Of the many horrifying ironies of November 3, 2026, one in particular leads. The very ones that most loudly decried encroaching fascism (because Trump is mean?) flipped in one day to demanding state seizure of private enterprise, property, and assets of their political rivals.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be called 'anti-fascism.'" -- Huey Long (allegedly)
I actually think the election outcomes will bode well going forward.
The progressives will now be exposed for what they are (and who really knows what that is) and be exposed as being pseudointellectuals on every initiative they support.
I, personally, believe we will see a major backlash in 2028 when the country realizes what a bill of goods they were sold in 2026.
What a great movie! I was amazed to see the audience, admittedly self-selected people who might agree with the premise, watch it closely, work at understanding it, and allow themselves to be informed. Amazing performances, very interesting outcome. It is exciting to watch the risk being taken by the movie's makers and for it to deliver so potently. I am not a movie critic and tend to like everything I see. I get what I get out of them and generally feel it was worth the time. But during this movie, I came to know I had to participate in it. In doing so, I was a different man coming out than the one going in.
According to Alexander Tytler’s cycle of a democracy, it takes spiritually to have the courage for liberty. I think Alexander Tytler’s cycle of democracy, where dependency is the last stage of a democracy is very accurate. It makes sense because once people are dependent on the government, they are well…dependent on the government for everything. It falls in line with what Alexis de Tocqueville said, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”
So, unless we can end the welfare (and we are headed towards UBI) and jump back in to spirituality, learning how to truly Love God so we can Love Others as ourselves, we are headed towards tyranny through dependency.
Sasha, such a great article! I really love the way you write and the things you write about. My hope is you will one day…again be able to be read in the general population.
Had to laugh at the Hollywood Reporter critic complaining the film runs a “numbing 132 minutes”. I’ve lost count of all the two-hour-plus tedious and predictable slop American filmmakers have churned out in the last few decades.
Two-hour-plus, not including the hour of numbing commercials and previews at ear-piercing volume. Nope, haven't been to the movies in years. There's not much being offered that would be worth even considering attendance.
I don't do movies. A book would have been better. Imagine trying to make a movie of the Gulag Archipelago books. Perhaps the Russians could do it since they made a movie of War and Peace. Took several days to watch though. Movies are just an inefficient way to communicate information. Their niche is action and comic books.
Absolutely Spot-On: it IS absolutely about the Culture. The media and academia have been promoting Socialism, Wokeism, Feminism for decades and they have trampled Traditionalism, Individualism & Freedom (in the false narrative of Empathy). People who believe in the latter Must push back every day in every way or our democracy and way of life will be crushed.
As Christians in America, we are deceived to think that we are safe from persecution and death for our faith. Fellow believers around the world die because they refuse to renounce their commitment to the God of the Bible. My prayer is that current parents who are raising their children in the faith will prepare themfor what is coming in the future. We should see ourselves as part of the larger church universal. Watch a few videos by Voice of the Martyrs and we will see what could easily be our future.
The battle of hearts and minds is won or lost in the education system. When the USA stopped teaching the Socratic Method and the teachers unions became woke socialist/communist apparatchiks, the kids were made useful idiots with no ability to think rationally or scientifically. It became acceptable and even fashionable to be ill informed, irrational, over emotionalized, triggered by everything and made to feel like a victim while blaming everyone else for their problems in life. Oppression/victimization as currency in society became fashionable even among wealthy elites in Hollywood as explained by Rob Henderson (Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Cambridge in 2022). Every once in awhile I revisit the 1984 (how's that for coincidence?) interview of Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov, a Soviet KGB defector who warned the West about "The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion". Demoralizing students is the first stage.
I watched a little of the woman critiquing the "shit" exposition. She's not wrong that it is stupid, gross and insulting. But I don't see how a fragile, crying woman in front of a camera for 10 minutes helps in any way. A little righteous, indignant and composed anger would serve her purpose much better. Sniveling is the ultimate weakness
Ayn Rand came from Russia. Her father lost his drugstore business in St. Petersburg to the revolution. You don’t think that didn’t shape her world view? You think Atlas Shrugged was a book discussed in the liberal universities? Hell no. My brother highly educated in the early 70’s didn’t even know who she was. And here we are folks. Yes it’s different but the mechanism of tyranny all the same. Didn’t Covid teach us anything? I’m glad I don’t have young children to raise. To go to back to school night or teacher parent conferences and KNOW how they’ve been educated. The teachers that is.
Will this be widely available in movie theaters? I looked for it and it seems it is only streaming for members on Daily Wire+. We need to make these productions more available.
You can join the Daily Wire for one month for $15. You, and as many others as want to, can stream it there. That's less than it would cost you to go see it in a theater. You might even find a Daily Wire subscription valuable in myriad other ways. I do.
I actually do subscribe to Daily Wire+, my comment was more about how will people en masse become aware of the movie if it doesn't have a wider release?
Of the many horrifying ironies of November 3, 2026, one in particular leads. The very ones that most loudly decried encroaching fascism (because Trump is mean?) flipped in one day to demanding state seizure of private enterprise, property, and assets of their political rivals.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be called 'anti-fascism.'" -- Huey Long (allegedly)
Democrats are the most hypocritical people on the planet and masters of projection.
Always remember that EVERYTHING they accuse of the opposite side, they themselves are 💯 guilty of it
Hollywood is a very sick place.
Nolan caves to DEI.
And any film extolling Christian ethics is villified.
Adn the country has 56 Democrats Senators.
A very ugly time.
I actually think the election outcomes will bode well going forward.
The progressives will now be exposed for what they are (and who really knows what that is) and be exposed as being pseudointellectuals on every initiative they support.
I, personally, believe we will see a major backlash in 2028 when the country realizes what a bill of goods they were sold in 2026.
Nah. I don’t believe it
They’ve been exposed over the past 10 years since Trump won the first time.
The majority in this country are obtuse and brainwashed. How can it get better when schools are brainwashing so many.
What a great movie! I was amazed to see the audience, admittedly self-selected people who might agree with the premise, watch it closely, work at understanding it, and allow themselves to be informed. Amazing performances, very interesting outcome. It is exciting to watch the risk being taken by the movie's makers and for it to deliver so potently. I am not a movie critic and tend to like everything I see. I get what I get out of them and generally feel it was worth the time. But during this movie, I came to know I had to participate in it. In doing so, I was a different man coming out than the one going in.
According to Alexander Tytler’s cycle of a democracy, it takes spiritually to have the courage for liberty. I think Alexander Tytler’s cycle of democracy, where dependency is the last stage of a democracy is very accurate. It makes sense because once people are dependent on the government, they are well…dependent on the government for everything. It falls in line with what Alexis de Tocqueville said, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.”
So, unless we can end the welfare (and we are headed towards UBI) and jump back in to spirituality, learning how to truly Love God so we can Love Others as ourselves, we are headed towards tyranny through dependency.
Absolutely correct. Great comment.
I'm going to see this film. I don't believe I have been in a theater in 2 years
Sasha, such a great article! I really love the way you write and the things you write about. My hope is you will one day…again be able to be read in the general population.
Had to laugh at the Hollywood Reporter critic complaining the film runs a “numbing 132 minutes”. I’ve lost count of all the two-hour-plus tedious and predictable slop American filmmakers have churned out in the last few decades.
Two-hour-plus, not including the hour of numbing commercials and previews at ear-piercing volume. Nope, haven't been to the movies in years. There's not much being offered that would be worth even considering attendance.
I don't do movies. A book would have been better. Imagine trying to make a movie of the Gulag Archipelago books. Perhaps the Russians could do it since they made a movie of War and Peace. Took several days to watch though. Movies are just an inefficient way to communicate information. Their niche is action and comic books.
Absolutely Spot-On: it IS absolutely about the Culture. The media and academia have been promoting Socialism, Wokeism, Feminism for decades and they have trampled Traditionalism, Individualism & Freedom (in the false narrative of Empathy). People who believe in the latter Must push back every day in every way or our democracy and way of life will be crushed.
As Christians in America, we are deceived to think that we are safe from persecution and death for our faith. Fellow believers around the world die because they refuse to renounce their commitment to the God of the Bible. My prayer is that current parents who are raising their children in the faith will prepare themfor what is coming in the future. We should see ourselves as part of the larger church universal. Watch a few videos by Voice of the Martyrs and we will see what could easily be our future.
There you go, get some mojo back.
Keep going
The battle of hearts and minds is won or lost in the education system. When the USA stopped teaching the Socratic Method and the teachers unions became woke socialist/communist apparatchiks, the kids were made useful idiots with no ability to think rationally or scientifically. It became acceptable and even fashionable to be ill informed, irrational, over emotionalized, triggered by everything and made to feel like a victim while blaming everyone else for their problems in life. Oppression/victimization as currency in society became fashionable even among wealthy elites in Hollywood as explained by Rob Henderson (Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Cambridge in 2022). Every once in awhile I revisit the 1984 (how's that for coincidence?) interview of Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov, a Soviet KGB defector who warned the West about "The Four Stages of Ideological Subversion". Demoralizing students is the first stage.
I watched a little of the woman critiquing the "shit" exposition. She's not wrong that it is stupid, gross and insulting. But I don't see how a fragile, crying woman in front of a camera for 10 minutes helps in any way. A little righteous, indignant and composed anger would serve her purpose much better. Sniveling is the ultimate weakness
Ayn Rand came from Russia. Her father lost his drugstore business in St. Petersburg to the revolution. You don’t think that didn’t shape her world view? You think Atlas Shrugged was a book discussed in the liberal universities? Hell no. My brother highly educated in the early 70’s didn’t even know who she was. And here we are folks. Yes it’s different but the mechanism of tyranny all the same. Didn’t Covid teach us anything? I’m glad I don’t have young children to raise. To go to back to school night or teacher parent conferences and KNOW how they’ve been educated. The teachers that is.
Will this be widely available in movie theaters? I looked for it and it seems it is only streaming for members on Daily Wire+. We need to make these productions more available.
You can join the Daily Wire for one month for $15. You, and as many others as want to, can stream it there. That's less than it would cost you to go see it in a theater. You might even find a Daily Wire subscription valuable in myriad other ways. I do.
I actually do subscribe to Daily Wire+, my comment was more about how will people en masse become aware of the movie if it doesn't have a wider release?