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"But it’s unfair to blame the sweeping global power grabs on one man, who merely made the same catastrophic mistake (for most of the world’s tyrants, however, it was merely just leaning into their impulses, and not a political mistake) that every other world leader made."

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I don't blame him at all for that -- I blame him for STILL not admitting that the 'experts' took him for a ride, especially when it came to vaccines. Big Pharma literally held off on the accountment the jab was ready until after the election so that Trump didn't benefit from being right. (The "experts" were all saying it would be the end of 2020 at the earliest, which is quite obvious BS if the jab is announced a week later.)

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A lot of us recognized this tyranny immediately. Maybe caught off guard, but we fought all of the moronic NPIs as best we could, but so many blindly accepted the fear & we were outnumbered. We yelled that treatment needed to be our focus, not the killer respirators. Then came the censoring; hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin & anyone who disagreed with the cult as small businesses died , our churches closed and still too few fought back. As big businesses got millions in aid, it took me more than a year to get a whopping $1200 in PPP during a full 2 years with no income. Then the jabs, with censoring & pro government/Big Pharma in full swing, fighting those were like banging your head against the wall. Anyone with half a brain should have said no to such an obvious danger. Yet those that demanded "no gmo, everything organic," and hated everything Big Pharma, suddenly switched to "whatever will decrease our fear, go ahead and inject me." Insane. I lost all new possible work because I refused to take medicine I did not need or wanted. After all this, still no consequences. The consequences needed to be immediate to have any effect.

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A beautiful little essay. But I don't expect America to preserve freedom. I still see people shy away if someone so much as sneezes, the mention of covid is enough to send them back to the spring and summer of 2020, I work at a medical school that still gives weekly updates on the virus levels in waste water, and updates the latest CDC guidance and recommendations for all of us peons. My co workers are all in love with the convenience of working remotely, all the time, not just for example, in bad weather, and, the love of convenience, Zoomin' and Teamin' on a screen is too alluring over, say, freedom.

The essay describes an anti-establishment White House, but, we must remember that Trump marched in lockstep with the rest of the world, he unleashed Fauci and Birx, he warped the vaccines out in record time. What is even sadder is all of the anti establishment Hollywood actors, and rock n roll stars, who have all become authoritarian maniacs, whether out of their hatred of Trump, their fear of getting a cold, or some other reason. But it's just very disheartening. Whatever happened to the distrust of Big Pharma? I just don't see the average American standing up for freedom, if it takes, say more effort than sending a ballot in the mail.

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I agree. Trump did his best but unfortunately based his decisions on some politically motivated information from his ‘trusted advisors’. Though many sheep followed the fear mongering MSM’s dictates to get vaxxed, stay inside, don’t go to school, don’t do anything, wear a mask at all times, many of us who still remain critical thinkers took another path…the path that leads to freedom from such idiocy. We’re ready for the next onslaught of authoritarian pandemic rules. It’s called, yeah, right, uh huh, take a hike!

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"The next time the global ruling class attempts to pull these shenanigans, we should hope that enough Americans are ready and able to form both the conceptual and physical resistance to tyranny, creating an opening and an inspiration for the free peoples of the world to follow suit."

USA & Switzerland tied for first place in the holdout olympics. Both got about 33% refusing the shots. Interesting that the 2 most heavily armed CIVILIAN populations got the best results.

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Keep sending this to all the vaxtards that went along with the crap for the last 4+ years. A yearly reminder of just how much STUPID SHIT they went along with.

Happy Anniversary

https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/best-covid-memes-march-16-lockdown-anniversary

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TaaRump was then, and still is, DANGEROUSLY NAIVE.

Will re-electing him really make a difference?

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"But it’s unfair to blame the sweeping global power grabs on one man, who merely made the same catastrophic mistake (for most of the world’s tyrants, however, it was merely just leaning into their impulses, and not a political mistake)"

Yes. A surprising number of Trump supporters seem hamstrung by the idea that Trump would have ignored the lockdown advice if he opposed globalism, or something to that effect. If anything, the fact that only and essentially all Western countries did the same thing should convince these people of the WHO's and WEF's power. All of those countries' governments had already had "medical experts" installed in exactly the right places to sway their hapless-in-content leaders.

Now that at least a few nationalist-oriented Western leaders with unacceptable levels of popularity have caught wise, it's a different landscape. Maybe not winnable yet, but tilted toward what normies desperately need, even some of the far-gone, still-masked Karenific ones who don't know they're still normies deep down.

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What gets me is those of us who went against the grain (no jabs) were accused of being "Trumpers." Yet Trump was part of the lockdown and is still proud of that and "Operation Warp Speed."

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Trump has his shot and he failed the test. Too bad no other Republican candidate attempted to hang reality on his neck just goes to show that they were not ready for prime time. Presidential Politics is a blood sport and no one made Trump bleed over the one thing he was vulnerable on. RFK Jr is a better choice than either Biden or Trump

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The mass immigration is their solution. They are going to dilute our effect for the next go round

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America is responsible for preserving freedom abroad? Far from it these days; we impose regime change at will (Egypt / Pakistan) except where we can’t (Russia). Some few Americans resist the evil of our government, but as for a people to look to for the future, other countries, forged under the crucible of our obscene pressure are better candidates now to lead the world.

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Nuke Davos!

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Tony Fauci. That’s only the tip of the iceberg. What more does it take to rattle on awake. Don’t worry I do not use “Wikipedia“ as my source reference as a “research scientist/doctor”tried to browbeat me recently to as he was virtue signaling his superior knowledge over mine.

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“Never again” should be indelible to everyone who is awake. Propaganda works, even I fell for it the first two weeks. 15 days to slow the spread. 100% safe and effective, get the jab and the virus cannot infect you and you cannot transfer to others. Surgeon General has video how to make a mask with paper towel and rubber bands. N95 more effective then homemade cloth ones or bandannas, but either are acceptable to shop at grocery store or go to gym. Six feet apart, unless you are flying in an airplane, swapping leg sweat with the person seated next to you. Masks work even with people constantly fidgeting/adjusting theirs or hanging their beaks outside for all to see but not called out for it (why chastise when most of us new by seeing so many exceptions, it had no way of being real or successful. Plexiglass is a solid barrier a virus cannot find a way around. Fear: “you will kill grandma if you visit for Thanksgiving or Christmas”. Intimidation: “get the jab, or lose your job (you’re free to chose, nobody is making you get vaccinated). Gilt: “this is a pandemic caused by the unvaccinated”. Bribery: get vaccinated at the gate and you can watch the NFL game starting shortly. Free cheeseburger 🍔, pizza 🍕. Qualify for a million dollar lottery ( five people in Colorado were “lucky”, risk was not something spoken or even part of “informed consent”. Back to intimidation, when all these moving goalposts fail to get people on board. U.S. patent 7279327 SARS COV-2, Ralph Baric Chapel Hill, UNCarolina. Peter Daszak, Ecohealth Alliance, DARPA, FDA (takes private donations Pfizer, wow big pharma and big government really working in concert benefiting from billions in the lie. CDC, WHO, WEF, WIV, funneled millions of tax dollars by a soulless megalomanic

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Great essay.

And correct the enemy will keep trying.

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