Sasha - you're truly the best of Substack. You are publicly brave, smart, incredibly articulate, and capable of independent thought. All of these have become incredibly rare in the current climate of smug apologists. Apologists for actual malignant racism. Apologists for elitist vandals who destroy anything that threatens their power, all the while claiming they are the beleaguered underdogs. Apologists for the sacrifice of any human that doesn't keep the cool kids feeling cool. We've become like a dystopian high school, where genuflection to the viciously sadistic top clique has become an art form. But you stand firm - removing yourself from that ugly pack to shine a light on their sickening arrogance.
You put yourself in the firing line - personally and publicly. And you're stronger every day for doing that. Because you know the truth, The sycophants, hungry for crumbs of approval, desperate not to be exiled from their cheap seats at the game, are the weak ones. They are the pathetic ones. And you are seeing a turning coming. Your predictions about the election (regardless of the outcome) are a tiny spark of light in a virulent darkness. I don't know if you're right about that, but I've seen enough other little sparks to hope that if not then, soon.
The Colorado decision was not an attack on Trump, or MAGA, or Republicans or Democrats. This was a direct attack on all Citizens. It was a statement by the ruling class (who have no 'class') that the ballot must be 'curated' because you, the voter, cannot be trusted with Democracy and deciding who rules. Have you noticed the takeover of the term 'Democracy'? It is now called "Our Democracy". When was the principle of Democracy divided into pieces of property that could be owned by partisan tribes or curated by courts? It is time to send a message back to the ruling class that they have lost the trust of the taxed and the consent of the governed. We started this peaceful process in Canada with the first phase of the Freedom Convoy. Watch carefully for the next phase in 2024.
Although I did (and will) vote for him because I liked his policies, I have never been a big fanboi. At this point, however, he is a symbol of resistance to all the banana republic stuff that is going on and must be supported for that reason alone. As the man says, "They are really after you. I'm just in the way."
One thing I think you missed about his importance which I understand given your personal political trajectory is that he exposed the soulless void that is the Republican Party. The Bushes, McConnell, Ryan, Romney, the entire donor class which are as culpable as Democrats in the hollowing out of America need be shown the door. This is probably more important than pushing back at the crazy Democrats. Enemies I can deal with, it's the backstabbers that constitute the biggest danger.
I voted democrat (of course, I'm Jewish! lol) for 37 ... 37 ... 37 YEARS.
I finally swallowed the 'RED PILL' in 2004 and I'm so glad I did!
Unfortunately my sisters still think this is the 1960s democrats of JFK and LBJ ..... and NOTHING I can say or show them (including the EXPLOSION of Jew hatred by DEMOCRATS on the LEFT) ... is changing their vote. Sad.
“What the Democrats and Never Trumpers want now is to push Trump and MAGA back into the danger zone. They want more violence. They want riots. They want an uprising that they can then bring in the military, weaponize dissent, speech, and ideology, and have the full backing of the American public. We’re almost there now.”
There are two ways that people can deal with each other – freedom or force.
You either negotiate with someone to have them see your way or give them something they want….
Or you force them to accede to your will.
One side believes in freedom, the other in force.
You should be able to guess which side of the political spectrum believes in force – that’s the side that is depriving the people of their common-sense civil rights and deciding who you can vote for.
I love it. FWIW, I've defaulted to Trump supporter much like you: he doesn't really seem that bad, while the Democrat alternative (whatever that may be) is absolutely abhorrent. In a relatively binary system, my choice is obvious.
Sasha, what a wonderful piece! Thank you for being a rock solid supporter of “the people who love America”. When I read your writing I feel such solidarity with you and all others who think our country is worthy of our affection.
I gave up watching Stephen Colbert in New Zealand because the Democrats view was so cringeworthy, and reminded me of George Orwells 1984, and their hate sessions. Is this what the greatest democracy in the world has become ? It takes courage from honest people to speak the truth.
Spot on! EVERY word. I have been cut off by very close relatives for being a Trump supporter. I am actually a supporter of common sense, cause and effect, and thinking what the obvious damaging result would be to dumb policies. President Trump's policies are based on common sense, realistic cause and effect, and sound business principles. He and his entire family have suffered immeasurably for the sake of this country and all of its citizens. And he is willing to go through it again for us. I will be eternally grateful to him for that, and for opening our eyes and exposing the truth of the plot against America.
I am saddened when I see people I know explode in rage over a name, shut down any conversation that might not be approved, become hysterical over the ideas that the US was founded upon. And I am bewildered at how irrational my coworkers have become: "Anyone who supports Trump is crazy!"
Brexit and the Trump Presidency open the curtain to our real world. Where an Oligarchy rules and want us to be under the illusion we have a choice. As long as we make the choice they deem proper. Once we make the "wrong" choice then we are not allowed to have it. Brexit doesn't go through because it benefits the powers that be. The will of the people be damned. The same with Trump. He won't rubber stamp the next war so the profiteers have a new Iraq, a new Afghanistan, a new Ukraine. so he must be stopped at all cost.
Bring the Democrats to their knees, or get on your own, that is the choice in 2024.
Preach! It was in 2018 that I reached the same conclusions you have. I spent 2 years astonished by the spin being used every day regarding Trump and his supporters ... many of whom are friends and family members of mine ... now being called racists, nazis and the worst humans alive. They haven't changed a bit. Not one whit. The left tho? My friends on the left ... where I called home for over 30 years? Holy shit have they changed. By 2018 I was openly calling myself a Trump supporter just to stick it in the eyes of many of my "friends" whom I was rapidly losing respect for as I realized that as a liberal ... I have no political philosophies in common. Democracy cannot survive without free speech. And yet free speech is what my friends on the right believe in now ... not my friends on the left.
It was about 2018 that I also reached a conclusion in talking to my kids about how weird things have gotten. "This isn't the first time humanity has been here. This is just what it's like to live at the end of a golden age."
You sure enough have a pair... Idk I’ve been fighting but it’s not easy when you’re out numbered by mindless zombies. People just seem so capture by some darkness that turns them stone cold stupid. But you honestly look at what we are up against. It is very sobering and extremely long odds.
Sasha - you're truly the best of Substack. You are publicly brave, smart, incredibly articulate, and capable of independent thought. All of these have become incredibly rare in the current climate of smug apologists. Apologists for actual malignant racism. Apologists for elitist vandals who destroy anything that threatens their power, all the while claiming they are the beleaguered underdogs. Apologists for the sacrifice of any human that doesn't keep the cool kids feeling cool. We've become like a dystopian high school, where genuflection to the viciously sadistic top clique has become an art form. But you stand firm - removing yourself from that ugly pack to shine a light on their sickening arrogance.
You put yourself in the firing line - personally and publicly. And you're stronger every day for doing that. Because you know the truth, The sycophants, hungry for crumbs of approval, desperate not to be exiled from their cheap seats at the game, are the weak ones. They are the pathetic ones. And you are seeing a turning coming. Your predictions about the election (regardless of the outcome) are a tiny spark of light in a virulent darkness. I don't know if you're right about that, but I've seen enough other little sparks to hope that if not then, soon.
The Colorado decision was not an attack on Trump, or MAGA, or Republicans or Democrats. This was a direct attack on all Citizens. It was a statement by the ruling class (who have no 'class') that the ballot must be 'curated' because you, the voter, cannot be trusted with Democracy and deciding who rules. Have you noticed the takeover of the term 'Democracy'? It is now called "Our Democracy". When was the principle of Democracy divided into pieces of property that could be owned by partisan tribes or curated by courts? It is time to send a message back to the ruling class that they have lost the trust of the taxed and the consent of the governed. We started this peaceful process in Canada with the first phase of the Freedom Convoy. Watch carefully for the next phase in 2024.
Although I did (and will) vote for him because I liked his policies, I have never been a big fanboi. At this point, however, he is a symbol of resistance to all the banana republic stuff that is going on and must be supported for that reason alone. As the man says, "They are really after you. I'm just in the way."
One thing I think you missed about his importance which I understand given your personal political trajectory is that he exposed the soulless void that is the Republican Party. The Bushes, McConnell, Ryan, Romney, the entire donor class which are as culpable as Democrats in the hollowing out of America need be shown the door. This is probably more important than pushing back at the crazy Democrats. Enemies I can deal with, it's the backstabbers that constitute the biggest danger.
GREAT ARTICLE, Sasha!
I read every word.
I voted democrat (of course, I'm Jewish! lol) for 37 ... 37 ... 37 YEARS.
I finally swallowed the 'RED PILL' in 2004 and I'm so glad I did!
Unfortunately my sisters still think this is the 1960s democrats of JFK and LBJ ..... and NOTHING I can say or show them (including the EXPLOSION of Jew hatred by DEMOCRATS on the LEFT) ... is changing their vote. Sad.
“What the Democrats and Never Trumpers want now is to push Trump and MAGA back into the danger zone. They want more violence. They want riots. They want an uprising that they can then bring in the military, weaponize dissent, speech, and ideology, and have the full backing of the American public. We’re almost there now.”
There are two ways that people can deal with each other – freedom or force.
You either negotiate with someone to have them see your way or give them something they want….
Or you force them to accede to your will.
One side believes in freedom, the other in force.
You should be able to guess which side of the political spectrum believes in force – that’s the side that is depriving the people of their common-sense civil rights and deciding who you can vote for.
I love it. FWIW, I've defaulted to Trump supporter much like you: he doesn't really seem that bad, while the Democrat alternative (whatever that may be) is absolutely abhorrent. In a relatively binary system, my choice is obvious.
Sasha, what a wonderful piece! Thank you for being a rock solid supporter of “the people who love America”. When I read your writing I feel such solidarity with you and all others who think our country is worthy of our affection.
I gave up watching Stephen Colbert in New Zealand because the Democrats view was so cringeworthy, and reminded me of George Orwells 1984, and their hate sessions. Is this what the greatest democracy in the world has become ? It takes courage from honest people to speak the truth.
Spot on! EVERY word. I have been cut off by very close relatives for being a Trump supporter. I am actually a supporter of common sense, cause and effect, and thinking what the obvious damaging result would be to dumb policies. President Trump's policies are based on common sense, realistic cause and effect, and sound business principles. He and his entire family have suffered immeasurably for the sake of this country and all of its citizens. And he is willing to go through it again for us. I will be eternally grateful to him for that, and for opening our eyes and exposing the truth of the plot against America.
Sasha, those 2 paragraphs of ‘Make America again’ brought tears to my eyes. Thank you dear… thank you
Thank you.
I am saddened when I see people I know explode in rage over a name, shut down any conversation that might not be approved, become hysterical over the ideas that the US was founded upon. And I am bewildered at how irrational my coworkers have become: "Anyone who supports Trump is crazy!"
Brexit and the Trump Presidency open the curtain to our real world. Where an Oligarchy rules and want us to be under the illusion we have a choice. As long as we make the choice they deem proper. Once we make the "wrong" choice then we are not allowed to have it. Brexit doesn't go through because it benefits the powers that be. The will of the people be damned. The same with Trump. He won't rubber stamp the next war so the profiteers have a new Iraq, a new Afghanistan, a new Ukraine. so he must be stopped at all cost.
Bring the Democrats to their knees, or get on your own, that is the choice in 2024.
Preach! It was in 2018 that I reached the same conclusions you have. I spent 2 years astonished by the spin being used every day regarding Trump and his supporters ... many of whom are friends and family members of mine ... now being called racists, nazis and the worst humans alive. They haven't changed a bit. Not one whit. The left tho? My friends on the left ... where I called home for over 30 years? Holy shit have they changed. By 2018 I was openly calling myself a Trump supporter just to stick it in the eyes of many of my "friends" whom I was rapidly losing respect for as I realized that as a liberal ... I have no political philosophies in common. Democracy cannot survive without free speech. And yet free speech is what my friends on the right believe in now ... not my friends on the left.
It was about 2018 that I also reached a conclusion in talking to my kids about how weird things have gotten. "This isn't the first time humanity has been here. This is just what it's like to live at the end of a golden age."
This is a very important article and I am forwarding it around. Well done.
You sure enough have a pair... Idk I’ve been fighting but it’s not easy when you’re out numbered by mindless zombies. People just seem so capture by some darkness that turns them stone cold stupid. But you honestly look at what we are up against. It is very sobering and extremely long odds.
Wow, incredible ... You are one of the best evaluators of the edge of dystopia that we are at by far ... !!!