Posted on 12/13/2020 4:19:37 AM PST by Kaslin
Before I set the stage and lay out the most prominent dimensions of our current crisis, let me answer the question I ask in the title of this article, namely, can America survive this perfect storm? The answer is simple and obvious: without divine intervention, we are in big trouble. Really big trouble. Massively big trouble. We need God, desperately and urgently. Otherwise . . . well, you can fill in the blanks. Things do not look good right now.
To recap the main events of 2020, we entered the year deeply divided in the midst of the impeachment hearings, with very little middle ground between us.
And the divisions between us only grew deeper by the day, as we were fed mutually exclusive narratives in the news and social media echo chambers in which we live.
“You’re being brainwashed!” we shouted at one another, convinced it was them, not us, who were biased and blind (and stupid).
Since then, we have suffered (and continue to suffer) a pandemic, which has only been exacerbated by the mixed signals from leaders and “experts.”
Shutdown or no shutdown? Did we ever level the curve? Mask or no mask? Is the vaccine good or bad? Is Trump trying to kill us? Is China trying to kill us? Are Democratic governors and mayors trying to steal our religious freedoms? Is Dr. Fauci a fine man or a devious political plant? Can we trust the CDC? The WHO?
And all the while, the death count continues to soar.
In the midst of this crisis came the death of George Floyd (among others), followed by massive, national upheaval (yes, I’m using the word “massive” a lot, for good reason). Protests. Riots. Cities aflame.
Is America a good country or a racist country? Should we trace our national history to 1619 or 1776? Can we separate Black Lives Matter from the BLM Movement? And what about Antifa? And the cancel culture. And mobocracy. Are we safe in our own neighborhoods?
It really feels as if our country has lost its way. Nothing seems certain and the ground seems to be quaking under our feet. What will tomorrow bring?
Next came the elections.
Without COVID-19, it is likely that Trump would have defeated any Democratic candidate in a landslide with our economy strong and with Trump’s base steadily growing.
But with COVID, not only did the economy take a nosedive, but a new crisis arose: massive absentee voting, with limited supervision.
Months in advance, Trump was already crying fraud, assuring his followers he could only lose if the election was rigged. (Of course, this has been a Trump mantra for years, quite unrelated to COVID.)
Were the polls wrong again? Could lighting strike twice and Trump beat the odds for two straight elections? Or were the polls further proof that the system really was rigged, that pollsters and the mainstream media and Big Tech were colluding to steal the election from Trump?
Then Big Tech refused to report on some major, election-related stories, and the mainstream media refused to cover them.
The perfect storm of suspicion and mistrust was intensifying by the hour.
Then election night happened, and as we approached midnight, Trump seemed close to victory. He really did do it again. Lightning did strike twice.
But then the counting stopped in those few, key states, and then . . . well, you know the rest of the story.
One half of America knows exactly what happened. The election was stolen. Massive fraud was perpetrated. Trump’s warnings were absolutely right. The proof is there, right before our eyes. We cannot let this happen to our nation!
If the Democrats get in they will pack the Supreme Court, they will open our borders, and America as we know it will be done. Finished. Gone.
The other half of America also knows exactly what happened. Joe Biden won the election fair and square. That’s why the courts have thrown out case after case from Trump’s legal team, right up to the Supreme Court. In fact, the last effort (from Texas) was so flawed that all the justices appointed by Trump refused to hear it. Trump and his supporters are the laughingstock of the nation.
“Face the facts,” that half of America says. “Trump has brainwashed you and is destroying the country. Can’t you see it?”
The other half replies, “How can you be so blind? Don’t you care that one of the greatest crimes in our nation’s history has been committed? And do you think more than 70 million Americans will simply accept a theft of this level? Not a chance.”
Now there is even talk of some states seceding from the union. The situation really is grave.
And I’ve not said a word about the massive spiritual crisis, as it seems that evangelical Christianity has become defined by solidarity with Trump more than by solidarity with Jesus. Then there are the charismatic prophets assuring us that Trump will, in fact, triumph, while others look at us with incredulity and scorn, quite sure that we have totally lost our minds.
Yet without COVID, we would not be here today, for a host of reasons outlined above. Not only so, but because of COVID, we also have a nation on edge. We are tired of the lockdowns. We are emotionally drained. We are angry. We don’t know who to trust. And we are ready to burst.
Yet even with all of this, had there been no apparent irregularities on election night and had not Trump not been warning about fraud for months, we would not be where we are today. November 3 would have come and gone and, like it or not, we would all have known the results of the voting before we went to sleep that night.
Yet here we are, six weeks later, and polls indicate that a large majority of Republicans, a substantial number of Independents, and even a small minority of Democrats believe the election was rigged. The rest cannot believe that anyone with a working brain is still believing this myth. Trump, they say, has deceived the masses. His followers have swallowed the big lie. Dear Leader is leading us off a cliff.
This is why we so desperately need God. This is why we must pray and cry out as if there was no tomorrow. This is why we need to find a new place of urgency in our hearts. This is why we need to repent of our own sins, of our own blindness, of our own hatred, of our own carnality. Let us not be so smug and self-righteous. There is more junk in our own backyards then we would care to admit.
And we need to do this now, before it is too late.
There is no happy, middle ground between the two sides of the current conflict, with both sides firmly convinced of the other side’s shameful guilt.
And so my appeal, no, my plea, is that all of us fall on our faces and come to God’s side, fervently praying for divine intervention.
It is either that or... I would rather not say.
He says that like it is a bad thing.
No America will not survive as it is now...It is bankrupt now and the Left will finish it off..I foresee it breaking up into Nation States...
I know. I think secession is the answer right now.
I know this, we will NOT survive a Biden or Harris administration.
30% of ‘Rats is not a “small” minority.
Months in advance, Trump was already crying fraud, assuring his followers he could only lose if the election was rigged. (Of course, this has been a Trump mantra for years, quite unrelated to COVID.)
more garbage reporting
No, America will not survive in its current form. If some semblance of freedom is to be retained, there needs to be a division - most effectively into four regions. It’s time to stop pretending it can again become a unified nation. There is no unity, and the concept of nationhood hasn’t applied to this country in many years. We had a great run, but it’s time to go into salvage mode.
America, or more importantly, the idea that IS America will survive. Even if it is in the heart and mind of a freeman being persecuted by a tyrannical government. The Republic that was the physical manifestation of those ideas has in retrospect probably been on life support for a while. If the leftists and globalists manage to kick the power cord out at 12 noon, Jan 20, 2021, it will officially be dead. What comes after that is anybodies guess.
My hope is secession of many states from the USSA (formally known as the USA).
I really think this take is wrong though: And I’ve not said a word about the massive spiritual crisis, as it seems that evangelical Christianity has become defined by solidarity with Trump more than by solidarity with Jesus.
The spiritual crisis isn't the conflation of Trump with Jesus, not at all. What hurts Christians most is the majority of pastors haven't been willing to, or capable of prophetically pointing out how demonically inspired the left is, their worship of secular domination and power, and their alignment with the spiritual forces of evil.
in the UK, Hitchens grapples with similar questions and, despite the headline, is absolutely scating about the Conservative Party:
Youtube: 42m: 13 Dec: Peter Hitchens: From Covid to Culture Wars - The Left’s Long March Through UK Institutions is Complete
The government, he argues, has embarked on the biggest and most expensive propaganda campaign in peacetime, to concince the British public to commit acts of enormous self harm that were wholly disproportionate and unjustifiable in relation to the severity of the pandemic...
He explains that much of the current “social justice” and culture war problems we see today originates in the Equalities Act of 2010, an Act brought in by the Labour Government but one which the Conservative Party — which by this point had become a Blairite Party led by the Blairite David Cameron — did little to oppose.
“If I were under 30 I’d have left (Britain) long ago”, Hitchens states. “I’ve never seen a country more finished — and I’ve seen some finished countries.” The problem Britain faces is that with our 2 party system (which Hitchens supports), it is impossible for a new party to rise up until there is a vacancy. This is how the Labour Party emerged to replace the Liberal Party — and this is the only way that the Conservative Party or Labour Party will in turn be replaced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUhm3_PW3qo
Occasionally exceeding the daily CHOICE death rate.
I agree - secession is not only not a bad thing, it is probably the ONLY thing left to do without blood.
Judging from the reaction of some politicians and media people to this kind of talk, it seems they are taking it seriously.
We cannot live together obviously. Live and let live is an impossibility. I refuse to have the likes of kamala or aoc run my life.
God helps those who help themselves. God is not going to sort this out for us. We have to do it ourselves.
IMO The only thing that the two sides ( citizen level and not at the elite level ) agree on is the amicable divorce would be mutually beneficial. The normalcy crowd disagrees.
Secession is an opportunity, a chance at rebirth. A great thing.
But it's as good thing and not a bad thing.
The CCP is desperate for resources. Oil and grain.
They have targeted America as their solution. Open warfare on American soil is not an option. Nukes are not an option-destroys the breadbasket.
They have targeted us from within-and part of than incremental targeting process is the erasure of our history from the face of the world.
The Communist ideology/CCP is incompatible with the American Founders
It is that simple.
PDJT is the only national American leader comprehending this
“I think secession is the answer right now.”
Secession to what? How do you divide up the states?
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