There is so much doom and gloom out there that I thought I’d share some examples of what I consider to be good news.
1. Ukraine. Like most people, I expected the Russians to roll through the Ukraine, completely subjugating it within a week. But as we have seen, this is far from the truth. In reality, Russia looks more and more like the big loser. It has suffered multiple defeats, and many more casualties and lost equipment in the last several weeks than the United States lost during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. So why is this good news? While it’s nice to learn the Russian military’s capabilities have been vastly over-rated all these years, the real good news is that prior to the war, China linked up with Russia. Thus, it is China that is being weakened by the Russian failures, perhaps to the point of stopping (for the time) their plans to conquer Taiwan. To better appreciate how this has all been for the good, imagine the state of the world now if Putin had easily absorbed Ukraine in under a week. Putin and Russia would look mighty, Europe and NATO would be splintering as various countries began to consider the strategy of appeasement, and worse, China would be emboldened with its new powerful ally and would likely be making its move on Taiwan.
2. DeSantis vs. Disney. When Ron DeSantis decided to hit back at the billion dollar company that wanted to overturn Florida’s new anti-grooming law, many tried to mock him. But Disney not only backed down with its very public and partisan political posturing, the ripple effects from DeSantis’s action have been amazing. For example, when the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe was leaked, very few companies decided to speak out. If it had not been for DeSantis, they would have tried to out compete each other with their public denunciations of the Court. And then, just a few days ago, Netflix released a memo that basically told Woke employees if they did not like Netflix’s programming , then look for another job. The Woke appear to be losing some of their power when it comes to controlling corporations.
3. TQs hit a wall. Early on, I kind of felt that the whole push for transgenderism and gender ideology was inevitable. But now I am not so sure, as the opposition is incredibly diverse and growing. You simply cannot make the case that only religious conservatives are opposed to the transgender movement. On the contrary, I notice various people who are neither religious nor conservative. There are many secular atheists opposed to the gender propaganda, but also many feminists and people who would just consider themselves liberals. In fact, there is a growing schism in the LGBTQ community, such that I’m starting to see more LGB’s wanting to split away from the Ts and Qs. When gender ideology is opposed by religious and atheist, conservative and liberal, feminist, gay, and lesbian, along with a growing detrans population, it faces some serious opposition. It’s possible that the rapid success of the TQ community, which has emboldened them to become even more radical (for example, advocating extreme medical treatments to young children), has fed into a deepening and spreading and lasting backlash.
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