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Dmitry's avatar

As someone who escaped from the Soviet Union, I concur 100%

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Vaughn Cordle, CFA's avatar

You must have seen this coming before most Americans, many of whom appear to be unaware of the evils and dangers of a government too big and too powerful.

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Dmitry's avatar

Watched this in horror from Clinton's financialization to GWB's ignorant societal engineering, to the real "Manchurian candidate" in Obama, and finally to "steal everything" mental patient. I wrote books back in 2013-2015 showing results of these policies circa 2024-26, may have convinced some people but most Americans seemed to be in denial. I'm cautiously optimistic now, but we're not out of the woods by a long shot: corruption is deep, our debt load is crushing and too many young people - especially women - have been brainwashed into woke Marxism. To paraphrase Orwell, the hope lies with young men and lower middle class ("proles").

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Vaughn Cordle, CFA's avatar

Great feedback. Obama was the absolute worst...he laid the foundation for the massive redistribution and environmental justice and censorship that Biden-Harris built upon and accelerated--the progressive woke agenda on steroids. Many of the brainwashed may be past the point of no return, and even as a fringe group they can cause great harm.... Tesla property violence as an example. What were your key findings from your book?

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Dmitry's avatar

I was not looking to find anything new; I was trying to tell people what's going to happen if we continue on that path but wrapping it into a political thriller format. Sadly, most of what I described came true. I linked one of the books as an example: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Counterpoint-Trilogy/dp/1496145100. To be clear, I'm not trying to promote anything, we're well past that stage :(

I will admit that 3-4 years ago I pretty much lost hope and just bought guns and ammunition for the last stand if needed. I'm happy to be proven wrong but I still keep those guns loaded. I absolutely believe that we've been saved by the second amendment: our opponents didn't want to risk a civil war that they were going to lose.

I follow you and you're doing a great job describing the moral failure of the progressivism. If I may suggest, our situation is a part of a global war where liberal (in the classic sense of the word) democracies are being subverted. Warmongering EU, the Ukrainian conflict, the "global intifada" - they are all part of it. And our opponents are not some misguided souls - they ARE true fascists (I don't make principal distinction between fascists and communists). It is a war. We must recognize that and not bother looking for a common ground. They are willing to exterminate us (in some cases physically as became clear when majority of the Democrats wanted to put un-vaxxed in camps), so we must be clear that ideologically it's them or us, there's no compromise to be had.

I've written enough and don't feel like starting my own substack, but I'll be happy to contribute to yours if it's helpful.

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Ruby Kamm, CPA's avatar

BOOM!!!!!

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Vaughn Cordle, CFA's avatar

Double BOOM!!!

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