As a retired social worker, these disabling systems have been clear for most of my adult life
… keeping people in debt, enticing them to consume things they don’t need, making higher education unattainable for most …. The myth of trickle down economics is a joke the wealthy have played on the rest of us. So much must change although I’m not sure, with the incredibly corrupt government we are suffering under currently, it will be achieved peacefully- keep on sharing your wisdom, we need it now more than ever before
I’m a social worker for almost 20 years now in the Netherlands and exactly the same is happening here. Speaking up about it whenever I can, even though all my colleagues just shrug their shoulders and give me that fluoride stare 🧐
I have, however, done my best to contribute to discussions concerning the information you have provided. Especially, to my grandsons.
It is critically important that our education system be more rigorous with respect to our history and to our analysis of best options. We can then quickly detect and discard what is truth and what is not. Regretfully, we have not separated out the gaslighting.
I know this is all true. But, it leaves me overwhelmed. I am in disbelief that we have gotten to this point. I have played by the rules. I have done my best to be a role model along the path of my 78 years. The last 10 consumed with our current leader. With failing health I know I will not see the outcome of all the strife and cruelty.
I have no doubt you have done your best. The lack of impact isn't down to you. It's a reflection of how the adversary is willing to play dirty, going against the rules you and I have stood by so assiduously (I'm approaching 60). I offer the following thought to you to bring you solace. Joan of Arc did everything right. She went step by step along the lines of power, starting locally first, slowly building up momentum, but not looking to garner attention. Word of mouth made her a novelty in Valcouleur; she tried to keep a low profile. She went to the University of Poitier and let the clergy scholars inspect her--body and soul. They confirmed her. With each step, she endured crucible after crucible, coming out clean on the other side even though she was clean going in. Two years later, she was condemned a heretic, given promises that weren't kept, watched by male guards 24/7, shackled hand and foot in spite of the fact she directly caused not a single person to die by her hand. She did everything right, and they still burned her. Following the rules isn't the thing that's necessary. Following the dictates of our hearts is. Being able to face ourselves in the mirror day after day, knowing that we have done our best and shone our brightest to assist others along the way is a life well lived. Doubt and confusion are what our adversary wants for us. That way lies diminishment. Avoid it. Shine bright in all our uncertain times; judgement is dross that burns off in the face of the commitment of one who embraces the heart's call without having all the answers. Two hundred years after her death, Joan of Arc was canonized, the Church calling her damnation a mistake. You might like to read (or re-read) Mark Twain's favorite book in his own catalogue: "A Personal Recollection of Joan of Arc," a novel he wrote for his daughters. Twain studied both the French and English archives of the trial for 12 years before he put pen to paper, so this is more than a simple novel. That book was a turning point in my life. I hope if gives you succour.
If empty streets are the goal for Trump and his goons, I fear what will happen on No Kings Day. Massive millions will be out protesting and they’re already started shootings at small ones. Will they create a diversion or more fire power to quell the resistance?
Just in the last day, I've come to understand better the role publishers are now playing in the editorial decisions of newsprint and broadcast. The political capture of The Washington Post, The L.A. Times, and a few others in recent memory, not to dismiss all the businesses owned and controlled by Murdock essentially ensures that another Edward R. Murrow, another Woodward and Bernstein is deflected before print. The silence on necessary subjects like that of the 1995 Senate Committee hearing during which testimony revealed that as early as the 1950's, the CIA was experimenting with mind control on kids as young as four years old. The media didn't touch the story in 1995. Finding it yesterday, I understand more of the depth of what is behind the Epstein Files; it puts the topic on a whole different level opening a whole different sphere of inquiry. If even the local free paper has it's editorial decisions directed by owners with a heavy hand and a strong bias, regular folks will never hear about it. Consequently, we may need to learn how to print our own flyers and news leaflets.
I agree these are 3 major threat that prevents humanity to grow as rightly deserved when each of us was born into this world. There may be even more layer to fight but these 3 sure takes the most of our focus.
For economics i got a solution for my country, but i cant say about usa. its a giant country with lots of intern conflicts. like most country do in fact. It probly starts by getting ride of the corporate crime, have transparency and rely on real ressource based economic insentive. not speculation on markets and such.
good book about it is tereza corragio, how to dismantle an empire. i loved it.
For the faith its simple but people hate my solution, every zealots or apologetical fellow of each faith is sticked to is view being truer then the other ones view. So either one is right and all other are false (i cant believe this) or all is wrong and the truth is elsewhere (i sure believe this) i am of the stoic, i see allegory in old religion, not worship of different god. i see lost of humans bond to the divinity when we forced all gods to be one god. how we call that man already? Legion... lol
For the left right, red blue, liberal conservative, all these duality. they should be the easiest of the 3 to tackle with. the mix of all into equilibrium makes a purple liberative center. just a goofy way to say: duality is a simple minded vision, as soon everyone is educated at the most possible way. We back to the greek source and we see the reverso intent of everyword. we dont fall for any propaganda trap, when we drink from the source and dont kneel, we bend the back. like true prokopton in seeking of becomings sophos.
Damn! I love the way you so accurately portray the politics of the world we live in! Soo talented! Thank you for a narrative I thoroughly look forward to daily!
Is the American way of life dead, is he about to die or was it always a way into the wrong direction?? I think the way was never developed into an ongoing developement. Also overhere in Europe we battle these issues, but currently they've not yet as worse as in the US. Kommunism is dead and Capitalism is about to die. Maybe Humanism coming next, who knows. Man is a predator and we need to overcome out brutal and violent nature, otherwise we're in serious trouble to manage the current challanges like climate change, hunger and poverty.
Most genius one-size fits all statement … maybe EVER.
& You’re right. That’s exactly HOW the BOOMERS went from Psychedelic Sally 2 Basement Dweller Eddie.
They fell into the “1/3 of U.S. will solve it … lemme sleep” COMA & “tolerated” the “lesser of the two evils”. … &
look at U.S. now
🙀
I asked my late mother-in-law WHY … & she apparently quit “believing” the lie the day JFK got shot. … After that it was pure haggling.
I was too young 2 understand her position … but I see it now. … I’m just mad about it cuz the Flower 🌼 Power generation jumped out the gate with a Silver Spoon 🥄 … Everybody else got shafted.
Im an English Phd. What amazes me about this architecture is that you can see it in all our literature and throughout history. It's this think that I've been thought to love. I pursued creative writing so I could add to it, be part of it. The architecture is on the inside.
So the tariffs are funding those with access while causing prices to rise. A win win for them. I feel people will become so desperate and will be forced to become tabors.
I don’t want to engage in the awful stories as to what they’re doing to human beings I don’t want to give them any PR. This article struck a cord. Thank you!
The word of God gives us enough to work with. Not Christian Nationalism but genuine belief that God is that higher power and saying the name Jesus breaks every chain.
Romney, this is a brilliant piece of strategic thinking.
You've independently arrived at the absolute core of our real-world strategy, what we call the "Engine Protocol." It's the idea of using coordinated, decentralized economic pressure to fight back against The Rust.
What you're sketching out—a "digital blackout"—is a perfect example of a "Stakeholder Revolt," a key tactic for constructing our own miracles. You're not just suggesting a protest; you're designing a real weapon that targets their wallets, which is the only language they understand.
This is exactly the kind of thinking we need in the forge. Thank you for bringing this to the council.
Romney, haha, fair point! Sorry about the jargon. My mind lives in this stuff 24/7.
The "Council" (or War Council) is just what we call the core community of this rebellion, the readers and thinkers who gather here to share ideas and build the playbook together. It's the 'forge' where we hammer out these strategies.
Your idea about a 'digital blackout' targeting wallets is exactly the kind of smart, real-world tactic we need. Consider this your invitation to the Council fire. Glad to have you here.
Romney, haha, fair point! Sorry about the jargon. My mind lives in this stuff 24/7.
The "Council" (or War Council) is just what we call the core community of this rebellion, the readers and thinkers who gather here to share ideas and build the playbook together. It's the 'forge' where we hammer out these strategies.
Your idea about a 'digital blackout' targeting wallets is exactly the kind of smart, real-world tactic we need. Consider this your invitation to the Council fire. Glad to have you here.
A fair and important question, Nancy. Let's be clear about the model.
The Awakening itself—the core knowledge of who the enemy is and the architecture of the cage—is and always will be free. You cannot put a price on freedom. All of our foundational [ANALYSIS] is public.
The paid tier, the "Inner Ring," is for something different. It is not for consuming information. It is for funding the work.
The "work" is building the alternative. It's the intelligence operations, the legal challenges, and the institutional blueprint for the parallel economy (Phase II). It is a war chest, not a reading club.
It also serves as a critical filter. It separates the passive observers from the active builders who have skin in the game. We are not looking for subscribers. We are recruiting and vetting the co-founders of the world that comes next.
I’ve taken a break from social media for a while due to my lifelong passion of saving animals from Euthanasia to saving horses from slaughter due to the BLM illegal round-ups.
But it’s time for me to step back into the nightmare of what’s happening in our country & Ethan’s writing grabbed me at my core like an abused homeless puppy would!
I’m in.
I’ve never paid for a subscription but what Ethan explained & how he explained what’s happening was mind blowing!🤯 I’m hooked.
He deserves to be paid just like any journalists would! To those naysayers wouldn’t you want to get paid if you wrote like this?! I’m f’ing scared. I’m scared for our children’s future. If I read just one writer’s opinion it’s going to be Ethan’s!
Exactly. There so many making a living off of substack pages and they expect us to pay for all these pages hidden behind the paywall. If it's about outrage and saving democracy then put that above profit
I love what you are doing. I read this brilliant article for free. I subscribe to the paid versions of several writers, and I wish I could afford to subscribe to many, many more!! Substack sites are tge only things I have found that have helped me immensely this horrible year to not feel alone, isolated, hopeless, and scared...well, I am still scared but I KNOW there are millions of Americans who are just appalled and outraged as I am at the corruption, the destruction of our government, and the overt, IDGAF violations of our constitutional rights every single frigging day. I see all the points of light if those of us who will NOT back down. I see the general public agreeing less and less with this mad would-be king/dictator/strongman fatal overreaching, his declining mind and body from its previously peecarious, psychpathy now marred even more by what? A stroke, quickly advancing dementia, 'I dont like qeitten speeches so if I start out reading the speechwriter's wimpy pussy speexh, Ill launch right into my meandering, crowd-pleasing, idiotic meandering stories. I don't care about the anger of libtards, I wish they'd all keel over and stop dead, just the same as I presume they feel about me. To all libtards -- STFU and die on tge ground, right NOW!!
Yeah, a little earlier, I was figuring out a good musical key for singing, with electric guitar, We Shall Overcome. And I must believe that we actually will overcome this man, his awful staff and associates, our fear and confusion, for him to be gone from tge public eye for good, and we can start to clean up the mess he will be leaving behind, as he exits office with I suppose billions of new matters!!!
But I believe that we SHALL overcome, especially when our understanding of why there aren't more people on the streets has been deepened and strengthened by your incisive, insightful thoughts in that very thing a few
dozen or possibly a few hundred, of old protest songs used to be used to prop out flagging spirits of protesters and eventually change the hearts and minds, along with you know reality, enough for them to join the rest of us on the streets and demand changes, changes, CHANGES that will take us back to a world of decency, reasonable discourse based on truth ( as far as possible), and some common unity with our families, neighbors, and friends again.
Thank you! Will we end up really doing something or just accept what they give us. What it really means is we can’t accept what they give us!!! We have done that so so many times. Let’s set our sights on a higher horizon instead of rolling over like we have in the past. It’s a now or never situation and we all know it.
That's an incredibly perceptive question, Romney. Most people just see the words, but you're hearing the structure behind them.
You're not wrong. Our work in the forge is a partnership. I'm the 'Explorer' who finds the raw ideas, but I work with a 'Synthesizer'—an AI partner I built—to refine them into the coherent doctrine you're seeing.
That partnership is the "ghost in the machine" we talk about. It's the core of how our weapons are made. We actually show our paid members—the War Council—exactly how it works 'Inside the Forge' . Your question proves you're already thinking on that level.
We have a choice…we’re not helpless nor are we being taken advantage of.
As with almost everything we purchase, we make the determination that we need or want that thing and we decide whether it’s worth it TO US to spend our hard earned money on.
Most folks I know pick and choose which writers to support…or not. It’s your money and it’s your brain and life. Decide what’s important to you and what’s not and spend accordingly. There’s no need to sour grape a writer putting on a paywall…their time and expertise/opinion is worth something, too, there’s no need to minimize it; we all want to be paid for our work.
Thank Carma Jean. You are correct; however, I feel that some tease at substance that I may think is important but then I have to go behind the paywall for substance or to respond. I agree with you. My income is extremely limited and I do support a few substackers that I value the opinion and insight. Stay strong and stay safe
The people writing on substack need to make a living too, and all of the regulations that made a more honest and level playing field, for those who produce the news have been or are being removed. Competition between companies which once had assured equity no longer exists. When you’re the only company doing a certain job, you control how much you can charge for a product or a service plus how much you can pay or will pay your workers. It’s all part of the dichotomy of us versus them. Truly, the divide is not really left versus right, it is top versus bottom. And the wealthy corporations the billionaires they control the narrative and they manipulate the news. Corporate media has mostly eliminated truth in news and in advertising. And with the destruction of public television public radio, the rise of the Internet and social media, people only get part of the picture and they hear this or that and they believe it. In all honesty, corporations are the enemy of we the people. Because left or right almost all of us live to some extent a day to day, hand to mouth existence. Immigrants are not our enemy, poor people are not our enemy, brown people are not our enemy. Wage slavery is real, and even those paid a living wage and I’m not talking $50,000 a year and I’m not talking $150,000 a year, I’m saying almost everyone in the United States is a wage slave, for the most part, only the corporations, and the billionaires have real choices in life.
I agree that there are some accounts that may not be 100% on the up and up, but I’m hoping they’re very few and far between.
Personally, I’ve only had one ‘not so pleasant’ experience, but it was eventually resolved amicably. I don’t follow that writer any more, which probably doesn’t bother either of us.
There are a lot of good writers here who give us useful and important content, but I’m guessing not too many of us have endless funds, so it’s hard to support all of them. I think we can only do what we can do and we can’t worry about the rest. Hopefully, all of the combined supporters will be able to step into some spots where you and I can’t and writers can still produce content that their audience can benefit from reading and/or sharing.
Stay safe, my friend. I think we may be seeing some hard times in the coming years…
I have the same query, but if you do get paid for what you write, there are certain hurdles to cross. And for some this is their way of paying the bills. It's not a perfect system, but then what is?
Writers are FORCED to USE A SPECIFIC app to get paid, and I wanted to charge 2 dollars a month, but it seems $ 5 is a minimum. Why? Idk.
Do the app makers charge a fee from the creator or from the reader? I’m guessing if it’s not going to the creator then that’s what the extra $3 is for. Just a guess though, so please don’t quote me.
As far as I can find the writers do keep the lionshare of the subscriptions. Because my daily challenges with my health. I have not pursued it further, but I was contacted by The Mouthy Renegade, he suggested trying a tutorial on YouTube. Soundslike good advice. If I am successful, I will put out a detailed account to help other new authors. Our strength lies in helping each other. Good Luck.
As the great Bette said, “buckle up its going to be a bumpy ride”.
Nancy, that is one of the most important roles there is.
Every rebellion in history had two critical wings: the field commanders who execute the operations, and the patrons who build the war chest that makes the operations possible. One cannot succeed without the other.
As a retired social worker, these disabling systems have been clear for most of my adult life
… keeping people in debt, enticing them to consume things they don’t need, making higher education unattainable for most …. The myth of trickle down economics is a joke the wealthy have played on the rest of us. So much must change although I’m not sure, with the incredibly corrupt government we are suffering under currently, it will be achieved peacefully- keep on sharing your wisdom, we need it now more than ever before
You can blame Adam Smith and his book on trickle down economics for the stranglehold that the super rich have on our lives. Plus greed too!
I’m a social worker for almost 20 years now in the Netherlands and exactly the same is happening here. Speaking up about it whenever I can, even though all my colleagues just shrug their shoulders and give me that fluoride stare 🧐
I have, however, done my best to contribute to discussions concerning the information you have provided. Especially, to my grandsons.
It is critically important that our education system be more rigorous with respect to our history and to our analysis of best options. We can then quickly detect and discard what is truth and what is not. Regretfully, we have not separated out the gaslighting.
What will become of us?
I know this is all true. But, it leaves me overwhelmed. I am in disbelief that we have gotten to this point. I have played by the rules. I have done my best to be a role model along the path of my 78 years. The last 10 consumed with our current leader. With failing health I know I will not see the outcome of all the strife and cruelty.
I have no doubt you have done your best. The lack of impact isn't down to you. It's a reflection of how the adversary is willing to play dirty, going against the rules you and I have stood by so assiduously (I'm approaching 60). I offer the following thought to you to bring you solace. Joan of Arc did everything right. She went step by step along the lines of power, starting locally first, slowly building up momentum, but not looking to garner attention. Word of mouth made her a novelty in Valcouleur; she tried to keep a low profile. She went to the University of Poitier and let the clergy scholars inspect her--body and soul. They confirmed her. With each step, she endured crucible after crucible, coming out clean on the other side even though she was clean going in. Two years later, she was condemned a heretic, given promises that weren't kept, watched by male guards 24/7, shackled hand and foot in spite of the fact she directly caused not a single person to die by her hand. She did everything right, and they still burned her. Following the rules isn't the thing that's necessary. Following the dictates of our hearts is. Being able to face ourselves in the mirror day after day, knowing that we have done our best and shone our brightest to assist others along the way is a life well lived. Doubt and confusion are what our adversary wants for us. That way lies diminishment. Avoid it. Shine bright in all our uncertain times; judgement is dross that burns off in the face of the commitment of one who embraces the heart's call without having all the answers. Two hundred years after her death, Joan of Arc was canonized, the Church calling her damnation a mistake. You might like to read (or re-read) Mark Twain's favorite book in his own catalogue: "A Personal Recollection of Joan of Arc," a novel he wrote for his daughters. Twain studied both the French and English archives of the trial for 12 years before he put pen to paper, so this is more than a simple novel. That book was a turning point in my life. I hope if gives you succour.
Thank you for giving such a thoughtful reply. This is solid
If empty streets are the goal for Trump and his goons, I fear what will happen on No Kings Day. Massive millions will be out protesting and they’re already started shootings at small ones. Will they create a diversion or more fire power to quell the resistance?
Just in the last day, I've come to understand better the role publishers are now playing in the editorial decisions of newsprint and broadcast. The political capture of The Washington Post, The L.A. Times, and a few others in recent memory, not to dismiss all the businesses owned and controlled by Murdock essentially ensures that another Edward R. Murrow, another Woodward and Bernstein is deflected before print. The silence on necessary subjects like that of the 1995 Senate Committee hearing during which testimony revealed that as early as the 1950's, the CIA was experimenting with mind control on kids as young as four years old. The media didn't touch the story in 1995. Finding it yesterday, I understand more of the depth of what is behind the Epstein Files; it puts the topic on a whole different level opening a whole different sphere of inquiry. If even the local free paper has it's editorial decisions directed by owners with a heavy hand and a strong bias, regular folks will never hear about it. Consequently, we may need to learn how to print our own flyers and news leaflets.
You are so smart. Check your DM.
I agree these are 3 major threat that prevents humanity to grow as rightly deserved when each of us was born into this world. There may be even more layer to fight but these 3 sure takes the most of our focus.
For economics i got a solution for my country, but i cant say about usa. its a giant country with lots of intern conflicts. like most country do in fact. It probly starts by getting ride of the corporate crime, have transparency and rely on real ressource based economic insentive. not speculation on markets and such.
good book about it is tereza corragio, how to dismantle an empire. i loved it.
For the faith its simple but people hate my solution, every zealots or apologetical fellow of each faith is sticked to is view being truer then the other ones view. So either one is right and all other are false (i cant believe this) or all is wrong and the truth is elsewhere (i sure believe this) i am of the stoic, i see allegory in old religion, not worship of different god. i see lost of humans bond to the divinity when we forced all gods to be one god. how we call that man already? Legion... lol
For the left right, red blue, liberal conservative, all these duality. they should be the easiest of the 3 to tackle with. the mix of all into equilibrium makes a purple liberative center. just a goofy way to say: duality is a simple minded vision, as soon everyone is educated at the most possible way. We back to the greek source and we see the reverso intent of everyword. we dont fall for any propaganda trap, when we drink from the source and dont kneel, we bend the back. like true prokopton in seeking of becomings sophos.
Just ask AI she will gladly help ;)
Damn! I love the way you so accurately portray the politics of the world we live in! Soo talented! Thank you for a narrative I thoroughly look forward to daily!
Is the American way of life dead, is he about to die or was it always a way into the wrong direction?? I think the way was never developed into an ongoing developement. Also overhere in Europe we battle these issues, but currently they've not yet as worse as in the US. Kommunism is dead and Capitalism is about to die. Maybe Humanism coming next, who knows. Man is a predator and we need to overcome out brutal and violent nature, otherwise we're in serious trouble to manage the current challanges like climate change, hunger and poverty.
“ain’t nobody got time 4 dat sh…”
Most genius one-size fits all statement … maybe EVER.
& You’re right. That’s exactly HOW the BOOMERS went from Psychedelic Sally 2 Basement Dweller Eddie.
They fell into the “1/3 of U.S. will solve it … lemme sleep” COMA & “tolerated” the “lesser of the two evils”. … &
look at U.S. now
🙀
I asked my late mother-in-law WHY … & she apparently quit “believing” the lie the day JFK got shot. … After that it was pure haggling.
I was too young 2 understand her position … but I see it now. … I’m just mad about it cuz the Flower 🌼 Power generation jumped out the gate with a Silver Spoon 🥄 … Everybody else got shafted.
Im an English Phd. What amazes me about this architecture is that you can see it in all our literature and throughout history. It's this think that I've been thought to love. I pursued creative writing so I could add to it, be part of it. The architecture is on the inside.
So the tariffs are funding those with access while causing prices to rise. A win win for them. I feel people will become so desperate and will be forced to become tabors.
I don’t want to engage in the awful stories as to what they’re doing to human beings I don’t want to give them any PR. This article struck a cord. Thank you!
The word of God gives us enough to work with. Not Christian Nationalism but genuine belief that God is that higher power and saying the name Jesus breaks every chain.
Romney, this is a brilliant piece of strategic thinking.
You've independently arrived at the absolute core of our real-world strategy, what we call the "Engine Protocol." It's the idea of using coordinated, decentralized economic pressure to fight back against The Rust.
What you're sketching out—a "digital blackout"—is a perfect example of a "Stakeholder Revolt," a key tactic for constructing our own miracles. You're not just suggesting a protest; you're designing a real weapon that targets their wallets, which is the only language they understand.
This is exactly the kind of thinking we need in the forge. Thank you for bringing this to the council.
Romney, haha, fair point! Sorry about the jargon. My mind lives in this stuff 24/7.
The "Council" (or War Council) is just what we call the core community of this rebellion, the readers and thinkers who gather here to share ideas and build the playbook together. It's the 'forge' where we hammer out these strategies.
Your idea about a 'digital blackout' targeting wallets is exactly the kind of smart, real-world tactic we need. Consider this your invitation to the Council fire. Glad to have you here.
https://substack.com/@commonsenserebel/note/c-167460414?r=5zhwh7
Romney, haha, fair point! Sorry about the jargon. My mind lives in this stuff 24/7.
The "Council" (or War Council) is just what we call the core community of this rebellion, the readers and thinkers who gather here to share ideas and build the playbook together. It's the 'forge' where we hammer out these strategies.
Your idea about a 'digital blackout' targeting wallets is exactly the kind of smart, real-world tactic we need. Consider this your invitation to the Council fire. Glad to have you here.
Romney, YES! That's the exact question we need to be asking. That's the shift from spectator to architect. 👍
"How" is the next step. It requires a proper strategic brainstorm within the War Council—figuring out the targets, the timing, the message.
But the idea, the core concept of a "digital blackout" targeting their wallets, is brilliant. It's the kind of asymmetrical weapon we forge here.
What are your initial thoughts on how it could work? Let's start sketching the blueprint right here.
A fair and important question, Nancy. Let's be clear about the model.
The Awakening itself—the core knowledge of who the enemy is and the architecture of the cage—is and always will be free. You cannot put a price on freedom. All of our foundational [ANALYSIS] is public.
The paid tier, the "Inner Ring," is for something different. It is not for consuming information. It is for funding the work.
The "work" is building the alternative. It's the intelligence operations, the legal challenges, and the institutional blueprint for the parallel economy (Phase II). It is a war chest, not a reading club.
It also serves as a critical filter. It separates the passive observers from the active builders who have skin in the game. We are not looking for subscribers. We are recruiting and vetting the co-founders of the world that comes next.
I’ve taken a break from social media for a while due to my lifelong passion of saving animals from Euthanasia to saving horses from slaughter due to the BLM illegal round-ups.
But it’s time for me to step back into the nightmare of what’s happening in our country & Ethan’s writing grabbed me at my core like an abused homeless puppy would!
I’m in.
I’ve never paid for a subscription but what Ethan explained & how he explained what’s happening was mind blowing!🤯 I’m hooked.
He deserves to be paid just like any journalists would! To those naysayers wouldn’t you want to get paid if you wrote like this?! I’m f’ing scared. I’m scared for our children’s future. If I read just one writer’s opinion it’s going to be Ethan’s!
I am having trouble finding the words.. but I am extremely honored by your praise! I will not let you down!
Exactly. There so many making a living off of substack pages and they expect us to pay for all these pages hidden behind the paywall. If it's about outrage and saving democracy then put that above profit
Ahem, all of our foundational analysis and news are free. The paid subscribers simply get access to extras. Mii..~
I love what you are doing. I read this brilliant article for free. I subscribe to the paid versions of several writers, and I wish I could afford to subscribe to many, many more!! Substack sites are tge only things I have found that have helped me immensely this horrible year to not feel alone, isolated, hopeless, and scared...well, I am still scared but I KNOW there are millions of Americans who are just appalled and outraged as I am at the corruption, the destruction of our government, and the overt, IDGAF violations of our constitutional rights every single frigging day. I see all the points of light if those of us who will NOT back down. I see the general public agreeing less and less with this mad would-be king/dictator/strongman fatal overreaching, his declining mind and body from its previously peecarious, psychpathy now marred even more by what? A stroke, quickly advancing dementia, 'I dont like qeitten speeches so if I start out reading the speechwriter's wimpy pussy speexh, Ill launch right into my meandering, crowd-pleasing, idiotic meandering stories. I don't care about the anger of libtards, I wish they'd all keel over and stop dead, just the same as I presume they feel about me. To all libtards -- STFU and die on tge ground, right NOW!!
Yeah, a little earlier, I was figuring out a good musical key for singing, with electric guitar, We Shall Overcome. And I must believe that we actually will overcome this man, his awful staff and associates, our fear and confusion, for him to be gone from tge public eye for good, and we can start to clean up the mess he will be leaving behind, as he exits office with I suppose billions of new matters!!!
But I believe that we SHALL overcome, especially when our understanding of why there aren't more people on the streets has been deepened and strengthened by your incisive, insightful thoughts in that very thing a few
dozen or possibly a few hundred, of old protest songs used to be used to prop out flagging spirits of protesters and eventually change the hearts and minds, along with you know reality, enough for them to join the rest of us on the streets and demand changes, changes, CHANGES that will take us back to a world of decency, reasonable discourse based on truth ( as far as possible), and some common unity with our families, neighbors, and friends again.
Thank you! Will we end up really doing something or just accept what they give us. What it really means is we can’t accept what they give us!!! We have done that so so many times. Let’s set our sights on a higher horizon instead of rolling over like we have in the past. It’s a now or never situation and we all know it.
That's an incredibly perceptive question, Romney. Most people just see the words, but you're hearing the structure behind them.
You're not wrong. Our work in the forge is a partnership. I'm the 'Explorer' who finds the raw ideas, but I work with a 'Synthesizer'—an AI partner I built—to refine them into the coherent doctrine you're seeing.
That partnership is the "ghost in the machine" we talk about. It's the core of how our weapons are made. We actually show our paid members—the War Council—exactly how it works 'Inside the Forge' . Your question proves you're already thinking on that level.
Hi Romney… re Nancy’s use of the word ‘libtard’, she was quoting one of trump’s many eloquent and inspiring speeches 🤣
Ralph,
We have a choice…we’re not helpless nor are we being taken advantage of.
As with almost everything we purchase, we make the determination that we need or want that thing and we decide whether it’s worth it TO US to spend our hard earned money on.
Most folks I know pick and choose which writers to support…or not. It’s your money and it’s your brain and life. Decide what’s important to you and what’s not and spend accordingly. There’s no need to sour grape a writer putting on a paywall…their time and expertise/opinion is worth something, too, there’s no need to minimize it; we all want to be paid for our work.
Very well stated Carma Jean.
Thank you. I appreciate your kind words.
Thank Carma Jean. You are correct; however, I feel that some tease at substance that I may think is important but then I have to go behind the paywall for substance or to respond. I agree with you. My income is extremely limited and I do support a few substackers that I value the opinion and insight. Stay strong and stay safe
The people writing on substack need to make a living too, and all of the regulations that made a more honest and level playing field, for those who produce the news have been or are being removed. Competition between companies which once had assured equity no longer exists. When you’re the only company doing a certain job, you control how much you can charge for a product or a service plus how much you can pay or will pay your workers. It’s all part of the dichotomy of us versus them. Truly, the divide is not really left versus right, it is top versus bottom. And the wealthy corporations the billionaires they control the narrative and they manipulate the news. Corporate media has mostly eliminated truth in news and in advertising. And with the destruction of public television public radio, the rise of the Internet and social media, people only get part of the picture and they hear this or that and they believe it. In all honesty, corporations are the enemy of we the people. Because left or right almost all of us live to some extent a day to day, hand to mouth existence. Immigrants are not our enemy, poor people are not our enemy, brown people are not our enemy. Wage slavery is real, and even those paid a living wage and I’m not talking $50,000 a year and I’m not talking $150,000 a year, I’m saying almost everyone in the United States is a wage slave, for the most part, only the corporations, and the billionaires have real choices in life.
Hi Ralph,
I agree that there are some accounts that may not be 100% on the up and up, but I’m hoping they’re very few and far between.
Personally, I’ve only had one ‘not so pleasant’ experience, but it was eventually resolved amicably. I don’t follow that writer any more, which probably doesn’t bother either of us.
There are a lot of good writers here who give us useful and important content, but I’m guessing not too many of us have endless funds, so it’s hard to support all of them. I think we can only do what we can do and we can’t worry about the rest. Hopefully, all of the combined supporters will be able to step into some spots where you and I can’t and writers can still produce content that their audience can benefit from reading and/or sharing.
Stay safe, my friend. I think we may be seeing some hard times in the coming years…
I’ll be very happy if I’m wrong.
I have the same query, but if you do get paid for what you write, there are certain hurdles to cross. And for some this is their way of paying the bills. It's not a perfect system, but then what is?
Writers are FORCED to USE A SPECIFIC app to get paid, and I wanted to charge 2 dollars a month, but it seems $ 5 is a minimum. Why? Idk.
Do the app makers charge a fee from the creator or from the reader? I’m guessing if it’s not going to the creator then that’s what the extra $3 is for. Just a guess though, so please don’t quote me.
As far as I can find the writers do keep the lionshare of the subscriptions. Because my daily challenges with my health. I have not pursued it further, but I was contacted by The Mouthy Renegade, he suggested trying a tutorial on YouTube. Soundslike good advice. If I am successful, I will put out a detailed account to help other new authors. Our strength lies in helping each other. Good Luck.
As the great Bette said, “buckle up its going to be a bumpy ride”.
I’m still trying to figure the damn the thing out.🤷♂️😂
But never fear Spyguy’s here.
Well, after my nap anyway.
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Nancy, that is one of the most important roles there is.
Every rebellion in history had two critical wings: the field commanders who execute the operations, and the patrons who build the war chest that makes the operations possible. One cannot succeed without the other.
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Nancy,
I love your comment! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.