Deon Opperman⚡Dixi et animam levavi.

Ok, enough time has passed since the US elections for us to gently move beyond the liberal self-congratulatory burlesque, and deal in some harsh, cold truths. Here is my version of where we stand right now (which I may or may not share in a few months as an 'I told you'): 1. The US elections is a sideshow to the war in Iran and the turmoil in Europe. The empire has not been canceled, the Pentagon has not been dissolved and no one was fired at the CIA or any other shadowy agency. The progressive achievement symbolizes good general trends, but it is strictly a symbol. Actual power has not been transferred or qualified in any way. 2. The Democratic Party has 3 principal commitment: A. Israel B. The Democratic Party apparatus C. The two-party system (aka the status quo) First, the Democratic Party is Israel. It is run by Zionists at every level, everywhere in the US. To maintain their control, these Zionists now need to - Separate Zionism from 'the Israeli government' - Co-opt the Palestinian cause and make it about 'the two-state solution' and 'settler violence' once again. This will give Israel enough time to ethnically cleanse Palestine completely till Republicans win power again. To support Israel in the current atmosphere they need to pretend to embrace some of the criticism ('it is sad when Palestinians suffer and die') while denying and nullifying its essence (Zionism is a great evil that must be eradicated in the name of humanity). Zionists own and operate the Democratic Party. They will continue to support Israel. And, while we're at it, what they are most likely to do is finance and expand a war that the Republicans started. After many soldiers die and West Asia becomes destabilized, the war will be about the future of the world and the region, and Democrats will be used to fake a wider (fake reluctant) American consensus for it. A big painful false flag or two will definitely help. - The Democratic Party apparatus does not want to become too popular: it is too much responsibility. So they will aim for losing, compromising and failing while having a fake robust debate. This is how they keep the apparatus strong and sheltered from both expectations criticism. This is also how they prevent the possibility of serious action against Israel. Additionally, by making the Republicans look stronger than they really are, they paint their uselessness in heroic hues. Which leads us to the next part. - In the two-party system, the two sides are always needed to maintain the false impression of a healthy and natural pendulum swing. So the Democrats will do their best to look stupid and disconnected on a couple of key issues to keep the Republican brand alive and Americans caught in the grasp of the system, which is mainly done by always giving one segment of society the false hope of change through the system in the future (forever alternating between Democrats and Republicans for just enough people so that no one side is actually ever responsible or accountable for anything). The fake promise is the heart of the American political system (and the American experiment in general). - The Democrats exist to maintain the status quo on all issues. The main tools in its disposal are deceit and manipulation (cooptation, pretend solidarity, feigned ignorance, fake empathy, flattery, playing both sides, distraction, obfuscation, misrepresentation and so on). Expect a ton of those, as the radical tones of election day give way to fake sobriety and the intricate needs of the process and the standards and traditions (yada yada). 3. Democrats will continue to serve the long-term interests of the empire, corporate America and Israel - all wrapped in just enough partisan lingo to keep liberals the right mix of deluded, angry and afraid to do or demand nothing concrete while remaining committed to the party. This is all they need to do to maintain their power, and all they care about. And this is what Israel and their corporate owners push them to do as well. 4. For Trump, this is an ideal scenario: he was at once removed from all responsibility for the state of the USA. Whatever gets fucked from now on will be blamed of the Democrats (a game they willfully participate in to keep the two-party deceit going). Now he is free to do what he enjoys: play bully and victim, and create noise and distractions by constantly fighting with everyone and using his platform to insult them and deflect from his failures, all while enjoying the generous attention and coverage the Democrat-controlled media space will continue to afford him as part of the big deception. The coming economic crises will be blamed on the Democrats and their obstructionism: many supposed liberal pundits will support this view - again, to keep the lie going. Trump has two main goals for the rest of his term: A. Create a big mess the Democrats will not be able to solve, which will make the Republicans looking good in a couple of years. A war with Iran could be just that (and if that sounds absurd, remember Trump himself ran on ending wars that another Republican president started, and Democrats continued: the same could happen again in 6 years with another Trump after Democrats, shockingly (!) choose to continue the war/s). B. Amass enough money for himself and his kids to never be bothered again by anyone. And also have fun making a mockery of everything and everyone - which the Democrats will help him with, for reasons I already explained. - Real life is about to bring this fuzzy phase to an abrupt and likely violent end. After that, we'll have the same old, only dumber and faker. Nothing happened but an indication of a trend. Power-wise, this means absolutely nada. Liberals are hopeful, but not even as hopeful as they were when Obama was elected. We all know what happened next. - Only Iran can save the US, and that's by handing it a catastrophic, traumatic defeat. Everything else is cosmetics: easily nippable buds. Nothing has changed yet.