CEO of Palintir: I Didn’t Change. Democrats Changed.

Palintir CEO Alex Karp:

I didn't shift my politics. The political parties have shifted their politics. The idea that what's being called progressive is in any way progressive is a complete farce. I've been progressive since the beginning of Palantir. I am continuing to progress. I grew up in a highly intellectually, intellectual, mostly Jewish, incredibly left wing environment. And every saturday and every Friday, I heard a lecture about how the Conservatives are going to destroy this country with illegal immigration, because it's going to undermine the fabric of the American worker.

That was 50 years ago. That's what it means to be a progressive. And being progressive doesn't mean just oh, it feels so good to be involved in dysfunction, things that can never work. A form of socialism that's never worked. Having no meritocracy. That's not progressive, That's pretend. That's honestly cowardly, and most people, half my old party, knows it. They don't speak up. It's bullshit. It will never work, and it does not help. You know, the biggest problem with that is it's not helping the poor people that they claim to serve. If you think that's helping a black person in the inner city, you're ridiculous. The last thing anyone in this country needs is a dysfunctional educational system and handouts that have never worked and are not going to work.

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Dave Smith: Tax-Free War Mongering

Dave Smith on US war-waging, tax-free:

In 25 years, we've spent close to $10 trillion on wars and they didn't tax the American people for that, as they know. They couldn't tax us enough to pay. We would put an end to it. If they tried to raise everybody's taxes enough to come up with $10 trillion because we want to go fight regime change wars all over the Middle East, the American people would have been like, "No, we're not doing that." But they didn't do that. They kept taxes where they were. I think they even cut some rates during those years, the top rates. And then they borrowed the rest. And they still couldn't borrow enough. So they just print the money.

And then essentially, what happens is that the price of everything just goes up and up and up. And you just put more money into the system. And then people start looking around and going like, "Geez, why is the price of housing and health care and energy and child care totally unaffordable?" And the answer is, because you're paying for the war in Iraq. And nobody thinks about it like that, but that's really what's going on.

For all the young people who are coming out of college now, and they're like, I'm 150 grand in debt. I have a gender studies major degree or whatever, you know, maybe something better than that, but they got an English degree or something. And they're working at Door Dash, and the average house is going for 600 grand, and they're like, "What am I possibly going to do?"

It's like, the reason why these kids are all demanding socialism, at least on the left, is because, what else are you going to do? The reason why that is the case is because your government decided to spend trillions of dollars on blowing up brown countries, and, in some cases, then rebuilding them to blow them up again. This is the actual cost of the thing.

I feel like it's the almost nobody outside of like the Ron Paul libertarians, the Austrian economics guys, almost nobody else ever makes this connection. This is the deal. You can't be a world empire without having a central bank that can print money for you, because otherwise it just doesn't work. Resources are finite, and you'll run out of them. And so you can't do that without having this monetary system.

But the cost of this monetary system is that prices always go up and up and up and up, and that rigs the entire economy against the working class and the middle class in favor of the rich. It's just the way it is. When the value of assets is going up and up and up and up, that's great if you own stuff. That's great if you own stuff and you're selling it. If you got a billion dollars in the bank, inflation is your best friend. But if you're on a fixed income or you're a working class person, it just destroys you.

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Illiberals

Definition of "Illiberal" (aggregated by Grok):

"Illiberal" is an adjective that primarily means not liberal, especially in a political sense where it describes attitudes or systems opposed to principles of liberalism, such as restricting individual rights, freedoms, or democratic norms.

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It can also refer to being narrow-minded, intolerant, or bigoted about cherished opinions or values.

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In older or literary contexts, it might mean ungenerous, stingy, or lacking in culture and refinement.

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The term is often used today to describe "illiberal democracies," which are governments that maintain the appearance of democracy while suppressing opposition or civil liberties.

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With that definition in hand, let me say:

I do not oppose Women. I oppose Illiberal Women.

I do not oppose Men. I oppose Illiberal Men.

I do not oppose LGBTQIA+ people. I oppose Illiberal LGBTQIA+ people.

I do not oppose Muslim people. I oppose Illiberal Muslim people.

I do not oppose Asian people. I oppose Illiberal Asian people.

I do not oppose White people. I oppose Illiberal Muslim people.

I do not oppose Black people. I oppose Illiberal Black people.

Etc, etc. Maybe this is a long-winded way of expressing what MLK said so eloquently: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

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DNC’s Position on Immigration and Many Other Policies: Not Organic

I offer this set of quotes along with my personal view that immigration is a fraught and complex subject, one filled with difficult to formulate policy. It results in many instances of heartbreak and unfairness. What I can conclude is that anyone who has a simplistic view of immigration is not being thoughtful or honest. Take a look at these quotes by prominent Democrats.

What is stunning about these quotes is that they represented the clear consensus of the DNC Complex (DNC, corporate media and most sense-making institutions in the US) for decades. Then, all of a sudden, all of these politicians have flipped 180° without any explanation. Nor any interest in the reason for the 180 by the Corporate media. In my article, I provide links to dozens videos featuring these same politicians, and others, offering opinions completely contrary to their current positions. This is further evidence that the DNC position is completely contrary to what it appears to be today. Again, without any explanation of why the DNC has flipped its position entirely.

The only thing I can say for certain is that these unexplained flips are direct evidence that this process of flipping is not organic. I suspect the following: NGO or donor money, power, attempts to pad the voter rolls (and see here and here and here and here and here and here) and tribalism. This much is certain: Normal honest people don't completely flip their opinions on major long-held positions without explanation.

Consider further, the video excerpts of prominent Democrats who are stating policy positions most people today would characterize as "Republican":

Obama: https://x.com/travelingflying/status/2012918038262059446

https://x.com/patriot_savvy/status/2012886820627845452

https://x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/2012741729128997280

https://x.com/Michele_Tafoya/status/1997087112315752780

https://x.com/LightOnLiberty/status/2012954668838588585

https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1975688443167711654

https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1973899222253776988

https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2012937860056232415

https://x.com/Highway_30/status/2012704936518132153

https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1974106435563954436

https://x.com/patriot_savvy/status/2012886820627845452

Joe Biden:

https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1975695044939292736

https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1932389659281363170

Nancy Pelosi

https://x.com/Highway_30/status/2011168208238129466

https://x.com/america/status/1972679649810382927

Bernie Sanders

https://x.com/Highway_30/status/2012774949446893597

https://x.com/ThomasSowell/status/1996236734246388211

https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/2011870591004131714

Bill Clinton & Hillary Clinton

https://x.com/CoVet_81/status/2011149382763368737

https://x.com/Gitmo99/status/201082956535506144

https://x.com/adamcarolla/status/1972688228697395593

https://x.com/newtgingrich/status/1972659456363188320

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NYT Keeps Alive the Mangled Idea of “Race” Upon the Death of Scott Adams

Here are more examples of what happens when people embrace the idea of "race." I agree with the writings of Sheena Mason that we ought to simultaneously Eliminate racism and the Idea of Race.

Check out Oprah's reaction here:

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