{"id":27965,"date":"2024-03-12T05:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=27965"},"modified":"2024-03-11T23:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T03:46:02","slug":"watching-the-train-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/12\/watching-the-train-wreck\/","title":{"rendered":"Watching the Train Wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday it was Haitian cannibals.\u00a0 Today it\u2019s hydraulic fluid pouring out of jetliners<\/a> during takeoff.\u00a0 Tomorrow it\u2019ll be a nuclear exchange with the Russians.\u00a0 I remember back in 2001 after the 9\/11 attack everyone was walking around shellshocked.\u00a0 There was a slew of incidents; hijackings, subway bombings, biological weapons attacks, kidnappings, even a space shuttle crash.\u00a0 It felt like the wheels were coming off of our whole civilization.\u00a0 But back then we felt that the people in charge were marshalling forces to push back against the anarchy and we hoped over the next few years the world would be put back in order and normalcy would be restored.<\/p>\n

Well, that never happened.\u00a0 We went from two terms of Middle East war under George W Bush to two terms of color revolutions under Barack Obama.\u00a0 We got a respite under Trump but now we are experiencing Biden\u2019s war on modernity.\u00a0 It seems to be his intention to not just eliminate affluence from the middle classes but to eliminate the middle class altogether.\u00a0 Joe Biden seems to have ushered in the era of Crap-hole America.\u00a0 There can be little doubt that he has initiated various policies that are laying waste to the majority of Americans\u2019 livelihoods.<\/p>\n

So, I really don\u2019t have any deep insights about why or how or even where this ends up.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of an unprecedented phenomenon.\u00a0 The only similar situation was the Jimmy Carter presidency where 18% mortgage rates and double-digit inflation created an enormous backlash that got Ronald Reagan elected in 1980.<\/p>\n

I believe that the numbers for the Biden catastrophe are quite a bit worse than the Carter Stagflation.\u00a0 I\u2019m comparing my memories of that period to today.\u00a0 Things were pretty grim back then but the country hadn\u2019t divided into two camps that considered each other the enemy.\u00a0 And no one thought Jimmy Carter despised the majority of American people because of the color of their skin.<\/p>\n

So, I think we\u2019re in uncharted territory.\u00a0 Based on what we saw in 2020 with BLM, COVID and the election fraud I don\u2019t doubt that the current regime would be more than willing to do whatever it takes to win the November elections.\u00a0 No amount of obvious fraud would surprise me.<\/p>\n

But I am very interested to see what a second stolen election will do to this country.\u00a0 Already an outright majority of Americans think the 2020 election was stolen.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing that a repeat performance on top of the awful polls that Joe Biden is seeing today might trigger a very strong response from the people.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not claiming they\u2019ll start a guerrilla war or march on the Capitol or anything like that.\u00a0 I think there will be a psychological change in the way most Americans view their government.\u00a0 I think they will be forced to admit that the \u201cdemocracy\u201d here is a sham.\u00a0 And I think it will break out into the open.\u00a0 Not just the dissident right but everyone not on the Left will be talking about the fraud and how the United States is now a banana republic.\u00a0 I think the disrespect toward Biden and the rest of the junta will be open and vicious.\u00a0 And I think that kind of a psychological change will damage the country in ways that will be measurable.<\/p>\n

And I think it should.\u00a0 A very real part of the strength of this country is based on the fact that we thought we were the good guys.\u00a0 And that, if need be, we would fight to protect our way of life.\u00a0 I\u2019m sure that is no longer the case.\u00a0 In fact, I\u2019ll advise any friend or family member to stay out of the armed forces.\u00a0 \u00a0In fact, I\u2019ll warn them to stay away from all Democrat run jurisdictions.\u00a0 I\u2019ll also advise them to weigh the options between what life will be like in red state America and any pockets of freedom and opportunity in other parts of the world.\u00a0 America has been a land of prosperity and freedom for generations.\u00a0 But that era may be finished now and re-evaluating its advantages and disadvantages versus other countries is no longer an unthinkable idea.<\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m very interested in how America reacts to 2024.\u00a0 And from time to time, I\u2019ll add to these remarks.\u00a0 After all who can take his eyes off of a train wreck when it\u2019s in progress?\u00a0 I know I can\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday it was Haitian cannibals.\u00a0 Today it\u2019s hydraulic fluid pouring out of jetliners during takeoff.\u00a0 Tomorrow it\u2019ll be a nuclear exchange with the Russians.\u00a0 I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3344,26],"class_list":["post-27965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","tag-2024-elections","tag-american-exceptionalism"],"yoast_head":"\nWatching the Train Wreck - Orion's Cold Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/12\/watching-the-train-wreck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watching the Train Wreck - 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