The Pale Horseman Rides

02/17/2025

The current US administration is lobbying Romania to release two men who admittedly scammed people for millions, and then took a hard right towards trafficking and sexual abuse.

Great use of soft power all around. Emphasis on soft.

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There are people who will read the above and think / say: "well, they weren't convicted of a crime."

Some of those people may have had recent access to the US Treasury payment system.

Some of those people may have just received a nine-figure USG contract to mitigate declining global orders. What an innovative sales strategy :)

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But back to bad behavior. No smoke? No fire. No worries!

Be easy, my guy. Go get yours. It is your manly right after all. This is YOUR era. Like all the ones past.

Because might is the only right.

So as long as you are deemed the winner, the way in which you acquired that win is of little concern.

But don't you dare forget our take.

The only value that matters is your side of the transaction. And what we get as brokers of the system that enriched you.

Including your ticket to the after-life. Constantine has a ladder to climb, and his ledger glows bright red each time you shake our hands.

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Lo! The Lamb has broken the fourth seal, and The Pale Horseman rides. An ironic Testament to our modern morality.

Lo! A Revelation, like lightning guided by the son of Cronus. The King of all Titans who fought with Atlas against Zeus. Zeus, who punished Atlas the Loser with an eternal sentence. Atlas, who convinced Ayn to write a novel about striking back against the winners. Private equity minions who worship Ayn without any care for a broken formula...outside of the Excel model that earns deal carry.

So many circular references :)

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Wait, wait...I got it! This is just Zero to One in its highest, spiritual form. The Fourth Reinstallment. Atlas' Revenge is not just a children's book...is it?

The sequel of all sequels...you know, where the directors REALLY don't want to make another derivative deal...but the money is just too manipulative.

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The grift of human values is in full view.

And The Pale Horseman rides.

This is not how the people flourish,

But instead how an empire dies.

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Cheers to all 409Ks.