Yep, we’re doing this tired-old schtick again. These are some thoughts that have been camping in my head for a little while now. However, try as I might, I just haven’t been able to stretch them into full-length articles. Whether that makes me a true-professional for being able to write concisely or a total hack for not being able to stretch this out is up to the readers. Keep your pitchforks sharp and the Karen’s triggered.
An Ode to Radicalization Pt. IV: Voter Turnout
Run back the clock two years; Democrats were in the middle of what Elon calls the Woke Mind Virus. Think about it, their party was fully supportive of giving puberty-blockers to children, letting dudes play women sports, DEI, and every other social brainrot policy liberals could imagine. Then, the 2024 landslide happened. The American people came out in droves to vote against this utter fucking insanity. Seriously, 2024 had one of the highest voter turnouts in recent presidential election history.
Now run back the clock ten days ago; Republicans were in the middle of peak-Israel simping. Whether it was Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee on Tucker Carlson, or the President giving the game away, Republicans went hard on being warmongering, AIPAC simping neocons. And guess what? Just like in 2024, The American people came out in droves to vote against this utter fucking insanity. Seriously, 2026 had one of the highest turnouts in recent midterm history
In both cases, the populace was highly motivated to get off their asses and get to the polls. I remember growing up in the 90’s/2000’s; adults loved retorting to a long-winded political complainer well, did you vote? This was enough to end the whining because the answer was invariably a sheepish no. That world no longer exists. And in no small part, we have political radicalization to thank for that. You’re welcome.
It pains me to say it, but I have to credit the Democrats with taking the 2024 blowout loss and actually learning something from it. They have quietly pivoted away from Woke policies and have shifted heavily towards affordability. Their solutions are completely asinine at best and dictatorial at worst; but they at least learned that Woke isn’t going to work.
It’ll be interesting to see if Republicans learn a similar lesson; that Americans do not want forever wars and Israel-simping. FutureSense predicts (so it’s basically a fucking lock at this point) that Republicans will return to their core of immigration enforcement. They might even keep their MAHA agenda moving forward, as Bobby Kennedy is relatively popular.
However, I need to point this out; the Republican position is different than the Democrat position of two years ago. Why? Simple: The Democrats lost because of what they were running on. The Republicans lost because of the gap between campaign promises and delivered results. The people wanted no new wars and got one anyways. Thus, Republicans need not overhaul their original message, but to not deviate from what they said on the campaign trail.
This brings into the focus the fact that voting does indeed work. Lawmakers and executives now must choose their battles far more carefully because the last few years have shown us that if they piss off the American people, they’ll swiftly lose their jobs, and no amount of PAC money fixes that.
To quote Jocko Willink “Didn’t get the job you wanted? Good… Go out,…build a better resume.”
Repo Auctions
A lot of click-worthy videos and articles have been created on this talking point; car repossessions are at an all-time high. One would think that this would be a good thing. When houses got foreclosed on in 2008, the market became flooded soon thereafter with affordable houses. But that hasn’t happened today with cars. Why? Simple: the repossession auctions are in a closed loop in which only dealers get to go.
So, here’s my fix. State legislators need to pass laws that bar dealer-only auctions for repossessed cars. Note the phrasing; I’m not saying that dealerships shouldn’t be allowed to go to said auctions. No; I’m just saying that the general public cannot be blocked out. “But Dan” Karen screeches “I thought you hated new legislation! You’re a psuedo-Libertarian!” Wrong again, Karen. This idea is actually staunchly libertarian. Why? Because it actively enables a free market. This is because the current meta actively excludes otherwise qualified buyers for no other reason than vested interests don’t want them there.
This proposed legislation also reinforces a free market another way; it introduces a consequence where one previously didn’t exist. Seriously; current system ensures that the lender who issued a sub-prime loan basically gets a do-over. If the law I’m proposing were to take effect, then we’d see banks and dealerships start practicing far more due diligence about who they lend to.
“Dan, you’re just proposing some crack-pot theory!” You might want to sit down for this but, no the fuck I’m not. Want to know why? This has been done before. Anecdotal as it may be, my neighbors as a kid would frequently buy their vehicles from auctions that the public were able to attend. And my neighbors were hardly millionaires; the marriage of a public school teacher and an airport baggage handler.
State legislators (absent any Congress intervention) who vote no on such measures need to be shamed harshly. Our old friend Savvy PR Firm can easily create attack ads (if hired by the opposing candidate) as being in-bed with special interests against the interest of the consumer. The best part about this messaging is that it’s technically true, because there’s little other incentive to oppose such a policy.
Be wary of those who oppose free markets…
Flock Cameras
If you’ve been on the internet at all for the past few months, odds are you’ve ran into rage-baiting videos or articles discussing Flock cameras. Frankly, the rage is understandable, these devices are not designed for the benefit of those they are aimed at. With that said, a wise Portugie once told me don’t get mad, get even.
Basically, any politician who advocates for the installation of Flock cameras ought to be noted by their constituents. Their constituents need to passionately advocate for placing Flock cameras directly outside of said politician’s district office and Washington office. The facial recognition software onboard these dystopian cameras will surely pickup any big-money donors, foreign agents, lobbyists and any other difficult-to-explain visitor that the politicians will inevitably have. These high-resolution and time-stamped photos will then be posted online for the entire world to see. Damn near every workplace in America already logs who visits their site, so this isn’t exactly novel. And miss me with the this is invasive bullshit; these elected officials draw their paychecks from us. We are their bosses: we have a right to know with whom they spend their time.
But it cannot stop there, for that data wouldn’t be damming enough. Flock cameras also need to be put directly outside of their homes. This would put the politicians, their families, and their guests under 24/7 warrantless surveillance. Would this be officially posted for the world to see? No. However, these things aren’t exactly known for their robust cybersecurity. Thus, it wouldn’t be difficult to see who is coming to a senator’s home. Everyone from the paper-boy to the late-night sidepiece when the Mrs. is out of town will be captured.
With that said, that still doesn’t go far enough. Thus, Flock camera’s need to be put up near every massage parlor, cheap motel, Ritz-Carlton, country club, yacht club, investment bank, expensive steak house, and golf course in the politician’s home district and in the DC-metro area. Then, the data needs to be legally purchased and then broadcasted via privacy rights groups/opponent’s attack ads/their wives’ divorce attorney.
But it still doesn’t stop there, we also need to put these camera’s in and around every known drug dealing hotspot (again, both in the politician’s home district and their office in DC). The license-plate trackers need to follow vehicles that travel between these drug-zones and the politicians known whereabouts. Suddenly, the number of wild cocaine-and-whores benders in DC will plummet if members of Congress knew they were under the ever-watchful eye of Flock.
The Eye of Sauron isn’t so fun when it’s on you., now is it?
