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Justine Fox's avatar

What I think we are seeing is the flaws of our social systems laid bare, especially the actual *people* in positions of authority who are extremely unsuited to them. The cowards who won’t call out grown men LARPing as little girls, the “teachers” who are teaching children to ignore their instincts, the psychopathic surgeons with zero moral compass, the BLM leaders embezzling charitable donations, the Presidents that can’t remember what they were talking about... ALL of this incompetence, greed, and stupidity is getting exposed by the internet. So it’s not so much that everything is so much worse; we just can see it now. This will ultimately be a good thing, but in the mean time we’re struggling to figure out how to vet of leaders and sources of information within this new, internet-facilitated reality.

You know what? Whether we like it or not, those of us that *notice* things are going to bear a lot more responsibility within this reality. We have some combination of trauma and smarts that makes us able to see things that others miss. Other people are going to want to know what we think, and we’re gabby/obnoxious enough to actually tell them, lol. Humans tend to seek out knowledge from the knowledgeable, and once you out yourself, they’ll focus on you.

Moral leader might not be what you wanted to be, but then, the philosopher king never wanted to be a king, either. I think we’re stuck with it, in spite of how arrogant that might sound to some people. It’s not an ego thing at all.

Welcome to our new reality, where smart and experienced people are seen as experts and leaders. It’s been very much not the case for a long time now, so it’s gonna be interesting, as the poseurs, psychopaths, and narcissists are unlikely to want to give up power. There’s nothing they can do about it really, but I’m sure they’ll try.

Oh yeah; you might find the World Economic Forum has a lot to do with spreading DEI bullshit everywhere.

I never thought my history of abuse and extreme emotional reactivity could ever actually come in handy, but dammit if that isn’t exact the thing that alerts me to danger and loopholes that sadistic and greedy people might take advantage of. When I found your Substack, that’s what I thought I recognized in your temperament and approach. You weren’t doing this for fame, or power. You *had* to speak up, the same way I did, in spite of not being popular with sociopaths.

Anyway, right on, brother. When the zombie apocalypse happens, I hope you don’t have too many softhearted idiots, hysterics, or rebellious teens in your group.

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After 9/11, the US imported millions of Muslims while simultaneously attacking two Muslim countries. What could possibly go wrong? Well, there was that string of Islamic terror attacks at Ft Hood, the Boston Marathon, a Florida gay night club, and a Christmas party, and... Not to be left out, Europe did the same thing and had their own series of Islamic terror attacks. I'll never forget that photo of the little girl who's body was ripped in half by a Muslim who drove a truck into a crowd of people. Now not only are there more Muslims in mosque on Friday than there are Europeans in church on Sunday, but the Muslims now hold posts in government. Atrocities like Rotherham will be normalized, and the only people who will be arrested are the ones who dare to notice. Stupidity is a thing, but this looks more like a plan.

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