That’s All Folks!

As they used to say at the end of all those wacky Looney Tunes cartoons, that’s all folks! The show is over. Literal Russian-Asset Hitler, the Latest Greatest Threat to Western Democracy, the Monster of Mar-a-Lago, Trumpzilla, Trumpenstein, the Ayatollah of Orange Shinola, has finally been humiliated and given the bum-rush out of Washington by the heroic forces of the GloboCap “Resistance,” with a little help from the US military. The whole thing went exactly to script.

Well … OK, not quite exactly to script. Despite four years of dire warnings by the corporate media, the Intelligence Community, Hollywood celebrities, the Democratic Party, faux anti-fascists, fake-Left pundits, and pretty much every utterly deluded, Trump-obsessed liberal with an Internet connection, there was no Hitlerian “Reichstag Fire,” no Boogaloo, no Civil War II, no coup, no white-supremacist uprising. Nothing. The man simply got on a chopper and was flown away to his Florida resort.

I know, you’re probably thinking … “Wow, how embarrassing for the GloboCap ‘Resistance,’ being exposed as a bunch of utterly shameless, neo-Goebbelsian propagandists, and liars, and hysterical idiots, and such!” And, in any other version of reality, you’d have a point … but not in this one.

No, in this reality, “Democracy Has Prevailed!” Yes, it was touch and go there for a while, as there was no guarantee that the Intelligence Community, the military-industrial complex, Western governments, the corporate media, supranational corporations, Internet oligarchs, and virtually every other component of the global-capitalist empire could keep one former game show host with no real political power whatsoever from taking over the entire world.

Still, Trump’s failure to go full-Hitler, or even half-Hitler, was somewhat awkward. I mean, you can’t whip millions of people into a four-year frenzy of fear and hatred of a clearly powerless ass-clown president, and portray him as a Russian Intelligence asset, and the Son of Hitler, and all the rest of it, and then just drop the act cold and laugh in their faces. That would leave them feeling like total morons who had just spent the last four years of their lives being lied to and emotionally manipulated, or like members of a cult, or something.

Fortunately, for GloboCap, this was not a major problem. All they had to do was produce a cheap simulation of “Trump going full-Hitler.” It didn’t even have to be convincing. They just needed a semi-dramatic event to plug into the official narrative, something they could call “an attempted coup,” “an insurrection,” “an attack,” and so on, and which millions of credulous liberals could hysterically shriek about on the Internet.

The “Storming of the Capitol” did the trick.

They held a dress rehearsal in Berlin last August, and then gave the real performance in the Capitol Building (this time it was for all the money, so they went ahead and got a couple people killed). It wasn’t very hard to pull off. All they actually had to do, in both Berlin and DC, was allow a small fringe group of angry protesters to gain access to the building, film it, and then pump out the “attempted coup” narrative. It made no difference whatsoever that the “domestic terrorists” (in both Berlin and Washington) were a completely unorganized, unarmed mob that posed absolutely zero threat of “staging a coup” and “overthrowing the government.” It also made not the slightest difference that Trump didn’t actually “incite” the mob (yes, I put myself through the agony of reading every word of his speech, which was the usual word salad from start to finish). We’re talking propaganda here, not reality.

The so-called “Violent Storming of the Capitol” set the stage for the main event, which was the show of force we have all just witnessed. Someone (I’m not entirely clear who) ordered in the troops, tens of thousands of them, locked down Washington, erected fences, set up road blocks and military check points, and otherwise occupied the government district. It looked like any other US-military post-“regime-change” occupation, because that’s what it was, which was precisely the point. As I have been repeating for … well, for over four years now, it was always going to end this way, with GloboCap making an example of Trump and reminding everyone who is really in charge.

Look, let’s be clear about these last four years, because there are all kinds of crazy theories going around (not to mention the official GloboCap narrative), but what actually happened is pretty simple. Here’s the whole story, as concise as I can make it.

Back in 2016, the American people, sick to the gills of global capitalism and its increasingly oppressive woke ideology, elected an unauthorized, narcissistic ass-clown to the highest office in the land. They did this for a variety of reasons, but mostly it was just a big “fuck you” to the establishment. It was an act of rebellion against a government which they know is owned by unaccountable, supranational corporations and oligarchs who openly detest them. It was an act of rebellion against a system of government they know they have no influence over, and are not going to have any influence over. It was an act of rebellion against global capitalism, the unopposed, global-hegemonic system which has dominated the world for the last thirty years … whether they realized what they were rebelling against or not.

This act of rebellion happened on the heels of Brexit (another such act of rebellion) and in the context of the rise of assorted “populist” movements all throughout the world. When Trump actually won in 2016, the global capitalist ruling classes realized they had a serious problem … a “populist” rebellion in the heart of the empire. So they suspended the Global War on Terror and launched the War on Populism.

The ultimate objective of the War on Populism was to neutralize this “populist” rebellion and remind the public who is actually running things. Think of the Trump era as a prison riot. In any maximum security prison, the prisoners know they can’t escape, but they can definitely raise a little hell now and then, which they tend to do when they get really tired of being abused and neglected by the prison guards. Most prison riots run out of steam on their own, but if they go on too long or get too ugly, the penal authorities typically respond by shooting a few prisoners (usually the ringleaders), and reminding the inmates that they are in a prison, and that the owners of the prison have guns, whereas they have shivs made out of spoons and toothbrushes.

This, basically, is what we’ve just experienced. The global capitalist ruling classes have just reminded us who is really in charge, who the US military answers to, and how quickly they can strip away the facade of democracy and the rule of law. They have reminded us of this for the last ten months, by putting us under house arrest, beating and arresting us for not following orders, for not wearing masks, for taking walks without permission, for having the audacity to protest their decrees, for challenging their official propaganda, about the virus, the election results, etc. They are reminding us currently by censoring dissent, and deplatforming anyone they deem a threat to their official narratives and ideology.

In other words, GloboCap is teaching us a lesson. I don’t know how much clearer they could make it. They just installed a new puppet president, who can’t even simulate mental acuity, in a locked-down, military-guarded ceremony which no one was allowed to attend, except for a few members of the ruling classes. They got some epigone of Albert Speer to convert the Mall (where the public normally gathers) into a “field of flags” symbolizing “unity.” They even did the Nazi “Lichtdom” thing. To hammer the point home, they got Lady Gaga to dress up as a Hunger Games character with a “Mockingjay” brooch and sing the National Anthem. They broadcast this spectacle to the entire world.

And the lesson isn’t quite over yet … it won’t be over for a while. The “War on Populism” will simply morph into the “New Normal War on Domestic Terror,” which will become one more theater in the “Global War on Terror,” which has been on hiatus, and which will now resume. As I have pointed out repeatedly over the past four years, we appear to be headed toward a dystopian future in which there will essentially be two classes of people: (a) “normals” (i.e., those who conform to global-capitalist ideology and decrees); and (b) the “extremists” (i.e., those who don’t).

It will make no difference whatsoever what type of “extremists” these “extremists” are … religious-fundamentalist extremists, Islamic extremists, Christian extremists, right-wing extremists, left-wing extremists, white-supremacist or Black-nationalist extremists, virus deniers, anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, anti-maskers, recalcitrant transphobians, anti-transhumanists, pronoun resisters, defiant oppositionalists, or whatever … the names don’t really matter. The point is, conform or be labelled an “extremist,” a “domestic terrorist,” or some other type of “antisocial person” or “social deviant,” or “potential threat to public health.”

I don’t claim to know every detail, but one thing seems abundantly clear. We are not going back to the way things were. GloboCap has been explaining this to us, over and over, for almost a year. They couldn’t have made it any more explicit. When they warned us to get ready because a “New Normal” was coming, they meant it.

And now … well … here it is.

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CJ Hopkins
January 24, 2021
Photo: Looney Tunes/Warner Bros.

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74 thoughts on “That’s All Folks!”

  2. People do not yet grasp that presidents are appointed not elected.
    We the people can’t shake off the democracy dogma and so with our govt implanted belief in democracy we get played. We vote becasue we believe it gives us power/choice- it does not . Then there is the matter of ” No matter who you vote for the govt always gets in” we also fall for identity politics we are taught to fight like children . dem vs rep.Divide and conquer.

    Thats not all folks, there is only failure in not trying. In mentally accepting what is insanity and even calling the unlawful madness and fascism reminiscent of Nazi era the ” new normal” ( a NWO coined term).

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  3. I prefer “The global banking cabal” they are the ones talking about the evils of a concept “capitalism” ( which we don’t have as we have on group creating money/wealth our of debt govts( which are in fact et up as corporations) take out in our names.
    Why they blame a concept we don’t have( capitalism) to move to their digital currently fascist reset is obvious.
    Greed and corruption is the problem.People’s alienation from themselves, people living as State/culturally conditioned Manchurian candidates.
    Humanity Lost In cycles of fear-anger and ignorance.
    Tell me why do you want things back to how they were???!
    Dysfunctional. Sure we don’t want a criminal govt.
    We should be re imagining creating what is normal for human beings, it is living in love not in a world of fear.
    It also means re imagining the Govts not as banking cabal orgs for their profit and control but as a wise group working in service and for the interests of humanity .
    It means creating in your personal life the world you want to see.

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  4. CJ Hopkins, I have some information for you. This is answering one of your question posed in a previous post (“Where is the Hitler”)

    Well I had a conversation with a couple of upper class people that are true believers. What they told me is that of course Trump is Hitler but luckily he was slowed down and finally defeated by the FBI, CIA, the army, the giant corporations, massmedia and the democrats.
    You see these freedom fighters spent the last four years selflessly working against the evil prez. They are the true heroes and we should celebrate them.

    The answer above (given to me earnestly over a long discussion) explain everything and answers any questions we might have in the future.
    If we are wondering about the increasing censorship – that’s just the stop the evil fascists (working classes, libertarians, whiteys, commie nazis etc) from taking over.
    Same applies to purges in the army, the government and even the Congress. Same will apply to the concentration camps and whatever else they will come up with.
    You see, it’ precrime at its best – how do you know that someone somewhere won’t criticize the government? Better stop that from happening now!
    I also heard people honestly saying that we need censorship to preserve our democracy. Who are we to stop the bright future of a perfect democratic societies without dissent?

    I hope that answers all your questions and you can start writing eager articles about the benefits of agreeing with our benevolent betters.

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    1. Exactly correct. The By Any Means Necessary crowd is so certain they are right and The Deplorables are wrong that they’re publishing articles in Time magazine describing the conspiracy that stole the 2020 election to save the United States.

      https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign

      Yes, it has actually come to this. It’s unthinkable to anyone who believes in the founding documents of the United States and the US Constitution, the rule of law, honest elections, self rule, common decency…. We’d better adjust our thinking to accommodate this reality, because this is the new reality.

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      1. @Liberty4Ever, thanks for the Time article.
        I am not good with words so I will just give two quotes from the article.

        “There was a conspiracy unfolding behind the scenes, one that both curtailed the protests and coordinated the resistance from CEOs. Both surprises were the result of an informal alliance between left-wing activists and business titans.”

        “Democracy won in the end. The will of the people prevailed.”

        Hear that, you deplorables? The will of the People (aka oligarchs and their paid activists) won in the end.

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  5. […] See, the problem with the original “Global War on Terror” was that it wasn’t really all that global. It was basically a war on Islamic “terrorism” (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), which was fine as long as GloboCap was just destabilizing and restructuring the Greater Middle East. It was put on hold in 2016, so that GloboCap could focus on defeating “populism” (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), make an example of Donald Trump, and demonize everyone who voted for him (or just refused to take part in their free and fair elections), which they have just finished doing, in spectacular fashion. So, now it’s back to “War on Terror” business, except with a whole new cast of “terrorists,” or, rather, an expanded cast of “terrorists.” (I rattled off a list in my previous column.) […]

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  6. […] See, the problem with the original “Global War on Terror” was that it wasn’t actually all that global. It was basically just a war on Islamic ‘terrorism’ (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), which was fine as long as GloboCap was just destabilizing and restructuring the Greater Middle East. It was put on hold in 2016, so that GloboCap could focus on defeating ‘populism’ (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), make an example of Donald Trump, and demonize everyone who voted for him (or just refused to take part in their free and fair elections), which they have just finished doing, in spectacular fashion. So, now it’s back to “War on Terror” business, except with a whole new cast of ‘terrorists,’ or, technically, an expanded cast of ‘terrorists.’ (I rattled off a list in my previous column.)  […]

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  7. […] See, the problem with the original “Global War on Terror” was that it wasn’t actually all that global. It was basically just a war on Islamic “terrorism” (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), which was fine as long as GloboCap was just destabilizing and restructuring the Greater Middle East. It was put on hold in 2016, so that GloboCap could focus on defeating “populism” (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), make an example of Donald Trump, and demonize everyone who voted for him (or just refused to take part in their free and fair elections), which they have just finished doing, in spectacular fashion. So, now it’s back to “War on Terror” business, except with a whole new cast of “terrorists,” or, technically, an expanded cast of “terrorists.” (I rattled off a list in my previous column.) […]

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  8. […] See, the problem with the original “Global War on Terror” was that it wasn’t actually all that global. It was basically just a war on Islamic “terrorism” (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), which was fine as long as GloboCap was just destabilizing and restructuring the Greater Middle East. It was put on hold in 2016, so that GloboCap could focus on defeating “populism” (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), make an example of Donald Trump, and demonize everyone who voted for him (or just refused to take part in their free and fair elections), which they have just finished doing, in spectacular fashion. So, now it’s back to “War on Terror” business, except with a whole new cast of “terrorists,” or, technically, an expanded cast of “terrorists.” (I rattled off a list in my previous column.) […]

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  9. […] See, the problem with the original “Global War on Terror” was that it wasn’t actually all that global. It was basically just a war on Islamic ‘terrorism’ (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), which was fine as long as GloboCap was just destabilizing and restructuring the Greater Middle East. It was put on hold in 2016, so that GloboCap could focus on defeating ‘populism’ (i.e., resistance to global capitalism and its post-ideological ideology), make an example of Donald Trump, and demonize everyone who voted for him (or just refused to take part in their free and fair elections), which they have just finished doing, in spectacular fashion. So, now it’s back to “War on Terror” business, except with a whole new cast of ‘terrorists,’ or, technically, an expanded cast of ‘terrorists.’ (I rattled off a list in my previous column.)  […]

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  14. “You’re missing one very important fact. Do you really think the people elected Donald J. Trump in 2016? hmmm. You really think those were any more of an honest election than any of the other “honest” elections. hmmm. NCSWIC.”
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    The last gasp of a TDS patient.

    It has been amazing to watch the left (of which I still consider myself a part of, on some level) slide into fascism. I had no idea how low the IQs were in aggregate.

    Got your MRNA frankenshot yet, comrade?

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