Listening to Tonya Kappas Paddlers, Promises and Poison. Reading Take your turn Teddy by Haley Newlin & Queen of Quarantine by Caroline Peckham& Susanne Valenti.

Creating a problem only to present yourself as the solution is a classic manipulation tactic called the arsonist-firefighter dynamic. It’s a tool to sow fear and consolidate power. Very deliberate, very dictator-coded.