that days before January 6, 2021, President Trump met with senior Pentagon leaders urging them to do their jobs to protect lives and property. The transcripts released show Trump gave senior Pentagon leadership directives to keep January 6 peaceful - including using the National Guard - which the Pentagon leaders ignored. This revelation directly contradicts the conclusions drawn in the flawed DoD IG report on January 6, 2021.

“The President just says, ‘Hey, look at this. There’s going to be a large amount of protestors here on the 6th, make sure that you have sufficient National Guard or Soldiers to make sure it’s a safe event.’… [POTUS said] I don’t care if you use Guard, or Soldiers, active duty Soldiers, do whatever you have to do. Just make sure it’s safe.' [SecDef] Miller responds by saying, 'Hey, we’ve got a plan, and we’ve got it covered.'”

Here are the facts; the former President, Donald J. Trump, met with the Pentagon days before January 6 and asked for support to ensure the safety of the people and property. His request went ignored. Let me repeat this. His request went ignored.

You can read the transcript yourself.

So for all of those who believed the insurrectionist narrative, how was the former president attempting to lead an insurrection, when just days before he was requesting the use of any and everybody —active duty soldiers, national guard, police— to ensure a safe and peaceful event? In case this question has anyone wrapped in knots, let me help. He wasn’t attempting, leading, encouraging or spearheading any such thing. If anything, he was doing whatever he could to prevent such activity. But things went south and due to bad optics on the Pentagon officials who were in charge of providing safety, Trump became the fall guy. Why? Because everyone had already been primed for the past four years to think this guy was evil, so it was easy for the average citizen to believe he was the mastermind behind some major coup —and not that your government failed you. Everyone grab your skirts and clutch your pearls! It’s Hitler reborn and he’s a threat to democracy!

The information I just shared with you isn’t hard to find. It’s available online and is free to access. But most people don’t know what I just shared because it isn’t a pithy soundbite, or scathing remark denouncing someone with content promoted by an algorithm. It isn’t MK-Ultra reinforcing the programming.

Finding the truth these days requires the ability to think independently as an autonomous being. It takes work. It means you have to go out and search for the information instead of expecting an algorithm to present it to you on a silver platter. It demands a desire to gather as much information as possible about an event to ensure you have all of the facts. Not just the facts others want you to have or promote and certainly not just the facts you agree with.

What is sad, is that I could go on and list event after event where American citizens have been programmed to think wrongly about this one man. I could and would bring receipts, too. But the truth of the matter is, most people who oppose Donald Trump wouldn’t care because the programming has been too effective. They simply hate him. And they hate him for reasons that are devoid of critical thought. Let’s look at another example of what I mean.

Supposedly Trump is a racist. As a black man I’ve thought for years that this was more meaningless bait. Let’s say that the guy who signed a congressional resolution condemning white supremacy and an executive order to combat race and sex stereotyping was in fact racist —insert eyeroll— why should I or you even care? What does that have to do with policy?

A President doesn’t need to like or agree with everyone in order to be effective at their job. They simply need to be able to exercise the role of commander and chief in a way that benefits everyone equally as they lead the nation. Their personal views matter not. You and I can’t control someone’s personal views. Their personal views don’t matter. The policies they enact do. Case in point; contrary to the lies floating in the ether, while Donald Trump is against abortion, his policy on this subject is to allow the states and their voters to decide if it should be legal or not. He is not taking his personal belief and attempting to enact a nationwide abortion ban. This is how it should be. As president one must tow the line between their own personal beliefs and the beliefs, needs, and desires of a multicultural nation.

The reason why there are many more blacks voting for Donald Trump this time around is because they’ve realized the policies from the last four years are worse than the previous. People are hurting financially. They’re finally learning to separate personal belief and character from policy. They no longer care about the narrative as they can barely afford to buy groceries. Who wants a president that adores black people while pushing policies that harm the black community? The black community is now learning to care about the legislation that gets passed instead of being hoodwinked and baited. It’s a hard lessen to learn, but an important one that everyone needs to learn. Thinking prevents being gaslighted. There are politicians who hope you never figure this out while you continue to vote your sovereignty away because it feels good.

Currently, the choices are between a President who has an actual track record of success and someone who has sleazed their way to the top. Save democracy seems to be the battle cry from those who support Harris yet none have stopped to think about who voted for her.

Did “we the people” vote for Kamala Harris? Nope. Does that sound like democracy to you then? The democratic party kicked President Joe Biden out and replaced him with Harris despite lying to the nation that he was fit for another four years. Just a few years ago there were calls for Joe Biden to get rid of Harris since she was such a horrible VP. Yet, somehow we’ve now entered an alternate world within the multiverse where she’s some sort of savior for humanity. I’m confused. Precisely what did Kamala Harris do to suddenly convince everyone that she’d make a great president despite being a horrible VP? That’s right, she did nothing. Nobody can point to a single thing that she did that caused their minds to change. What really happened? Everyone was programmed because they can no longer think for themselves. Project MK-Ultra never dies, it just respawns under a different moniker.

Kamala Harris is of a different ilk. She thrusted open the borders of our nation to allow millions of illegal immigrants to flood in, putting citizens at risk by leaving us all vulnerable to cartels, terrorists, and child sex-trafficking. Apparently, for her and her supporters this is all overblown and not a big deal. To those who support Kamala Harris, all of this nonsense feels like democracy.

Here’s the problem we all currently face. Our society is made up of many, many people who can no longer exercise the rational part of their brain. Despite having a nominee in front of them who has already been president, with a successful track record they’re either undecided or opposed. People have been so hoodwinked they believe that they’re taking the moral high ground by not voting for the “rapist and convict” so to hell with the country.

This is another issue most people have never taken the time to research. The words “rape” and “sexual assault” are triggering as everyone has been programmed by the MeToo movement to never ask any questions. And the culture has created so many beta males they’re all unwilling to speak out because they’ve become afraid of the women we’re supposed to protect.

So when a civil suit just happens to pop up 25 years later, right when Trump decides to run for office by a woman —who to this day he says he never even met, let alone slept with— who is coincidentally releasing a book at the same time that mentions his assault, nobody bats an eye. Now I understand this is where some would attempt to challenge what I’m saying because I’m not supposed to talk about rape or sexual assault as we’re always told to believe the “victim”. So once again I shall bring receipts so we’re all clear here —Trump was not convicted or found guilty of rape. He was found “liable” for battery based on preponderance of evidence. That is not the same thing nor is it even splitting hairs. If you don’t believe me, then believe people who are experts in litigation:

"Liability for sexual assault means that the jury has concluded that the plaintiff has satisfied the preponderance of the evidence standard and that the defendant must pay damages to compensate the victim. There are no criminal consequences to a finding of liability."

The word "liability" is also key. As Notre Dame Law School professor Jay Tidmarsh, an expert in complex civil litigation and civil procedure, told Newsweek, "civil cases do not speak of 'guilt' or 'innocence'" but instead "use the language 'liable' or 'not liable,'" as reporting of the jury's verdict repeated.

So what was the case really about?

So, we can establish that Trump was not found "guilty" of rape as he was not criminally charged, nor was he found liable for rape. Further, the civil claim was on a battery tort but brought forward using an extension of the statute of limitations for crimes including rape.

You can read more about this here.

Why is this important? Because words matter. Calling someone a convicted rapist when they’re not matters. The civil trial brought forth was not even a rape trial. It was not a criminal case. Now, I’m not arguing that his actions —if true which is all too coincidental— are ok in any way, nor am I an apologist for his actions. I do have standards. Men shouldn’t violate women in any way and they should be taken to task if they do. I’m simply stating that words matter. Running around claiming people are convicted rapists and criminals when they are in fact, not, matters. Thinking matters. Integrity matters. Without these things a society can not move into a place of healthy discourse.

As I mentioned earlier, I continue to hear about the end of democracy from people who haven’t noticed the government has already been weaponized against a citizen. They cheer because Trump is their enemy, not realizing they’ve enabled their own government to strip away the rights of its citizens which includes them. Trump was simply the poster child. They won’t be cheering when it happens to them. They’ve failed to realize who the real enemy is, which are the elite puppet masters parading around an unqualified nominee who is fleecing people’s emotions. This is the greatest trick ever pulled.

Those kowtowing for Kamala Harris are supporting a presidential nominee with a poor track record as District Attorney in California, has no presidential track record, has flat out stated she desires to control abortion at the federal level, wants to restrict legal gun ownership from law abiding citizens, give legal immigration status and resources to people who’ve entered the country illegally all while flatlining the economy with her bro Joe Biden. Despite all of this, they believe Donald Trump is the real threat to all human civilization. This is nothing short of absurd. People think this is a hard decision? Look, life has many, many hard decisions that must be made but this is just not one of them. If this is hard, it is because people have been programmed to stop thinking critically and rationally. It is hard because people are willingly making it hard. Many simply can’t bring themselves to admit they were wrongly fed information so at best they will retort that both candidates are evil. It’s akin to apologizing when you don’t really mean it.

While the decision in my opinion is not hard, I do understand one position as to why someone would choose not to vote. Their reasoning is also part of my angst. It seems that without a doubt there are larger forces at play. Therefore, even if Trump wins the elite who’ve been trying to take him out will continue to try and take him out while manipulating our entire nation towards an Orwellian future. And if Kamala Harris wins, well it’s the same fairy tale ending for us all. But we must all ask ourselves if we’re willing to actually fight back any way we can, or simply rollover while complaining. We currently live in a time where we can fight back. Imagine a world where you can’t. The more that people rollover or become programmed, the closer that day comes.

Is this the end of democracy or society I wonder. Because regardless of who is voted in, I believe as a society we are in serious trouble if we can’t return to clear rational thinking. If our first response is to debate the man and not the issue at hand; if our deepest desire is to win the argument instead of winning the person; if we must rule with our fist and be led by our feelings —if all of this must be true, then society will eat itself, and I pray something will be left within the rubble to rebuild it.

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