Optimism Despite MAGA Darkness
The chaos will continue. Protect yourself and your loved ones.
Friends,
A quick entry.
It will be no surprise that, since the inauguration, I’ve been deeply troubled by the actions of the second Trump administration and the resulting MAGA-induced hypnosis that continues to spread, uncontrolled, across the nation. The regime appears intent on accelerating our descent toward a complete and presently unimaginable darkness: Our way of life is under attack; we are at war.
Our ability to engage in Good Faith dialogue has been almost entirely destroyed by propaganda-fueled algorithms, controlled by billionaires, and an equally catastrophic failure by the establishment media, also controlled by billionaires, to pursue the truth over profit.
In the face of these attacks, optimism is now a radical and demanding choice.
To get started:
First, you must protect your mind.
Second, you must find your community.
These two elements must not be rooted in fear, or hatred of the other, excluding billionaires, but in fraternity with a pathway for understanding, and in pursuit of the truth.
Follow your heart.
Reject cynicism.
Turn off cable television.
Delete X.
Monitor your algorithm and its influence over your thought. Determine which influences which. Adjust accordingly.
Follow those instincts — those instincts you know you have, but which have been silenced by a saturation of information, and by the overly confident experts who have been wrong every turn, and who have destroyed the free and independent thought of millions of Americans.
Reject the greed, hate-filled fuel that propagates the darkness of our time.
Choose, instead, to stand boldly in the light.
Choose optimism.
May 2025
Albany, NY