{"id":942,"date":"2025-08-29T17:43:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:43:55","slug":"how-to-unmask-totalitarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/?p=942","title":{"rendered":"How to Unmask Totalitarians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe id=\"odysee-iframe\" style=\"width:100%; aspect-ratio:16 \/ 9;\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/%24\/embed\/%40MarginalNonHermit%3A3%2Fhow-to-unmask-totalitarians%3A7?r=8gvoByECHNgc2BfQ5o91oxf89bpi1Ui4\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I hope this conclusion isn&#8217;t too obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I was inspired by a few recent episodes of The Path to Liberty and I wanted to distill a short logical argument about State charters (like the Constitution) and their interpretations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Full write-up <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unmask-totalitarians.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Take off your Spooner hat for a moment and join me on a thought experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">What is the simplest way to identify a person putting forth totalitarian principles?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In this video and <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalnonhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unmask-totalitarians.pdf\">write-up<\/a>, I explain my answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This video is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@MarginalNonHermit:3\/how-to-unmask-totalitarians:7\">Odysee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ep_dfDERL9c\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/update_video\/40bE52DrV8lb\">BitChute<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">TAC Channel<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TenthAmendmentCenter\n\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TenthAmendmentCenter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Path to Liberty on Hamilton&#8217;s Totalitarian Trickery<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sKbcohE83ac\n\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sKbcohE83ac<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On Necessary and Proper<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tmedh5757Y\n\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tmedh5757Y<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On the 9th Amendment<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pICNDyMixrw\n\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pICNDyMixrw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">On General Welfare<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C3xy5J2jGgI\n\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C3xy5J2jGgI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Intro quote by James Madison in a letter to Edmund Pendleton, Jan. 21, 1792<br><a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Madison\/01-14-02-0174\">https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Madison\/01-14-02-0174<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Thumbnail image based on a painting of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull<br><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Alexander_Hamilton_by_John_Trumbull,_1806.png\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Alexander_Hamilton_by_John_Trumbull,_1806.png<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope this conclusion isn&#8217;t too obvious. 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