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I’m talking about what goes unnoticed. This account started 2 days ago.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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The real warning sign isn’t disorder itself, but it’s when leaders stop needing institutions to justify authority. That’s the pivot point as history shows us.
January 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The real warning sign isn’t disorder itself, but it’s when leaders stop needing institutions to justify authority. That’s the pivot point as history shows us.
This is the kind of moment that marks a deeper drift than some may realise.
January 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This is the kind of moment that marks a deeper drift than some may realise.
Does he even know what Tucker and Bannon are saying at this point?
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Does he even know what Tucker and Bannon are saying at this point?
Revealing but not surprising, sadly.
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Revealing but not surprising, sadly.
This brings him into Level 6-7 on Dictator Delusion Scale, moving from “I steal because I can” to “I am entitled because I am”. From level 8 corruption becomes meaningless because there is no distinction between public and private.
January 15, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This brings him into Level 6-7 on Dictator Delusion Scale, moving from “I steal because I can” to “I am entitled because I am”. From level 8 corruption becomes meaningless because there is no distinction between public and private.
As consistent as Trump calling anti-ICE protesters terrorist while admiring Iranians protesting their government.
January 14, 2026 at 9:04 PM
As consistent as Trump calling anti-ICE protesters terrorist while admiring Iranians protesting their government.
Agree that unilateral actions are not acceptable, but UN and the whole international order are now broken. I don’t have answers, I worry for millions and billions living under dictatorships and/or foreign aggression.
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Agree that unilateral actions are not acceptable, but UN and the whole international order are now broken. I don’t have answers, I worry for millions and billions living under dictatorships and/or foreign aggression.
Yep. Rare example of clarity from a completely immoral government
January 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Yep. Rare example of clarity from a completely immoral government
What did you ask? I thought your questions were rhetorical as I don’t disagree with anything you said.
January 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
What did you ask? I thought your questions were rhetorical as I don’t disagree with anything you said.
Yes, of course, and I am asking “when and how is it appropriate”, I genuinely want to understand.
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Yes, of course, and I am asking “when and how is it appropriate”, I genuinely want to understand.
So there should be nothing at all to stop dictators of the future? When my people were genocided they were hoping that someone would intervene.
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
So there should be nothing at all to stop dictators of the future? When my people were genocided they were hoping that someone would intervene.
Currently yes.
January 14, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Currently yes.
I tend to agree with your position but I am torn with the dilemma of when and how is it appropriate for western democracies to intervene with a regime repressing and killing its own citizens, who also deserve rights and freedoms.
January 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I tend to agree with your position but I am torn with the dilemma of when and how is it appropriate for western democracies to intervene with a regime repressing and killing its own citizens, who also deserve rights and freedoms.
Levels 7–9 are not where most systems begin.
They’re where systems end: when power no longer governs a shared world, but replaces it.
This is why the boundary between Levels 5 and 6 matters so much.
They’re where systems end: when power no longer governs a shared world, but replaces it.
This is why the boundary between Levels 5 and 6 matters so much.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Levels 7–9 are not where most systems begin.
They’re where systems end: when power no longer governs a shared world, but replaces it.
This is why the boundary between Levels 5 and 6 matters so much.
They’re where systems end: when power no longer governs a shared world, but replaces it.
This is why the boundary between Levels 5 and 6 matters so much.
North Korea reaches the same point differently.
Official biographies override observable reality. Contradictions aren’t errors: they’re loyalty tests.
Official biographies override observable reality. Contradictions aren’t errors: they’re loyalty tests.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
North Korea reaches the same point differently.
Official biographies override observable reality. Contradictions aren’t errors: they’re loyalty tests.
Official biographies override observable reality. Contradictions aren’t errors: they’re loyalty tests.
Late-stage Turkmenistan shows this clearly.
Niyazov’s writings replaced history, ethics, and religion. Exams and jobs required affirming them.
Niyazov’s writings replaced history, ethics, and religion. Exams and jobs required affirming them.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Late-stage Turkmenistan shows this clearly.
Niyazov’s writings replaced history, ethics, and religion. Exams and jobs required affirming them.
Niyazov’s writings replaced history, ethics, and religion. Exams and jobs required affirming them.
LEVEL 9: Reality Replacement
“If I say it, it is.”
This is the endpoint. Truth stops describing the world and starts issuing commands.
“If I say it, it is.”
This is the endpoint. Truth stops describing the world and starts issuing commands.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
LEVEL 9: Reality Replacement
“If I say it, it is.”
This is the endpoint. Truth stops describing the world and starts issuing commands.
“If I say it, it is.”
This is the endpoint. Truth stops describing the world and starts issuing commands.
François Duvalier cultivated a similar aura in Haiti, blending state power with Vodou symbolism.
Politics merged with the supernatural.
Politics merged with the supernatural.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
François Duvalier cultivated a similar aura in Haiti, blending state power with Vodou symbolism.
Politics merged with the supernatural.
Politics merged with the supernatural.
The Kim dynasty in North Korea pushed this logic far.
Leaders were credited with controlling weather, destiny, even the moment of their own birth.
Leaders were credited with controlling weather, destiny, even the moment of their own birth.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The Kim dynasty in North Korea pushed this logic far.
Leaders were credited with controlling weather, destiny, even the moment of their own birth.
Leaders were credited with controlling weather, destiny, even the moment of their own birth.
LEVEL 8: Cosmic Bureaucracy
“Nature and fate respond to me.”
Here, legitimacy stops being political and becomes metaphysical.
Survival, coincidence, and natural events are treated as proof of destiny.
The leader isn’t just powerful. He is “chosen”.
“Nature and fate respond to me.”
Here, legitimacy stops being political and becomes metaphysical.
Survival, coincidence, and natural events are treated as proof of destiny.
The leader isn’t just powerful. He is “chosen”.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
LEVEL 8: Cosmic Bureaucracy
“Nature and fate respond to me.”
Here, legitimacy stops being political and becomes metaphysical.
Survival, coincidence, and natural events are treated as proof of destiny.
The leader isn’t just powerful. He is “chosen”.
“Nature and fate respond to me.”
Here, legitimacy stops being political and becomes metaphysical.
Survival, coincidence, and natural events are treated as proof of destiny.
The leader isn’t just powerful. He is “chosen”.
Jean-Bédel Bokassa followed a similar logic.
By crowning himself emperor and reorganising state symbolism around that claim, naming replaced legitimacy.
By crowning himself emperor and reorganising state symbolism around that claim, naming replaced legitimacy.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Jean-Bédel Bokassa followed a similar logic.
By crowning himself emperor and reorganising state symbolism around that claim, naming replaced legitimacy.
By crowning himself emperor and reorganising state symbolism around that claim, naming replaced legitimacy.
Saparmurat Niyazov in Turkmenistan is a clear Level 7 case.
He renamed months after himself and his mother and rewrote language rules. Time itself became personal.
He renamed months after himself and his mother and rewrote language rules. Time itself became personal.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Saparmurat Niyazov in Turkmenistan is a clear Level 7 case.
He renamed months after himself and his mother and rewrote language rules. Time itself became personal.
He renamed months after himself and his mother and rewrote language rules. Time itself became personal.
LEVEL 7: Language and Time Control
“Reality must speak my name.”
Delusion gets embedded in daily life: calendars, words, symbols.
This is where leaders start rewriting how people experience time and meaning.
Not to govern better, but to make reality orbit them.
“Reality must speak my name.”
Delusion gets embedded in daily life: calendars, words, symbols.
This is where leaders start rewriting how people experience time and meaning.
Not to govern better, but to make reality orbit them.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
LEVEL 7: Language and Time Control
“Reality must speak my name.”
Delusion gets embedded in daily life: calendars, words, symbols.
This is where leaders start rewriting how people experience time and meaning.
Not to govern better, but to make reality orbit them.
“Reality must speak my name.”
Delusion gets embedded in daily life: calendars, words, symbols.
This is where leaders start rewriting how people experience time and meaning.
Not to govern better, but to make reality orbit them.
Up to Level 6, leaders still rule something external: institutions, people, rules and regulations.
At Levels 7–9, that boundary collapses.
At Levels 7–9, that boundary collapses.
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Up to Level 6, leaders still rule something external: institutions, people, rules and regulations.
At Levels 7–9, that boundary collapses.
At Levels 7–9, that boundary collapses.