Geopolitics and Empire is joined by former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer James Wesley Rawls, the best-selling author of a number of survivalist novels such as Patriots, Surviving the Coming Collapse, as well as nonfiction, like How to Survive the End of the World as we know it. In fact, I believe I have that book tucked away in the box somewhere in my other home in the European Redoubt, as I'll call it. His newest nonfiction book

is the ultimate preper's survival guide published just half a year ago, and he's founder of

SurvivalBlog.com, the premier source of information on family preparedness and survival topics.

Mr. Rawls, as the great reset is underway, how is life going for you in the American redoubt?

Well, I must say life is good, but it's a little challenging seeing what's going on politically in the United States.

And with the switch in presidential administrations and just the onslaught of executive orders and legislation here in the

United States, it is a little troubling. Well, since you mentioned that, that was one of my

questions. I guess we can start there. I wanted to get your thoughts on the American political

situation. I'm an American. I have three passports, three citizenship, but I was born in America. And I feel that we have experienced a coup in a sense and that the America of my youth is no more. That's how I'm feeling. And it seems like a new authoritarian regime is taking power in Washington and is in the process of dismantling democracy, as you mentioned,

the executive orders and entrenching and solidifying some kind of semi-dictatorship.

You know, what are your thoughts on the USA today?

Yeah, I actually agree with you.

I think that the socialists who took the White House are basically consolidating power right now, and it's made it very clear

that they are not here to debate, they're not here to negotiate, they're here to consolidate their

power. It's all about power. It's all about control. And they have no regard

whatsoever for our American traditions or our constitutional republic. And the constitution itself,

I think they consider kind of an antiquated joke. It's very troubling to see this go on,

and I think things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Would you say it seems to me that

in a way that this is not like something we've experienced in the past, that we've kind of crossed

the Rubicon, and we're dealing with something that like is the real deal like you know that

we've seen in Europe that it's it's very dangerous I think you're right it is essentially

a coup d'etat and we're just in really in the early stages of what they have planned I

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