Observations
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Mental Health Awareness vs. Mental Health Access
Suicide has never been more publicly discussed. Help has never been harder to access.
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Policies for the 90% Driven by Data from the 10%
Turn on the financial news and America’s economy is thriving. Consumer confidence is up. Retail strength continues. The Federal Reserve points to “robust spending” when justifying policy decisions. But here’s the math behind the mirage: The wealthiest 10% of households now drive 49.2% of all consumer spending
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Jesus Said Help the Poor, Rich Christians Said Not With My Taxes
For 2,000 years, Christians have had excuses. “We’re persecuted.” “We don’t have power.” “The government won’t let us.” “We don’t have the resources.” Not anymore.
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Welfare Mythology vs. Mathematical Reality
Another election cycle, another parade of politicians invoking the “welfare queen” specter. Cable news segments flash stock footage of inner-city housing projects—carefully curated imagery that avoids showing the White faces who represent the statistical majority, or the Hispanic families who are disproportionately overrepresented.
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Virtue Signals vs. Survival Signals
Corporate America discovered that changing pronouns costs less than changing paychecks. Universities debate bathroom policies while their graduates default on student loans. Politicians tweet about microaggressions while macro-economic disasters unfold in their districts.
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Rocket Fuel & Ruined Roads
The billionaire space race became our most expensive vanity project, complete with government subsidies and media fanfare that would make P.T. Barnum blush. Launch Economics: SpaceX’s Starship costs $100 million per launch—enough to repair 400 bridges at $250,000 each.
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The Great Implementation Amnesia
We spent trillions on crypto and hundreds of billions on AI while cancer patients crowdfund chemo through the same systems crypto promised to fix. We didn’t stumble into implementation amnesia—we chose it.
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The $0 Villains: How Retirees Became America’s Budget Scapegoats
Politicians and pundits endlessly debate cutting Social Security and Medicare to “solve the deficit crisis.” House Republicans propose “entitlement reform” through budget reconciliation.
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Digital Mansions, Tent City Expansions
The metaverse real estate boom exploded in 2024, with investors treating pixels like prime Manhattan property. Republic Realm paid $4.3 million for virtual property in The Sandbox—enough money to house 107 actual humans for an entire year.
