Superman vs. The Ministry of Truth Social - Ep. 4
Listen now and ask yourself:
Is Superman too woke—or are you just too far asleep?
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"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a red-caped refugee melting snowflake brains from sea to shrieking sea—and Fox News just called it an invasion.
Listen to this clip from Fox News and Kellyanne Conway:FOX NEWS/ Kellyanne Conway VO:
"David Cornswet found himself unable to say 'truth justice and the American way, saying instead, truth justice and all those good things. We don't go to the movie theater to be lectured to and have their ideology thrown at us."
Wow! Thanks, Kellyanne. If that was your attempt at a mic drop it landed softer than Trump's sealed Epstein file in a kangaroo court.
You've got the comedic timing of a hungover DMV clerk, the moral clarity of a fog machine at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser, and the cultural awareness of a fax machine in a TikTok war.The same people who worship a billionaire in a red tie are now mad at a farm boy in a red cape… for being too nice?
For refusing to equate the “American Way” with ICE raids in elementary schools, unmarked vans snatching protesters, and golden bidets that still can’t scrub the stank of Trump’s crack from those Epstein parties—no matter how hard they flush.These motherfascists!!!
Y’all got no problem with Blue Lives Matter Batman and Capitalist Iron Man—but the second Superman shows compassion or mentions empathy, you scream “MARXIST PROPAGANDA!” like he just heat-visioned your “Don’t Tread on Me” tramp stamp.
What’s the problem? Nervous the summer’s biggest hero might hurt the feelings of those ICE thugs in Oakleys and face masks who spend their days cuffing children, black-bagging dads at bus stops and breaking down doors like they’re in a Michael Bay fever dream?
All to feed the machinery of state-sanctioned trauma that you want us to call truth, justice, and the American way?
Orwell called it “reality control.”— which is right on brand for "Alternative Facts" Kellyanne Conway, out orwelling Orwell since 2016.
The same people who chant "build the wall" are mad that Superman doesn't.
They want a Superman who aligns with power. Not one who resists it. They want capes without conscience. Symbols without soul.
And look—I get it. You're terrified. Not of the movie. Of what it reveals:
Superman's not too woke. You're just too far asleep.
Because deep down, they know they're not the hero in this chapter of American History.
MAGA isn’t superman. It’s Lex Luthor.
When this chapter of American History is written— if you fucknuts still allow books in the future, it will be titled “The Ministry of Truth Social Jumps the Shark.” -
Close your eyes. Or don't.
I'm not your spiritual supervisor. But really, what have you got to lose? Unless you are driving, monitoring a congressional hearing, or escaping Mar-a-Lago with a flash drive full of secrets, just go ahead and close your eyes to start the journey within.
Breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth, like you're trying to fog up the windows of late-stage capitalism.
Good.
We're revisiting our seven affirmations from episode 2. Think of them as spiritual Post-it notes for your nervous system.
Your job is to keep your breathing steady and slow while repeating these affirmations silently in your head, even when my monkey mind goes wandering. You can't always have an all-expense-paid silent retreat with the Ram Das crowd in Maui. You need mediation skills that will translate to the real world, my friend! You think my monkey mind is distracting— try putting on a news podcast and driving through traffic with an army of speeding pickup trucks waving MAGA flags! Okay- are you breathing?
Good.
First affirmation. I don't rewind. I don't fast-forward. I'm here now.
(pause)
I don't rewind. I don't fast-forward. I'm here now.
(Lloyd's monkey mind, still in calm meditation voice):
And yet...When “now” feels like a Black Mirror episode written by Ayn Rand’s ghost…
Then maybe “here now” needs a safe word.Let’s make it: Reaganomics.
Because if things start to trickle down, you know it’s gone too far.
(pause, refocusing, still in calm meditation voice):
Affirmation 2: I do one thing at a time and tune into what's right in front of me.(Lloyd's monkey mind, still in calm meditation voice):
What’s in front of me is a man in a Captain America T-shirt yelling at a movie poster because Superman didn’t pass a background check.
Also in front of me: children practicing active shooter drills while their teacher wears a MAGA hat and mutters that Sesame Street went woke when it said “sharing is caring.”
And a Twitter thread titled “15 Reasons Why Empathy Is a Deep State Op”—with 50,000 retweets and a blue check blessed by Elon.So yeah. One thing at a time.
But they’re all connected—like a human centipede of fascist stupidity—
and I’m the guy at the back, trying to breathe through a gas mask made of meditation apps and false hope.
That’s what’s in front of me, Dianne, what’s in front of you?
Are we still breathing. Don’t forget to breathe.Affirmation 3: I cultivate silence—and use the acronym W.A.I.T.: Why Am I Talking?
(Lloyd's monkey mind, still in calm meditation voice):
Why am I talking?
Because if I don’t, the voices in my head will unionize.
And quite frankly, I’m not ready to negotiate.
(pause, refocusing, still in calm meditation voice):Affirmation 4: Joy isn't waiting for the next big thing—it's hiding in plain sight.
Maybe joy is knowing that, right now, somewhere in suburbia, a MAGA dad is trying to explain to his kid why Superman helping immigrants is bad.
And the kid’s just staring at him—like he said Santa Claus is a communist.
Because kids understand heroes instinctively.
And the joke’s on him…
there’s no bigger capitalist than Santa fucking Claus.
Affirmation 5: I don't need to be remastered. Perfection is an illusion monetized and weaponized by the vampire algorithm.
(Lloyd's monkey mind, still in calm meditation voice):(Lloyd's monkey mind, still in calm meditation voice):
I don’t need to be remastered.
But I keep thinking…
What if I’m not enough to meet this moment?
Not brave enough.
Not radical enough.
Not clear enough.
What if my sort-of meditations and mixtape metaphors
are just spiritual masturbation
while kids get caged?
I mean history is calling for a revolution—
and I’m still over here
trying to answer with a love letter duct taped to your doomscroll.
And I have no odea if its sticking.
Affirmation 6: I practice kindness. Being kind to others is being kind to myself.
(quieter)
I practice kindness.(Lloyd’s monkey mind, still in calm meditation voice):
(Lloyd’s monkey mind, calm but cracked):
But if we’re all one—
if we’re all God in drag—as Ram Das tells me
then what does it mean to practice kindness toward the part of me that wears a tactical vest and kicks down a door at 3AM to drag a crying child into a van? What does it mean to love the cancer even while I pray for the chemo to work? Because MAGA is cancer. And I still want to live.
So yeah— I practice kindness.
Even if it’s with gritted teeth and a middle finger raised towards the West Wing.
Affirmation 7:
I'm confident. I'm grounded. I'm here now.I hope this meditation made the now feel a little less like a Black Mirror episode written by Ayn Rand’s ghost...
And the future feel a little less like it’s been outsourced to Charlie Kirk’s vision board.And I hope you didn’t need to use the safe word.
Because every time someone whispers Reaganomics, an angel loses its healthcare.
And when things start to trickle down—
you know they’ve gone too far.(soft meditation bell)
You can open your eyes now...
unless you're busy defending toddler arrests in riot gear,
rebranding fascism as “faith, family, and freedom,”
or still insisting Superman should check immigration status before saving someone.In that case… maybe keep ‘em closed.
Or gently staple your eyelids to your cheeks.
With love.
You motherfascists.From the edge of empire and the center of self—
this is The Tao of Lloyd.
