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I went to a museum expecting to see an exhibit about cats—and walked into a documented history of how California and Mexico were shaped by slavery, forced labor, and inherited belief.
This essay traces how religion was used to discipline and enslave:
This essay traces how religion was used to discipline and enslave:
Slavery, Bells, and Baptism: What Made Mexico and California Catholic
I went to a museum expecting to see an exhibit about cats.
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I went to a museum expecting to see an exhibit about cats—and walked into a documented history of how California and Mexico were shaped by slavery, forced labor, and inherited belief.
This essay traces how religion was used to discipline and enslave:
This essay traces how religion was used to discipline and enslave:
Avatar isn’t just entertainment. It’s a myth for a world at a turning point.
I wrote an essay exploring its esoteric symbolism, its challenge to both domination and naïve pacifism, and the quiet way it mirrors the choices we’re all being asked to make right now.
Read it as a signal, not a spoiler.
I wrote an essay exploring its esoteric symbolism, its challenge to both domination and naïve pacifism, and the quiet way it mirrors the choices we’re all being asked to make right now.
Read it as a signal, not a spoiler.
Avatar and the End of the Old World Order: When Art Imitates Life
This essay discusses the themes, symbolism, and philosophical implications of the new Avatar film without revealing specific plot details or spoilers.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Avatar isn’t just entertainment. It’s a myth for a world at a turning point.
I wrote an essay exploring its esoteric symbolism, its challenge to both domination and naïve pacifism, and the quiet way it mirrors the choices we’re all being asked to make right now.
Read it as a signal, not a spoiler.
I wrote an essay exploring its esoteric symbolism, its challenge to both domination and naïve pacifism, and the quiet way it mirrors the choices we’re all being asked to make right now.
Read it as a signal, not a spoiler.
The rest of the world is quietly preparing for something Americans haven’t even begun to consider:
What happens when MAGA becomes a global security threat?
What happens when MAGA becomes a global security threat?
No-Fly List for Fascism: Will the Rest of the World Start Banning MAGA at the Border?
There’s a question nobody in the American media wants to touch, but every serious democracy is already thinking about:
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The rest of the world is quietly preparing for something Americans haven’t even begun to consider:
What happens when MAGA becomes a global security threat?
What happens when MAGA becomes a global security threat?
The U.S. is entering legal territory last seen in 1930s Europe: denationalization, statelessness, and forced displacement. Here’s why this matters more than anything happening in the news cycle.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
Stop Calling It “Deportation.” This Is State-Sponsored Human Trafficking.
America is entering a territory every civilization swore it would never enter again.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The U.S. is entering legal territory last seen in 1930s Europe: denationalization, statelessness, and forced displacement. Here’s why this matters more than anything happening in the news cycle.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
This piece walks through the actual history: how fascism sits firmly on the far-right, how Hitler hijacked a workers’ party for branding, how the Nazis themselves admitted the “socialist” label was a trick, and why this misinformation keeps spreading today.
THE STUPIDEST POLITICAL MYTH OF THE 21st CENTURY:
Why “Nazis Were Left-Wing” Is the Dumbest Thing Ever Said Out Loud
sleightofmind.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This piece walks through the actual history: how fascism sits firmly on the far-right, how Hitler hijacked a workers’ party for branding, how the Nazis themselves admitted the “socialist” label was a trick, and why this misinformation keeps spreading today.
America is living through a modern coup built from the same fascist playbook used in the 1930s — but the MAGA movement failed at the one step every dictatorship needs: total control of information.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
THE ONE PLAYBOOK THEY COULDN’T COMPLETE
How MAGA Rebuilt 20th-Century Fascism—And Why Their Coup Will Ultimately Fail
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
America is living through a modern coup built from the same fascist playbook used in the 1930s — but the MAGA movement failed at the one step every dictatorship needs: total control of information.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
The red states that scream loudest about “lazy welfare queens” are the most federally funded in America.
They call it freedom when it’s subsidized.
The Welfare Kings of America — a mirror they’ll do anything not to look into.
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They call it freedom when it’s subsidized.
The Welfare Kings of America — a mirror they’ll do anything not to look into.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
The Welfare Kings of America: How the Red States Became the Real Parasites of the Union
“The next time someone sneers about ‘lazy welfare recipients,’ show them this chart.”
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November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The red states that scream loudest about “lazy welfare queens” are the most federally funded in America.
They call it freedom when it’s subsidized.
The Welfare Kings of America — a mirror they’ll do anything not to look into.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
They call it freedom when it’s subsidized.
The Welfare Kings of America — a mirror they’ll do anything not to look into.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
When Ignaz Semmelweis proved that washing hands could save lives, the medical establishment mocked him, destroyed his career, and locked him in an asylum. His only crime was being right too early.
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open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
The Tyranny of Consensus: How the Crowd Crucifies Its Geniuses
He saved thousands of lives with soap and logic. The world answered with ridicule.
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When Ignaz Semmelweis proved that washing hands could save lives, the medical establishment mocked him, destroyed his career, and locked him in an asylum. His only crime was being right too early.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
We’ve been sold a lie: “Blood is thicker than water.” In truth, bloodline privilege has always been the enemy of equality — the real chains that bind us. Dynasties thrive while potential dies in silence. It’s time to break the tribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
Against the Tribe: Why the Nuclear Family Has Always Been the Enemy of Nature and Equality
For most people, the word family carries a halo.
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August 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We’ve been sold a lie: “Blood is thicker than water.” In truth, bloodline privilege has always been the enemy of equality — the real chains that bind us. Dynasties thrive while potential dies in silence. It’s time to break the tribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
Crash or squeeze—choose your poison. Either way, the elites win and the people lose. But history shows what happens next: when enough realize the game is rigged, revolt follows.
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open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
The Big Crash or the Big Squeeze: Either Way, Revolution Follows
History teaches us that revolutions never arrive on polite timetables.
open.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Crash or squeeze—choose your poison. Either way, the elites win and the people lose. But history shows what happens next: when enough realize the game is rigged, revolt follows.
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
In 1789, the French elite laughed in Versailles while the people starved. In 2025, America’s ruling class laughs in golden ballrooms while millions can’t afford rent, insulin, or clean water.
Read the full piece:
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Read the full piece:
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The Five Shots That Sparked a Nation: From Versailles to the White House, the Powder Keg Is Lit
“When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.”
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August 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In 1789, the French elite laughed in Versailles while the people starved. In 2025, America’s ruling class laughs in golden ballrooms while millions can’t afford rent, insulin, or clean water.
Read the full piece:
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
Read the full piece:
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
A Blackstone executive was just killed in a Manhattan lobby.
The media says it was a “mistake.”
But the system may have been the real target.
This isn’t glorification. This is diagnosis.
Read the full exposé 👇
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
The media says it was a “mistake.”
But the system may have been the real target.
This isn’t glorification. This is diagnosis.
Read the full exposé 👇
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
The Wrong Elevator or the Right Target? Unraveling the Truth Behind the Blackstone Shooting
Was the recent Manhattan shooting a tragic accident, or did it strike at the heart of America's real estate predators?
open.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A Blackstone executive was just killed in a Manhattan lobby.
The media says it was a “mistake.”
But the system may have been the real target.
This isn’t glorification. This is diagnosis.
Read the full exposé 👇
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
The media says it was a “mistake.”
But the system may have been the real target.
This isn’t glorification. This is diagnosis.
Read the full exposé 👇
open.substack.com/pub/sleighto...
