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In reply to the discussion: Wake the hell up... [View all]

usonian

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27. We ARE living in the Twilight Zone.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 12:45 PM
15 hrs ago

(and 1984) (1)

The same dark forces that manipulated Romans ages ago still rear their ugly heads and drag out the old fascist playbook.

Visionaries warn us, and we ignore the "signpost up ahead"

I do advise that rather than try to "change hearts and minds" (2) which takes ages, if at all, that we concentrate on the manipulators, the "Epstein Class" that opens that book and plays it.





And this year, it is resonating with many.

(1) The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, by Emmanuel Goldstein
https://genius.com/Emmanuel-goldstein-the-theory-and-practice-of-oligarchical-collectivism-annotated

(2) https://democraticunderground.com/100216524810


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Wake the hell up... [View all] PCIntern 20 hrs ago OP
rec for the billy mumy reference rampartd 20 hrs ago #1
Yep. calimary 19 hrs ago #2
You are so right. FalloutShelter 19 hrs ago #3
Excellent point... PCIntern 19 hrs ago #4
We are sharing a brain, John. FalloutShelter 19 hrs ago #5
If it's like some people here.... durablend 19 hrs ago #7
Always nice to hear from you, S. PCIntern 18 hrs ago #14
Will do. FalloutShelter 18 hrs ago #16
Everybody breaks and bends laws. OC375 19 hrs ago #6
It's driving me mad purr-rat beauty 19 hrs ago #8
So often I have commented that what we are experiencing with Trump and his cohorts is surreal. Bumbles 18 hrs ago #9
More coma than nightmare,IMHO. BattleRow 17 hrs ago #19
Hear, hear! ZDU 18 hrs ago #10
Very well said PatSeg 18 hrs ago #11
And then...and then we had the rise of the antihero PCIntern 18 hrs ago #13
Oh yes! PatSeg 18 hrs ago #17
Acquiescent accomplices. BattleRow 17 hrs ago #22
"They will never get rid of Roe v Wade, they won't dare touch the Voting Rights Act, people are not going to vote dalton99a 18 hrs ago #12
It is a disease and it has infected so many. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #15
Righteously right-on piece! Just Jerome 18 hrs ago #18
I just saw your reply... Pluvious 17 hrs ago #24
How much cruelty, violence, and murder did children see on TV? Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #20
I have a very specialized education: I went to Catholic schools, taught by nuns FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #21
Correction on writer of the story... Pluvious 17 hrs ago #23
Rod Serling wrote the teleplay. PCIntern 16 hrs ago #25
And the SF mags are now gone orthoclad 6 hrs ago #29
I agree. I was born in 1947. OLDMDDEM 16 hrs ago #26
We ARE living in the Twilight Zone. usonian 15 hrs ago #27
Creatures of the id orthoclad 6 hrs ago #28
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