“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson
A blacksmith will heat the temperature of the forge to an extreme level for the materials to reach 1600 degrees Fahrenheit in order to make the greatest weapon to ever be wielded by the samurai, or ronin.
The 1600 degree threshold is a necessary mark as it’s at this temperature that the materials become malleable for forging and for the removal of impurities during the work. During this process involving the heating certain substances such as sulfur and silica will oxidize and separate from the iron creating a substance and waste by-product that is known as slag. (Source: Lyuesword's Blog)
You see it’s the removal of the slag that results in the strengthening of the steel during this job where the blacksmith is building this very effective and reliable historical weapon.
So you’re probably wondering Brandon, what weapon are you talking about?
This process that I’m describing involves the craftsmanship of a blacksmith that is skillfully creating the legendary weapon that is known as the Katana sword.
You see, the Katana is a significant symbol in regards to world military history. It was during the largely peaceful Tokugawa period between 1603 and 1868 Japan that the katana increased in importance as a weapon.
The katana was also used as a gift between the daimyo (a feudal lord) and the samurai. The katana was often viewed as a symbol of authority and spirituality of samurai, but would also be prevalent with its use by the shishi and ronin warriors of the time as well. (Source: Wikipedia)
The point of me bringing up the katana is that this magnificent weapon has a long significant history and has always been a staple for some of the greatest warriors in world history. The reason this weapon is such a strong symbol is because of its craftsmanship, strength, effectiveness, and reliability. The katana is all of these things because it was forged in the hottest fire in order to reach superior quality.
Aside from the katana being a powerful symbol in history it will also serve to be a powerful symbol and metaphor that I will reference here in today’s article.
Removing The Slag
The interview that Donald Trump just did with Joe Rogan this past week was a true game changing moment for the United States. I know this probably made a lot of headlines pointing to the fact that Trump made an appearance on the number one podcast on the internet, but the reality is that any headline framing it that way is burying the lede of this story.
So why do I say that?
Well, the reality is that after the Joe Rogan interview with President Trump I just happened to see a short video clip from the podcaster Shawn Ryan revealing the REAL significance of that sitdown interview. What Ryan points out is how that interview signifies the death of what we’ve come to know as the Crime Syndicate of Narrative, or the Administrative State Media (ASM) because now the Joe Rogan interview has set a new standard.
The new standard that Ryan pointed out is the fact that gone are the days of our society having to rely on getting our news from the lazy and stupid thirty second lies and talking points from the ASM. The reality is that there’s just simply too much going on in the world for people to rely on cheap shallow thirty second news clips that are quite frankly more about shaping narratives through propaganda to attack political opposition (Donald Trump) rather than getting to the truth.
From now on if any politician wants to run for office, especially involving the highest office in the land, then they must be willing to do a sit down long-form interview with no script, no teleprompter, or any list of questions as all of these useless scripted establishment politicians have been able to get away with now for way too long.
Shawn Ryan’s assessment of the Joe Rogan interview with President Trump echoed my sentiment exactly. In fact, to me this drastic shift in the protocol of delivering accurate information to the public became a blatantly apparent need that I recognized back in 2020 after a rigged election and the mass censorship associated with that year circulating around everything from the COVID-19 narrative to the evil censorship that was thrust upon the American public involving anyone (including myself) that chose to be a dissident voice towards the state at that time. Fast-forward four years later and the need for seeking the truth is greater than ever before.
I mean 2020 was the kick off of the world’s biggest psy-op that included the intelligence communities literally going to war with the American people, at least the real American citizens that chose to stand in the breach to be dissident voices. In many cases this caused divisions up and down society within places of work and even among friends and family members. The sad part about this is that here we are four years later and it’s only intensified, but in reality it needs to intensify.
So you’re probably thinking Brandon, why do you say that?
If you look at society right now there are people who have been awakened (not woke) to the widespread government corruption, mass media lies, censorship, and political persecution since all of this aggressively kicked off back in 2020.
Many of these people have had to endure the ever growing and prevalent unstable psychosis from relatives, friends, colleagues, and coworkers who suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).
If you’ve ever encountered anyone who suffers from TDS this is no laughing matter as it’s very obvious that these people will elicit both emotional, and even violent responses, when they are triggered about anything concerning President Trump. I don’t know about you, but witnessing this phenomenon is something I’ve never encountered in my lifetime to the scale I’ve seen in our society until the past eight to nine years.
Because of this there’s no question that there’s a definite explanation for it and it has to do with a definite infiltration and radicalization of our institutions. To further clarify this radicalization the famous KGB defector Yuri Besmenov explained the power and destructive nature of mass media propaganda in an interview he did back in 1984 with G. Edward Griffin and how it works for the purpose of what he describes as ideological subversion within the confines of a targeted society.
This ideological subversion is a form of psychological programming that takes over the minds of certain individuals, rendering them unable to think, or being capable of seeing reality for what it is. In short, it mimics a form of Mass Formation, or as a current day example Trump Derangement Syndrome.
So the question is why is one segment of a society susceptible to this while others are not?
Well, I’m no psychologist, but I do understand psychology. In my best interpretation there are several factors that determine this, however many of these factors fall under one of two single umbrellas, or categories, that I believe are an accurate tell of whether one is more susceptible to ideological subversion, or not.
Aside from a significant portion of the population of a society lacking the characteristics of discernment the other factors that I believe make some individuals more susceptible to ideological subversion boils down to whether they are prone to emphasizing more extrinsic value rather than intrinsic value.
In psychology extrinsic values are values that are dependent on external rewards, or approval such as titles, money, social status, and popularity. The individual that emphasizes a more extrinsic value set is more susceptible to external influence due to lacking the depth to internally face and embrace their moral and ethical compass.
In terms of intrinsic values these involve an individual’s beliefs about what they see is good for themselves and others, and is valued for its own sake. Some intrinsic values would include the seeking of knowledge, wisdom, a relationship with God, empathy for others, creativity, and how relationships with others matter.
It would seem to me that an individual that puts the time in to weigh, assess, and act on their intrinsic values are more introspective which in turn leads to the opportunity of acquiring more wisdom.
As a result of having a greater capacity to be introspective and to acquire wisdom it seems to me that such individuals are less likely to be susceptible to nefarious external influences, namely Marxist ideological subversion. This group of people is who I would identify as being the dissident voices and Patriots that I mentioned earlier. This is the group of people that I would refer to as the Vanguard of the new America First movement.
The Better Mousetrap
The Vanguard consists of every single one of you who had to endure the mass psychosis of TDS from family members, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and coworkers that brought on a world of problems that you had to endure for the past four years. You’ve had to deal with the extreme heat and fire of being “othered,” censored, losing your job, losing family members, etc., yet you’re still here standing strong.
Your resilience, your discipline, your reliability, and your strength are all a testament to you being a strong weapon for freedom that has been forged out the fire in much the same way as the katana sword. Like the katana you’ve been strengthened through this process of adversity and all the slag has been removed from your life in order to strengthen your resolve in the same way that the heat of the forge strengthens the steel of the katana blade.
The America First Vanguard was once up against the ropes, but despite the battery of punches that were thrown at the Vanguard it stood its ground and as a result we’re now seeing a major shift in the culture and zeitgeist of our society because the Vanguard chose to hit back. Because of this grit and fight from the Vanguard we’re now faced with the prospect of building an entirely new ecosystem of disseminating information, media, and entertainment.
Just like the quote at the beginning of this article by Ralph Waldo Emerson we’re building a better mousetrap consisting of a liberty and freedom first movement with a new environment of businesses that will support this very system. Because of this better mousetrap people are beating a path to the front door of liberty.
With the America First Vanguard choosing to stand strong in the breach against communism we’re just days away from having the best opportunity to take back our country and save our Republic.
The Wrap Up
I decided to start this very Substack with the hope that I would be sitting here and writing this sort of optimistic message to you just as I am right now.
My goal at the start of this was to do my best to contribute to the fight against destroying the Administrative State Media (ASM) and the communists that want to destroy our country along with all of Western civilization. Right now I’m happy with that effort, BUT I understand that the work is only getting started.
This journey has been a challenging, but empowering one for myself as I’m sure it has been for you as well. Being part of this Vanguard it should now be our goal to make sure we close this deal with the election of Donald Trump in the next few days.
After we close this deal our next mission is to focus on deconstructing the Administrative State while simultaneously continuing to build better mousetraps across every front of economic sector so that we can usher a golden age of opportunity and growth to unwind all the damage the global communists have caused up to now.
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I’ve been a fan of having a big picture viewpoint for my entire life and have never listened to practically anything without questioning the intent. History reveals much when one pursues it and understands the connections between everything, the rise of the propaganda machine and the programming to worship celebrity, money, degrees, and materialism. I first saw this in the 60s when girls went ape over the Beatles. Could not understand it, nor any of the efforts to influence other elements. So, to a certain extent all of my life since then. I was a teenager then and during my career got accused of having common sense all of the time. I got active and focused when Fox News called AZ before the western states’ polls closed in 2020. Every day until today and whatever comes next. One of my best friends told me last week that I’ve been talking about this for years and nothing’s happened. She still watches the fake news. But, she will be awake soon and then my role changes to care for those suddenly awakened as that will be traumatic.
God’s blessing for you, Brandon!🙏
This all started with the renaissance and the rejection of God as the creator and sustainer of all life. People came to believe that the human brain was the source of all knowledge. Even among those who still believed in God, most had every confidence that we could figure everything out, how and why everything came to be. There would come a day when there were no mysteries left. Humanism was the core unifying idea of the renaissance and the key to the ultimate solidification into secularism.
Darwin's theory of evolution allowed free thinkers to think themselves free of all need for God as an explanation of origins. By spooling out history over hundreds of thousands of years, then millions, and then into billions of years, scientists could speculate on the origins of everything. God then became beside the point. Psychology and sociology was then able to speculate away the origins of all manner of human behavior including guilt and responsibility. If we're not answerable to anyone, we're not answerable for anything. We can do anything that we can get by with.
It was at the height of the renaissance that Niccolò Machiavelli wrote his cynical treatise, The Prince. Might makes right. Anyone and everyone could learn how to carve out however big or small world they could conquer.