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"The general public is being reduced to a state where people not only are unable to find out about the truth, but also become unable to search for the truth because they are satisfied with deception and trickery that have determined their convictions, satisfied with a fictitious reality created by design through the abuse of language."
--Josef Pieper
Sloths move at the speed of congressional debate but with greater deliberation and less noise.
PJ O'Rourke
History suggests governments eventually resolve prolonged chaos the old-fashioned way: war. Whether that’s in Eastern Europe, Asia, or somewhere else, the risk is rising. For now, all we can do as individuals is insulate ourselves—financially and geographically—from, as Doug puts it, “the elephants trampling the grass.”
I’m glad to be in Uruguay. Doug Casey’s glad to be in Argentina. Here, the pace is slower, the politics are less theatrical, and the news cycle doesn’t try to kill you before breakfast.
But the U.S.? The republic is gone. The empire is in the open. And under Trump 2.0, chaos isn’t a bug in the system—it’s the system.
Matt Smith
