As this is written, there's still no winner in the presidential contest and we are all the losers for that fact. In the following, the quoted portions have been anonymized.
On Thursday, November 5, 2020, 9:24:23 AM EST, XXXX wrote:
>The nation is in decline
and has been declining for a while.
That's partly true, but there are a few hopeful signs amid all the destruction, which I'll get to below.
>Adversity breeds innovation and oppression begets
heroism.
Agreed,
and in a capitalistic business sense, I think things will explode no
matter who gets elected. The economy is ready to go; government just
needs to get out of the way. With the Senate unlikely to given its okay
to huge tax increases, if the artificial restraints of Covid lockdowns
are swept away, we will be on fire in 2021 and beyond. That's one
positive that I see in the election.
Another
is the repudiation of the progressive nonsense. Nationwide, the dims
thought the progressive agenda was the way to go. The state,
congressional and senatorial races tell a different story. Rather than
increase their seats in the House, they're losing seats. That's another
positive I see in the ashes of this mess. The Squad will fade, as will
Antifa and BLM. They were always niche and will be dropped now that
they've been shown to be powerless in terms of building a lasting and
effective movement.
One
negative, and it's a big one, is that if Trump ultimately is forced
from office, it will be proof of Goebbels' adage about telling a big lie
often enough that it becomes the truth. For four years Trump has had
to withstand a constant unrelenting stream of abuse from all corridors
and it looks like people believed it. That means he loses mostly
because of his STYLE, not his substance. His achievements within the
realm of government are astounding, but he was attacked 24/7 with lies
about white supremacy, antisemitism, Russian collusion and so forth, and
that has apparently made a difference. Nobody loves Joe Biden, but
they've been taught to hate Donald Trump. It's a shame that style
trumps substance, but apparently it does. The media will be emboldened
to try it again and they will. That's a huge negative coming out of
Trump's time in office, though on the bright side, he has exposed the
media for the liars they are.
>perhaps it is good to hasten decline and
not forestall it.
Again,
agreed. The John Gault response seems appropriate if Biden takes
office: just refuse to participate to the extent possible. It's easier
for me, admittedly, since I'm not really working, to give government as
little tax as possible. Income sheltering, using cash, staying local
and not buying trash we don't need are all more or less permanent parts
of our lifestyle. If the productive people opt out of the economy, Rand
had it right. The takers and parasites will drown because they don't
produce anything. As one example, if we all just signed out of FaceBook
and never signed back in the company would go out of business as their
advertisers lost faith in them and the data buyers found that the
information they bought about us was useless since we didn't respond to
their emails and targeted ads.
If
Biden steals the presidency, then simply refusing to participate in the
tech giants' wares will be one easy, legal way to fight back. It's
also something I personally do anyway to the extent possible. (Yes, I'm
aware of the hypocrisy of being on Instagram and using Amazon to publish
my book. I don't have a solution to those things yet).
>To the firm establishment of this idea we owe the peaceful
succession and mild >administration of European monarchies. (from Gibbon's "Decline and Fall..."
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