The Backlash Is Here

The forces of decentralization are fighting back again with good odds of regaining the narrative again [Gilder's Daily Prophecy] January 25, 2022 [UNSUBSCRIBE]( | [ARCHIVES]( Alert: Explosive Stock Opportunity One of the most well-known tech investors in America just put out his most URGENT BUY recommendation to date. [This could be the most explosive stock opportunity of the decade…]( Landing you a potential 1,000% gain in a matter of months. [Click here]( to get the details on this Tech Legend’s #1 stock play of the decade. If there’s anything you’ve missed as part of your membership to Gilder's Daily Prophecy, make sure you check out our website where you can find archives, updates, and everything else that's included in your subscription. You can access it by [clicking here now](. The Backlash Is Here [Jeffrey Tucker]Dear Daily Prophecy Reader, I watched with delight Sunday’s Washington, D.C. protests against what has happened to this country. The national press barely covered it, and when they did, they mostly described it as an “anti-vaccine rally.” That’s a ridiculous thing to say about an event involving some 10K-plus people who have had enough of the nonsense and evil. They braved the cold, the cruelties of today’s plane travel, the DC vaccination and mask mandates, the prospect of being doxxed from facial recognition technology, plus the financial strains that have hit so many families due to business closures and inflation. They came anyway. I didn’t go but watched live coverage. I felt a close kinship with everyone there. Even the inevitable oddballs. Everyone has a right to freedom. That’s all they were asking for. The political ethos was neither left nor right, if those terms mean anything anymore. I know so many people personally who have given up all their old political attachments. Further, I’m going to assume that every person at this rally represents one million or ten million more. Why did it take so long for Americans finally to hit the streets in protest? For one thing, it was mostly illegal to do so from March 13, 2020, onward. States imposed stay-at-home orders and limited gatherings to 10 people. People couldn’t meet for civic clubs, church, family reunions, much less anything vaguely political. They forcibly separated people for many months. When the George Floyd protests began, they got the green light but that light turned quickly red. Today there is massive pent-up frustration out there, alongside depression, ill health, financial hardship, and generalized shock to discover we live in a country where freedom can no longer be taken for granted. We know now that at any moment, they can close our businesses, our churches, and take away our right to travel or even to show a smile. Absolutely astonishing. Is a backlash coming? It is here. It is a bit quiet for now but it will not stay that way. The ruling class absolutely overplayed its hand this time. In the coming few years, they will rediscover that rulers in every society require the consent of the governed over the long term. When that consent is withdrawn, the results can be wildly unpredictable, but they generally mitigate against the rulers and in favor of a new way of doing this. The Motion of History There are three ways to view the course of history. One, history is on one long trajectory headed toward one great culminating moment. Every moment in history points toward that end state. That is Hegel and Marx and a slew of crazy ideologues who think in that tradition. Also, some apocalyptic religions traditions hold that view. Two, history is just one thing after another with no particular rhyme or reason. Anyone who tries to make sense of it is inventing mirages of meaning that do not exist in reality. That view is generally held by English philosopher David Hume. There is something to this idea, but it doesn’t quite take account of certain repeatedables. Three, history is cyclical, with overlapping rounds of error and truth, good and evil, liberty and power, bull and bear markets, recession and recovery, centralization and decentralization, and these cycles are powered by the ebb and flow of forces within the population that shape them. From my description, you can probably tell that this is the view I hold. It strikes me as realistic and fits most known facts about the shape of history. The last two years have been defined by a theme: centralization of power. It’s happened in technology. It’s affected politics. It’s taken place within financial markets. To some extent it is even true in media culture, despite the rise of the Internet. Why did all of this happen when it did? Precisely because all these institutions have been on the ropes for the previous ten years. The Internet has been a massive force for decentralization in every area of life: technology, media, government, and even money. Think what this means for the old order. It means a massive loss of power and profit. It means the transformation of the relationship between the individual and the state, plus what media we consume, what money we use, what rules we obey, how our children are educated, what businesses with which we trade, and so on. In other words, the ruling class — a big term but it describes something very real — faced the biggest and most disruptive threat in generations. This was the state of the world in 2019. Something had to be done. Something big. Something dramatic. Something had to happen to remind the unruly masses who precisely is in charge. Therefore, all the interest groups set to lose in the new order of the future decided to act. They would reassert their power in ways that would inspire shock and awe. They had to convince the president to go along and they finally did. The result was what we’ve lived through for 20 months. It has been nothing less than a display of power and control. We have all been traumatized in ways we’ve never imagined possible. Our workplaces have been disrupted or shut. They managed to end religious freedom for a time. The freedoms we all believe we had and which were growing by the day came to a dramatic and stunning halt. Who is in charge? The entire ruling class shouted in unison, not just here, but all over the world: “we are!” Breaking: Ex-Pentagon Insider’s Disturbing Message for America He warned about the 2008 financial crisis a full two years in advance. He’s predicted everything from the coronavirus crash, the election of Donald Trump, Brexit, and more. And he just went live with a disturbing new warning for America. One that could have devastating consequences for anyone that’s still holding stocks, cryptocurrencies, or cash on [2/10](. If you have money in the markets, or you are worried about America’s financial future… You need to [heed his message]( now… because once this crisis hits it will already be too late. [Click here to learn more]( Just One Problem By the way, I do not mean that there was a “plot” in some crude sense. I do not believe there was one. There was a coming together of interests, and this was born of fear and frustration that the world was changing too quickly and the wrong people were going to land on top. In retrospect, it seems obvious that the great decentralization would not be a soft landing from the old order. There would be, shall we say, bumps along the road. That is precisely what they created and what happened to us. A Parenthesis in History It’s best to think of these grim times as a parenthesis in history, a dramatic pause in the progress of liberty, prosperity, and peace but only a pause. It was ultimately reactionary. And it was a remarkable thing to behold, to be sure. But there’s just one major problem with the whole thing. It did not actually achieve its aims. Let me explain that. If you think of the aim as “take back our power,” it did accomplish that, however temporarily. But that’s not how they pitched it. They said they would stop and crush a virus and that all your sacrifice would be worth it because otherwise you would die. That agenda, that propaganda, has been a tremendous flop. In other words, the whole thing is being exposed as a massive error at best, and a complete lie at worst. Lying has consequences. When you are discovered, people do not believe you in the future. This is the situation currently faced by big tech, big media, big government, big pharma, and big everything. They display their power but they do not display their intelligence and they have not earned our trust. Quite the opposite. This is why the seeds of revolt have been so deeply planted and why they are growing so mightily now. The driving goal here will be to restart the engine of progress back to what it was only two years ago, back to the decentralist paradigm. The technology that was pushing that paradigm is not only still with us, but it has been tested and dramatically advanced during lockdowns and mandates. We have more tools than ever before to confront and finally defeat the ruling class that seized so much power over two years. The thing about tools and technologies is that they cannot and will not be wished away. They embody knowledge that we have and knowledge that billions of people the world over are ready to use. Also we should mention freedom itself: humankind is not meant to be caged. We have rationality, creativity, aspirations, and the will to use them all to better our lives. So yes, we’ve lived through an enormous setback, but it is likely a prequel to what comes next: a backlash against reaction and toward a new stage. Cycles within cycles. Forces of centralization have had a field day, and a good run of it, but the forces of decentralization are fighting back again with good odds of regaining the narrative again. Regards, [Jeffrey Tucker] Jeffrey Tucker P.S. Just want to make sure you saw this: [We want to add a credit of $512 to your account for this offer.]( And I wanted to make sure you took advantage of it. [Click here to learn more]( If you already claimed this credit, then please ignore this message. But if you haven’t… Then please act fast. We are giving you the chance to claim a $512 credit by this Monday. A little thank you from me to you. Don't miss out on this opportunity, click the link below for details. [>>LEARN HOW TO CLAIM THIS CREDIT HERE<<]( [Click here to learn more]( [Three founders Publishing]( To end your Gilder's Daily Prophecy e-mail subscription and associated external offers sent from Gilder's Daily Prophecy, feel free to [click here](. If you are having trouble receiving your Gilder's Daily Prophecy subscription, you can ensure its arrival in your mailbox by [whitelisting Gilder's Daily Prophecy](. Gilder's Daily Prophecy is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Please read [our Privacy Statement.]( For any further comments or concerns please email us at GildersDailyProphecy@threefounderspublishing.com. Nothing in this e-mail should be considered personalized financial advice. Although our employees may answer your general customer service questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address your particular investment situation. No communication by our employees to you should be deemed as personalized financial advice. We expressly forbid our writers from having a financial interest in any security recommended to our readers. All of our employees and agents must wait 24 hours after online publication or 72 hours after the mailing of a printed-only publication prior to following an initial recommendation. Any investments recommended in this letter should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. © 2022 Three Founders Publishing, LLC., 808 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore MD 21202. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. This newsletter may only be used pursuant to the subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the world wide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Three Founders Publishing, LLC. EMAIL REFERENCE ID: 401GDPED01