Strong Man's Time of Decision, AoT#465

Strong Man has now been put into a situation that he wasn't built for. He has to make a clear decision in regard to Israel and Iran. Gone are the days of ad libbing on the debate stage. This is the World Stage, and it is serious.  Topics include: making sense of the senseless, life in digital space, old predictions of internet influence, Global Propaganda Matrix, conspiracy tropes, America's position on Israel and Iran (day before bombing happened), MAGA regime, America First and anti-war take on MAGA, infighting is legitimate, Musk vs Trump, can no longer have things both ways, ties to Moscow, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard, Israel ties to US, Neocon origins of current American political establishment, War on Terror, Total Information Awareness, current surveillance state, Palantir, public private projects, new MIC, contracts with Israel, stock price surging, Big Tech, geopolitics, real version of Dump Trump, placing JD Vance into power, Trump can't handle being pulled in several directions, weaponization of Conspiracy Culture, Republican Party identity changes, surveillance state used as political tool, dark side of comedy and right wing ecosystem, confrontational nonsense, lowest common denominator always rules online, simple reality has become heresy, gatekeeping, fringe websites reborn on TikTok, new age, technical improvement of online video, AI driving automation and job loss, being led into digital world, living in a virtual reality, transhumanist future, appearance of anti-establishment credibility, Newt Gingrich still Trump's champion, giving due credit to the power of conspiracy ideas