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Common Sense

A 21st Century History 101 Class

By Henry Schulte

Jun 10, 2026
∙ Paid

“Okay students. Settle down. We have a lot to get through today.”

The college professor was an AI image on a 50-foot Tron. The classroom comprised images of the students attending on screens around the perfectly coifed brunette instructor dressed in a dark blue pant suit. An image of human perfection.

The “professor” continued, “Thank you all for signing up for this all-important recount of a time in America’s history where; to put it bluntly, the country had lost its mind for about ten years. Four years in particular.” The female image transitioned to a male and added, “I have been programmed to insert some bias and emotion in my class to further advance my points. What I’m about to communicate is well documented and many who lived during those dark days are still shaking their heads in disbelief even today.”

The male image paused and watched everyone lean in to listen.

“It was the year 2020. No one could have foreseen how so many diverse forces would collide simultaneously. It began with a global pandemic. I’m sure many of you are fully aware of COVID 19 and when it made its first appearance. It began in China and spread around the globe in a raging fury. The political argument to hide its true source suggested it came from a bat, a pangolin. Nearly all reputable health organizations refused to admit it leaked from a Chinese lab. A lab that the very person who had been given full power to decree American policy concerning the virus was also involved in was in pursuit of enhancing the effect of the virus to make it more dangerous.”

The AI was female again, walking back and forth in front of a simple oak desk, hands behind its back. Then stopped and stared straight ahead. Boring her deep blue eyes directly through her students. “Anyone who disputed the storyline was chastised, lost their jobs, cancelled, and black balled. Their lives threatened.”

“Anthony Fauci kept preaching it was the science and demanded everyone take an experimental vaccine and guaranteed it was perfectly safe. Many refused. Thousands subsequently did lose their jobs; including health care workers, military, first responders and those in multitudes of careers because it didn’t stop at the virus, it infected minds and removed all common sense.

A “New Weapon” Emerges

“Politicians, nearly all what they called ‘Democrats’ at the time, used the virus as a Machiavellian weapon. You were not allowed to worship in a church, and in many cases not even outside, but you could watch women disrobe in strip clubs. Small businesses had to close their doors with no means of financial support while large box stores remained open with hundreds of people walking around. Masks became mandatory everywhere and quickly became a political issue.

You were forced to maintain six feet of separation from each other no matter where you went.”

A number of gasps emanated from the students.

“Yes, according to Fauci’s science, staying six feet apart would protect you. I know, stupid, right? Schools were shut down, in some cases for nearly two years. Health clubs were shuttered but ‘Democrat’ politicians would sneak off on vacations or out to restaurants while everyone else became prisoners in their homes.”

The image morphed into two, a Hispanic male and black female both speaking in perfect unison.

America’s Cities In Flames

“If that wasn’t enough. A drug addict and small-time criminal was pulled over by police. When asked to step out of the car, the individual resisted arrest. That irresponsible action released a chain reaction of events that quite literally set the United States on fire. George Floyd was wrestled to the ground where he accidently died. The optics were not good and because President Barack Obama had reconstituted racism, a white police officer was charged with murder. Some in the black community along with anarchists, using the financial help of dark money, systematically burned down cities and murdered dozens. The chaos went on for months and became a license to attack anyone white. Even while eating in restaurants. A very biased media labeled the turmoil as “The summer of love.” The reverse racism was ignored.

“Democrat politicians made things worse by siding with the rioters and joined in taking a ‘knee’ for the cause. The unhinged infection spread into sports, television, and the media. And a new era labeled, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – DEI – cloaked the American landscape.

Pregnant Men, Children’s Testicles Removed, Parents in Jail

“Merit no longer held any value. The color of a person’s skin, gender, and sexual preference, became the new measurement.

“Children were having their genitals removed and you couldn’t inform the parents. Children were being mutilated. Parents were imprisoned because they merely wanted to retain their rightful authority over their children.”

The AI professor blended into a single Asian man. It stopped talking allowing the students to catch their breath and absorb what they had just been told.

“It didn’t stop there; it was propounded that men could have babies and that there existed a multitude of genders. We’ll go into those another time. No longer was it just male and female. In fact, men were allowed to compete against women in sports. Obliterating science that men by nature are physically stronger than women.”

The image blended back to the original brunette and displayed a very subtle, what might be considered a touch of emotion.

“Class, these are just some of the highlights that had occurred during a transitional period for America. Over the coming weeks of this course, I will go into more detail how some Americans were unable to function properly because of a vehement hatred for President Donald Trump. And the divide it created.

“Your assignment for next week is to research what impact the Biden administration had on the country when the southern American border became non-existent. Millions of people had been allowed to enter America, unimpeded. It cost taxpayers $150 billion a year to support all the illegal immigrants. A lot of money in those days. The subsequent attempt to send them back to their homes launched another abnormal period in American history.

“As an old saying goes, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

“See you all next week.”

The Tron went black. The faces around the screen appeared stunned.

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