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It was Eisenhower that murdered 2 million German POWs, mainly boys and old men that Hitler had conscripted in the final weeks of the war. He went on to install the military industrial complex and of course took zero responsibility for it by doing a Pontius Pilate and washing his hands of responsibility for it by giving a speech on his last day as president warning about it as if it didn't actually already exist. Unfortunately that was the end of the US as a properly functioning state. Many in the corridors of power warned at the time that someone who murdered 2 million Christians was not to be trusted but they were ignored or murdered.

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Feb 15, 2023Liked by 2nd Smartest Guy in the World

"Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling", is, of course, the refrain from the title song for the 1952 film HIGH NOON (https://youtu.be/hsDyrZVqipA ); which certainly speaks to our current morass.

See: https://youtu.be/E7_BpvWDZy8

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Now compare the quality of manhood of High Noon and your average recent superhero movie.

From self-reliance to waiting for a rescuer.

Infantilization allows for tyranny.

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The American male has been marginalized and feminized even prior to school districts strapping baby bumps on them. I saw this 25 years ago in a rural high school. Prior to that, sitcoms ridiculed men playing on their supposed weakness, incompetence and stupidity in the name of promoting women's rights. With the advent of the jab, our government is finishing the job.

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Great, great article - as is most of your posts. Always a pleasure and a learning experience reading your posts. Some of the best out there by far! BTW - who's the smartest guy in the world lol?

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The one who knows that he doesn’t know anything for a fact. Socrates

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Precisely why no one comes after the 2nd smartest, and there is not just one 2nd smartest either.

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Guilty. You’re welcome.

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McGoohan had it right. It was a great series and prophetic.

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Myron Magnet’s “The Dream and the Nightmare” was the first large unveiling of the 1970’s culture wreckage that continues. Also, Kai Byrd’s “The Chairman” (origins of CIA) and William McDougal’s “The Failure of US Foreign Policy” (imho one of the best reads on the subject) and David Horowitz’ brilliant library of books that detail in full what you write. This is not to diminish your excellent analysis. It does, indeed, spark a revival in opening up those book covers again to see the systematic takeover of all US institutions by the post WW1 & 2 marxists. A Midwestern Doctor just authored (substack) another brilliant piece on the collapse of integrity in medicine and science.

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Error: Walter, not William McDougall

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"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." George Carlin

When people talk about "the American Dream" that quote comes to mind.

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Either I'm mis-rememberin' (wishful thinkin'!) or I'm right--Number 6 gets away--last episode, no? ALL the foiled attempts pay off... all the grit, persistence, fight in that man--make him EVERYMAN (ladies included). That story is ours with a little more "twee" icin' on the prison cake--ours is laced with graphene.... Open the curtains...wasn't there a cement wall? 1968 meets 2023...

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Politics worldwide, previously, from inception to 1930's ish; always had a degree of morality.

Now? All politics have become totally, absolutely & completely amoral.

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That article gives me the shivers. I have read a lot about the prison awaiting us and it is the stuff of nightmares which I'm trying not to have.

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John & Nisha Whitehead always lay it out very well. It’s not new, but accurately describes our dire straight. Do not participate, just say “no”, etc., won’t be sufficient beyond some point. That point really has past, so to be honest, the future wake up cannot be anything but explosive. Reality always surfaces. No way will our elected fix themselves, for their loyalty to party over citizens, money for favors, and the subjugation of our rights and freedoms to corporate and international entities has evolved too far. George Washington was correct in detail about the inherent dangers to democracy of political parties.

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