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John’s choice of phrase is telling:

Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

The wrath to come.

The wrath to come in this country is not from God.

The wrath to come in this country is from the people who are tired of being dehumanized and having the fruits of their labor stolen.

The wrath to come in this country is from the people who will soon discover (if we haven’t already) not only that the president they elected will continue to fleece them … but that the other party offers little more than a slightly gentler version of the same.

The wrath to come in this country is from a heavily armed population that have been manipulated by a press so controlled by corporate interests that it can scarcely be called free to see one another as the enemy while the top 1% of wealth-owners cash in … who are beginning to take the rhetoric of “second amendment solutions” to heart.

The spirits are speaking … and not in a whisper.

If the message that the CEOs are hearing is to up their private security, they are making a grave error. The spirits are begging them to read the fucking room! Studies have shown that it takes just three percent of a population committed to revolution to make one happen.

Three percent.

There will be a wrath to come. The only question is what will it look like?

I am not a believer in violent revolution. Much of this is my upbringing having followed Gandhi longer than I have followed Jesus. And … it’s because violent revolutions tend to raise up leaders who just continue the violence and oppression of the people wearing different masks. However, Chenowith discovered after extensive research that

“Countries in which there were nonviolent campaigns were about 10 times likelier to transition to democracies within a five-year period compared to countries in which there were violent campaigns — whether the campaigns succeeded or failed.”

There will be a wrath to come. The only question is what will it look like?

Read the whole substack here:

An American Christmas Carol for Advent III
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