This is a message from the future. My calendar says June 2031, though some on social media argue it is, in fact, October 2033, and have presented rather compelling evidence in support of their position. Regardless, I wanted to drop you this note with some advice about your situation in 2025, as it may be instructive.

You see, that was the year the split really took hold. Obviously, political reality had been melting down for decades. But the veil of political games finally dropped, and you became acquainted with the realities of the new Zeitgeist. From then on, it was necessary to choose: are you for unity, or division? Are you for war, or peace? Are you an obstacle to evolution, or a collaborator?

Most people never gave those questions much thought. But once people realized that those in the way were having a bad time — their assets seized, their freedoms restricted, their voices marginalized — it became clear that some new thing had emerged, beyond politics, beyond fascism, and indeed unlike anything mankind had ever seen before.