You Can’t Renounce the Dollar
“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” — Eagles, Hotel California (1976) At the U.S. consulate in London, the wait to renounce American citizenship is now more than fourteen months. About 325,000 Americans live in Britain—more than in any other European country—and a growing…
The Empire in the Mirror
Why the Shadow-Empire Story Mirrors the System It Opposes “We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin There is a particular kind of person—call them the Awakened Analyst—who sees the machine clearly, or thinks they do. They see a villain behind…
Thiel Warns of the Antichrist—And Builds the Cage
“I am an orthodox Christian, humble classical liberal with just one seemingly minor deviation from classical liberal orthodoxy: I am worried about the antichrist.” — Peter Thiel, qtd. in De Vynck and Itkowitz Peter Thiel’s leaked lectures about “The Antichrist” are the latest chapter in an ancient story that began…
The “Unsexing” of Society—Shakespeare Saw It Coming
Power, Money, and the Machine That Cannot Stop Itself “Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty.” — William Shakespeare, Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 5) I saw Macbeth a few months ago, and this…
The Eternal City, for $10,000 Down—What Silicon Valley Is Selling Now
“Buy the truth and do not sell it — wisdom, instruction and insight as well.” — Proverbs 23:23 Last week, I got an email: “You can now obtain Uruguayan permanent residency in a single trip.” The usual process involves months of waiting and at least one return trip. Why so…
The Anti-Church—Machinery of Control
“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark…” — Revelation 13:17 The Anti-Church isn’t a building or a denomination. It isn’t a government or an institution. It’s a subconscious pattern—and it can be resisted, but only when enough people become aware of what they’re…
The Anti-Church—Come and Be Credentialed
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” — 2 Corinthians 11:14 I have always been packed full of curiosity, and I have always prayed that God would answer my many questions, bring clarity to the things I had difficulty understanding, and reveal the logic…
The Technocratic Order—Pax Silica and the Architecture of Dependence
“We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan The tool being built today has a name: Pax Silica. The belief behind it is older. It is the faith that experts can manage what markets and democracies cannot. It is called technocracy. The movement emerged after…
The Pope vs. Pax Silica—What the Machine Cannot Tokenize
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”—Mark 8:36 What happens when a system of total control encounters something it cannot control? This is the question that Pax Silica raises. Pax Silica is a U.S.-led initiative launched in December…
The Last Asset—You Will Own Nothing
“What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so. When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s…