NPC Programming Update: The Current Thing is Now MAGA
The popular NPC meme represents normies who don't think for themselves and just follow whatever the "Current Thing" is. The Current Thing is peddled by those in power toward the masses. From "Trump is a Russian puppet," to "15 days to flatten the curve," to "Trust the science," to "Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective," to "I stand with Ukraine," to Biden is "sharp as a tack," then flipping on a dime to "Kamala is brat." NPCs support the neoliberal regime's plans at every turn. But it is not set in stone that NPCs will always follow the current neoliberal regime. NPCs follow power—they follow elites. And powerful elites need not be the current neoliberal/neoconservative uniparty.
A growing group of counter-elites (led by the Pay Pal mafia and other Silicon Valley VCs) is assembling a new political coalition. They are backing Trump as the man to help foster this new regime. Back in 2016 Peter Theil was about the only prominent tech bro willing to publicly support Trump, but in 2024, many more are coming out of the closet, most notably Elon Musk. As more center-left elites join the Trump train, more center-left NPCs will start to follow.
Remember, NPCs do not think for themselves, so they need elites to tell them how to think. They need people like Elon Musk, David Sacks, and Joe Rogan—comedians, actors, musicians, athletes, podcast hosts, and YouTubers—the elites of those fields—to come out in support of Trump, and thereby create cover for the normies to follow and do the same. This is starting to happen and will continue to grow in the future. A counter-elite is forming in Silicon Valley and vice president J.D. Vance represents them in the political realm. Supporting Trump was once considered "hate speech," but is now becoming normal.
The assassination attempt on Trump represents the epitome of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Those who supported it or wished he had been killed revealed just how insane and soulless the deranged far-left is. Anyone with a soul or modicum of sense wants nothing to do with those people. Seeing the psychotic behavior of people like Destiny will heal normies on the center-left from their own case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Center-left NPCs will have a much more sane and accurate view of Trump—which just might help him save the country. Trump's second term will not be like the first term—it will become cool and normal to support him. Rather than the deep state regime fighting him at every turn, trying to prevent him from doing anything he wanted to do, the new regime will implant counter-elites into the deep state who will support Trump and help him get things done.
If that bullet moved a fraction of an inch and hit Trump in the head it might have started a civil war. The country was en route to a civil war regardless. But by not hitting him, and possibly propelling Trump to a victory in November, it opened the floodgates for the counter-elite to rise and the NPC normies to follow in a move to the right—which is really just back to the center. The failed assassination attempt could prevent a civil war from happening at all and save the future of the country—for the foreseeable future at least.
In 2025, supporting the Current Thing will be supporting Trump and his agenda. NPCs will be posting MAGA hashtags and wearing red hats. The world will flip upside down, but normies will not even notice. As always, they’re just following the vibes. But the vibes have shifted.