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User Manual for 21st-Century Common Sense

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 20h

When progress slams the door and hands you the keyhole.
A satirical look at how “safety,” censorship, and convenience quietly erode our freedom to think — one policy update at a time.
#commonsense #censorship #orwellian #21stcenturylife #criticalthinking #modernparadox

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(or, how to learn to fear your own shadow)

🐣 Gulliver 2.0 | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering the birth of Czechoslovakia — a nation that once believed reason and dialogue could reshape history.
Available today to all Patreon members.
#IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #Czechoslovakia #history #culture #Europe #Patreon #INI

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 1d

🐣 Gulliver 2.0
First published today in 1726 — Swift’s world still mirrors ours.
Full satire on Patreon.

#IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #satire #GulliversTravels #Patreon

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The Fundamentalist’s Lament

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 1d

When markets become a belief system, logic becomes a relic. Satire about investing in the age of momentum. 👉 Read on Medium.
#IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #satire #finance #investing #economy #stockmarket

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Or How to Become a Millionaire Without a Hint of Logic

World Politics Cabaret – Please, Don’t Take It Seriously | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 2d

🎧 World Politics Cabaret – Please, Don’t Take It Seriously
This week’s Illusions Not Included Podcast turns politics into pure theatre — no script, no logic, just chaos.
🎙️ Now free for everyone on Patreon, Spotify & RSS!

#AlexBuday #Satire #Humor #Politics

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🗞️ Weekly Chronicle: “World Politics Cabaret – Please, Don’t Take It Seriously” | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 2d

🎭 World Politics Cabaret – Please, Don’t Take It Seriously
Politics or performance? Hard to tell anymore.
🎪 Today’s episode is free on Patreon!
#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #WeeklyChronicle

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🎂 The Revolution That Started as a Birthday Party | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 3d

🎂 The Revolution That Started as a Birthday Party

When champagne corks turn into cannon fire — history forgets it was meant to be a party.
New satire now on Patreon.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #satire #revolution #history #Patreon

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Motivation Package: $29 Billion.

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 4d

Elon stayed. Got $29B.
You stayed too. Got a Monday meeting.
#elonmusk #tesla #stockmarket #corporateculture #satire #executivepay #capitalism #29billion #economiccommentary #financialhumor
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Job Description: Stay Put.

Turn it Back—or Forward? | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 5d

We turn the clocks back, pretending to master time.
But time never listens—it just watches us yawn through Sunday.

The new Illusions Not Included podcast episode — now on Patreon, Spotify & RSS.
#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #podcast #satire #time

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☕ A Trade War in the Kitchen Edition ☕

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 5d

☕️ A Trade War in the Kitchen Edition
(or how sanctions made toast artisanal again)
When politics reaches your breakfast table

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #MorningCoffeeChronicles #satire #humor #politics #geopolitics #tradewar #Medium #INI

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(or how sanctions made toast artisanal again)

Black Friday – The Sequel No One Asked For | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 5d

🌀 Black Friday
Ninety-six years after the 1929 crash, the panic is back — just with shopping carts instead of stocks.
Read the satire on Patreon, for subscribers only.
#IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #BlackFriday #satire #economy #irony

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or, A Slice of Cake for Every Little Emperor

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 5d

Power never really changes — only the costume does.
From Caesar’s laurel crown to today’s ring lights, ambition still wears the same grin.
🎭 New satire, available now on Medium.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #satire #history #leadership #irony

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The Crown Weighs Heavy

October 23 — The Price of Illusions | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 6d

October 23 — The Price of Illusions
Freedom has a price.
Truth always costs more.
New Illusions Not Included essay — free for everyone today.

#IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #October23 #INI #Freedom #Truth

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A Disappointed Influencer’s Monologue | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 6d

🎧 A Disappointed Influencer’s Monologue
Liza, 18, chasing likes, trends, and validation in a world run by algorithms.
🎙️ Voices without Illusions-now on Patreon, Spotify & RSS.
#AlexBuday #VoicesWithoutIllusions #Podcast #Satire #Patreon #Spotify

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1492 — A Navigational Error with Global Consequences

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 7d

1492 – The Shortcut That Redrew the World
Columbus set out for India. He found a continent. The rest is a punchline in history.
📍 Now on Medium.
#columbusday #satire #historyremix #startupculture #civilization #techsatire #medium #criticalthinking

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or: What Did Columbus Ever Do for Us?

The Illusion of the Free Market | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 7d

The “free market” still exists —
just with a subscription. 💼

New satire from Illusions Not Included,
available now on Patreon — for subscribers only.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #satire #economy #irony #freeMarket

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The Shadow of Peace: When History Rewrites Itself

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 8d

The Shadow of Peace
History doesn’t repeat — it performs encores.
Another “peace plan,” another illusion.

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #history #politics #ukraine #truth

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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana

💣 Alfred Nobel – The Dynamite of Conscience | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 8d

💣 The Dynamite of Conscience

Alfred Nobel gave the world dynamite — and a conscience to go with it.
New essay now available to all members on Patreon.

#AlfredNobel #IllusionsNotIncluded #AlexBuday #INI #satire #history #NobelPrize #literature

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Turn it Back — or Forward?

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 8d

🕰️ Változat 3 – rövid, csípős, megosztható

We keep turning time back and forth—
as if the universe runs on our schedule.

Read my new quiet satire:
⏳ Turn it Back—or Forward? on Medium

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #essay #satire #timechange

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A Quiet Essay on the Curious Dance Between Us and Time

☕The Alexander Bell Dilemma Edition ☕ | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 8d

📞 The Alexander Bell Dilemma Edition ☕
He made talking easier.
We made avoiding it an art form.
Now streaming for members only.

#AlexBuday #MorningCoffeeChronicles #BrutusTheLabrador #Satire #Humor #IllusionsNotIncluded

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Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 9d

A journey to Sekigahara — the battle that shaped Japan and defined the meaning of silence.
Now available to all members on my Patreon page.
#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #INI #history #Japan #Shogun #JamesClavell #Patreon

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🎪 Weekly Chronicle: Diplomatic Merry-Go-Rounds and Peace Bubbles | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 9d

🎧The new episode of the Illusions Not Included podcast – Diplomatic Merry-Go-Rounds and Peace Bubbles
is here.
💫 Free for everyone today on Patreon & Spotify!
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#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #WeeklyChronicle #podcast #satire #politics #worldnews #patreon

🎪 Weekly Chronicle: Diplomatic Merry-Go-Rounds and Peace Bubbles | Alex Buday

Alex Buday @alexbuday.bsky.social · 9d

🎪
From Gaza’s vanishing ceasefire to Trump’s AI coronation and Putin’s peace poker in Budapest — the world keeps spinning.
💫 Free to read today!

#AlexBuday #IllusionsNotIncluded #WeeklyChronicle #satire #politics #worldnews

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