Pro-Test

Somebody else has a prophecy of growing civil unrest all over the world, which may lead to the worst world war the planet has ever seen, one that might make the previous world war pale in comparison. Mind you I have interceded for others to cope with the rise of socialism here in the Philippines that if socialism were to become so popular here, that ultimately we could see violence aimed at landowners and politicians alike, even if it doesn’t get this violent it would still be disruptive seeing the Philippines go from a capitalist oligarchy to a socialist country. Sort of like the Russian Revolution before where an imperialist Russia gave way to a socialist one, though it didn’t entirely erase the need to hold onto Russian possessions like Poland and Estonia. Either that they became part of the Soviet Union proper (Moldova, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia) or they became satellite states (Romania, Slovakia, Czechia, Poland), so realistically a socialist Philippines might carry at least some holdovers from its capitalist past.

What would change is that it would be the norm for a lot of Philippine companies to be partly state-owned from then on, be it restaurants (Max’s, Aristocrat, Jollibee), clothing (Bench, Bayo, Penshoppe), publishing (Phoenix, New Day, Adarna) and anything and everything else, even something like GMA would become a partly state-owned media company this way. But given God’s out to revoke nearly all American influence over the world that the Philippines would be no exception, a rising socialist movement would accelerate and exacerbate this where it might no longer be fashionable for Philippine people to use English and have western names. Admittedly this is the sort of thing I’ve interceded for others to cope with, but one that would align of God’s plan to revoke nearly all American influence around the world that the things I’ve prayed for are either coming to pass or at already underway. The Irish language’s already getting popularised, though the language getting popularised in say Slovenia has yet to happen.

Even then with God revoking US influence around the world that it’s possible given the US empire kept the English language relevant far longer than it should, a US collapse might accelerate other countries’ drive to either preserve their own languages (Ireland for instance) or it would be more fashionable and practical to learn another language instead (Mandarin in the Philippines). So it’s actually plausible for something like Mandarin and Tagalog to get popularised a lot in the Philippines following US collapse and possibly growing sympathies for China, not helped by that the US will go into a civil war anytime soon, that it might no longer be practical to rely on America a lot when America itself is unable to help the Philippines in any way it likes that realpolitik is a more sensible option instead. It could be plausible for a number of Germans, Slovenes, Swiss, Austrians and Italians to learn Irish as a way to protest against US imperialism, knowing a band like Kneecap has made it hip to learn Irish and this band’s very sympathetic to Palestine.

Learning Irish would be a way to support Palestine (albeit indirectly due to their sympathies for Kneecap), and also to protest against US imperialism given many European countries have come to resent it a lot. Maybe not immediately and not in a way I’d expect, but it’s still plausible given how unpopular America has gotten that a US collapse would accelerate and exacerbate things. Even the Philippines might not only reconsider its relationships with China but grow to sympathise with it more once the US collapses, when coupled with a growing socialist movement, that ultimately it might even consent to it. Likewise the entire European Union might consent to Russian rule, for fear of getting bombed the way America will be getting. There will be greatly expanded versions of China and Russia, or that there will be new supranational unions aligned with either country. Greater China will be composed entirely of all the East Asian countries as well as some South Asian countries, Lesser China will be composed of all the African countries and their Oceanian counterparts.

A new version of the Commonwealth of Independent States would be composed of not only all the forever Soviet Union members, but also all European Union members as well as Canada and members of the former United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales), with America being there for a while before it disappears. The neutral powers would be composed of some West Asian countries, some South Asian countries and the remaining American countries other than Canada, even then it would be a very different world by then where American influence is nearly revoked in its entirety. English would be used less often, especially if it makes other countries like Ghana, Wales, Nigeria and Ireland prioritise or popularise their own indigenous languages more, that even the Philippines will follow suit where it would become the norm for a lot of Philippine websites to use more Tagalog (as well as Mandarin) from then on. It would be the norm for Philippine people to follow Chinese customs (right down to the name order) and have Tagalog personal names, it would be the norm for the Philippines to closely follow its neighbours like China and Vietnam from then on.

It might be very fashoinable for German, Austrian, Italian, Slovene, Slovak, Hungarian and Czech youths to learn Irish due to the popularity of phenomena like Kneecap, that even their countries’ websites might concede to this and may allow Irish-language options of things like Bible lectionaries for instance. They might even use Irish as a way to support Kneecap’s sympathies for Palestine, essentially the linguistic equivalent to the way the One Piece flag has become a symbol of protest. Even then American influence is waning and any growing unrest in the Philippines due to a growing socialist movement would serve to hasten this, a growing civil war in America would hasten it even further that the world gets de-Americanised this way. But America is a very double-minded country, that sliding into civil instability would be inevitable. It is a house so internally divided that it could collapse anytime soon, if its own culture wars and duplicitous character are any indication. A very duplicitous country that alternates between piety and reprobation, out of the same country come ministries and filth.

Given it’s also a superpower which only serves to magnify its duplicity on a scale that’s not widely enjoyed or done by countries like China and Russia, but then again China doesn’t just own up to its atheism. It even owns it, despite having a good number of online lectionaries and devotionals for its own Christians to turn to, whereas America is very anti-Christian yet it doesn’t own up to it and doesn’t own it either. So America is exceedingly double-minded, its double-mindedness manifests in other ways too. Mind you both Hollywood and the CRU ministry are in California together, this even extends to cultural exports like 1990s boy bands either. Burk Parsons had a similar feeling around Backstreet Boys, which he was set to join, where he felt that although the band was made to endear to parents, it had to be seductive enough to arouse lust in young girls that he eventually didn’t want to partake in it anymore. Perhaps it shouldn’t even be surprising why there’s so much pornographic fanfiction of the Backstreet Boys, these were even called visuals at some point.

It would be even more horrifying to learn that the Backstreet Boys might’ve been molested by Lou Pearlman in some occult ritual, or at least far more sexualised than one realises, that further contributes to a highly sexualised fandom environment. So far only Boyzone’s Shane Lynch admitted this is the case with the secular music industry where such people consecrate these records to the public, that ultimately leads to trouble (I’ve done something similar thing and lost two dogs before). One might wonder if this also extends to New Kids On The Block, a direct precursor to both the Backstreet Boys and Boyzone, that it could be more sinister than it really looks in a way people do recognise but can’t articulate properly why. The fact that America is a very double-minded country, one with a Jekyll and Hyde quality to its culture, leads to an environment where things have these dual purposes. One to entertain people and appear as innocent as possible, the other to corrupt them from the inside out that leads to a spiritually odd environment to be in. So much so that civil war erupts in America anyways.

And why these escalations and tensions would lead to WWIII anyways as well.

Subset of a greater nation

Celestial said something that regarding the table of nations, countries that seem to be separate from one another are really subsets of a greater nation or people. It’s this way between Northern Ireland (currently a part of Britain) and the Republic of Ireland, which is what happened when most of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom. They could reunite one day if Britain dissolves into three separate nation-states (England, Wales and Scotland) not seen in centuries, though the exact same thing can be said of between North Korea and South Korea. The real reason why South Korea came into existence is because America wanted to contain the spread of socialism into the Korean peninsula, so socialism only became a feature of the northern half longer. Likewise Singapore was part of Malaysia proper, to the extent that there are even a degree of similarities between the two. Or Malaysia and Indonesia in a way as they actually speak the same language but with different registers dependent on their former colonisers (Britain and the Netherlands respectively).

America might be exempt but not in a good way as it’s really Mystery Babylon, the nation-state said to corrupt the world only to be destroyed later on by both outside forces and internal strife. A double-minded country that is so internally divided that it’s never going to remain united for long, it has happened before but briefly. This man was Jefferson Davis and he was the only president of the Confederated States so far, though a new civil war could usher in somebody who could arguably be his reincarnation. Maybe not necessarily so but that their position would mirror his, regarding ruling over a newly divided United States not seen in years, quite alarmingly they might be a kind of figurehead for either a kind of seccessionist movement or an ethnic separatist movement. Celestial even said that there might be a racial war in America and a similar one would occur in South Africa, as both of them have been marked by racial segregation and are settler-colonial states themselves. This has also been prophesised by others before, that inevitably America will truly be a house divided.

I remember saying this before that not all African Americans despise or distrust their white counterparts and vice versa, though at other times this kind of unforgiveness boils into hatred and then violence. But there’s also no mistaking that a good number of African Americans have been so repeatedly traumatised by discrimination that some will even make the move elsewhere like Ghana for instance, given many Ghanaians don’t look much different from African Americans that it practically becomes hard to tell the difference. As for Mexican Americans, given ongoing xenophobia and fears of deportation, that even when not all of them feel this way but since we have reports of a Honduran American pupil getting deported to her ancestral country, that it seems the American dream has turned its back on them. Maybe some other country would welcome them with open arms, whatever those may be, it certainly isn’t America even if these countries aren’t without their own faults.

The idea that countries like Sweden and Denmark may also constitute subsets of one nation might also ring true in another way, as their own languages are highly mutually intelligible. Or the Italian city-states at some point, as they were part of an earlier Kingdom of Italy before reuniting again eventually. Then there’s also an argument to be made for the former Yugoslavia, though another one will bite the dust and it’s Bosnia.

A world without America

When it comes to a post-American landscape, if you believe Christian prophecy, it’s got a lot to do with America being Mystery Babylon itself. The nation-state said to corrupt the entire planet with its filth and abominations, as to warrant declining real badly and then getting destroyed. Though the cultural side of things can be harder to patch up that a substitute would have to do, however awkward it maybe (which is how I feel about sermons from things I follow or like). Actually I have been interceding for a lot of people, both strangers and relatives, to cope with certain phenomena like traditional Han Chinese clothing and precolonial clothing getting popularised here in the Philippines. Or to those coming from Ghana, Canada and the like with something similar, that this could lead to very different versions of both Canada and the Philippines by then.

The answers might turn out differently, in the case with the Philippines we might see much less English speakers here, or with so much western influence getting revoked in the Philippines that the only traces are in both religion and names, due to the Philippines not living up to what it proclaims itself to be that over time it will become like any other East Asian nation to a huge degree. Admittedly this is what I wanted since I don’t like how westernised the Philippines is, though the actual answer might be much more than what I wanted. But as a consequence of the Philippines not living up to what its own reputation that in the future, it will be a lot more like its neighbours (including China and Vietnam, which it will look up to more once it becomes socialist) than at present. One where Mandarin replaces English as the other national language of the Philippines, a very different Philippines that’s more sympathetic to China whether if others like it or not.

I have prayed for various Canadian cartoonists to cope with Canada joining Russia, as well as the popularisation of things like Swedish music there, which would also result in a very different Canada as well. It would be nice if something like Georgian folk costumes and Kazakh folk costumes get popularised there, but realistically there’ll still be a demarcation between formal and informal clothing. It’s even like this in China where there’s a distinction between hanfu as worn by commoners and in casual situations, and hanfu as worn by the upper classes and during more formal circumstances. The only real difference this time is that the American version of casual clothing would be no more or at least substantially reduced, particularly when it comes to rather racy garments that draw ire from Christians a lot, not helped by that some clothing companies make a deal with the Devil. To the point where we might even see the last of them in this decade.

Considering that a number of European folk costumes are so elaborately sewn and patterned, that it’s more feasible for them to become influences for a new type of formal clothing in Canada. Likewise a good number of hanfu can be impractical in some circumstances that they could become the new standard or canon for formal or fashionable clothing in the Philippines, with western athleisure being reserved for farming (and may become a marker of provinciality over time). Casual clothing wouldn’t disappear from these countries as much as they take on entirely new permutations and influences, just as formal clothing might take on another permutation for the same reason and circumstance. It’s plausible that athleisure might not disappear from the Philippines but might take on a rustic character instead, seeing that hanfu might not seem practical for farming here as to be more popular among those in more cosmopolitan areas and anywhere close to China.

Conversely speaking, if something like Kazakh and Uzbek folk clothing were to get popularised in Canada, they might result in a new kind of Canadian street style though that’s got to do with Kazakhs and Uzbeks having learnt to dress well for the climate they’re in for centuries. Seeing Canada as we know it is formed much more recently with the earliest European immigrants coming from the more temperate climates predominanting in western Europe, but then again Kazakhstan’s close to China so there’s going to be some cross-pollination between the two before. Something Canada lacked, because it’s so isolated from Eurasia. Getting Swedish, Danish and Norwegian folk costumes popularised in Canada doesn’t constitute that much of a learning curve compared to say Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan as they’re also similar to Canada, and Canada has a good number of citizens descended from these countries’ peoples. It wouldn’t be any different if Swedish, Danish and Norwegian music got popularised there.

If because Canada has been exposed to them before to some extent when it comes to bands like Aqua, though in a post-American landscape where American influence has been largely revoked and undone as much as America disappears without much of a trace, such bands become weirdly precious and valuable as reminders that a country called America used to rule the world and its airwaves. Maybe not necessarily so but their own US contemporaries might be mostly forgotten by then, like you’d have to jog your memory in 2063 to know who or what the Backstreet Boys are. Aqua might be seen as a quaint band beloved by senior citizens by then, the equivalent to what the Platters (also an American band) are currently seen as. Let’s not forget that the Backstreet Boys will be judged for their own sins or vices, that no sooner or later more scandals will emerge in public.

Nick Carter might not just be outed for abusing more women (even in snuff videos alongside animals), but also for cheating on his wife by having a fan for a mistress who’s even younger than both of them. AJ McLean has done something similar before, though it would be terrifying if others like Kevin, Howie and Brian might also have their own. If I’m not mistaken, Brian Littrell’s in the news for even suing a police officer for ‘intruding’ on his beach property. He’s been doing this since 2023, while there’s no mistaking that he himself also wants privacy from time to time. But it does make one wonder if he’s not as nice to the general public as previously assumed to be, often telling visitors to back off whilst indulging in his band’s fans in their cruises. He’s kind of okay with getting attention but for as long as it comes from his fans, not from curious or unsuspecting strangers who happen to stumble upon his property from time to time.

I remember this sermon on YouTube insinuating that people like him are arrogant (though I also have this as well), another on the radio said that people like him are wicked. Or worse than you expect them to be, to the point where it seems Brian Littrell’s much unfriendlier to strangers than one realises, moreso that he’s fairly famous. There’s also a picture of Brian Littrell next to what appears to be a pentagram, but it’s not easily searchable for now. It’s even more surprising that he’s a practising Christian, but with people insinuating that he might be evil, so it seems either he isn’t sincere about worshipping God or that he’s gotten worldlier than he should be. Not helped by that he continues to be with his rather unsaved, unrepentant band members for so long that it’s not surprising why he turned out this way, mind you I’ve been around trolling websites fairly often nearly more than a decade ago and it’s only now that I’ve effectively abandoned them for something more edifying.

I even bullied a classmate because others were doing it until it got to me eventually, or similar things I’ve done recently so it proves the Bible right. Even then it does make you wonder how corrupting America (as Mystery Babylon) really gets, albeit in ways one doesn’t anticipate and expect, in terms of having a lot of globally famous musicians who either have dark secrets or are often engaged in scandals themselves. It should be noted that singer Ariana Grande is no stranger to taking men away from their significant others, but what really broke the camel’s back is that she had an affair with a married man who recently had a child with his wife. She might not be the only singer to do this, given AJ and the rest might be doing this for years. The Bible also said that marrying a divorced person could usually constitute as infidelity, as is merely lusting at somebody or something. This isn’t unique to American celebrities either, but that infidelity does often lead to divorce and consuming smut also risks ruining one’s love for their spouse, among other things (it’s like this with me before a lot).

What America has done is to kind of popularise and glamourise this, since many of these people who do these things are in showbiz themselves. A lot more people are exposed to popular music, Hollywood movies and programmes, than they are to more highbrow stuff that inevitably it kind of normalises these actions alongside things like polyamory (another form of consensual nonmonogamy like polygyny of yore), also a number of these celebrities doing this are those people are aware of before. In some cases these are people that fans grew up with together in a way, in being not only privy to these things but also kind of normalising these actions in another way. It’s like this with sexualised garments that people like Cher and Catherine Bach have effectively popularised and normalised over time, mind you short shorts were once considered really risque that Bach had to wear tights with those later on. Cher also got into trouble for showing her bellybutton in public, but come the 2010s and 2020s these garments have become normal, everyday wear for women who may not even be prostitutes themselves.

(Or are they in a way?)

There’s a Bible verse that explicitly links sexualised garments to hyperssexuality that even if it’s not true for all women who dress this way, it’s often like this with a number of female celebrities which proves it right. I have dressed immodestly before and I also struggle with lust, which is likely also the same with one cousin of mine who lost her own husband to her lusting over the books she reads (the whole reaping what you sow thing). It’s very much the case with somebody like Britney Spears who admitted to reading smutty books and wanking, having gone through men like tissues and wears immodestly too, or her own contemporary Christina Aguilera as well. There’s a blogger that I follow who doesn’t like Christian modesty and get this, she doesn’t just appear in sexy calendars herself, she even reads porn too. Cher had dressed like this and also went through husbands like tissue paper, or Ariana Grande but with boyfriends and then having an affair with someone else’s husband. Even Beyonce’s actually like this in addition to doing witchcraft herself, that she even has affairs with women too.

Though victim blaming is wrong but it’s not particularly coincidental that a number of women who elect to dress this way also tend to be really horny themselves, that makes one wonder why some men want more modestly dressed, submissive women as their wives and girlfriends. Admittedly I struggle with this towards a former classmate before, but I feel this has to also be reframed in light of women’s own struggles with lust, that makes the need to heed to a husband’s advice all the more meaningful. Like if your husband tells you to stop dressing this way, going to certain websites/places, consuming certain media that’s not edifying and so on, or reading smut then you have to heed to him however awkward it may be. At times the Bible does speak highly of being celibate, being away from distractions (including annoying women). It should be noted that in the other Bible verse, God does say that if someone’s unable to control their lust so badly they should be able to channel it through marriage. Than to go on dumping one person after another, consuming porn and masturbating.

(I’ve gotten into trouble for consuming porn before, this is also true for my cousin in a way, it’s often this way like losing pets or in her case, losing a husband in her lifetime.)

I said many times before that America’s a very double-minded country on the verge of civil instability that it’s also due for physiogeographical instability, Celestial’s prophecy about Florida getting destroyed does have some implications for the Backstreet Boys. Seeing how and why they’re largely residing there that should an earthquake ever destroy part of Florida, there’s a possibility that they’ll die for being evil and rebellious, for God won’t let them live for long. Even if they don’t seem to be outright evil at first, well Satan can appear as an angel of light. They might be hiding something evil in them, with a feeling they know they’re doing wrong but do it anyways. I have made idols out of other people, things and bands before, though it’s kind of sad and sadly weird why Brian Littrell even enables this from his fans. Odder still is that he wanted to work in ministry before, which is something his own contemporary Zac Hanson ended up doing in a way (since he’s also much younger than him). Unfortunately he ended up mmmaking God even mmmader than ever before, though it’s also like this with me towards sermons before. One would suspect Zac’s own mistake is what got him closer to God, as God can turn evil into good.

He’s also not above his own faults, which is why he faced a backlash from his fans from getting arrogance into his head multiple times before (I also struggle with this a lot, along with anger and unforgiveness from being traumatised a lot). Or Ace of Base for another matter just the same, that the Berggren siblings had their grandmother killed and one of them got traumatised for life, which is also what brought Jenny closer to God and she admitted it’s own fault why this happened (confessing one’s sins and owning up to it). I have been unrepentant in my own sins before and I’m trying really hard to do right, even if it tends to backfire despite trying hard not to sin. I try really hard not to be bitter, angry, unforgiving, arrogant, rebellious, disobedient, unbelieving, idolatrous and horny, though at times it doesn’t go as expected (and getting affected by those a lot) and I still struggle with those after deliberately giving into them before. It’s probably like this with Zac and Jenny before, or Brian Littrell for another matter.

Though I’m afraid Brian Littrell and friends might get the boot for their own unrepentant evils/sins/vices that ultimately they’ll all die together when Florida gets destroyed, it does make one wonder why would America house such confusing and contradictory materials, in some regards far moreso than others have done due to it being such a superpower that ultimately it is evil incarnate and Hell on Earth. Evil might still persist in the world for as long as the headquarters move somewhere to Europe, either Russia or most likely Italy as the Vatican City is within it and it will house the Antichrist in a way. But it’s still telling that America is Babylon the Great in a way others aren’t and why it will go away for good, along with its influence around the world.

It’s still there

From my experience perusing and discovering both devotionals and Bible reading websites from countries like Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Germany, Italy, France, Portugal, Hungary, Croatia, Poland, Britain, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Romania, Finland and Russia, whilst it’s true that Europe is less religious than America but I’d argue Europe seems less religious than America is because it doesn’t have a particularly substantial Christian right wing bloc comparable to the United States. It could vary between countries but even then I don’t think many of them have this much of a substantial Christian media industry the way America does, like how practically none of them have their equivalents to things like DC Talk, Veggie Tales, so on and so forth, let alone be famous outside of their borders.

The Chronicles of Narnia, Divine Comedy and the like may count, but they’re from the past and it’s kind of hard coming up with what amounts to the European equivalents to Veggie Tales and DC Talk, and even if European countries do have their own Christian media industries they still wouldn’t be on par with their United States counterpart in terms of quantity, scope and scale. Thus contributing to the perception that Europe is very secular compared to America, even though by going to online Bible readings and devotionals from these places reveals something to the contrary. In the same way that China might be less anti-Christian than one realises, especially from going to its own online Bible readings and devotionals, or for another matter India, Vietnam and Indonesia. And even if they have their own issues with Christianity, this hasn’t stopped Christian ministries from being operational in any way.

This hasn’t stopped Christian ministries from growing and popping up whenever one discovers or finds them at all, to the point where they seem to be this way due to something like media illiteracy. Media literacy is when somebody critically analyses the way media communicates messages and portrays or conveys ideas and sentiments to people, which may reveal certain biases that may not be found in media coming from said country this nation’s talking about (i.e. China, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Indonesia, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Ireland and etc). Countries like India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia and China have more of a Christian presence than one realises, so logically countries like Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania still have more of a Christian presence than one realises. They seem less Christian because they don’t fit American expectations of Christian religiosity/fidelity.

Not just in terms of numbers/quantity (though in China, Vietnam and Indonesia it is growing), but also the apparent lack of a substantial Christian socioeconomic bloc that contributes to the perception of being less Christian than America is with the odd exception of Israel. I could be wrong about countries like Germany, Ireland and Italy, but as it stands I don’t think all three of them have a substantial right wing Christian subculture the way America does. That doesn’t mean they’re this irreligious as they do have Christian ministries putting out online devotionals and Bible readings, as much as they don’t have a substantial insular Christian subculture the way America does. They do have Christian media industries but it’s not as large as the one in America, I don’t think European Christians have their own versions of people like Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson and James Dobson, let alone enjoy the same scale of influence these three have outside of their borders.

A Christian media industry exists in each respective European country, but it’s not particularly substantial compared to the US counterpart, thus contributing to the assumption (or perhaps presumption) that Europe is less religious than America. Or for another matter, China, Vietnam, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. If God keeps a remnant of his in Europe, then they will persist and go on for long.

A largely American obsession

When it comes to the princess thing, it’s not that continental Europeans can’t be obsessed with this at all, though not to the same extent Americans do. This is kind of twofold as many European countries already have had ties to royalty, gentry and aristocracy in some form or another, whether on their own or under the jurisdiction of another country as it is with Finland and Ireland under Sweden and Britain respectively. Both the gentry and aristocracy still exist in countries that are now republics, though with reduced political and socioeconomic power at this point in time. Also many Europeans would’ve already known the characters from fairy tales (as found in non-Disney media), so there’s not much of a need to obsess over the Disney versions.

Americans do seem to crave a connection to royalty, which tells you something about America. It was founded as a republic from the get-go, so aside from Native American chieftaincies America doesn’t have much of a hereditary ruler who could yield both socioeconomic clout and own land the way European gentry and aristocrats do. Maybe not to the same extent as European countries do and have had, but it’s kind of telling how and why America already had a series of presidents going all the way back. Mass republicanism throughout many European countries happened more recently, in the case with some Italian city-states this is kind of complicated. Florence went from being part of the Kingdom of Italy to a republic and then as a duchy of a client state of the Holy Roman Empire.

This is likely true for other Italian-city states, where some of them ended up joining other countries’ empires later on. America didn’t have this the way Europeans would recognise it as, compared to the European countries it was capitalistic from the start. So the whole princess thing seems to be an attempt to get the whole royalty thing that it never had for years, sort of like how a number of Americans proclaim to be related to Native American princesses, mostly as an attempt to feel more aristocratic than they and their ancestors actually are. There are Americans who do marry into aristocracy and royalty, but they are in the minority. Even then it does hint at a desire for hereditary power, something Americans historically lacked on the political level.

Maybe they do but not through aristocracy that European countries historically have for years, so the whole princess obsession thing seems almost uniquely American. It’s not something that often shows up in German, Italian, Finnish and Spanish language pages that I’ve perused, so the princess obsession thing seems to be a largely American way of wanting to ascend to power. I also suspect it seems like an attempt to be a powerful woman, given America never had much of a female head of state. The princess thing seems like the closest thing to it, though it’s something Europeans never seem to obsess over much to the same extent Americans do. Like I said, they already underwent years of aristocrats, gentry members and royals being actually in power, so there’s not much to romanticise about.

Little Italy

A piece of what appears to be

Italy in New York, as Italian as it

Wants to be, far from Italy itself.

Dreams Of The Antichrist

Dreaming of the antichrist

That he’s an Italian man out

To ruin the world and Christians.

Wildfire

Celestial had a prophecy regarding Europe and the pale horse, wherein the latter actually signifies deadlier epidemics. I remember a video she posted where she prophesised that not only will some fungal disease take over a chunk of Italy, but also the return of the bubonic plague amidst civil wars happening in Europe. The bubonic plague as it is known in history was a tick-bourne disease that killed a lot of people in late medieval Europe, but she said that it will strike Europe again due to its wickedness and backsliding. Europe was the epicentre of Christianity for a long time that to be Christian is to be western or westernised.

About that fungal disease it was something God gave her in a dream where it was rather morbidly horrifying for her witness this white fungus infest the skins of nearly every Italian, while it’s true not all Italians will be affected by this disease (let alone, real badly by it) and they will surely make it out alive and unscathed, this relates to the degree of wickedness that Italy condones or tolerates in some way. 10 would be the least wicked, number 1 would be the most wicked so she said that there are Italian cities that have improved their moral characters by moving down the ladder. Rome is one of the worst, Naples is relatively of the least.

One would only wonder if it not only relates to the condoning of certain things that one would find it politically incorrect to admit in any way, but also other things like sexualised television programmes and of course, the persistence of organised crime though she mentioned serious child abuse taking place in parts of Italy. Which is something some rich Italians indulge in, actually some rich people in general indulge in. If this disease were to catch fire real badly in large swathes of Italy, it could happen any time soon in this decade amidst a civil war that’ll take place in nearly every European country.

Celestial said that the pale horse actually signifies disease and the black horse signifies a declining economy, that the ten-headed monster represents the ten new geopolitical entities that will emerge in the future in Mystery Babylon’s (America’s) demise is saying. But then again she and others have the gift of prophecy, so this enables them to interpret biblical passages as a way to presage or warn people about what will happen next. Some people have the gift of writing devotionals, which people use to commune with God over something. Others have the gift of commentary, as a way to shed light on something.

But those with the gift of prophecy are best equipped to interpret biblical prophecies, albeit in ways we don’t immediately get and understand. If the pale horse actually signifies disease and particular to Europe, the reemergence of the bubonic plague, then it’s comeuppance for that region’s immense backsliding. Much of Europe converted to Christianity in what is now called the Dark Ages and earlier than that, so this makes the backsliding all the more pronounced since it sent a lot of missionaries to anywhere else in the world.

Considering that the bubonic plague is carried by rodents like mice and rats, that I think the new version of the European bubonic plague is harder to eradicate. They will try eradicating mice and rats, but the latter will be the victors in a way. If because they’ll infest any and every building in Europe, spreading disease wherever they go that it will be real tough getting rid of them this time. Even if some Europeans manage to make it to the future, others will not be so lucky when this happens.

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Celestial said that those who are fleeing Babylon, well Mystery Babylon or America in her wording, are better off developing survival skills should they head to the countryside or even Canada once they flee the United States for safety. I think it wouldn’t just involve surviving in the woods should they make it elsewhere in other countries, but also learning to adjust to foreign customs and practices for good should they move anywhere else for safety. They’d have to learn the local language, take whatever job’s that’s given to them and essentially starting life anew.

This would be more evident in countries that aren’t majority Anglophone, something like Italy where should Grant Gustin and his family ever move there to better assimilate into Rome he’d have to speak like the Romans to paraphrase something familiar. He’d have to get used to eating Italian cuisine a lot, do things Italians do (do as what Romans do), take up a humbler job outside of showbiz to make it up for losing all that money back in America and using the remaining ones to make it to Italy and so on. He’s not going to be an American citizen anymore, he’ll be vying for Italian citizenship when he does.

America will no longer be liked by many and some of those who do escape to the mountains of Canada or the shores of Italy will always be targeted and despised by others, mainly for being American despite currently being Canadian and Italian citizens respectively. They wouldn’t just learn to survive in the wilds of Canada, but they’d learn to survive in any locale where English is not spoken (especially somewhere like Italy for Grant Gustin). They’d start life anew in countries like Mexico and Italy, take up humbler jobs and live on there. Those who know how to thrive elsewhere will live favourably.

They will live well and long enough to be assimilated into those countries and places, if because they are fully prepared to live outside of the comfort zone they were in. Not just those who already know how to live in the countryside, but also anybody who knows how to live and blend in non-Anglophone countries. If they spoke and knew German before time, especially when America falls into a new civil war, then they will assimilate into German society and culture better. As for Mr Gustin, he’d better assimilate into Italy if he has little prior knowledge of it.

Whatever is necessary to survive elsewhere, those who do these will be better off for it.

Dungeons and Dragons but make it Italian

There was somebody who pointed out that Dungeons and Dragons or rather the main campaign for the game seems to be based on the American Midwest, that if it originated anywhere else in America it would’ve turned out differently. I have a nagging feeling if Dungeons and Dragons was born and bred in Italy, it would’ve occurred in city-states given Italy’s history especially in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Not that there weren’t any kingdoms in Italy before, but barring early Christian Italy it’s mostly marked by separate kingdoms and city-states.

More recent united Italian kingdoms wouldn’t occur until sometime in later centuries, peaking in the mid-19th century with an Italy as we know it today. I’ve yet to go to Italy myself, but I do think if DnD were made in Italy it would’ve turned out differently. It would be more like Sergio Bonelli Editore’s Dragonero, though I’ve yet to read it but it would’ve turned out similarly. Maybe not exactly, but to give you an idea of what it would be like if it was made in Italy. Alongside Lord of the Rings, Dungeons and Dragons is immensely influential in fantasy fiction.

For goodness sake, it is an entire franchise complete with stories set in that world. It is a brand where people easily come up with their own characters and stories, so this explains its immense staying power and relative popularity among fantasy fans. So an Italian DnD would still have feudal kingdoms and empires, but also a bigger emphasis on city-states given Italy’s own history.