Thank you. We need your careful analysis. Yes, orientation eats facts for breakfast. Money quote for me: "And at the Pentagon podium, the Secretary of Defense prays for overwhelming violence in the name of a man who said “love your enemies” and refused the sword." I cannot believe we got here so quickly.
Steven, thank you. "Orientation eats facts for breakfast" — I'm stealing that. It's a great one line summary of what happens when your orientation prevents seeing the truth, when Orientation trumps Observation.
The speed is remarkable, but what it actually reveals is how long this captured orientation has been operating in the shadows. Wilson's network has been building for decades. The theology of dominion, the "sin of empathy," the Deus Vult — none of this is new. What's new is that it is operating publically in the halls of power.
That's the tell. The prayer at the Pentagon podium isn't an escalation. It's a disclosure. They're saying out loud what they've believed in private for a generation — because they think they've won enough power that they no longer need the whitewash on the tomb.
Thank you. We need your careful analysis. Yes, orientation eats facts for breakfast. Money quote for me: "And at the Pentagon podium, the Secretary of Defense prays for overwhelming violence in the name of a man who said “love your enemies” and refused the sword." I cannot believe we got here so quickly.
Steven, thank you. "Orientation eats facts for breakfast" — I'm stealing that. It's a great one line summary of what happens when your orientation prevents seeing the truth, when Orientation trumps Observation.
The speed is remarkable, but what it actually reveals is how long this captured orientation has been operating in the shadows. Wilson's network has been building for decades. The theology of dominion, the "sin of empathy," the Deus Vult — none of this is new. What's new is that it is operating publically in the halls of power.
That's the tell. The prayer at the Pentagon podium isn't an escalation. It's a disclosure. They're saying out loud what they've believed in private for a generation — because they think they've won enough power that they no longer need the whitewash on the tomb.
They may be wrong about that.