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 We need to define “Globalism” for future conversations.

It is a hybrid form of totalitarianism. 
The top layer is extreme, predatory, Blackrock/IMF style crony capitalism, aka fascism.

The middle layer is Technocracy. Smart city, AI controlled, total surveillance. 

The bottom layer is performative neo-Marxism wearing a mask of democracy, with all meaningful choice removed. You will own nothing and be happy. You will vote whether you get hit with an oak rod, or a maple rod. You will choose whether your local tyrant is flavor a, or flavor b. But real freedom and truth will be a threat to democracy.

This is the system they are trying to create. It is the Beast.

I say all this as motivation to decide you will never live under a system like this, and to think through what that means for you.

Eventually we will be forced to choose. I fully intend to undermine them, and encourage others to do the same. We might want to get a head start on that today.