12:00 PM PST (October 18, 2025) - N.S. EIC

Imagine you’re on a plane. The captain’s been replaced by a guy live-streaming conspiracy theories from the cockpit. The co-pilot is asleep, the flight attendants are selling NFTs, and the plane is clearly on course for a flaming crash into a mountain labeled “National Decline.”

Now ask yourself:

How many passengers would sit quietly, scrolling memes and sipping ginger ale, hoping someone else will storm the cockpit?

How many would whisper, “Well, maybe the mountain’s not that bad,” or “I don’t want to be rude…”

And how many would stand up, grab a drink cart, and charge the hijackers—not because they’re sure they’ll win, but because doing nothing guarantees the crash?