Friday, September 19, 2025

It won't be funny for long

Since the canning of late night comics Stephan Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, the monologues of their colleagues - e.g. Seth Meyers, John Stewart, as well as Colbert and Kimmel themselves - have been hilarious, pointing out with incisive sarcasm and accuracy the ridiculous farce that is President Trump. I laugh as I've rarely laughed lately, but inside I feel a dread that is not soothed by humor.

The current assault on free speech, which we ridicule with impunity, is only in its first phase. Late night comics and everybody else will soon realize that Trump is the outward face of a destructive attack against not only Americans, but all of humanity, an attack much more powerful and dangerous than previous attacks originating in America since World War II, like the comparatively weak "McCarthy era" of the early 50's, which was ultimately overthrown and disgraced. This new McCarthy era will not be overthrown and disgraced before it builds its poisonous stupidity into permanent structures in America and much, possibly all of the word.

Why do I say this? Because the McCarthy attack was not backed, as the current one is, by a scientific revolution that will change our species into a brand new species, a revolution based on new abilities to manipulate human genetics, and replace what has been the strikingly powerful human brain with Artificial Intelligence, i.e. machine intelligence. We are about to be transformed and replaced. The humanity we've known will have as much in common with future humanity as it does with tribal humanity 300,000 years ago. In fact, we'll have more in common with humanity 300,000 years ago.

How much democracy, voters' rights, freedom of speech and input will Amaricans have in shaping this new "humanity"? Answer: None (with the exception of some billionaires and hopeful billionaires who foresee fabulous futures of total wealth and control).

How can our "leaders" do such a thing without encountering powerful resistance? They will do it with war. The current unprecedented attacks on critics of the regime have been accompanied by preparations for wars across the world. These preparations have been accompanied by cover stories in which unstoppable forces are nudging us towards these wars, forces that our leaders are trying their best to control, while in fact they have been controlling the development of the oncoming wars all along, especially their timing. Trump and his many colleagues worldwide are timing their moves so that what might have been McCarthy style attempts at terror and control that could be halted by unpopularity and media ridicule, by the time anyone understands what's happening now, it will be too late.

How can I prove this? I can't prove it today, but the proof is coming soon, very soon. You can expect a variety of shockingly destructive events in the coming weeks, after which we will not remember late night comics, or Epstein, or anything else other than how to survive. This will include terror attacks, seemingly from one of our dreaded enemies - people who dress weird and don't speak English-to which our leaders will respond with shock and outrage. In fact, they know about these imminent attacks right now. As I say, this can't be proven today, but it's about to be proven.

What can we do about the current situation other than enjoy a short-lived freedom to make fun of it? I don't see anything that individuals can do. You might as well have tried to stop World Wars I or II. Probably the one credible hope would be a mobilization of money and intellectual determination, not intended to stop the transformation of our species - it can't be stopped - but to insert some degree of input from current humanity, including some memory, some identity, and some independence from domination by the new pharaohs, kings and would-be gods who are currently salivating at their prospects.
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