Thread by @vagrantwires

Quick 🧵: Things are unraveling as we approach the inevitable conclusion of this unholy experiment of modernity. National decline affects us all, incompetence harms us all, corruption weakens us all. But none of these things are in control of the suffering citizenry. 1/

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The closest we ever got to stopping this runaway train was Trump's 2016 win. The result? Instead of learning from this message, the ruling caste has worked tirelessly to accelerate collapse for the sole purpose of stopping him and ensuring the people never get what they want. 2/

They've enacted ethnic cleansing pogroms to replace those citizens for the crime of questioning national decline. They've arrested people for speaking out. They've poisoned our food and water. They've destroyed social cohesion. They've corrupted and abused children. 3/

They've destroyed and corrupted history. They've impoverished millions with inflation. They've erased entire cultures. They've waged a war on beauty itself and uglified our lives with dull profanity. They seek even now to blot out the sky with chemicals and burn churches. 4/

They egg on endless war and blithely live out their fantasies of vengeful resentment upon the public for its lack of obsequience. These "rulers" regularly insist that listening to the concerns of their citizens is "dangerous" and happily imprison them for daring to complain. 5/

We now stand yet again at another crucial crossroads. Trump, a true herculean figure, a great man of history, stands in the path of the piratical leeches in charge of our society. He has once more stepped into the breach to give us this chance - one chance - to change course. 6/

Many believed 2020 to be the most consequential year of our lifetimes. But 2024 may be the most consequential ELECTION in our history. This is the citizenry's final referendum on the system. This is the last try, the final swing of the bat. The hail mary throw. 7/

We know two things about this election:
1) Trump has the public's support and trust. People are tired of decline and its tendrils are too deep to ignore. But we also know...
2) The system, represented by Harris, will do everything in its power to lie, cheat and steal it. 8/

Nothing is beyond the pale to them. They already tried to kill Trump, and they will again. They've already stolen and cheated election systems, and they will again. They've already destroyed public trust, and they will again. They've already broken the law, and will again. 9/

What this election represents is the public's final attempt to get things back to normal or to "go back". It's a noble sentiment, and we may yet temporarily succeed in this forlorn dream. But the behavior of the Regime has made the necessary truce to achieve peace impossible. 10/

They've shown they will stop at nothing to destroy us. Trump's holy mandate from his survival of the assassination plot may shift things for us, but it changes nothing for them. They remain bloodthirsty, spiteful and ignorant. They remain unchanged. They remain hostile. 11/

But there is hope in all this chaos. I've written before about this acceleration and why ultimately it is a good thing. Whatever the results of this election, things will accelerate beyond measure. Either Trump wins and they do something extreme as a result, or...12/

...they cheat and steal it again, proving to millions of Americans that the system is irreparably broken, leading to a splintering of the nation or worse. I can't predict the future but there is one thing I think it's crucial to get across to people in moments like this. 13/

Hope is a curious thing. It springs forth in darkness, in moments of weakness and desperation. It is one of God's most remarkable gifts to us. It spurs our faith and ultimately makes our capacity for love possible. This is why prayer, verbalized hope, is such a powerful act. 14/

While things may look "so over" my message to you is that they are far from it. Each day is one for us to hope and fight for the future, because we believe in the future. The enemy believes in destruction, worshiping at the altar of self-obsession and loathing. But we hope. 15/

They say "Trump can't win" but we say "he will win". They claim the west is done for, we say it can be saved. They have broken the sword, but we say it can be remade. Do not mistake this for false nostalgia, which imprisons people in the past. Hope is forward-looking. 16/

Hope recognizes the failures of the past and the destruction at hand. It lets us embrace the pain and move on to greener pastures, to save what we can of the past and build something new, something even better. Hope is our eternal fire, the Faustian spirit in the wilderness. 17/

But remember that hope must be acted upon, lest it become a nostalgic prison. So I will say again that we ARE going to win, because we will, because I will fight every day in my life to make it so. They will never take this hope from us. 18/

So no matter what happens this November, keep that fire burning in your heart. Do not let the purveyors of despair snuff it out. Do not fall for their tricks, lies and deceits. Have hope, let it drive you to work towards a better world, and fight for it. 19/END