It seems we have reached a liminal moment in our politics. We have recently crossed a threshold from which there is no going back.

With the current stama regime and a prospective Harris administration on the horizon,

it's clear that night is finally closing in.

The mask, the grime that covered our eyes, has fallen away, and it's becoming evident now that our countries are being governed for the benefit of someone else.

Daily are imposed upon us the indignities of a subject people. Our money is looted by a state that has betrayed us to pay

the wages of foreign mercenaries and, for now, we have no recourse.

The distance between our current reality and future dystopia is rapidly closing, and it seems

inevitable to arrive, which renders our unfortunate present a disturbing fact, and an

uncertain future a desirable outcome.

We are plunged against our will into a strange journey through a shadowy forest along a darkling trail as the sun goes down and we have a long night ahead of us.

It is clear that we wayfarers must wend these moonlit paths and

traverse strange territories before dawn breaks. Wisdom must be our guide and lodestone. Insight into the

metapholitical circumstances which have forced our fellowship upon this

shared course will be key to setting the world in its proper hest.

We must understand what is happening to us and what is at stake.

This is the will of the second issue of Islander magazine.

Magnificent success of the first issue has only emboldened us to pierce deeper past the veil

and uncover the mysteries beyond.

It is in this gradual process of becoming

in which we will find within ourselves the determination and grit to endure. Luckily, we have many great thinkers to help us. We feature

outstanding exclusive articles from famous lawsmiths such as Dave Green, Marcus Follin, Morgoth's review, Stephen Molinue, Dr Charles Cornish Dale, Dr Nemo Parvini, and myself, along with many more.

These are couched in the beautiful aesthetic experience that you have

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