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by bluegatty 41 days ago
'TESCREAL' is a made up boogeyman from an agitator from another political extreme.

It's a word to get people to 'rally around' because the negative acts of Theil etc are just not easily defined or incorporated and therefore might not resonate very well.

TESCREAL is like 'Rothschild', a nebulous 'stand in term' for what might be some very concerning actions, but which is nevertheless 'not real'.

Skip the boogeyman and understand the real problems of concentrated power and egos.

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> Skip the boogeyman and understand the real problems of concentrated power and egos.

Where would you start.

The Pharaohs, Mesopotamian Kings, Homer, Caesar + all of Empire era Rome, Genghis Khan, Crusades, all of Chinese History, Feudal Europe, Napoleon, etc. etc..

Or contemporary famous people. Michael Jackson. Donald Trump. The entire Epstein Saga.

It's the oldest story.

Just study powerful people, they're all wonky.

Powerful people are not 'checked' by those around them - they are rule setters, not rule takers.

Also - they have enablers to make them extra crazy.

There's like an 'inflection point' along the the path to power where the crazy really starts to take off.

It's why Warren Buffer, Bill Gates are generally pretty good men. They're constantly looking right into the Eye of Sauron yet they remain relatively normal. They probably have normal people around them, and Buffet's lifestyle is down to Earth, just the numbers are big.