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Vin LoPresti's avatar

I definitely like your optimism, but like others, I'm old, feeling older than Methuselah waiting for the sheep to awaken; having proselytized thousands of students about the ridiculous injustices of our sociopolitical systems and witnessing the fairly low percentage whose thinking has actually transformed. So forgive my impatience, but we old a-holes are probably being selfish, seeing ourselves dead before the steps you clearly lay out can be accomplished.

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Longtrail's avatar

I'm old too, Vin. Thank you for your efforts over the years while I was a Neocon Dupe.

Like you I think of my mortality. I recall Pink Floyd's lyrics, "Shorter of breath and one day closer to death".☠️ Our clocks are ticking and we must make best use of our time.

I'll be 70 years old this year and I'm still lively, active and enjoying my cigars. The cigars got me off cigarettes and I feel ten years younger. People underestimate my age. I guess my point is we must fight for our lives. The weapons are Nutrition, Exercise and Rest. The three aspects of yourself are Body, Mind and Spirit. Nurture all of them.

I'm a fortunate man. I'm filthy rich because I want everything I have and don't need much. I so fervently wish we could all be!🕊️

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Vin LoPresti's avatar

Keep on keepin' on with that revolutionary energy, man; we desperately need that reminder. Seventy's just a number. My mind and spirit are still entirely with you, but sadly an old physical wound from middle age has called "no mas" on my musculoskeletal apparatus over the past five yrs. So I do what I can physically, but those limitations tend to screw with my attitude, while as you say trying to make best use of my time.

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I have to make up for the damage I've done as a Neocon Dupe. It took 20 years to straighten me out. I found an online mentor Larry Kummer host of the website fabiusmaximus com. It was he who introduced me to Caitlin! The article was her masterpiece about the Narrative Matrix.

Over that period I was educated by bloggers like Caitlin. Alternative media journalists exposed the abuse of the Palestinians by the zionists. I knew an explosion of revolt was bound to happen. It did on October 7, 2023 and it reminded me of October 14, 1943.

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