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Excellent LARP, sir. What I like most about it is the incongruity of the image: here strides a craggy chunk of testosterone from the Great White North, crowned by a halo of electronic murder-bats, his foes dangling from the gallows like so much overripe, intersectional fruit.

And what pearls of wisdom does he impart to the troops? A collection of luke-warm policy preferences, the bulk of which conform to basic notions of common sense, national interest and the general well being of the citizenry. It's a near-perfect encapsulation of the zeitgeist: the rebel recast as a normal human baing, fighting tooth and claw for a return to a reasonable understanding of reality.

Although, given the hew and cry in the comments above, I would add one edit to the LARP:

"'The second class of drugs that will be prohibited are all forms of chemical birth control. Similarly, condoms, or other devices for the prevention of pregnancy, are not to be permitted.'

At this point in the address, a current of murmurs snaked through the crowd, accompanied by the occasional groan and catcall. The grumbling was punctuated by the sound of a lone shotgun being cocked.

The orator paused briefly before continuing, his eyes glittering with a mischevious glee.

'Of course, the precise rules regarding this policy will be subject to robust debate,' he added slyly."

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Great article. For the most part a compelling vision. Not sure about the birth control part, although I think I get the rationale behind it of wanting to boost the population organically rather than through globalist-promoted mass migrations: maybe it would be enough just to remove the artificial barriers and burdens that our culture places on parenthood and family life and DEFINITELY stop giving preferential treatment to females in school or in the marketplace or in the military -- "Hey, we're equal, and sexism is wrong, but you have lower fitness standards because you're a girl, but you still get the same pay." No more of that shit. No more punishing today's young men for sexism that occurred among prior generations, and no more lying to today's young men and gaslighting them by saying they are really very privileged as males and must therefore STFU and just let women run the show unopposed, even though everything these men see today tells them that for their generation gender privileges now run almost entirely the other way.

(Okay, lemme get off this soap box before I start giving a sermon.)

Anyway, like always, it was a compelling and thought-provoking read! Thanks for writing it!

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I want to live in that world, but yes, outlawing contraception is a step too far.

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Jun 19, 2022Liked by John Carter

90% beautiful, 10% hideous. Without even getting into the abortion debate - your fantasy includes banning contraception? WTF. What happened to freedom and autonomy? Everything is allowed between consenting adults (great, I basically agree), except measures to prevent conception? You're now a fan of tyranny, so long as you confine it to a couple of aspects of life?

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Jun 20, 2022·edited Jun 20, 2022Liked by John Carter

This was horrible. Where is the representation? I couldn't tell what skin color or sexual orientation any of the characters were.

No gun control? How will we stop mass shootings that happen at every gun show?

No birth control? How will heavy Tinder users manage that?

No condoms? Pure barbarism. The monkeypox will devestate the gay orgy community.

No incentives or quotas for women in the workplace? This just doesn't make any sense. Everybody knows that woman do the exact same job as men but do it for less pay. Companies rely on this loophole to cut payroll costs while maintaining the same output. That's why they have to be incentivised and/ or coerced to hire woman. Simple logic.

What will the homeless do with their time if opioids are eliminated?

With large families and no foreign workers teenagers will once again have to fill those seasonal agricultural jobs. That will seriously cut into there screen time which will probably destabilize the entire society. Children should not have to work until they graduate from college at 26-30 years old when their brains are fully developed and they can finally learn about work ethic.

Anyway, if you could make the bad guy a white male Russian Christian terrorist and throw in a strong black female lead who's best friend is non binary you might have something that can be made into a Hollywood movie.

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Sounds a little revolutionary, Mr. Carter. Be careful my friend, sometimes you have to be a "gray man". If you have ever read much in the prepping/survival area, then you know what I mean. However, this is still a great read which I will be linking tomorrow @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/

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Jun 20, 2022Liked by John Carter

All I can say is, if you're the recruiter for the next rebirth of North America, sign me up!!!!

Are there things in your story that aren't perfect, sure, that's the same in real life. But it sure as hell is a better place than we are in now, or have been for a generation.

Bravo!

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Jun 20, 2022·edited Jun 20, 2022Liked by John Carter

I too, would like to live in that world - but I wouldn't go so far as to completely outlaw opioids either. If you've ever been busted up bad in a vehicle accident (I have), you are gonna NEED some Morphine - no ifs, ands or buts about it. Tylenol or Aleve just ain't gonna cut it....

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Jun 19, 2022Liked by John Carter

Would be interesting to discuss a ban on ''adult entertainment'' too...

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Jan 8Liked by John Carter

Teehee - rainbow socks from the gallows!

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Based.

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Jun 21, 2022Liked by John Carter

Man, John, you Twerked Off a many...lol

Where do I sign up?

....Living in New Germany

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That's some fun LARPing :) I don't want to jump you too much since so many already have, but just want to toss one more card on the pile saying "Once you say the government can ban things because they are bad for you, you have said they can ban anything whether it is bad for you or not." Opioids, birth control, porn, driving nails through your dick, whatever you like or don't like, if you can ban them for someone else's good, someone is going use that logic to ban whatever they want later. It never works, but is so immensely compelling it might be the primary flaw of humans. We have parents when we are kids, then we have responsibilities and freedom when we are adults. Adding adults with the power and responsibilities of parents to us when we are adults just makes us kids again.

And please stop using "liberal" as a label for leftists or Marxists. :)

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Jun 20, 2022Liked by John Carter

Did I miss it? I did not see the banning of purple hair. The rest is good.

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Jun 19, 2022Liked by John Carter

Things are getting a bit heat up. I suspect this piece will come out handy for some people...

https://www.lotuseaters.com/five-false-assumptions-of-liberalism-10-06-2022

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Great essay. Including the part about abortion. Damn right, human life should be protected.

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