General Discussion

... but there are a lot of options in there that I really don't think are in the mix.

If I had to seriously answer, I'd say this:

* Putin, and his gangster circles
* MBS, and his gangster circles
* a trans-national circle of billionaires (Musk, Thiel, Adelson, Koch, etc), with Musk in particular trying to establish control over "the means of communication" so that he can control *dialog* on literally everything, and so he can advantage/disadvantage state-level actors to elevate them or diminish them at will. This will not end well for Musk.
* Organized crime -- whoever Trump has been working with since his early days (and probably his daddy's days). Trace out the groups Trump lifts up -- and those he pushes down -- and it's a roadmap to which criminal organizations he's directly involved with. And there are lots. And yes, they are 100% involved in child-trafficking.
* American Evangelical Churches -- the new homebase of the klan, neo-segregationists, Nazis, and general racists of all types, bound by a shared "end times" (black pill / accellerationist) ideology and a pure hatred of anyone culturally or physically different from themselves. Notably absent are any actual teachings even slightly resembling Christianity. These are "culture war" and "end times" churches -- and they have money, followers, private/segregated schools, and are tax-advantaged to the point of criminality.

And yeah, there are lots of others.

But these are the ones I really see pulling the strings -- or at least as the "big strings" that themselves get pulled and played by the real top guys.

Now, don't get me started on their money networks, their recruitment networks, their *massive* propaganda operations ... yeah, way to much to cover in a late-night off-the-cuff post like this. I'm sure others will do way better, so I leave it to them.


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