When Did ‘Speculation’ Become a Dirty Word?

When Did 'Hope' Become Weakness?

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I want to start off by saying I have NO insider information. I never have and likely never will.

The other day I was having a face-to-face conversation with someone about classified documents. In bringing up the subject of classified documents, I didn’t think this person would have any expertise on the matter, but quickly discovered I was wrong.

I told him you would have to be a fool to believe the classified documents being discovered in Biden’s possession are random and not a part of a larger plan. He agreed.

When documents are stolen, someone knows they are missing. Missing documents don’t go unnoticed, unless someone is choosing to look the other way. Whether Biden’s documents were stolen or checked out, someone has known about it all this time and has actively chosen not to do anything about it.

Later in this conversation, this person said to me, ‘I love Trump’s policies and I think he was a good President, but I just wish he could keep his mouth shut.’ To which I responded that I believe Trump is literally a genius, and everything that comes out of his mouth is planned for effect. When he upsets or offends people, it’s for a reason; it has a purpose.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people repeat this sentiment about Trump keeping his mouth shut. It’s reminiscent of local news casts repeating the same exact message, said with the same words and inflection. You realize they are following a script given to them. Some refer to this as the ‘4am talking points.’

Just as these news casters are closely following a script, most in our community believe the Left has been brainwashed into believing the narratives fed to them by the mainstream media. Which I agree with, but I think some on the Right have been conditioned by the media as well. They have been conditioned to lose hope. To only see a bleak present and an even bleaker future.

How you view the past two years likely determines whether you have hope for the future.

If you believe the past two years, as horrible as they have been, have represented a process put in place by Trump and his people to dismantle a corrupt system, then you probably have hope.

If you believe Trump actually jump-started the record inflation we have experienced to create higher interest rates, and that the combination of the two will destroy the corrupt world banking system, you probably hold some hope.

For anyone rolling their eyes at this last statement, consider the following: What happens when a person accrues massive amounts of credit card debt, has an adjustable-rate mortgage, and then interest rates jump up?

They can no long afford the monthly payments and are forced to file for bankruptcy.

US Government debt is now at $31 trillion and growing. What happens when you create inflation, and the FED raises interest rates to counter it?

You create a situation where the corrupt system can’t even afford to pay the interest on the massive debt they own. That corrupt system then implodes. And who’s on the hook for all of this?

The corrupt world banking system.

If you instead believe the mess we are experiencing is purely the result of damaging policies put in place by the Biden administration, you probably have a bleak outlook.

While Biden’s proposed policies are horrific, I believe there is more to the story. Something bigger is happening behind the scenes, and this is why I have hope. I believe the corrupt system is being engineered to collapse under and because of its own weight. Trump, the judo master is using the deep state’s weight against them.

Some may say my hope comes from speculation, to which I would ask, why has speculation become a dirty word?

What is ‘speculation?’

The general definition of the word is the act of forming a theory without firm evidence to back it up.

But who determines what counts as ‘firm evidence?’ The Mainstream Media? History books? Pfizer scientists? The ‘experts?’

We all know that none of these sources can be trusted.

Accepting this paradigm, how does one advance any theories that don’t require at least some degree of speculation?

Speculation is what we do when we make decisions, and I would argue that, in most cases, the bigger the decision, the greater the speculation needed. No one has become rich without speculating, and in my opinion, no one finds true happiness in life without taking some chances.

Some level of speculation occurs in all the decisions we make in life. When we choose a spouse, we are speculating that they will treat us well, be faithful, and stay with us until death.

When we choose to start a family, we are speculating that we will enjoy being parents, and that we will be able to raise our children into good people.

When we buy a house, we are speculating that the home’s value will go up over time. We are speculating that it won’t be destroyed in a fire, earthquake or mudslide.

When buying stock, you are speculating that the value of the stock will go up. In the end, you are taking risk.

Even when you put your faith in a higher power, you are speculating. Christianity features speculation that if you repent and give your life over to Christ, you will find your way into Heaven someday. You may know the Bible inside and out, you may treat others as you would want to be treated, and your faith may be strong enough to move mountains, but at the end of the day, you are still speculating to some degree. You are speculating that there is a God, and that His grace is enough.

All decisions require some level of speculation, and many of the most important decisions require the most speculation.

To not speculate is to be a mental slave. Slaves don’t speculate; their decisions are made for them.

To follow a narrative is to be a mental slave. The people who believe the Mainstream Media’s narratives are choosing NOT to speculate. They are choosing to believe what they are told. They believe the evidence presented to them constitutes ‘firm evidence.’

People took the jab because to remain unvaccinated was to indulge in speculation to them. In their mind, if the vast majority of people agree, then the vaccinations must be safe.

Thus, if the vast majority of the media claim Trump is bad, then he must be bad.

If the vast majority of mainstream media says walls are racist, and Biden won the election fair and square, then each has to be the case.

The media isn’t telling the truth, the medical industry isn’t telling the truth, Big Pharma isn’t telling the truth, the vast majority of politicians aren’t telling the truth, Wallstreet isn’t telling the truth and Hollywood isn’t telling the truth.

So where does this leave us? It leaves us needing to indulge in speculation more often than at any point in history.

Preparation is speculation.

If I choose to be cautiously optimistic about what is happening behind the scenes right now, who should have the right to tell me I should be more pessimistic—that I should live my life in fear?

Is it hurting anyone that I choose to be hopeful? Even if my views are delusional, which I don’t think they are, who am I hurting when I say I think we should be cautiously optimistic?

Does extinguishing optimism validate pessimism?

So, when I hear someone say, ‘stop speculating,’ I just hear, ‘stop planning, stop preparing mentally and physically—just give in to what the media tells you.’

We live in a time when we are forced to read between the lines on everything. And in order to read between the lines, we need to use at least some level of speculation.

With all the propaganda we experience, I think it’s generally a good rule of thumb to wait 24-48 hours before openly speculating on most things. But even after collecting all the valuable information you feel you need to decide on something, at the end of the day, having an opinion on anything is still speculation.

And that’s not a bad thing.

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