The machine he says they reuse

election-year end-of-days cycle, in his account

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flowchart TD
  A["Republican is ahead or newly threatening"]
  B["Ordinary left message is not selling"]
  C["Mint a new doom-word"]
  D["Tour a credentialed priest"]
  E["Book / movie / hearing / street rite"]
  F["Demand international or emergency control"]
  G{"Did it still work after Election Day?"}
  H["Rebrand: warming to climate change"]
  I["Swap script"]
  J["This cycle's weak-link objection"]
  K["China / WHO / ICC / Paris / Munich"]

  A --> B
  B --> C
  C --> D
  D --> E
  E --> F
  F --> G
  G -->|"Yes, keep it"| H
  G -->|"No, spent currency"| I
  I --> C
  F --> J
  J --> K