The Narrative Ep. 87: The Illusion

Burning Bright welcomes Chris Paul two days before the midterm elections for a structured walk through Chris's Substack series arguing that elections are fake, and why so many people argue against positions they assume he holds without ever reading them. The two talk about how emotion crowds out first principles, the habit of assigning intent to an argument instead of answering it, and the false decorum of implying a point without ever asserting it. Chris lays out the conscientious objector comparison for abstaining from voting, why voting confers legitimacy on decades of Uniparty officeholders, and why he sees Donald Trump as an American maximalist invested in the American mythology. They ask who the deep state finds more threatening, the people pressuring others to vote or the people calling the whole ritual fraudulent, and dig into law versus divine order, the Old and New Testament, and the founders' writings on where the state's power comes from. Plus listener support shout-outs, birthday wishes for Chris, and a preview of Thursday's Seven Days in May episode.