Was in intel the last half of his career, IIRC.
Wanted to check how red-pilled he was. Asked if he'd read POTUS Dec Exec Order. Nope and then had lots of derisive to say about POTUS. Claimed some of his intel buddies still in D.C. were derisive, too etc. etc. etc.
I briefly summarized the Exec Order and suggested that he might be selling POTUS short--that he seemed to be accomplishing a lot more than folks realized. I don't think he was having any of it.
But on reflection on the way home--I was sobered that if that guy and his intel buddies are still wary to hostile (though more hostile to Shrillery) ... then we do have our work cut-out for us in red-pilling folks. Maybe we need to study harder; prepare docs, cards, posters, & meme's more ... and work harder at the task. Seriously.
There are personalities that protect themselves from failure, by not trying, or pointing out the futility of trying. This also protects them from ever being responsible for bad stuff or ridiculed for their choices.
For them, expression of hope or belief in a President would not be ok, cause they can’t even trust themselves. In addition, the President for years has become the scape goat of all things wrong in USA and the World. And some deserved that more than others.
And then there’s the natural snobbery that exists with people in any group, vs civilians or people outside that group. Perhaps the current intel sceptics will be red pilled by Team Trump later on, and then he’ll fall in line cause his buds are telling him something different.
I expect at least 25% of the population will never be red-pilled. They’ll be the next bitter clingers.
I think that you’ll find many VN types are such hardcore cynics that they barely believe themselves at times and believing anyone not already proven by shedding blood on their behalf is nearly unthinkable.
Only reason I came out of The Dark was Grandma. (and the kids and their kids and now the ggkid)
When you find yourself surrounded by truly good and loving people it’s hard to think the world is such a bad place. (Although I find myself watching anyone who might harm my family with such vile intensity I frighten myself a little bit.)
I know that I’m slipping back into bad ways when I find myself considering how best to dispose of bodies......Just give my brother a bit of time to check you out and verify things you tell him. You’re not going to overcome 50 years of slander, lies and officious BS with a single sound bite.
That is a fascinating story.... and very profound about the work in front of us.
Programming can go really deep.