ClaytonB
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This almost reads like some kind of Deep State fanfic. "They" are not in control. "They" certainly believe they are in control, and I suppose they may even have every material reason to believe they are in control, but they are not. And if you look at the world with skeptical glasses on, it's obvious that they're not in control. An "8 year takeover plot" makes no sense -- if they really had so much power, they wouldn't need such an elaborate scheme, they would simply have invaded (politically speaking), seized power, and that would be that. The true sign of power is that the one with power does not try to do anything, he simply does it, and is unopposed. "TeH AlL-PoWeRfUl DeEp StAtE" is an absolute fiction that only exists in the fevered imaginations of the Deep State themselves, and those who are controlled by fear of them. I don't need to repeat that the Gospel is the way out of all of this...

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I agree. Rep. Massie needs to stay in the House, and they need to nominate him for Speaker.

The forum is probably still crawling with confused fedbots who were told that the election would last for 3 or 4 months, minimum.

Dude, I'm 100% anti-war. Cut out the non-stop virtue-signaling and enjoy dodging the Kamala-bullet for a moment.

If listening on headphones, the opening should be at 50% volume.

If DJT gets in and IF RP is appointed to a position in DJT's admin, I think this will be a learning-moment for libertarians: power isn't just a linear process of "get your guy elected, then have him wield power for your beliefs (to reduce government)". Power is more complicated than that, and living in denial of the real nature of power doesn't make you ideologically pure, it just makes you stupid. The two-party system has turned the "lesser-of-two-evils" argument into a charade of mass-manipulation and, for this reason, American libertarians are extremely allergic to any argument that begins with, "I don't like to make compromises, but hear me out..." I was in that headspace for sometime. I don't care about politics and so it's all utter garbage and does not deserve any involvement/engagement whatsoever. Unfortunately, total disengagement is just fine with the Clowns who run Clown World. Do stay in your cell and keep quiet, that's a model prisoner! At the federal level, America has been in a kind of political domestic-violence situation for a century or more. The R/D Establishment have developed Stockholm Syndrome but is going into a catatonic state (the libertarian response) really morally superior?? Sadly, there is no pat formula for how to push back against tyranny as effectively as possible. Well, except for the Gospel. And I think that's kind of what Clown World is doing, it's forcing more and more people down to the razor choice between yielding to absolute tyranny, or yielding to God. In the end, the choice will be completely black-and-white. In the meantime, we need to exercise real wisdom and discernment and choose the path that leads most effectively away from tyranny and back to the founding principles of this once-great nation. If any of the Founding Fathers were brought back to life in 2024, they'd agree with 99+% of what Ron Paul believes and they would be absolutely flabbergasted by all other political platforms out there, especially the Republicans and Neocons. Explaining Democrat/Woke/Marxist beliefs would sound to them like alien-speak. We (liberty-lovers) ought to reclaim that high ground of being the true heirs of the Republic as it was originally laid down by the Founders and not allow the talking-heads to spin our resistance to their tyranny into "racism" or "isolationism" or whatever. We're not any of the things that the DC policy-wonks try to claim we are in order to protect their little empire from disintegration by exposure to the acid-wash of simple, obvious truth. They have built a gigantic house-of-cards and the slightest puff of wind will topple it. We (liberty lovers, Ron Paul supporters) are a tornado. They know that...

In the end, only power-worshiping statists will deny it...

Yes he is, you're all wrong. Only I am right because only I am the True Libertarian.

Things Trump has said: approximately 1 zillion Things Trump said he would do, and then actually did: a handful I divide thinkers into two broad types: head thinkers and heart thinkers. By "heart thinkers", I don't mean emotional/feminine, I just mean they go more by "gut hunch". Trump is almost 100% a heart thinker, not a head thinker. When he wants to build a building, he hires somebody to oversee the project. If he wants to reduce cost-of-living or cut government (or, preferably, do one by the other), he appoints somebody to his cabinet to oversee it. Could it turn into yet another gov't forever-department? Yes, there is some risk of that. But it doesn't have to. And maybe it won't be an actual cabinet position (which would require Congressional approval), maybe it will just be a special advisor with direct reporting (cabinet-level) and delegated POTUS authority. You people gotta cut it out with the non-stop litmus testing... get some perspective... THREAD: Dave Smith & Tom Woods on Voting Trump

Sorry, I just can't stop, this is too meme-able:

Same. This went straight to my local backup. Amazing quote, someone FINALLY said it...