I get your point. Sorry if I came off as a black pilled.

My attempt at pithy simile describes the Republican Party that we knew and grew up with -- and have been highly dissatisfied with. Up until 2015, that is, when Trump began transforming it into America First by reabsorbing the suppressed sentiments of the Tea Party movement.

The current form is an unstable hybrid of RINOs and MAGA, with RINOs I think in the majority by seat count, but in a weakened position due to that certain guy sitting in the White House. The deep state has been telling the RINOs to gum up Trump's program, wait him out, promising that politics will return to the normal they know and love. Our desire is to purge them out permanently.

A long-standing debate on the Conservative/Libertarian side of the political spectrum was where to put money and efforts: behind a third party or into the Republican Party. I've always thought that the third party route is not preferred. Taking over the name brand and infrastructure of the Republican Party is the way to proceed. That said, what Trump and his circle have accomplished in the past decade is not something I had imagined possible.

To admit to a bit of inside baseball, I find myself apologizing not infrequently to Mrs. fuzzybear, too. Mrs. fuzzybear is awake, and as a result feels hammered by the awful world. Trump is her Beacon of Hope. She needs a daily dose of hope to stay out of the doldrums. And, I best not disturb that. Happily she found Dave of the X-22 Report. For her personality type he's excellent for holding up the morale.

Wrapping up: If I slip in and out of a state of being black-pilled versus red-pilled, well, as the kids say, my bad. (Yeah. My bad grammar.) If there is a consolation it's the opportunity to develop a keen sensitivity for how the black-pilled mind thinks.