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The Enthusiastic Gullibility of the American Masses: Ignorance on Display,
By Gary D. Barnett

“Gullibility is a knife at the throat of civilization.”

~ David Wong

Naïveté is said to explain the meaning of gullibility, but I think that is much too kind an interpretation to be accepted. I find that gullibility rests on the premises of dependence, laziness, ignorance, and pure stupidity. I see no value in beating around the bush, as it were, as kindness is certainly a good trait and has its place, but it should never reside in any realm of intellectual honesty. To believe it is kind to lie or sugarcoat in order to protect weak ‘feelings’ due to obvious faults, is just an extension of hiding the truth. There is no good that can come from this type of deception.

As the idea of gullibility pertains to the masses who make up the proletariat herd, this is a mere excuse for not facing reality. Therefore, it is based upon mental obsolescence, or in other words, total loss of brain function in order to purposely suppress any unwanted truth; thereby escaping (avoiding) all personal responsibility. How convenient a scheme for the feeble-minded.

What is going on today is nearly a universal case of mass avoidance of reality in favor of displaying what I call Empty Mind Syndrome. (EMS) How else could the few actual rulers control hundreds of millions, billions actually, without using brute force as its only weapon? I do not consider this behavior to be temporary, but a pathological certainty, as humanity has sought and accepted government (authoritative systems) for thousands of years. Every so-called ‘election’ simply proves this point, as majorities rush to choose (’vote’) who will be their lords and masters, and the lords and masters of others, so in fact, those who vote are all admitting to being voluntary slaves, and seeking to force this heinous system on everyone else as well; a right that they could never legitimately possess. No man has any right whatsoever to rule over any other man, and therefore cannot assign that right by proxy, which is what all voting entails.

Is this why a preponderance of this pathetic, helpless, and hopeless population is actually enthusiastically invested in their gullibility; so much so as to be completely incapable of critical thought and action? Of course it does. How else could so many buy into and believe anything coming out of media or government? How could a majority continually buy into the State narratives and lies being spewed by politicians and their controlled media? How could anyone believe that this (or any other) government is there to ‘serve,’ help, or protect you? How could any believe that by ‘giving’ power to anyone to rule over you and others, that all your problems would be solved, without voiding your sovereignty and therefore your freedom? Why do so many fail to understand that they are willing and compliant slaves of the State?

This brings us to the massive problems we now face; problems brought about due to the blatant apathy and gullibility that consumes this population. Without the blind acceptance of rule, without the desire to be governed, without the worship of a nation-state, our freedom would never have been lost. Indifference has taken over this society, and this grip of cowardice has long been the bane of liberty, and the impetus for the coming economic and technocratic devastation.

The global takeover that is occurring today has roots that go back for hundreds of years. Technocracy itself effectively came into its own 100 years ago, so to think this monstrous debacle we are in is something that is new, or is due to a particular political party or administration, is completely ludicrous. Common people tend to think in terms of days, months, and years, while the ruling class and its government think in terms of decades and centuries. Incremental confiscation of power, control, and asset forfeiture over long periods of time is more effective than the outright taking by force, as the ‘public’ has to go along seemingly voluntarily; complicit in their own servitude to the State. In reality, the ‘people’ not only allow, but demand rule, and in that effort, they actually vote to ‘choose’ their own masters, giving over all sovereignty in the process. Insane does not even begin to describe this self-destructive collective behavior.

What is obvious, but incredibly disturbing, is that ‘you,’ most all of you, have gone along with every heinous act perpetrated by this ruling cabal, regardless of the devastation it caused. ‘You’ have gone along with aggressive murderous wars, torture, slaughter, and genocide strictly because it was ‘your’ government that prosecuted these crimes. ‘You’ did this without the first worry or sympathy for all the innocents targeted and murdered in your name. ‘You’ went along with all the constant false flag events and terrorism committed by this evil government and military, including the Gulf of Tonkin lie, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing FBI operation, the 9/11 inside job hoax, the weapons of mass destruction scam and multiple following wars, the 2008 economic crash and QE, and the fake ‘covid’ pandemic fraud.

Now ‘you’ are willingly accepting the new world order, fake wars across the Middle East, Ukraine, and Russia, while your vital food and energy stores are being destroyed and purposely kept from you by this evil governing system. ‘You’ are voluntarily tolerating and approving advanced AI, 24/7 surveillance, biometrics, mass data collection, total digitization, currency destruction, and hyperinflation without the least bit of actionable resistance. ‘You’ are tolerating a complete abandonment of morality in favor of unlimited perversion. ‘You’ have turned over your children to the State whores, who are actively promoting transgenderism, homosexuality, and gender change surgery.

In the process of all this absurd madness, ‘you’ are lining up to vote for the absolute worst of mankind to continue to rule, control, and lord over you. ‘You’ are begging for even more rule, and knowingly desirous of new political masters, ‘thinking’ they will be your saviors. Stupidity at this level signals the end of times, due only to self-imposed serfdom; bondage at the hands of depraved political scum whose only goal is to eliminate most of you, while using the rest as indentured servants.

This is all gullibility on steroids, it is mindless and complicit followers marching into the gas chambers, it is voluntary slavery, it is the epitome of mass psychotic indoctrination, and it is the death of intellect as this country and the world head into a neo-feudal technocratic prison environment.

The solution, the only solution; lies in the hands of each and every individual. Nothing will be accomplished politically, nothing will be accomplished by collective mobs, nothing will be solved by protest, looting, and civil war as that is criminal, nothing will change due to passive obedience, ‘hope,’ or prayer. Only by individuals coming to terms with the truth, and acting on that knowledge independently and en masse, can change this deadly course in which we find ourselves today.

“People will believe anything.

Except, it seems, the truth.”

~ Jeanette Winterson

This article was originally published at GaryDBarnett.com.

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I. THE INTRODUCTION
 

Special Notices

 
A. Art of the Day 
  • Mysterious without malevolence, a Sleepy Hollow kind of invite, in the deep woods of deep fall, the kind pumpkins waiting like hitchhikers on All Hallows Eve to greet a pleasant hello, the wavy trees just spooky enough to give a premonition of concern without too much fear, the road part inviting to the curious, part concerning to the wary traveler. Welcome to All Hallows Eve. 
 
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      In pumpkin shades outlined in gold,
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      Unnatural as a candied corn.
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      For 'tis the night called Hallows Eve.” Richelle Goodrich. 
 
C. Appearances & Publications
 
 
D. Daily Picks
 
E. *Bonus: Board Post of the Day
 
II. THE EVIDENCE: BARNES LIBRARY
 
A. Food & Medicine
 
B. Economics
 
C. Politics
 
D. Geopolitics
 
E. Law
III. HOMEWORK: Ten of the Top Cases for Sunday Show
  1. Right to sue judges. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/us-v-maddox.pdf
  2. Government funded ads stopped. https://courthousenews.com/judge-blocks-3-maga-ads-over-concerns-they-breached-taxpayer-funded-propaganda-law/
  3. NFL verdict reinstated. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ninth-circuit-nfl-opinion.pdf
  4. Zuckerberg suit. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/meta-zuckerberg-stock-control-bid-class-action.pdf
  5. 2ndA & CIA. https://courthousenews.com/fourth-circuit-considers-second-amendment-argument-from-man-arrested-near-cia-headquarters/
  6. Candace vs Macron. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/macron-owens-dismissal.pdf
  7. United sued for high costs by employers. https://www.plansponsor.com/six-employers-accuse-unitedhealth-of-breaching-fiduciary-duty/
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  9. Abortion right questioned. https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2026/10/30/26-5558.pdf
  10. Comey indicted. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297/gov.uscourts.dcd.297297.1.0.pdf
IV. CLOSING ARGUMENT: Classes in the Constitution — Governing Elections
  • Article I establishes how individuals become members of the House of Representatives; first, they must be “chosen every second year”; second, they must be chosen “by the People”; third, the represenation must be by the “several states”; fourth, the voters must be as broad the qualifications for voting for a member of “the most numerous branch of the state legislature.” Article I limits the qualifications for holding office to age (25 years or older), duration of citizenship (7 years minimum), and an inhabitant of the state claiming to represent (at time of election). Of note, the number of representatives within a state depend upon a required census and apportionment.
  • Article I further establishes state control over elections to federal office, subject to Congressional oversight. As Clause 2 of Section 4 of Article 1 provides: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senator and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislatire thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”
  • The first aspect confers control over the “times” of “holding elections" to Congress to “each State”; the second aspect confers control over the “places” of "holding elections” to “each State”; the third aspct confers the “manner” of holding such elections to “each state.” Of note, the power conferred is not given to the state as a whole; rather, in each case, the power is conferred only upon “the legislature thereof.” Note the power is not conferred upon the judicial branch or executive branch of the state, nor to lower county , city or town functionaries of the state. The power to control federal elections is conferred solely upon the legislature of the state. Notably, Congress’ supervisory power is equally constrited to “the times, places and manner” of holding federal elections which they can only “make or alter” by a passed “law.”
  • Of particular note, the “judge of the elections, returns and qualifications” is solely the Congress itself under section 5 of Article I.  Article 2 confers no particular elections power on the Presidency. Article 3 confers no particular elections power on the Judiciary. Congress may, under its power to regulater the “times, places and manner” of elections confer power upon the executive branch or the judicial branch as it seels fit as long as it does not delegate legislative-making power to those bodies.  
  • The Constitutional qualification to it all is the Bill of Rights, restricting the state method of governing election that may condition access to the ballot or expression by the voter according to status. The First Amendment prohibits states from limiting the freedom of assemply and association, of which elections remain the paramount form. The Tenth Amendment protects the right of the people preserved against all governments. The Fifteenth Amendment protects the “right of citizens of the United States to vote” without regard to race. The Nineteenth Amendment protects “the right of citizens of the United States to vote” regardless of gender. The Twenty Fourth Amendment protects “the right of citizens of the United States to vote” regardless of “poll tax or other tax.” The Twenty Sixth Amendment protects “the right of citizens of the United States to vote” regardless of age once a person is at least 18. The broad 14th Amendment provides for Congress to pay laws protecting all property and liberty from incursion or intrusion by the state, manifested in the Civil Rights Acts and Voting Rights Act laws of Congress that, in turn, confer power upon both the Exeuctive branch and the Judicial branch accordingly.
  • Aside from matters arising under the Bill of Rights or special Congressional legislation, the Constitution otherwise confers all powers of regulating federal elections solely and exclusively to the legislature of each state. 
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A. Art of the Day 
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  • “Each betrayal begins first with trust.” Martin Luther. 

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IV. CLOSING ARGUMENT: Classes in the Constitution — Presidential & Vice Presidential Replacements
 
  • Section 4 of Article II the Constitution provides the President “shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The House gets to be the sole judge of what constitutes a "high crime and misdemeanor" for impeachment while the Senate gets to be the sole judge of what facts constitute "a high crime and misdemeanor." 
  • Clause 5 of Section 2 of Article I vests the power of Impeachment solely to the House of Representatives. Given no specific requirement as to support to impeach, the majority vote default rule presides historically.
  • Clause 6 of Section 3 of Article I vests the power to try impeachments solely in the Senate, requiring "Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present." This means Senators who absent themselves from the Chamber may be excluded potentially from the baseline required to reach two-thirds. 
  • Clause 6 of Section 1 of Article II provides that the Vice President obtains the powers of the President — “all executive powers of the federal government — “in case of” either “removal, death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said Office.”
  • In the instance both are removed, resigned, die, or are unable to discharge the duties, then Congress may legislate what Officer shall then act as President. The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 provides that the Speaker of the House becomes the officer who becomes President in case of Presidential and Vice Presidential absence, followed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and then the cabinet in priority of when that cabinet office was first established. In that last instance, the Secretary of State is first, the Secretary of Treasury second, and the Secretary of Defense third.
  • The Twenthy Fifth Amednment slightly amends that process, still proving the succession protocols. In the case of removal, or death or resignation, “the Vice President shall become President.” Replacement of the Vice President requires Presidential nomination and “confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.” 

 

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I. THE INTRODUCTION
 

Special Notices

 
A. Art of the Day 
  • The old fold-down wooden desk, handcrafted by deliberate care, the little boxes to store letters and notes, the shelf above to carry papers and books, the firm backed, four quared chair with comforting armrests, above the wooden floor and near the open window, the neighboring painting on the wall, that could sit today just as it had centuries ago, taking the work of the mind back to the place our forefathers enjoyed the same. 
 
B. Wisdom of the Day
  • America is “the champion and vindicator only of her own”, a perfect articulation of America First.  John Quincy Adams. 

C. Appearances & Publications
 
 
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A. Food & Medicine
 
B. Economics
 
C. Politics
 
D. Geopolitics
 
E. Law
 
III. HOMEWORK: Ten Top Cases for Sunday Show
 
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  3. Social media limits approved. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/netchoice-v-attny-gen-georgia-eleventh-circuit.pdf
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  5. Trans bathrooms & federal funds. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/fairfax-county-school-board-v-mcmahon-ruling.pdf
  6. Court allows sanctuary for illegals in NYC. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/sanctuary-city-dismissed-nyc-eastern-district-new-york.pdf
  7. Looted paintings. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/norton-simon-vs-jewish-federation-complaint.pdf
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  9. California can’t regulate Feds. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ninth-ciruit-no-vigilantes-act.pdf
  10. Scotus: Privacy suit. https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/10/court-appears-likely-to-allow-internet-suit-based-on-decades-old-video-privacy-law-to-go-forward/
 
IV. CLOSING ARGUMENT: Classes in the Constitution, Reminders from our Founding Fathers on Foreign Entanglements
 
Two founding documents of the founding generation’s approach to foreign entanglments consist of President Washington’s Farewell Address and John Quincy Adams July 4th speech to the House of Representatives in 1821. 
 
Cousin Adams address “on foreign policy” summarized America’s approach to foreign conflicts, by starting with America’s founding rejection of the politics of imperial empire, denouncing Britian’s “portentious system of despotism” with “oppressions of power” governed bby an appetite for “conquest” against the “claims of right” of self-governance. In such an imperial worldview “man had no rights”, where “neither the body nore the soul of the individual was his own” subjecting the people to the “impentarable gloom of this intellectual darkness, and the deep degradation of this servitude” which defined the “British nation” under its imperial mask. These imperial ambitions inflected “the delusions of all Europe” degrading the societies occupied by an intellectually and morally robust people. It was in rejection of these very ideas of empire and presumptions of imperial rule that guided the American revolution. 
 
This animating spirit requires America “respect the indpendence of other nations”, must “abstain from interference in the concerns of others, even when the conflict has been for principes to which America clings.” America “well knows that by enlisting under other banners than her own, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrictation, in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which the assume the colors and usrup the standard of freedom” changing her “from liberty to force” creating the hated British “Imperial Diadem, flashing in falkse and tarnished lustre the murky radiance of dominion and power” to become the “distatress of the world” and no longer “the ruler of her own Revolutartionary spirit.” 
 
America is “the champion and vindicator only of her own”, a perfect articulation of America First.  That is why America “does not go aborad searching for monsters to destroy.” America’s “glory is not dominion, but liberty.” 
 
Washington warned in his founding Farewell Address: “the nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to it animosity or to its affection.” Washington discouraged any political connections beyond economic trade with nations of the world due to the likely subsuming of a foreign nation’s cause as our own, their antipathies or adversaries as our own, substituting a foreign nation for our own in decision making. Thus the “true policy” of our founders was “to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” 
 
These principles — avoiding the trap of imperial logic, respecting each nation’s own sovereign path, and escaping the entanglements of foreign conflicts — animated the founders. Only when we abandon these precepts and principles do we lose our way. The first promoters of America First were our founders themselves. 

 

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