It’s Already Happened Here
Like I’ve said before, I’m a systems thinker, and patterns across history, fiction, and political thought really resonate with me. Lately I’ve been working my way back through various books…
Category: Politics
Echoes of Dissent
By now, it should be clear: Year Zero and Operation: Mindcrime didn’t invent dystopias—they echoed the ones rooted in our real past. Those echoes are echoing again in Los Angeles…
We’re In This Together Now: Neurodivergent Leadership in Authoritarian Times
In the last post, I talked about how Year Zero and Operation: Mindcrime offer more than sonic paranoia—they feel like warning signals. Not just about a far-off dystopia, but about…
Year Zero, Operation: Mindcrime, and the Authoritarian Creep
I’ve been listening to a lot of music lately—not just my usual shuffle of favorites and forgotten deep cuts, but full albums. Start to finish. Stories set to sound. And…
Government Is Not A Business
The primary goal of business is to maximize profit with minimal investment. Government, by contrast, exists to serve the public good: justice, safety, shared responsibility—not profit. That difference matters. A…