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Many of us are currently living lives where we feel like we've accidentally added some crazy psychedelic to our morning coffee whose effects refuse to wear off. Once you start to see how few things really are what they seem and how easy it is to trick people into swallowing lies, you become detached from what everyone perceives as “reality”. A heightened understanding of the big picture is associated with an ongoing process of grieving for the naïve world that we once saw as the totality of things.

Years of social engineering, weaponized AI, media propaganda, predictive programming, cultural subversion and corrupt churches have left our society torn with fractures that have shattered families, communities and nationalities. . The old “normal” we used to live in is falling apart, and the new world is on the horizon but is not quite there yet. We see all the signs of a new financial system, a new energy system, a new health care system, a new media system and a new social system, but for the most part they are still all “on the margins”.

I could never have anticipated the situation we find ourselves in in 2023 just a few years ago. It is as if we have gone beyond the territory of the “black swan” to enter the strange zone of the “purple platypus”. One of the key roles played by "information warriors" is to protect mental health and heal trauma by "witnessing" this collective struggle and reminding us that we are not the only ones facing difficulties. I extracted from my brain ten things which, in my eyes, characterize what we are going through.

1) Virtual trenches. The last few years have been marked by endless hours of chatting on Signal, FaceTime, Zoom, WhatsApp and Telegram. We formed tight-knit communities of supporters and confidants, though we never met many of them in person. As a result, our realities are somewhat distorted: the virtual feeling of the other's presence that emanates from an electronic device is not the same as the face-to-face encounter and we need this physical proximity. Virtual trenches can create intense relationships with our resistance comrades, but at the cost of tension or neglect in our immediate environment.

2) The land of scapegoats. Our loved ones have been sold the lie that all “progressive” or “woke” standards are ethical, caring, selfless, respectable, and fair. For them, to accept that it is exactly the opposite constitutes a profound questioning of their image of themselves and of their confidence in authority. In order to defend their psyche against the death of their ego, they must separate themselves from us and consider all plotters as "bad people". We become the receptacles of their unfinished work on their "shadow side" and consequently become the scapegoat. Excluded and ostracized, we find ourselves unable to properly grieve all those relationships stuck in suspended animation while those we love fall victim to the spell of “fashionable lies”.

3) Financial difficulties. “Hanging on,” standing up for your principles, and refusing to obey evil often costs careers, jobs, clients, promotions, and projects. At the same time, we may face upheavals in our lives as we reconfigure them around a changed social reality. Prices in stores are skyrocketing, our savings are melting and we have to bear the costs of preparing for the difficult times ahead. Struggles with corrupt authorities lead us to expend energy that would otherwise be spent earning a living. It's common for patriots to need each other's help to keep fighting against the tide of betrayal.

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