Tuesday, May 19, 2026

 
Things You Should Know
The billionaire myth is one of the Monolith’s best magic tricks.
First, the public pays for the science, the roads, the labs, the contracts, the tax credits, the risk, and the failure.
Then some private prophet in a black turtleneck, cowboy hat, or launchpad costume walks onstage and says, “I built this.”
No, brother.
We built the runway.
You sold tickets to the plane.
Tesla got a $465 million Department of Energy loan. SpaceX grew through NASA contracts. Blue Origin got a $3.4 billion NASA lunar-lander contract. Amazon was built on the publicly created internet, then fed by state and local subsidies. Google grew out of publicly funded research. Moderna’s vaccine was accelerated by BARDA, NIH, NIAID, Operation Warp Speed, and public purchase commitments. The semiconductor industry was nursed for decades by defense spending, NASA, military procurement, and public research.
And Palantir?
Palantir is the mask slipping.
Its own 2024 Form 10-K says 55% of its revenue came from government customers.
That is not a scrappy little software company.
That is the surveillance state in a Patagonia vest.
Public fear creates the mission.
Public money funds the platform.
Public agencies feed it data.
Private power sells the operating system back to the government.
That is the Monolith.
It steals the public good, privatizes the reward, erases the receipt, and then tells the people who paid for it that there is no money for healthcare, schools, wages, housing, or dignity.
But there was money.
There is always money.
Money for rockets.
Money for lunar landers.
Money for electric cars.
Money for vaccines.
Money for chips.
Money for surveillance platforms.
Money for billionaires before they became gods.
So the next time some free-market preacher tells you government never creates anything, ask him who paid for the first miracle.
The people are not freeloaders.
The people are the investors.
And it is time we stopped clapping for men who got rich selling us back what we already bought.

Historically, fascist movements rise during periods of fear, instability, economic frustration, and social division. They promise to restore “greatness,” “order,” or a mythical past that was supposedly stolen by enemies within. Those enemies are often immigrants, minorities, journalists, intellectuals, LGBTQ people, political opponents, labor organizers, or anyone labeled “unpatriotic.”
One of the clearest warning signs of fascism is the creation of a cult of personality around a single leader. The leader becomes more important than the constitution, the law, or even objective truth itself. Loyalty to the individual replaces loyalty to democratic principles. Critics are portrayed not as fellow citizens with different opinions, but as enemies of the nation.
Fascism also relies heavily on propaganda and emotional manipulation. Facts become less important than narratives that trigger fear, anger, and tribal identity. The media is attacked as “the enemy.” Education is targeted. History is rewritten. Experts are mocked while conspiracy theories are elevated if they help maintain power.
Another defining trait is the obsession with “law and order” while selectively applying the law. Fascist systems often claim to support freedom while simultaneously expanding surveillance, militarizing police forces, suppressing protest movements, and eroding civil liberties. Rights are protected only for the “approved” group. Everyone else becomes expendable.
Economically, fascism is not true socialism or communism. Private corporations still exist, but powerful business interests become deeply intertwined with the state. Wealthy elites and political leaders protect each other while ordinary people are encouraged to blame vulnerable groups for their suffering instead of the systems exploiting them.
History shows that fascism rarely announces itself honestly. It does not arrive saying, “We are here to end democracy.” It arrives wrapped in flags, religion, patriotism, and promises of national rebirth. It convinces people that cruelty is strength, dissent is betrayal, and absolute loyalty is virtue.
That is why understanding history matters. Not to scream labels at each other, but to recognize patterns before societies cross lines they cannot easily return from. Democracies do not usually collapse overnight. They erode piece by piece while people convince themselves it “can’t happen here.”

 

 Anyone who seeks a better understanding of the seemingly unexplainable conflicts and events taking place in and around the world should learn more about the modern-day application by our “rulers” of what is known as the Hegelian Dialectic (problem, reaction, solution). The first step (thesis) is to create a problem. The second step (antithesis) is to generate a reaction, or opposition, to the problem (fear, panic and hysteria). The third step (synthesis) is to offer the solution to the problem created by step one: A change which would have been impossible to impose upon the people without the proper psychological conditioning that is now achieved in stages one and two.

When our “rulers” see a result they would like to have, whether it be increased domestic authoritarian rule (think of all the current hot-button issues being generated about race, gender, guns, free speech, political correctness, health and privacy) or a war abroad that solidifies their power, dominance and control – all they have to do is devise a problem that will lead to the outcome they want. This is commonly done through false flag events and attacks, where the government of a nation attacks itself so that it can respond in the way that it had wanted to all along, because it’s only through those attacks where citizens will ultimately give in and agree to their planned solution. We want to think that there is no way this could be allowed to happen by our own government, but can we really be so sure?
Think about it, on a much lesser plane, people utilize the Hegelian Dialectic without even realizing it. Someone doesn’t feel they’re getting the attention they need or deserve from others (problem). They create some sort of drama, tragedy or sickness in their life (reaction). Others start showing them the attention that they wanted to begin with (solution). How much more can this process of manipulation actually be magnified when it corresponds with more wealth, corruption and power than most of us can even imagine?
So, when we are presented with something rather outlandish taking place on the news, maybe we should first ask ourselves if it really even makes much sense. It might just yet be another example of the Hegelian Dialectic playing out right before our very eyes. It may better serve us to take a moment to try and determine what the real agenda could be from those who are in control (problem) before blindly jumping on board (reaction) and supporting their resolution (solution)
Angela Martin

 


 
I asked AI what a Data Center was, and why is it that people don't want them. Here is the answer that I received.
A data center is essentially a massive, specialized warehouse packed with thousands of computer servers, networking equipment, and storage drives.
​Whenever you stream a movie, save a file to the cloud, look up directions, or ask an AI tool a question, that request doesn't happen in thin air—it is processed inside one of these physical facilities. Because they house the digital backbone of the modern internet, data centers require robust cooling systems (huge fans, liquid cooling infrastructure, and air conditioning) to keep the computers from overheating, alongside massive backup power generators to ensure they never go offline.
​While they are crucial for our digital lives, data centers have recently faced an absolute wave of public backlash and intense community complaints.
Here is why people are so upset:
​1. Massive Energy Demands & Higher Utility Bills
​The explosion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has supercharged how much power these facilities need. A modern "hyperscale" AI data center can consume as much electricity as 100,000 to over a million homes.
​The Strain: Data centers now consume roughly 6% of the entire electricity supply in countries like the US and the UK.
​The Impact: Because data centers suck up so much electricity from the local grid, utility companies are forced to upgrade their infrastructure or buy more expensive power. Local residents are seeing their monthly home electric bills rise to cover these costs.
​2. Threatening Environmental and Climate Goals
​To keep up with the staggering power demand, some energy grids are delaying the retirement of older coal and natural gas plants. Furthermore, some data center operators are installing massive, natural gas-burning turbines directly on-site to run day-to-day operations, alongside diesel backup generators.
I Communities are pushing back against the resulting air pollution (like nitrogen oxides) and the fact that the tech boom is actively undermining local and national climate goals.
​3. Draining Local Water Supplies
​Servers generate an incredible amount of heat. To cool them down, many data centers use evaporative cooling systems that consume millions of gallons of water every single day. In drought-prone states like Utah—where a controversial data center project twice the size of Manhattan was recently approved—residents are terrified that these facilities will completely drain local watersheds and collapse fragile ecosystems like the Great Salt Lake.
​4. Non-Stop Industrial Noise
​Living near a data center isn't peaceful. The industrial-scale cooling fans and HVAC systems run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Neighbors frequently complain of a low, constant, penetrative buzzing or humming sound that can be heard even with their windows completely closed, leading to sleep deprivation and a lower quality of life.
​5. Few Permanent Jobs & Secretive Deals
​Data center developers often secure lucrative tax breaks from local governments by promising economic development. However, while they require thousands of workers during the construction phase, a finished data center is highly automated and typically only employs a few dozen permanent staff (mostly security and basic maintenance).
​Compounding the frustration, many local politicians sign strict non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with tech giants, leaving residents completely in the dark until the massive projects are already approved.