An alternative look at Trumps win
“Too big to rig”… Or so we were told
Trumps win, while it was indeed historic, the aftermath of his win leads to a lot of questions being asked.
And these questions are not only being asked by the democrats and the progressives, but also a major portion of the republicans and conservatives. Don’t believe me? Just take a look on X.
X has been non stop filled with questions such as “Why has Trump appointed all these neocons” or “If Trump really does stands for freedom, then why is he banning certain flags from being flown”. Now a lot of these are the cynics that roam the internet, peeking in and around every corner, searching for doom and gloom, (Myself included). But these aren’t the only concerning things to have happened since Trumps win. I mean take Zuckerberg’s slight pivot to the right. Does anyone on the conservatives side trust Zuck? I don’t.
Zuckerberg has fully admitted that he has worked/helped the government promote censorship in the past, and yet were supposed to accept that “He’s changed” and “All he want’s is to support the freedom of speech now”.
Why?
Because he showed up on a one off Joe Rogan podcast episode? C’mon, ain’t nobody take that load of BS seriously.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of the JRE, and It does tend to help me like a person a little more when they appear on his podcast. But Zuckerberg is a rat, trying to claw his way into the winning side.
Billionaire oligarchs and Trumps appointment of neocons, are but just some of things concerning me with the Trumps win. His win, more and more each day, is starting feel like the same plan that Trump and his team have been claiming to fight against.
The plan looks better when it’s painted red.
Take a look at Elon Musk’s plan for A.I and brain implants. Wasn’t it just a few years ago, that Elon Musk’s biggest fear for humanity was the rise of A.I? And how Skynet isn’t as far fetched as it seemed and all that other crap. But the now the tune has changed, and the tune now plays in favor for A.I, but only if it’s done Musk’s way. It’s his way or no way.
Even Joe Rogan has changed his tune on the brain implant ethical debate. Before it was, “Too dangerous to let that kind of technology into your thoughts and dreams” ooooh, but now it’s like, “It’s all cool man, Elon knows what he’s doing”…. What!?
Yes Musk feats in the space business are unrivaled by both NASA and his competition (Blue Origin , Virgin Galactic etc.), but for some of us, that does not over shadow his other more concerning pursuits of the above mentioned.
I will say that I don't believe Elon's a closeted Nazi as some of the more extreme far left have screeched out like unhinged banshees. That "Roman salute" he was accused of performing was clearly him metaphorically throwing his heart into the crowd he was speaking to.
This Nazi witch hunt the far left is crusading against any and all prominent right wing figure is just bad practice, and it doesn't help anyone's cause.
It's easy to hide behind the boy who cried wolf, that's why the bad actors on both sides want more of it.
In the end the people always win, it doesn’t matter how powerful and untouchable these people may think they are. We win, end of story. Good will always destroy evil, it doesn’t matter how long it takes, good will always win. Left vs Right is just for fun, it’s doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things.
“Remember who the real enemy is”- A British guy playing an American in an American movie.
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