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muriel_volestrangler

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4. There is a bit of a Handmaid's Tale-style "Gilead Security Strategy" flavour to it
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 08:16 AM
Dec 11
Finally, we want the restoration and reinvigoration of American spiritual and
cultural health, without which long-term security is impossible. We want an
America that cherishes its past glories and its heroes, and that looks forward to a
new golden age. We want a people who are proud, happy, and optimistic that they
will leave their country to the next generation better than they found it. We want a
gainfully employed citizenry—with no one sitting on the sidelines—who take
satisfaction from knowing that their work is essential to the prosperity of our
nation and to the well-being of individuals and families. This cannot be
accomplished without growing numbers of strong, traditional families that raise
healthy children.
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But this economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of
civilizational erasure. The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the
European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and
sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating
strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering
birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence.

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