Almost 24 hours after the Artemis II launch, half of the population is in elation over this amazing achievement.

The other half calls this launch BS. I fall into this group.

The biggest reason for falling into this group really depends on the phrase, “Seeing one big lie is enough.” The idea is that once you find out the lengths that a conspiracy may go to cover its traps, you begin to see conspiracies everywhere, and most importantly, you begin to see the cover-ups everywhere.

And with it being 2026, everyone is a conspiracy theorist to a degree. Some say, I believe in this conspiracy, but not that one, so forth and so on. Examples include: I believe the food is making us sick, but regarding vaccines making people sick, “I trust the science.”

This is a perfect example of cognitive dissonance: trusting authority while knowing they can lie. The group that believes Artemis is going to the moon falls into this bucket.

For those like me who call BS, once you learn about space travel, the propaganda, and so, so much more, you just call BS. The biggest one that comes to mind is: how is the rocket going to propel in space? Space is a vacuum. Because we watch space movies, we think you just thrustle, but you can’t, so what’s going to happen for the next nine days?

So, the CDC and FDA are the bad guys for poisoning food, but NASA is good?

Reading this out loud, you begin to see the dissonance, holding multiple opposing ideas at once. This is the trap they want you in.

This launch has many purposes:

1. It serves as a strategy of tension topic — gives the people something to discuss

2. It unties a divided population — both democrats and republicans are celebrating this

3. It’s given people something to hope for — people remember the 60s and how “empowered” they feel.

4. It removes the highlight from Trump — apparently, Trump spoke yesterday as well, which isn’t discussed as much, but he has a story to tell about launching into space.

5. It serves as a distraction from the Epstein files or the fact that we’re losing this Iran war,

6. and probably more

This launch — on paper, on April Fools — has done more good than harm. And it all begins because we saw a “successful launch” with our eyes. It takes a lot of faith to believe in authorities, and instances like this show how easily propaganda can be effective. One could argue that, with rising prices and costs, we just threw $100B into space. How smart an investment is that? But it can be justified with enough propaganda and indoctrination.

Patience and trust are what we need, and eventually, others will see things as well. For those who are open to it, here are some articles to open your eyes to the possibilities that are out there.

Its up to you do decide what is true or not. That is your responsibility.

Articles on Propaganda

1. “Lies Not Discussed Within The Truth Community” (Dec 27, 2023) Using a first-principles framework drawn from his book An Unorthodox Truth, Franklin examines three major conspiracies he argues the truth community avoids: the existence of viruses, the heliocentric solar system model, and the validity of nuclear weapons. He applies a three-part analytical lens — missing evidence, blending of truth with falsehood, and benefiting parties — to each, using evolution and dinosaurs as case study warmups. Conclusion: these are the highest-level conspiracies because they challenge the bedrock of scientism-constructed reality. The truth community’s avoidance of them is called out as a political cop-out.

2. “Theoretical Science: Did Dinosaurs Exist?” (Nov 1, 2022) An excerpt from An Unorthodox Truth. Franklin argues dinosaurs are a fabricated narrative built on fraudulent foundations: the original bone (Megalosaurus) disappeared, the field was dominated by known plagiarists (Sir Richard Owen) and feuding opportunists (Cope and Marsh), and the square-cube law of physics makes dinosaurs’ alleged size physically impossible. Darwin himself called Cope and Marsh’s work “the best support of evolution” — which Franklin notes is ironic given it was riddled with errors and theft.

3. “The Greatest Con Ever: The Theft of Oil” (Feb 25, 2025) — Paid Drawing on testimony from Col. L. Fletcher Prouty, Franklin argues oil is not a scarce fossil fuel but one of the most abundant substances on Earth. The scarcity narrative was engineered: the 1892 Geneva Congress reclassified oil as “organic,” tying it to fossils and finite origins. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopolized production and manufactured scarcity for profit. Kissinger used the 1973 oil crisis to consolidate Western financial control via the petrodollar. Russian and Ukrainian scientists, working from the Abiotic Oil Theory, successfully drilled where Western geologists said nothing existed — confirming oil is continuously generated deep within the Earth.

4. “The Great SpaceX Deception” (Apr 26, 2023) — Paid Franklin argues space itself may be a government-constructed narrative, with SpaceX and Elon Musk serving as the modern propagandists for that illusion. H.G. Wells is identified as the originator of space travel mythology in Western consciousness. The moon landing is framed as Cold War propaganda to justify billions in taxpayer spending. Musk’s cultural icon status is deconstructed as a carefully managed media operation funded in part by government bailouts. The piece closes by framing propaganda literacy as the necessary antidote.

5. “The Spirituality of Flat Earth” (Jul 4, 2023) An introductory framing piece for a four-part series on the level plane cosmology. Franklin traces his own path to the topic — from Zeitgeist documentaries to a 2016 encounter with a health store cashier discussing the Biblical firmament. He argues the earth being round is the single most foundational lie, upon which all other lies are constructed, and that questioning it opens the door to questioning everything. The series is positioned as a spiritually grounded, intellectually serious treatment — not the controlled-op flat earth narrative — and makes the case that the geocentric/level plane model was humanity’s original, spiritually rooted understanding of reality.

6. “The Flat Earth Theory: A Critical Examination” (Apr 26, 2023) — Paid Originally written for Medium in 2021, this is Franklin’s first substantive engagement with flat earth arguments. He walks through the case for a level plane — water always finds level, density as an alternative to gravity, convergence and perspective as explanations for the apparent sunrise/sunset — while also acknowledging the round earth’s mathematical defenses. He stops short of declaring the earth flat, instead framing the exercise as what happens when you start questioning one foundational assumption: it opens every other assumption to scrutiny. Ends with Maslow’s hierarchy as a metaphor — once you see through the lies of your constructed reality, you begin reaching toward your actual potential.

7. “Why The Flat Appears Round” (Jul 4, 2023) — Paid Part Three of the flat earth series. Franklin applies geometric principles — convergence and horizon — to explain why a level plane would visually appear curved to the human eye. The sun doesn’t rise and set; it moves in a circular path, appearing to shrink via convergence as it travels away. “The horizon” is not a fixed curvature point but a mathematical plane dependent on the observer’s line of sight. The square-cube law omission from public education is used as the parallel example: one suppressed physics law is all it takes to make an impossible theory seem plausible. The cloak of science works through omission, not just deception.

Takeaways

• Cognitive dissonance isn’t a personal failure — it’s an engineered condition, and mass spectacles are designed to exploit it

• Selective skepticism (trusting some institutions while dismissing others) is the product of incomplete pattern recognition, not independent thinking

• The Artemis II launch serves social, political, and psychological functions that have nothing to do with space exploration

• Propaganda doesn’t need to be sophisticated to work — it just needs to be seen, preferably live

• A $100 billion investment on April Fools’ Day, verifiable only through the party performing the act, warrants more questions than it’s getting

Next Action Items

• Notice where you extend institutional trust without examination — and ask why

• Follow the story over the next nine days: what will NASA actually show us, and what will require faith to accept?

• Research the history of NASA’s visual record and form your own conclusions before the next cycle of consensus-building begins

• Share this piece with someone in the “celebrating” camp — not to argue, but to open the door

As always, thank you for your time and attention. Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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As I was minding my business, enjoying my workout in the gym, I happened to catch a news clip about us going to the moon.

I initially thought it was one of those launches that happen, but what I’ve learned is that this “Artemis launch refers to NASA’s current series of missions designed to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era and eventually establish a permanent human presence there.”

“…establish a permanent human presence there.” Whoa. That’s a bold statement — and one I vehemently call BS on.

But, what I found ultimately quite interesting, is that this launch is scheduled for April 1st, also known as April Fools’ Day.

Ladies and gentlemen, in this article, I’ll walk through some of the articles from , who’s written a lot about this topic — and even topics like the stars, as I’ve written here. And then I’ll walk through my article on the moon landing, the OG False Flag, and see what we can see from this recent launch. Overall, don’t be surprised if we don’t see a launch, if we do see a successful launch, or if there’s potential damage.

Without further ado, let’s dive right in.

In This Article, You’ll Learn:

• Why the Artemis II launch date — April 1st — may be the most honest thing NASA has ever communicated about the mission

• The core arguments against the original Moon landing, and why modern space programs repeat the same logical contradictions

• How compartmentalization, Hollywood conditioning, and simulation technology made the original deception possible — and why the same tools are now more sophisticated than ever

• What the Van Allen radiation belt admission actually reveals about NASA’s prior claims

• How to apply Occam’s Razor to decide what you’ll accept as real when the agency asking for your trust has a documented history of deception

Gregory Lessing Garrett’s Newsletter

First, let’s start with Greg’s article “Why Spend 4.1 Billion Dollars Merely Flying by The Moon in 2026 When You Could Simply Land on it if we Landed on it With Far Less Sophisticated Technology 56 Years Ago?” In this article, Greg questions why the mission is only a flyby of the Moon rather than a landing. The argument is framed around the idea that if humans allegedly landed on the Moon in 1969 with far less advanced technology, then modern missions should be able to land easily today.

He also emphasizes that NASA has a large budget (around $24.4 billion) and therefore should not be constrained from attempting a landing. Also, modern computing, materials, and engineering are vastly superior to those of the 1960s, so the need for additional test missions supposedly makes little sense.

The article presents NASA’s official explanation — that Artemis II is a systems validation mission, and that the lunar lander for Artemis III is still under development — but there are so many inconsistencies in this official narrative that NASA presents. One really has to trust NASA that they’ve never lied to believe this story.

In the second article, “The Real Question is Will NASA Use Project Bluebeam Holographic Technology and Drones to Simulate Artemis 2 Movement Towards the Moon to Trick Amateur Earth-Based Telescopes?” Greg mentions that NASA could fake a spacecraft’s movement using modern drone and projection technology. He discusses how drone swarms, lasers, and projection systems can create large aerial light displays that resemble spacecraft or UFO-like objects. These examples — such as drone shows at festivals or large synchronized drone displays — are presented to show how similar technology could be used to simulate spacecraft activity in the sky.

If drones can create convincing aerial displays, then something like a Moon mission could be visually simulated rather than actually occurring. If this is possible, then could this then lead to “Project Bluebeam?” Fascinating perspectives for the reader to dwell on.

But now, let’s dive into my article, in which we’ll discuss the OG false flag, the original moon landing.

The Biggest False Flag

Through the series of 3 articles — the Moon, 9/11, and the pandemic — the framework I look to relay to the reader is to interpret major historical events as orchestrated narratives, starting with the Moon landing as the first example. My central thesis is that history is not simply recorded, but constructed through propaganda, repetition, and narrative control.

The Moon landing is the opening case study, and the argument is that it represents one of the earliest large-scale propaganda events used to shape public belief. My piece presents several points to support that interpretation, which is echoed in Greg’s pieces. I have three points that I’ll focus on to make my argument:

The first argument centers on simulation capability. I reference the satellite (TETR) used for telemetry simulation during the Apollo era, and suggest that simulated flight data could have been transmitted during the mission to make it appear as though the spacecraft was landing on the Moon. The implication is that the mission’s telemetry could have been staged rather than real.

The second argument I make focuses on compartmentalization. The idea is that only a small group of people would need to know the full truth of a staged event. Everyone else involved — engineers, technicians, or support staff — could be working on legitimate tasks without realizing the larger organization. This concept is compared to the secrecy structures used in wartime projects like the Manhattan Project. No surprise that the nuclear weapon itself is also another myth.

The third argument is about Hollywood and cultural conditioning. I argue that the Moon landing suggests that highly realistic depictions of space travel may have psychologically prepared the public to accept the idea that such a mission had occurred. This is framed as an example of “predictive programming” or cultural narrative shaping. I also argue that it does something deeper and darker as it separates humanity from their creator above, a sinister goal.

Ultimately, my takeaway is that with history, major global events can be shaped by propaganda and narrative control, and the Moon landing is presented as the first example in a series of events that function as large-scale psychological operations. We just lived through the pandemic and saw this play out, and I’ve shown how it played out in earlier pandemics, such as polio.

In addition, I’ve also done this with staged assassinations such as the Trump assassination attempt and the Kirk assassination.

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What Happens on April 1st at 6:24pm?

The question now is: will this launch or not?

From a mainstream perspective, we read that analysts say the Artemis II launch is one of the riskiest NASA missions in decades. This is because almost every major component of the mission is either new or only lightly tested. Apparently, when Apollo flew around the Moon in the 1960s, the Saturn V rocket and spacecraft underwent multiple developmental flights before people were placed on them. Artemis has a much thinner test history.

Then, the core issue begins with the rocket itself, the Space Launch System. This rocket has flown only once before, during Artemis I, which was an uncrewed test mission. That flight proved the rocket “works” in principle, but — get this — it does not provide the same level of confidence engineers normally want before placing humans aboard a new launch vehicle. Why risk it then? The show must go on…

What’s really interesting is that with this launch, there’s concern about the Van Allen’s radiation belt. From the mainstream perspective:

“There’s the Radiation exposure, which is another concern that did not exist for decades of modern human spaceflight (What?!). Artemis II will travel hundreds of thousands of miles away from Earth, passing through the Van Allen radiation belts and spending days in deep space where solar storms could pose a risk. NASA monitors solar activity carefully, but it remains one of the environmental uncertainties of deep-space missions.”

Really? So, then how did we conquer this danger in the past? From Chat, we read:

The Apollo spacecraft did not sit inside the belts for long. The belts are thickest near the equator and thin toward the edges, so the missions used steep trajectories that passed through the outer portions quickly. Apollo spacecraft typically crossed the belts in about 1 to 2 hours, which limited the radiation dose.

First, modern space agencies operate under much stricter astronaut safety standards than during the Cold War. In the Apollo era, NASA was operating in a geopolitical race and accepted risks that would likely be unacceptable today.

Second, today’s missions often plan for longer stays in deep space, not just quick passes through the belts. Programs like Artemis are designed for extended lunar operations, which means radiation protection becomes a more central engineering problem.

Essentially, we risked danger before and passed through it then, but now, because of danger — even though we have much more money and better equipment — we have to be mindful of it.

Do you see how you have to convince yourself to believe these things? Note: I commented earlier that the 60s were a wild time. They got away with a lot — killing a President on Live TV, MKUltra, hippie movement, etc. — and they even coined a term, “conspiracy theorist” for those who didn’t follow and questioned what the mainstream said.

They got away with it before; might as well try again for a new generation.

So, not only do we have robotics for spectacles, but we also have deepfakes — and now we have AI creating false images, as I wrote here. How are we going to know what is real and what is not? We don’t.

You just have to trust that this agency is telling the truth. 🙄

So, what will happen in the next two hours? Who knows. Here are some scenarios:

1. It could be pushed back, wasting $100B in tax dollars, while the country is experiencing higher living costs.

2. It could be successful with drone footage, deepfakes, or AI imagery. Or,

3. It could be disastrous, proving the NASA warnings accurate — as we saw with the Challenger that exploded.

Who knows, but we’ll see after the launch.

To close, this is a perfect example of “unorthodox vs mainstream narrative.” In this scenario, Greg and I have laid out logical reasons we doubt this mainstream narrative. Based on the principle of parsimony — often called Occam’s Razor, which states: when two explanations fit the same evidence equally well, the one that requires fewer additional assumptions is usually preferred.

I’d venture to say that Greg and I would argue that we live on an earthly plane at the center of the Universe and that space travel is not possible, though it’s heavily promoted by industries such as NASA and Hollywood.

The opposing view is that we’ve been to the moon and that we’re going back. Also, viruses exist, and evolution is real.

Greg and I are merely individuals, albeit thinking ones; NASA is an entire industry with “valid” points it’d like to use.

It’s up to the reader to decide what they want to accept as factual and logical.

Update at 7:24 p.m. at 4/1/2026

Option 2 appears to be the victor as we have a successful launch. Immediately, I’ve been reached out to to see if this is “fake.” One scenario that I forgot to mention is the “real launch, fake mission” scenario.

What has occurred is that the rocket has launched and is now on a 10-day journey to the moon. It will travel 240,000 miles in the vacuum of space to reach the moon — again, if you can believe that.

The “real launch, fake mission” points out that rocket launches are observable events. Thousands of people can watch a rocket leave the pad, and the physics of liftoff can be felt. But, once the spacecraft leaves visual range, the public relies almost entirely on telemetry data, mission updates, and video feeds provided by the agency running the mission. This was mentioned in my False Flag analysis.

From this perspective, the masses have no choice but to trust the information given to them — just as they trust the CGI graphics of the COVID-19 “virus.”

“If anything is CGI, it’s probably not real.”

Once it leaves visible range, who knows where it may land. For the next 10 days, the public will be on watch with every word NASA says. $100 Billion of taxpayer dollars here.

Are we sure it’s worth it?

Takeaways

• The Artemis II April 1st launch date is either cosmic irony or a message hiding in plain sight — either way, it’s appropriate.

• The core contradiction of Artemis has never been answered: why is more sophisticated technology producing less ambitious missions than a program that allegedly ran on 1960s hardware?

• NASA’s own public acknowledgment of the Van Allen radiation belt as a serious current challenge undermines, by implication, the official account of Apollo.

• Compartmentalization and simulation technology — both well-documented — are sufficient to explain how a staged mission could have been pulled off with only a small circle of full knowledge.

• The tools for deception are now more powerful than at any point in human history: deepfakes, AI-generated imagery, drone swarms. Trust has to be earned; it should not be assumed.

Next Action Items

• Read Gregory Lessing Garrett’s two referenced articles in full and follow his sourcing on drone and projection technology.

• Revisit the original Unorthodoxy piece on the Moon landing, alongside the 9/11 and pandemic installments, to understand the full constructed-narrative framework.

• Research the TETR satellite and its telemetry simulation function independently.

• Watch the April 1st launch — or non-launch — with the framework above in hand. Note what you are shown, what you are not shown, and who is doing the showing.

• Apply Occam’s Razor to your own current beliefs: which requires more additional assumptions to sustain?

As always, thank you for your time and attention. Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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Whenever the U.S. enters into conflict, it’s mostly known that they’ll come in, undefeated, enforce their will, and achieve victory.

Nigeria and Venezuela are very recent examples of attacking another country with no retaliation whatsoever.

So, ideally, you’d expect the same with this conflict with Iran.

Except, it appears that is not the case.

In this piece, I’m going to discuss, at a high level, what I’m seeing from this conflict. I’ll share the information for you to review and see the entire picture that I am painting. We’re going to discuss propaganda at play, but ultimately, we’ll see how the US being stopped is actually a good thing, especially for humanity.

So, without further ado, let’s dive right in.

In this article, you’ll learn:

• Why the U.S. conflict with Iran is not going according to plan — and what that actually means

• How propaganda is being used by all sides to control the narrative of this conflict

• Why this war, like all wars before it, is not about national security — it’s about banking and political agendas

• How the Iranian resistance, along with allied nations refusing to participate, signals a genuine turning point

• Why the U.S. being stopped, for once, might actually be good news for humanity

Is the US winning this conflict?

Let’s start from the beginning.

I first read the following article a few days ago, on March 12th. This piece by opened my eyes to how things are quite different from the initial perception I had of the US and wars. The general perception is that the US comes in, destroys, and leaves, but thanks to this article, I saw a different story.

The title is: Iran Cows US Navy into Submission in Hormuz Standoff. From it, the following excerpts really painted a different image of reality for me.

We read:

“The biggest story of the day is that Iran has muscled its way into both cowing and overpowering the US Navy into submission in the Strait of Hormuz.

But first, let’s back up a little bit and acknowledge that the IRGC appears to have went fully “to the mattresses” in this war. They are no longer playing games, and no longer willing to compromise. They have gained momentum and achieved military, political, and propaganda initiative and are now pushing their advantage.”

Takeaways from this are that 1) Iran has overpowered the US — whoa — and 2) they’re no longer willing to compromise and have gained momentum and using that to their advantage.

Again, whoa.

This starts with an eye-opening realization: if you’re not paying attention, things are going differently than expected. Unsure whether this side is being reported, but the takeaway is that things are not going to plan. In fact, the plan isn’t working, and we’re being pushed back.

It’s an amazing piece, and it’s super descriptive of the conflict. Reads very detailed about what’s occurring on the ground. But what it does very well is show how all sides of the war are using deception, propaganda, and storytelling to their advantage. From the article, we read:

“The biggest development revolves around Iran reportedly beginning to deploy naval mines in the strait, although there is some contention regarding this. The US appears to be trying to minimize the panic by claiming Iran has only deployed “10 mines” and that the US has been destroying Iranian minelayers. All the while, the IRGC has released videos showing they can lay mines via rockets fired from inland.

The US has even begun making up lies about escorting tankers through the strait, only for them to be humiliatingly retracted...

Granted there’s a lot of deception going on on both sides, for obvious reasons. Israel has been caught reusing strike footage from the 2025 war...

There is a kind of fog of war over the straits at the moment, which is designed to benefit both sides for different reasons. For Trump, it’s obvious, he wants to maintain the illusion that the US is in control. Iran, on the other hand, wants to pretend it has not fully committed to its highest escalatory levers just yet, despite it already ‘testing the waters’ of using them.

WSJ reports that Iran itself is exporting “more oil than ever before” through its own straits. This is obviously perplexing: how is the US allowing Iran to do that?

This more than anything shows the limits of US military capability as the US is not capable of defeating its enemy swiftly enough to preclude the types of economic shocks now at danger of spilling out. They may have done it in Venezuela, but the Iran conflict more than anything else validates the Venezuelan operation was a fake with behind-the-scenes betrayal at play, rather than a determined force putting up a real fight.

In fact, while the US Navy continues to pretend it has the situation under control, it has openly declared that reopening the strait is beyond its mythical powers.

Let that sink in: the supposedly most powerful navy in history is admitting they cannot retain freedom of navigation through one of the most important maritime choke points in the world.” (Emphasis throughout were mine.)

Whoa.

Let that sink — pun intended, maybe — in.

We’ll close with this:

“The whole region is now aflame, with US troops pulling out of bases, Arab oil economies being shut down, and no one seemingly able to figure out how to stop the Iranian juggernaut. All internal rumors point to neither the Israeli or US side having anticipated the Iranian “regime” surviving so intact.”

This paints a different image of how we typically see the US in conflicts.

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Iran Cows US Navy into Submission in Hormuz Standoff

The biggest story of the day is that Iran has muscled its way into both cowing and overpowering the US Navy into submission in the Strait of Hormuz…

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Saving Face

This piece of the article is where we dive into how big propaganda is. From Simplicius, we read:

“Trump continues to schizophrenically signal contradictory positions—both that he may soon pull out of the war due to already having “won”, and that the US is committed to a long term campaign. This translates most readily as Trump wanting to pull out as overwhelming domestic pressure mounts on him, but pressure from Israel continues edging him forward. So far, he’s letting Israeli pressure win.”

In my piece on this topic, “Stop Calling It The Iran War. Start Calling It Unconstitutional Executive Overreach,” I detail how, technically and by the Constitution, this is not a nationally, constitutionally mandated, authorized conflict, known as a “war.”

This is not a war, but rather the prime example of executive overreach due to propagandized policies through the Ruling Class to bypass the Constitution and use the Executive Branch, “the Branch most prone to war” per Founding Father James Madison. This conflict is exactly what the Constitution was meant to prevent, yet here we are, due to the shadowy government. Our country dragged into conflict, we did not properly consent to it, yet now have to suffer the impacts.

The country never wanted this; it’s not benefiting us, but here we are. And some Americans support it, and — on a high level — naturally and rightfully so. Due to nationalism and all kinds of propaganda, it’s understandable why we’d always want America to win. But we never supported this conflict or consented to it.

From rising prices to loss of life. Again, this was not something that we should be in, but like many other things, here we are.

What’s important about that piece from Simplicius is the piece on Israel.

In my piece titled “How Wars Happen,” I talk about the propaganda that goes into having support for national conflicts. In my article on “Generation X,” I discuss their parents and what we can recall from history is that America has always been a pacifist nation. From the documentary mentioned in that article, The Century of Self, it wasn’t until Edward Bernays, Media Propaganda Founder and Specialist, used his skill set to turn the country into a conflict-raging machine. In World War II, we had the incident of Pearl Harbor. In the 60s, we had the Gulf of Tonkin incident. In 2001, we had September 11th, and now, we’re invading Iran because of nuclear weapons.

I’ve already addressed the propaganda behind nuclear weapons here. Nukes and Space Travel; two propagandized narratives that have real-world consequences, as I mentioned here in a note with Dr. speaking on SpaceX.

The idea is that in order to have the American people support such actions, propaganda is needed, and it is here on full display. Propaganda is also being used to uphold the illusion that the US is in control. Propaganda is used to justify the high prices and turmoil in society, but propaganda is also hiding the truth about this conflict: we’re doing this to support Zionism.

Propaganda is real. The Democrats do it, as I write about here. But the Republicans do it as well, as I write about here. Focusing on the republicans, to quote :

“If you happen to be among the growing array of confused MAGA-forever conservatives who are a bit uncomfortable with the fact that you are now supporting a war with Iran alongside radical zionists lusting after Greater Israel and a millennialist reset of humanity, then this article is for you.”

His piece is located here.

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Political Power and Banker Wars

I’ve talked about Zionism in plenty of articles, but Zionism is a political idea that, recently, the US has associated itself with. It’s important to understand this political movement because what we’re seeing is that political movement and actions to support it at play — and not the actions of a democracy.

This is the illusion. We think we’re a democracy, but the actions of appointed representatives say otherwise. Read more on Zionism in my piece called Criticize Israel Responsibility for all of my work on this topic.

In one of my most well-performing pieces, The Holocaust Examined, I detail the immense propaganda that went into that event. But what’s key to note from that worldwide conflict is that that war was due to financial investments.

From that analysis, we learn one simple principle that can be applied to all national conflicts: All Wars Are Banker Wars.

Humans and countries don’t naturally — or easily — go to war. It’s a loss of human lives, resources, etc. But Bankers love wars. What we’re seeing with Zionism and this war is the immense propaganda used to justify this conflict. This is ultimately Israel, using its political control, to strong-arm the US into unnecessary destruction. All wars are banker wars, and this one is no exception.

So, isn’t it a good thing that the bankers aren’t winning?

First, we’ve discussed how Iran is impressively standing up to this onslaught. But now, what we’re seeing is other countries’ refusal to enter this skirmish. From Simplicius’s other article called, “Frustrated by Failure, an Unhinged Trump Begins to Tilt as Hormuz Standoff Heats Up,” we read:

“After embarrassingly begging allies and claiming a coalition is being put together to unblock the Strait, Trump was met with France’s refusal to participate. The official rapid response account of the French Foreign Ministry has now stated multiple times on X that the French carrier group will not be going anywhere or participating in Trump’s clumsy unclogging quest.

Britain has likewise already rejected participating in what is sure to be a catastrophic folly—as has Australia—so it’s difficult to guess who exactly Trump has in mind for his ‘Coalition of the Wishful’.”

So far, this is good. This unnecessary conflict, at the moment, isn’t attracting new people, further showing why we need to stop. But let’s keep reading Simplicius to get more insight into what’s occurring:

“Trump is faced with a perilous zugzwang of his own making: back off now and the ‘war’ will be seen as a major Iranian moral victory, as Iran was able to deter the US from completing any of its chief objectives despite a widespread and aimless bombing campaign. But should Trump double down, he faces an even worse catastrophe as the US may get totally exposed militarily, or risk losing ships or even carrier groups for the sake of Trump’s ego. At least were he to back off now, he could semi-plausibly claim victory, despite the prevailing view being that Iran will have been victorious; but it at least could be enough to pacify the numbed and neutered domestics.

But that doesn’t seem good enough for him. Trump is faced with the mother of all sunk-cost fallacies for another important reason: If he were to pull out now, Iran would gain an historic symbol of deterrence against the US. It would expose the US as a paper tiger, which will have generational repercussions: a grand showcase on the world stage of the diminishment of the US’s most hallowed tool of imperial power—its mighty naval forces.

It would usher in an historic turning point moment in the Mideast, destroying the aura of invincibility of the US warmachine built through years of thuggish bullying in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, and everywhere in between. Further, it would give Iran the confidence of knowing it could take the US and Israel’s most ferocious attacks, and continue to stand strong. From that point forward, Iran’s defensive posture would likely change for good: imagine knowing you could take your bully’s best shots, and that they were nowhere near as strong as you had feared. It would revolutionize the way you do things.”

It would revolutionize the way you do things.

We need to do things differently.

Interesting piece from on how wars serve as distractions. From him, we read:

“Like many observers, I noticed the undeniable fact that, right as the extended release of the Epstein Files was producing a drumroll of high profile resignations, Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran, thereby completely changing the subject. The situation instantly reminded me of Madison’s famous observation about the corrupt use of warfare.

Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt [in the homeland] was apprehended.”

Could this conflict have multiple angles? Support Israel? Distract from Epstein files? All the while, this is nothing that the American people voted for. What’s going to happen with midterms with a losing conflict, no actions taken for these files, and rising prices due to tariffs and conflict? Does the country swing back blue?

Interesting to watch and observe.

Closing Thoughts

All wars are banker wars, and this one is no exception. With this one, we can’t even say it’s a constitutionally approved war; it’s an executive one. For all we know, Congress could revoke this within the timeframe from the War of Powers Act, and these resources, these lost lives, were for what? Nukes? Zionism? What do we, the country, get?

All wars are banker wars, and this one is no exception. For the first time, it appears we’re seeing some pushback. It does appear that the little guy, the underdog, the “American Hero,” the David in Goliath, is winning. Standing up to the imperial warlord. These are the things that we want, the movies that we see. These are the good guys.

All wars are banker wars, and this one is no exception. In my article on Stop Saying It’s the Jews, Start Saying It’s The EAZF, I talk about how a powerful politicized group can move nations for their agenda. In my article on The Ruling Class of America, I show how America is no longer a democracy, with 80% of bills passed benefiting corporations. When the two come together, one can see how a small political group can influence the country, right under our noses.

All wars are banker wars, and this one is no exception. Fortunately, it appears that things are not going the bankers’ way. The resistance is occurring, and we can take this across all industries. From the pushback in the seas to the vaccines here in the states, humanity appears to be reversing its trajectory and changing course.

All wars are banker wars, and this one is no exception. The good news is that, so far, this, along with other items, appears to have the potential to revolutionize how we do things. Things can be changed, and they can be changed for the better.

All wars are banker wars, and this one is no exception. In the United States, publicly criticizing wars — whether on constitutional grounds, moral grounds, or both — is generally protected and consistent with the country’s legal and political tradition.

All wars are banker wars, and this one is no exception. Criticize it wisely.

Takeaways

• The U.S. is not winning the conflict with Iran — and the propaganda effort to conceal that is enormous

• Iran has achieved real military and strategic momentum, and key U.S. allies (France, Britain, Australia) have refused to join the coalition

• This conflict was never constitutionally authorized, and could be revoked by Congress under the War Powers Act

• The real drivers of this conflict are Zionist political influence and banker financial interests — not national security

• The U.S. being stalled is a net positive for humanity — it cracks the myth of American military invincibility and may mark a genuine turning point

Next Action Items

1. Read the source material — Simplicus’s articles on the Hormuz standoff are detailed, ground-level analysis worth reading in full. Don’t rely solely on mainstream coverage.

2. Cross-reference Franklin’s interconnected pieces — Stop Calling It The Iran War, How Wars Happen, The Holocaust Examined, The Ruling Class of America — these build the full picture.

3. Think critically about “national support” — Ask yourself: who benefits when Americans reflexively back every military action? Whose agenda does that serve?

As always, thanks for the time and attention. Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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As America turns 250 years old this year, it’s worth pausing to reflect on what this country has become.

Of course, things change, and the world of 1776 is not the world of today, but the question worth sitting with is whether the changes we’ve witnessed show an honest evolution of things or a slow departure from the very principles the founders embedded in the Constitution.

There’s a metaphysical understanding that states that there is “nothing new under the sun.” From that perspective, the principles the founders enshrined were not meant to be temporary. They were meant to stand the test of time. However, to be fair, there’s the case that time demands adaptation and that amendments are how the country grows, hence slavery itself as the prime example of a principle that required correction.

But the topic we’re focusing on today is war.

War was such an instrumental aspect of US history that the forefathers wrote about it and made it a constitutional staple. The country was birthed from war. Under the original constitutional design, war powers were deliberately divided. Congress was given the authority to declare war, while the president was made commander-in-chief of the military. The decision to enter war — a massive national commitment that could cost thousands of lives — required deliberation by the legislative branch. The president, once war was authorized, would handle execution and command. This was the Constitutional intent.

But that was then.

Two hundred fifty years in, the question has to be asked: Are we handling war the way the founders intended? Or have we drifted so far in the opposite direction that what exists today is precisely what they warned against? If the answer is yes — if we are being unconstitutional in how our government now conducts wars — then that raises deeper questions every American must reckon with. Does supporting the ruling power mean supporting something our founders explicitly went against?

In addition to those questions, there are other philosophical questions one must sit with, such as: what are the moral consequences of wars conducted outside the bounds of the founding framework? And, ultimately, what does it mean to call yourself American if the ideals, morals, and values the founders intended no longer govern how this country operates?

These are the questions that this article is built around. We’ll cover four things in this piece: what war is and how the Constitution defines it; how Vietnam and the 1970s changed the war powers landscape and the country as a whole; how things shifted from their original intention through World War II and the rise of AUMFs; and finally, how what the founders feared has now come into full fruition.

To get the most out of this piece, I’d encourage you to read prior works from this publication, particularly “Who Are the Bad Guys,” and the Ruling Class series. Together, they provide the framework for understanding how war operates not only on the battlefield but in civic life — how the tools of power, propaganda, and control have been used to shape what Americans believe they’re fighting for, and who they’re actually serving.

So without further ado — let’s dive right in.

In this article, you’ll learn:

• How the Constitution originally divided war powers — and why the founders built it that way deliberately

• How Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin incident became the blueprint for circumventing congressional authority

• How AUMFs replaced formal declarations of war and quietly shifted power to the executive branch

• How the 2026 U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran represent the culmination of everything the founders warned against

• What this moment means for you as an American — and what you’re being asked to choose

What Is War, and How Does the Constitution Define It?

War, in the traditional legal and political sense, is organized armed conflict between political entities, typically sovereign states. It involves the sustained use of military force to compel an opponent’s will.

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In This Article, You’ll Learn:

• Why the United States bombing Iran without a formal declaration of war is a deliberate narrative strategy — not an oversight

• How the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader fits into the larger pattern of how empire exerts its will without accountability

• Why the US and Israel are not separate actors in this conflict — and what that combination has always meant historically

• How the nuclear weapons narrative is used as a carrot to justify military action — and where to find the archived work that breaks this down completely

• Why a majority Christian nation is being pulled into supporting a war that violates the very principles of the faith — and what the rule of God actually demands of us in this moment

• A full archive of Unorthodoxy’s work on war, Israel, narrative control, and the power structures driving this conflict — so you have the full picture before the mainstream gives you theirs

Since February 28th, the United States has begun airstrikes against Iran.

Now what’s very interesting here is that there has not been a formal declaration of war. But as I discussed in the incident with Venezuela, what you’re observing here is how one country or empire exerts its will over others. Without the formal declaration of war, that’s ensuring the narrative stays the same — that we’re not at war, but we’re very active in what’s like war. And so, this is just an interesting aspect of this piece to call out.

What has occurred since yesterday is that these strikes — with the term being used as an assassination — have killed the Supreme Leader of Iran, known as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. And one of the biggest things that’s very interesting with this is the fact that it’s not just the United States. The United States and Israel are attacking Iran together.

Now, one of the biggest narratives that I’ve seen being used to justify this, according to the mainstream, is that nuclear weapons are being developed, and this strike is to stop the development of those weapons. If you’ve been here for a while, you do know that nuclear weapons are a familiar carrot that’s used. And we’ve also talked about how nuclear weapons don’t exist in prior articles, such as Lies Not Discussed with the Truth Community and Five Reasons To Doubt The Nuclear Narrative. For those readers who are able to see past narratives, these are topics you can research to realize what kind of war the narrative conceals.

But today, what I do want to touch on is how the empire associates with a religious state to justify a lot of these actions.

In some of my older works, particularly my work on the Jewish diaspora, I think it’s very important for individuals — especially in a majority Christian nation — to really understand the emphasis of what this means. As I’ve discussed in my articles, good intentions can have bad consequences, because often an empire uses a religious narrative to justify atrocities. In my article on why nationalism is wrong, I discuss how nationalism overrides humanity but gets justified. I recently discussed these with the latest Super Bowl controversy. These are the complexities of the world that we have to navigate.

But specifically, on this Sunday — which is designated a day of worship — I would like those who are the body of the gracious to ask themselves: Is this according to the rule of God?

I have written a plethora of articles on war, specifically from Israel’s perspective, and I’ll include all of them here. But I do want to really hone in on how the mind of a normal Christian individual can be pulled into justifying warfare when all narratives of warfare fail. This is something I want to call attention to.

Please check out the articles listed below to learn more about history and see things from a different perspective versus what the mainstream narratives — or whatever your favorite conservative Substacker — might be telling you as to why this war is justified.

Without further ado, please enjoy the read.

Previous Articles On Wartime Propaganda

“We Are In A Narrative War” — Events create narratives. Narratives create realities. Realities create paradigms. Using the October 7th Hamas attack as the entry point, this piece examines how the same playbook used after 9/11 was deployed again — and how the average person gets pulled into upholding a narrative they never stopped to question. The story of General Smedley Butler, the most decorated Marine in US history, is also introduced here: a man who exposed wealthy businessmen plotting to overthrow the US government, then wrote War Is a Racket. Once you understand the Business Plot, you understand every war that followed.

“How Saying ‘Thank You for Your Service’ Fuels Wartime Propaganda” — The phrase didn’t exist before the 2000s. It was engineered — by Hollywood, by the NFL, and by a Department of Defense that spent nearly $7 million on paid patriotism at sporting events between 2012 and 2015. This piece traces the full arc from the Gulf War to post-9/11 America, showing how innocent patriotism was systematically weaponized to keep the public emotionally invested in wars they would never fight. Perhaps most revealing: many veterans themselves hate hearing it — and this piece explains exactly why.

“Why The Average American Should Stop Paying Attention to the Israel-Hamas Conflict” — Your attention is a trillion-dollar commodity. Whoever holds it shapes your reality. This piece makes the case that polarizing events like the Israel-Hamas conflict are, from the unorthodox perspective, massive distractions — engineered to consume the most valuable resource you have while doing absolutely nothing to change the trajectory of your actual life. If you can hold your attention, you can control your perception. Once you understand that, you start asking who benefits from keeping you glued to the screen.

“History Is Woven by the Stories We Tell” — We are living through events that will be written about in history books — yet most people are too consumed by the narrative to write their own story. This piece examines how current events, from political assassinations to social media frenzies, are designed to trap you inside someone else’s storyline. The red wave, the Epstein files, the timing of political chaos — none of it is accidental. But there is a way out: recognize that you are the author of your own history, and start writing it.

Israel Wartime Propaganda

“Be Wary of the ‘Beheaded Babies’ Story in Israel” — Before the Gulf War, Americans were told Iraqi soldiers were pulling babies from incubators and leaving them to die on hospital floors. The witness who testified before Congress turned out to be the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador — part of a $10 million PR campaign that sent America to war and cost taxpayers $115 billion. This piece draws that direct parallel to the beheaded babies narrative emerging from the Israel-Hamas conflict, making the case that Americans have been fooled by this exact playbook before. Atrocity stories are a documented tool of war propaganda — and the existence of real violence does not make every claim of violence true.

“Stop Saying ‘It’s the Jews’ — Start Calling Them The EAZF” — Generalization is always incorrect, and when it comes to understanding who is actually driving the course of human history, imprecision is your enemy. This piece introduces a more specific and intentional term — the Elite Ashkenazi Zionist Faction — and breaks down exactly why each word in that phrase matters. From the medieval origins of Ashkenazi communities in Germanic Europe, to the distinction between Zionism as a political ideology and Judaism as a faith, to why precision in language is itself an act of resistance. This is the vocabulary upgrade the conversation has needed.

“Critique Israel Responsibly” — Of all the research topics explored with AI, only one was declared completely off-limits: questioning the Holocaust. That single data point tells you everything about the power structure at play. This piece examines Zionism not as a religion but as a political ideology — one built on a mythological claim to land that has no verifiable archaeological or genetic basis. When one says they are a descendant of Jacob, that is a religious claim, not a historical one. And wars being fought today over mythological stories should tell us exactly how close we still are to the ancient world.

“The Polarizing Complexity of the Kyrie Topic” (Parts I, II & III) — The controversy that got Kyrie Irving cancelled was never really about a basketball player. It was about who is allowed to ask questions — and who gets punished for asking them. This three-part deep dive covers the full picture: Part One untangles the religious definitions of Jew, Israelite, and Hebrew, and examines the overlooked African presence in the Bible. Part Two traces the Khazars through the Balfour Declaration to Dr. Eran Elhaik’s genetic research at Johns Hopkins confirming European ancestry among modern Ashkenazi Jews. Part Three pulls the curtain back on Zionism as a political ideology, the origins of the ADL, and why questioning any of this comes at a cost. Read all three before forming an opinion on what’s happening in the Middle East today.

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Closing Thoughts

This week, I’m looking forward to wrapping up and finishing this social media journey. I’m working on an article called The Panopticon — a very fascinating topic — which I’ll release later today or tomorrow. But for now, please enjoy some of this work here on war.

War is never right. War should never be fought. But in today’s day and age, it’s a norm — sustained by narratives. So when we break those narratives, we can see the truth of what they really are.

TAKEAWAYS

• The absence of a formal declaration of war is not an oversight — it is a deliberate narrative strategy that keeps the public from fully reckoning with what empire is doing in their name

• The US and Israel are not separate actors here. They are operating in combination, and understanding that combination is essential to understanding the conflict

• The nuclear weapons narrative is always the carrot. It has been used before, and it will be used again. Our archived work breaks down exactly why

• Good intentions within the Christian faith can and do lead to devastating consequences when that faith is used to justify warfare. This Sunday is a good day to ask: is this according to the rule of God?

• War is never right. But in today’s world it is normalized — and normalization is only possible through narrative. Break the narrative and you break the spell

NEXT STEPS

• Read through the archived articles listed below before consuming any mainstream or conservative coverage of this conflict — build your framework first

• Ask yourself honestly: has any war narrative you’ve been given in your lifetime turned out to be fully true? Let that answer guide how you approach this one

• If you are a person of faith, take time this Sunday to sit with the question Franklin raises: is supporting this conflict consistent with the God you serve?

• Share this piece with someone who is already starting to ask questions — they are ready for it even if they don’t know it yet

• If this work adds value, consider becoming a paid subscriber to access the full archive of articles linked below

As always, thank you for your time and attention.

Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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Last week, Mark Zuckerberg began testifying in a Los Angeles courtroom in what is being called one of the most significant tech trials in recent memory.

The plaintiff, a young woman known only as Kaley, claims that platforms like Meta, Instagram, and TikTok damaged her mental health over a decade of use. Starting on YouTube at 6, Instagram at 11, Snapchat at 13, and TikTok at 14, Kaley — now 20 — says social media changed the course of her childhood.

What makes this claim more unique than previous ones is that the defendant states the corporations knew what they were doing. Currently, companies cannot be held liable for what is posted on their platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). The Telecommunications Act states:

Therefore, if a user posts it, the platform technically doesn’t publish or own it. Therefore, the platform isn’t liable for it.

So what’s happening is that the prosecution is coming from a different angle, which is that these companies knew their platforms made people addicted, and they did it anyway. The defense argues that the information presented is not a straightforward conclusion. It is a pieced-together narrative based on certain things, events, releases, and so forth.

What makes this litigation even more interesting is that it is a bellwether case. For background, a bellwether is a test case or leading indicator that signals what’s likely to follow. The term originally comes from sheep herding, as the bellwether was the lead sheep in the flock, identified by the bell around its neck. Where the bellwether went, the rest of the flock followed.

In legal contexts, a bellwether case is specifically a trial that’s selected to be heard first among a large group of similar cases. The outcome of that first trial signals how the rest of the cases are likely to be decided. It sets the tone, the precedent, and often determines whether the remaining plaintiffs settle or push forward.

This trial is groundbreaking in so many and it ties into society in so many ways. But, to start, what we are going to do is discuss the phenomenon of addition. One of the pieces I read summarized this trial like big tobacco litigations of the past, so there may be some overlap.

So, without further ado — and with so many ways for us to dive into this Zuckerberg trial — let’s start with the basics:

What is addiction?

In this article, you’ll learn:

• Why the Zuckerberg lawsuit matters beyond the courtroom — and what it reveals about how addiction is legally and medically defined

• The hidden criteria that determine whether something qualifies as a “real” addiction — and why the DSM classification system holds more power than most people realize

• Why gambling changed everything we thought we knew about what it means to be addicted

• How ordinary behaviors like binge-watching, overworking, and news consumption meet the clinical definition of addiction — and we call them “normal”

• The metaphysical dimension of addiction: how compulsion hijacks the heart, steals your attention, and becomes mind control by another name

A few facts worth knowing of the Telecommunications Act:

• It was originally written to protect early internet forums and bulletin boards — at a time when there were roughly 40 million internet users worldwide. Today, there are over 5 billion.

• It has been called “the 26 words that created the internet” — a phrase coined by law professor Jeff Kosseff, who wrote a book by that name.

• It gives platforms two protections: immunity from liability for third-party content, and immunity for good-faith moderation decisions (removing or restricting content).

• It has been used successfully to shield Facebook, YouTube, Twitter/X, TikTok, and virtually every major platform from lawsuits over user-generated content for nearly 30 years.

• It does not protect platforms from federal criminal law, and it does not protect them from their own content or their own design decisions — which is precisely the gap the Zuckerberg prosecution is exploiting.

Laying the Land on Addiction

If you’re new here, one of my works you should read to get up to speed is my article on reclassification. In it, I show how the identification of a disease from a medical standpoint is key to making any condition either disappear or reappear. I use the case study on SIDS as the perfect example — how, based on how deaths are classified, you can make a condition appear or disappear. The diagnosis and the technicalities of something are important, and we saw this play out with the pandemic.

So, for this, we are going to discuss the definition of addiction.

Addiction is identified as a pattern of behavior that includes the following criteria, evaluated over time:

1. Are you using it more than intended?

2. Have you made repeated efforts to cut back and failed?

3. Do you experience intense cravings?

4. Do you spend excessive time obtaining or engaging with it?

5. Are you neglecting your responsibilities?

6. Are you continuing despite clear harm to yourself or others?

7. Do you need more of it to get the same effect?

8. Do you experience withdrawal when you stop?

These are the eight questions used to determine whether someone is addicted. A lot of times, there is a chemical foundation to addictions, as we hear in conversations regarding dopamine, for example. But as we’ll see, this criterion is very appropriate not only for what addiction is, but also for how lifestyles can be addictive as well.

From a medical perspective, addiction primarily refers to substance use — what is known as Substance Use Disorder, or SUD. About 90% of classified addictions are grouped under SUD. But what is interesting is that we do have one condition that meets the diagnosis criteria for addiction, and yet it is not a substance. And that is gambling.

Gambling meets all of the criteria listed above and is the only behavioral addiction that is different from substance use. For the first time, we have the ability to show that addiction doesn’t have to be chemical. It can essentially the effects and severity of patterns of behavior.

And I think that’s very interesting.

Compulsion, Habits, and the Hijacked Mind

What we are really talking about when we talk about addiction is a habitual pattern of behavior — your mind just knows to do this.

I’ve written about this in my article on habitats, and the idea behind habitats is that when we do things out of habit, they become habitual, reinforcing what I call the mind.

For more background, I also have my esoteric and metaphysical conversations on speaking to the aether and on how to view our bodies in different ways using topics like visualization, and this model of how to view the world is very accurate because it fits the framework we’re working through here today.

At the point of compulsion, there’s a lack of intention. Your mind, your habits, and your habitats look to do this on their own. We can classify addiction at its deepest level as compulsion.

Now, from a legal standpoint, technically speaking, one cannot say social media is an addiction solely because there is no DSM diagnosis for it. The only way they would be able to win a case like this is if the DSM were to reflect that social media addiction is a true diagnosis. Again, this is why you have to understand reclassification. This is how the world operates.

But from a common-sense perspective, we all know these things can be addictive. The argument now is — which isn’t even being discussed at the trial — is addiction different than habit-forming? From the argument I’ve laid out, you can say that anything that changes your pattern and behavior, anything that is habitual — which some could say is mind control — anything that is compulsory, can be seen as addicting. So even though we don’t have a DSM for it, it sounds like we can say social media is addictive.

What Else in Modern Life Is an Addiction?

When you begin to look at the criteria for addiction and realize that gambling — because it fits these criteria without involving a substance — qualifies, the next question becomes: what else can be addictive in our society?

And when you arrive at that question, that is when you begin to see the revelation for the society we’re in.

Side note — I had the pleasure this weekend of working on the podcast with , PJ, and Jake —great guys. If you haven’t seen our first episode, watch it here.

We just recorded the second one, so I’m looking to share that with you all as soon as it’s released. On that podcast, we briefly touched on this topic, and the point was that life becomes a lot easier when you realize that the society you were told about was wrong. And once you see that, you realize you’re living in a hell on earth. That’s where I come in with the introduction: “Hi — Welcome to hell. I’m your host, Franklin. Let me show you how you live in a world where your society, your technology, and everything looks to extract from you without you even knowing it.”

As we discussed this truth, we left with the understanding that once you realize the illusion placed around us, once you’re able to see it, it’s like stepping out of Plato’s cave. You begin to see: I can make heaven right here.

It’s that simple, once you have the right information. Which is what we’re here to do.

Now, back to the question: if addiction is really due to compulsion and these criteria, there are a lot of things that can fall under this.

Binge-watching fits all of the criteria, and it’s something that millions of Americans do. We have a phrase for it — being a couch potato — and it’s considered normal, even though it is extremely unhealthy to the body. Overworking fits the criteria as well. People ignore their health, ignore their families, and even though there’s a reward tied to success, you can absolutely go overboard. News consumption. Day trading. The stock market. There are many things we consider normal that fall into this compulsion territory.

And as I was looking and evaluating all of these things, I realized the majority of them have to do with technology. So you start to put the connection together: is technology addicting by its very utilization?

What we call modern life, what we call the use of technology, is addictive and it’s harmful. This is the truth of reality. It is an unorthodox truth. And I’ll include myself here. Substack is a wonderful social media platform, and I’m able to use it to spread this work. But if you’re not careful, you can fall into all eight of these traits. Scrolling for an article while driving. Making a comment while driving — something I do all the time. This can be an addiction.

Author’s Note: I want to pause here because an argument could be made for overworking, day trading, binge-watching, etc. As we also talked about this on the podcast, the same thing that creates can also destroy. Let’s take murder: if someone comes into my house and threatens my family, I am justified in using force to protect them, and that is right. However, if I were to do the same thing outside of that context, that is wrong. The act itself can be good or bad depending on the conditions. Same thing with sex: when done within the right relationship, it is a positive, life-giving thing. When done in a context where it is not warranted, it is negative.

The same thing that creates can be used to destroy. So we cannot just say that these things — aspects of our daily lives that society normalizes — are good because there are many negatives that come with them.

Power Flows, Force Compels

As I look to close this article, I want to bring in the framework from David Hawkins and his book Power vs. Force, because I think it ties everything together.

There are always two paths. And most of those decisions come down to whether you are being powerful or forceful. We’ve talked about gold and silver before — gold representing our time, silver representing our attention. I’ve come to realize that you always want gold first. The heart creates the largest electromagnetic field, and there is this connection between time, the heart, and gold that forms a very metaphysical image of the world.

Power flows. You can flow and be very powerful. One of the best ways to describe this is martial arts, with your power being in your flow. And when you look at force, forcing things, one of the biggest takeaways from this whole article is that force is compulsion. It forces you. You may not want to, you may not intend to, but it forces you. There’s a compulsion to it.

What we’re seeing in society is that the heart and coherence are flipped, with attention now leading. The head is leading the heart. And a lot of times in this physical world, the attention gets hijacked to the point where it becomes part of our habits, becoming habitual.

This is modern-day mind control. And it is happening right now.

Closing Thoughts

So, to close, the biggest takeaway from this is: are you being compelled but consider it normal? Are you addicted, but it feels acceptable simply because everyone else is doing it too?

This is something to sit with, and we’ll continue to talk more about this case in the next piece, where we’ll look specifically at how corporations look to steal your time. Whether it looks like your leisure or your productivity, what they want is your time.

Takeaways

• Addiction is defined by behavioral patterns, not just chemical dependency — and most people don’t know this

• Gambling’s inclusion in the DSM as a behavioral addiction set a legal and medical precedent that applies directly to the social media conversation

• Behaviors like binge-watching, overworking, and compulsive news consumption meet or approach the clinical criteria for addiction — we simply haven’t named them as such

• Technology, as a category, is likely the most widespread addiction vector in modern society — and it’s been deliberately designed that way

• The distinction between power and force maps directly onto the distinction between habit and compulsion — one flows, one drives

Action Items

1. Run your routines through the 8-point diagnostic. Pick 2-3 daily behaviors and honestly evaluate them against the addiction criteria. Not to shame yourself — to see clearly.

2. Track your attention. For one day, note every time you reach for your phone, open social media, or flip on something to watch. Was it intentional, or automatic?

3. Read “Reclassification” — Franklin’s earlier piece on how disease classification determines what gets recognized as real, and what disappears.

4. Ask the question: What am I doing out of force rather than power? And what would it look like to move from one to the other?

As always, thank you for your time and attention.

Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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Our world has a lot of things upside down.

We have to start with this framework, because when we look at the world through this lens, we begin to understand that many things we consider right may actually be wrong.

What we consider normal — going into debt with the bank, getting vaccination shots, using religion to justify wars — these things are wrong, yet we’ve normalized them. This is how our world operates as normal.

Knowing this, we can now dive into an analysis of the Super Bowl, because as we’ll see, a lot of what appears good on the surface is, in the grand scheme of things, not ideal at all.

There are two overarching themes we need to address as we go through this analysis.

1. Nationalism vs. Patriotism

Before we go further, we need to address the concept of nationalism. I’ve written on this topic before, and nationalism is ultimately wrong because it puts country over humanity. You never want to elevate a concept, a nation, over the individual, because that’s how you get justification for war and everything that follows.

But there’s nothing wrong with patriotism. Patriotism is love and admiration for your country, your culture, your traditions. These two concepts get confused constantly, but they’re fundamentally different. And ultimately, at the end of the day, we are all humanity first.

This distinction matters because the Super Bowl is America’s game. That phrase invokes both nationalism and patriotism — and understanding both perspectives helps one see what’s actually happening.

2. Culture vs. Debauchery

The second theme we need to establish is the clear difference between culture and debauchery.

Culture is an environment. It’s something to be proud of, something that ties into patriotism. Most importantly, culture is something that should be celebrated from the youngest to the oldest. Tradition, heritage, these are things kids need to be involved with at a young age so they can grow and appreciate the pride they have for their culture and their place in humanity.

Debauchery is for adults. You can be as debauched as you want in the appropriate context. But when we start selling debauchery as culture, we’ve crossed a line. This is the other perspective to take into things.

Without further ado, let’s dive right in.

In this article, you’ll learn:

• Why nationalism and patriotism aren’t the same thing—and why that distinction matters for understanding public spectacle

• The critical difference between culture and debauchery, and how one is being sold as the other

• How “America’s game” became a vehicle for messaging that subverts the very audience it claims to celebrate

• The strategic timing connecting the halftime show to the Epstein file releases

• Why this isn’t political warfare—it’s spiritual warfare targeting the human spirit itself

“America’s Game” and the Nationalist Lens

One of the biggest things we have to realize is that the Super Bowl is America’s game. When I use that phrase, it invokes nationalism and some patriotism as well.

From a nationalistic perspective, when you have America’s game, you represent the nation’s culture, interests, and ideals. You highlight and embrace the majority. That’s what nationalism does: it centers the dominant culture.

Now, you can be patriotic and still appreciate other cultures. But from a strict nationalist perspective, there’s this idea: this is our game.

When we look at this year’s halftime show through that nationalist lens, you start to see things differently. What you’re seeing is an insemination of the national game with ideas that embrace the minority while effectively sidelining the majority.

From a nationalist perspective, this is seen as an intrusion, an attack. The argument goes that in no other country would such a thing occur without at least providing translation. But this entire performance was a minority exerting itself on the majority, and from a nationalistic perspective, that’s a red flag.

When Debauchery Masquerades as Culture

When it comes to the dancing, things get even more problematic.

People who are supportive will say, “Oh my gosh, that’s Latin American culture, that’s celebration, et cetera.” But going back to my earlier point: there’s a difference between culture and debauchery.

One of the things we’ve started to realize is that many things are being identified as culture when they’re not.

You’ve got all kinds of dancing that’s actually cultural. Line dancing resonated with African Americans in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. That’s heritage. But now, African Americans are known for twerking as part of “the culture.” Same thing with Latin Americans. There’s salsa, there’s bachata, there’s dancing that kids can participate in. Kids can line dance. Kids can salsa.

But twerking? One of my commenters said it best: it’s a simulated sexual act. Grown adults can do that all day long in the appropriate setting. But to subliminally transmit that to kids? That’s the issue.

A couple of years ago, you had Eminem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre perform together. Even then, the dancers were dressed appropriately, and they were essentially crip walking — choreographed, stylized movement. You had a similar situation with Beyoncé. There was choreographed dancing, but it was contained.

With this event? Debauchery everywhere.

For the first time I can recall, I saw two males gyrating on each other on that stage. Again, debauchery can be done in private, but not in front of children — especially when the Epstein revelations are reverberating through the culture simultaneously.

It’s highly unlikely we’d expose kids at family functions to twerking. We wouldn’t want kids to twerk. But it’s ironic that we’re exposing all these children to this at a national event — while simultaneously, you’ve got the Epstein files playing out in the background with all its revelations about children.

You start to see the connections here: kids were exposed to debauchery at this event.

Author’s Note: While researching this, I found that the Superbowl Halftime Show does NOT advertise itself as a family friendly event. The overall idea — which one I’m sure Roger Goodell would like to have — is that the Superbowl show IS family friendly, because it’s America’s Game. But technically, it doesn’t have to be kid friendly. This is important to note.

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This is America’s game. This is a family function. We’ve had all kinds of stars on this stage: NSYNC, Britney Spears, Nelly, Aerosmith, rock legends. Everyone who’s performed has, in some way or form, cleaned up their lyrics for the occasion.

The lyrics I saw were ridiculous. Jon Rappoport called this out in his analysis —this is pornographic material being broadcast. But they apparently can get away with it because no one understands it? Or because, technically, they don’t have to ensure that it’s kid friendly?

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And again, it’s not culture. This is debauchery. Let’s not confuse the two.

And it’s done at America’s game, where people with nationalist sentiments are already getting riled up. This is the stuff that creates Civil War–level division.

The Trojan Horse

From a historical perspective, this event is literally and metaphorically a Trojan Horse.

You have another culture — a culture of “diversity” that may not reflect the nationalistic goals of patriotism — being pushed by a corporate oligarchy that uses diversity as a tool. (Thank you to Greg for the video that explains this dynamic.)

What we have here, you can argue, is an attack on the nationalist culture. From the nationalist perspective, this was all done at the expense of the population. But from the attacking culture, it’s all being sold under the banner of “love.”

People are looking at the high-level messaging — love, unity, celebration — without diving deeper into what’s actually being done. And what’s crazy is that it spreads internal contention, because everything I’ve listed, lyrics, twerking, everyone would agree is wrong in that family setting. But there’s cognitive dissonance because it’s “culture,” it’s “embracing diversity.” These are positives that can be weaponized as tools for negative ends.

Since everyone kind of feels this but can’t articulate it, nobody’s talking about it—because you can’t dive too deep without being seen as the bad guy. This is the power of public expectation. You’re supposed to like it. You’re supposed to embrace it. The video of Roger Goodell hugging Bad Bunny is pure symbology.

If you want to sow discord in a population, this is how it’s done. You stir up nationalist sentiments by taking a group of people who have been given a national identity, then you change that identity, you focus on the minority, and you evoke anger in the majority.

This is the exact same playbook being run in Europe with mass immigration. The nationalist culture that British citizens have is under attack through societal change — all under the guise of diversity, which you can argue has positive elements, but it’s a very complex situation.

The Invisible Chain

What occurs is an invisible chain. There are things that were clearly wrong with the Super Bowl halftime show. But due to social pressure and the fear of moral condemnation, you can’t discuss these things openly.

The population is held captive.

Honestly? I thought this was going to be a simple Super Bowl analysis. I thought it was going to be pretty straightforward. But after looking at this with fresh eyes, I realized this was even more calculated than before.

This was an ultimate Trojan Horse.

How do you take an idea and attack people with it? How do you attack a nation without them even knowing you’re attacking them?

You give it to them in a language they literally cannot understand.

It’s the craziest thing. You literally tell them to their face that you’re going to parade debauchery all around them, show them excessive content under the guise of culture, feed them lyrics they don’t understand — and then the very next day, you attack their population with even more horrific revelations.

The Timing: Ice, Fire, and the Epstein Release

Now, one of the craziest things about all of this? We haven’t even talked about how Bad Bunny was selected a year ago. He was going to be the headliner twelve months in advance.

And it just so happens that, ironically, in the months leading up to this, we’ve had “Ice, Ice, Baby”—from Vanilla Ice to the ICE enforcement operations, all that “ice” imagery, in Minnesota, in the cold, in the harsh winter. All of it building up to the Super Bowl performance.

You have to admit — the spectacle was “Pretti, Good.” It was pretty damn good.

And then, as soon as you’ve “iced” everything with that cold fire, the next day, you bring in the hottest thing on record: you release the Epstein files with new videos and new revelations about debauchery targeting kids. You burn all that ice with hot fire.

Very symbolic.

This whole event was a Trojan Horse when you look at the lyrics, the dances and more. But when you look at what’s and what’s actually occurring and tying in the Epstein files, you start to see there’s something deeper happening here.

This Is Spiritual Warfare

This isn’t country warfare at this point. There’s no traditional winner or loser here. This is spiritual warfare at its finest.

The human spirit, whether you’re on the left or the right, the human spirit — and now the children — are being attacked. Kids exposed to debauchery at the Superbowl and all their parents are talking about are the Epstein files.

I have laid out a logical argument examining multiple perspectives, and I would argue this is a sound argument based on the grander scheme of things. Looking outside the box, recognizing where things are headed.

At the end of the day, this is spiritual warfare, and we are all here experiencing humanity.

We’ve got time, and we’ve got attention, and we’ve got to spend both wisely on this journey. There are so many things competing for your time and attention, because that’s how this material realm works — time and attention are the currencies.

Your time and attention are more valuable than lamb’s blood.

That’s what’s happening in the world. Do not give your time and attention to things that don’t deserve them. Be intentional about what you consume. And when you are intentional, you’re going to get something back.

Takeaways

1. Nationalism puts country over humanity; patriotism honors culture without diminishing others. The Super Bowl occupies both spaces, making it a charged venue for cultural messaging.

2. Culture is intergenerational; debauchery is adult. When debauchery gets rebranded as “culture,” children become collateral damage in entertainment spaces marketed as family-friendly.

3. The Trojan Horse works because you can’t criticize it. Public expectation creates an invisible chain—you’re supposed to celebrate diversity, so calling out problematic content makes you the villain.

4. The timing isn’t coincidental. A year-in-advance headliner selection, “ice” symbolism throughout winter, and the Epstein files release the next day suggest coordination beyond entertainment.

5. This is spiritual warfare, not political. Left or right, the human spirit and children are under attack. The only winning move is protecting your time and attention.

Next Action Items

1. Audit your media consumption. Ask yourself: Is this actually adding to my life, or is it competing for attention I could spend elsewhere?

2. Learn the difference between culture and spectacle. Research the actual cultural traditions of communities rather than accepting entertainment industry representations.

3. Practice intentional non-engagement. You don’t have to have an opinion on everything. Some events are designed to provoke reaction—refusing to react is its own form of resistance.

4. Prioritize spiritual disciplines. Study, learn, meditate, be peaceful. These aren’t passive activities—they’re active defenses against spiritual attack.

5. Share this framework with others. Help people see the distinction between nationalism and patriotism, culture and debauchery, entertainment and programming.

All you can do is have a good day. Be a good person. Study. Learn. Meditate. Be peaceful.

These are the things that need to be done to uplift your spirit. As we tune out the noise and focus on ourselves — focus on our lives and how we want to live this experience of humanity — we find our next steps.

That’s what we’re doing here on Unorthodoxy. Every now and then, I just take time to call out the BS’ing that’s happening in the world so we can see clearly.

Thank you for your time and attention in listening to this piece. Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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Yesterday was the Super Bowl — or as it can also be called the Superb Owl — an event similar to the Roman Circuses.

The goal is to be in the world, but not off it, so whenever the Empire stages a great event, one should be aware of these. The chat was open for people to watch with me so we could observe what’s unfolding together.

A huge shout-out to , Coach , and for chatting with me throughout the game. It was engaging to discuss topics in real-time with like-minded individuals. This was an example of community building, and I’d like to do more of this, especially for live events where we can discuss debates, political theater, or cultural spectacles as they unfold in real time.

The following are thoughts that occurred to me as I woke up this morning, so I wanted to share.

My overall thoughts on the event itself were that it was unimpressive. I’m a sports fan. I used to play sports, and I love the passion of sports. In the chat, Coach Joe, Greg, and I talked about the positives of sports. But when it comes to the extracurriculars surrounding the game—the ads and the halftime show—overall, it was thoroughly unimpressive.

If you noticed anything as well, I’d love to get your thoughts and insights as well.

Without further ado, let’s talk about Super Bowl 60 or the Superb Owl’s 60th performance.

In this article, you’ll learn...

• Why the extracurriculars (ads, halftime show) have noticeably degraded in quality and creativity

• The significance of AI advertisements appearing during major cultural events

• How the Super Bowl can function as an energy harvesting event and modern distraction mechanism

• How nostalgia and the longing for pre-pandemic normalcy dominated this year’s messaging

• The positive lessons sports can teach us—and why we must reclaim those lessons from corporate hijacking

The Ads Have Lost Their Soul

I remember when I was younger, watching the Super Bowl, and the ads were actually creative. They were funny; they made you laugh. They were things that you talked about the next day. You saw genuine creativity in those commercials. But now it almost seems that even the corporations don’t care about the ads anymore. I was not impressed with the ads show.

My first thought was whether the increase in cost for ad space is actually driving quality advertisers away. I remember when it used to be $1M for a full minute. Then it became a million dollars for 30 seconds. Now? I saw something like three million dollars for a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl.

What was even more interesting was that I saw several ads repeated, which I thought was unique for a Super Bowl. The idea is that multiple companies should have all this ad space filled up. But apparently, they don’t. We even saw local ads play. There were definitely some eye-raising ads that we discussed in the chat, like the Ring “Find Your Door” app and the Hemsworth Alexa smart house ads. Those were maybe the most unsettling, but it is to be expected.

But overall, though, nothing truly alarming stood out.

One thing I was shocked by was that I didn’t hear anything about Nancy Guthrie on NBC, with NBC being the host network that Savannah works on. I had this on my radar that they were going to say something about her to draw controversy and ratings. But nothing happened, which was interesting to note.

The AI Wars Have Arrived

Diving deeper into the ads themselves, I did see several AI ads. I remember a couple of years back when crypto and Bitcoin really exploded on the scene, and they had ads in the Super Bowl. We’re seeing the exact same thing here with AI.

Claude had two ads that took direct shots at ChatGPT. There was one ChatGPT ad, and then there was an AI ad with Elon Musk. I use both Claude and ChatGPT.

I’ve stated this before, but I will say it again — AI is just the newest technology on the block, and big businesses are looking to roll this out. The more we’re familiar with the technology, the more aware we are of it.

One of the best comments I’ve heard on this topic is that, prior to machines, humans did all the manual labor. When individuals created tractors and industrial machines, those replaced a lot of manual jobs. What we are seeing now is LLMs coming for cognitive labor, and they’re growing rapidly.

We should definitely learn about this technology and experience it, but as I’ve also said, AI is nothing more than advanced computing. Let’s learn about it, yes. But you also have to be mindful that you can fall in love with it. It can’t think for you. And it does use tremendous resources.

One thing I noticed was that I didn’t see a lot of AI-generated ads. I remember when Coke had its AI-generated polar bear last year. This year, there may have been a couple of AI-generated spots, but they weren’t standing out. This proves that a lot of people are not actually using AI in that creative capacity yet. It’s making splashes, but it’s not the game-changer it’s being presented to be in advertising.

The Halftime Show: Hedonism and Confusion

The actual halftime show, which was hyped up significantly, again, was not impressive.

When I watch a halftime show, I don’t want to spend my time trying to figure out what’s going on. I just want to watch a good performance from what the Empire has to offer. From Kendrick Lamar last year to Bad Bunny this year, neither impressed me.

Leading up to the event, I had conversations with friends about Super Bowls past. I mentioned that the best halftime show I recall from my personal experience was in 2001: Ravens versus Giants. That show had Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, *NSYNC, I think Aerosmith as well. You had a plethora of musicians, which made for great musical performances.

I’ve noticed that ever since COVID, the NFL has gone to this single-performer format. It started with The Weeknd, then Usher, then Kendrick Lamar last year, and now Bad Bunny. You might have other people make brief appearances here and there, but this one-performer thing really dilutes the product.

The show was mediocre at best. It wasn’t a good musical performance. It was too much gyrating for a family event, and — for the first time — I think I saw two males gyrating on each other. All of these themes were during a family function event.

From my memory, I don’t think I’ve seen something provocative before, excluding Janet Jackson. Greg posted a video in the chat from a musician’s perspective that really captured how mediocre — and that’s being generous — the show was.

The Puerto Rico Question

From a conceptual perspective, it also made no sense. Puerto Rico itself is a territory of the United States, so isn’t it odd that a territory is so pro its captor? Why would one celebrate those who hold you captive?

And as I sat with it some more, I began to see a connection to the Epstein files. We have the Epstein files being released, and there are names in those Epstein files, but no one’s going to jail. Yet we celebrate and watch the Superb Owl put on this show. It’s the underlying ritual themes on display: have a good time, dance and gyrate, but taxes are still due, prices are still increasing, no one’s going to jail — but it’s a good time.

This is what I talk about when I discuss the comfort cage of the modern slave plantation in America. In principle, it’s the same plantation; the amenities have just gotten better.

Of Note: The Turning Point halftime show. I haven’t watched it yet, but I do want to watch it. The comments on the video above say it’s better than Bad Bunny’s performance. To split up the viewing audience and have millions watching competing halftime shows on both sides, I thought that was also interesting.

If There Were a Positive: The Game Itself

In the chat, we mentioned how sports are wonderful. It teaches you so many valuable skills: teamwork, perseverance, strategic thinking, and handling pressure. But in this world, greed and deception have hijacked something as positive as sports and made it into something to use and sell.

That’s what the Superb Owl is about: the Roman Circus as distraction.

I saw a video earlier in the day that describes this best. It talks about how this is an energy harvesting event. But then the speaker, Bill Cooper, says something profound: “There are people who know absolutely nothing about this world, but they know who plays third baseman for their team, and they think that’s a good thing.”

“There are people who know absolutely nothing about this world, but they know who plays third baseman for their team, and they think that’s a good thing.”

This is where people are. This is the reality of the world we’re living in.

But this is also why we need to know about sports and these events — so we can have conversations with these individuals and help elevate their minds beyond the spectacle. This is why I write about the spectrum of sports — it’s good, but it also has negative dimensions that need to be acknowledged.

Overall, when an honest game is being played, it’s a beautiful thing. I always say sports at their best are incredibly instructive. Staying focused, working with momentum, learning to persevere, developing strategy, these are things that when we play sports, we experience in the game. But we should also apply these lessons in real life as well.

This is the point I make with my friends when I chat with them, especially friends who aren’t as aware as some of us. I tell them that Sports can teach us these great values, but imagine if we could get wins in our lives like we celebrate wins on the field.

This is a wonderful fuel that sports provide — but that we can use for ourselves. Whenever I write an article that’s really good, I get elevated, like I just made a great play. Whenever someone becomes a paid subscriber, it’s like I scored a touchdown. It means I made such an impact on someone that they decided to subscribe. That’s an amazing feeling. It’s the exact same elation these athletes feel, and that’s what we need to cultivate in our personal lives.

Personal Synchronicity

On a personal note, I actually appreciated the commentary from Chris Collinsworth, especially when it came to the MVP, running back Kenneth Walker III. The commentary focused on how Walker was a patient runner. They mentioned this over and over again due to his running style.

Synchronistically, this very week I learned a new, deeper meaning of the word patience that really applies to me, especially as an Aries. Patience, from an Ifa perspective, is literally about delaying gratification and resisting impulses. It’s a very spiritual lesson, and it ties into the Ifa conversation I had earlier in the day about complexities and impulse control.

FYI, I will be turning that podcast into an article for anyone who wants to read and absorb it more deeply.

The game itself was a defensive battle. Great plays by young athletes. I thought overall it was very positive from a pure sports perspective.

The 10-Year Pattern

One of the last things to callout that I noticed was that as I was watching the game, I kept noticing personal references to 10 years just throughout my day. Ironically, the last Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl was 12 years ago — the game when the Seahawks decided to throw instead of run at the goal line.

That was when I actually stopped watching sports seriously for a good eight to 10 years or so. This was also around my spiritual awakening. I realized the game is manufactured drama, a game within a game.

What’s interesting is that sometimes the country is rooting for one team, but the other team ends up winning. So all that collective energy is harvested, and the next day everyone’s energy is negative because the team everyone wanted to win didn’t win.

But what I also saw this week was an article by Lindsay discussing the Chinese year and how everything feels different from 10 years ago. Ten years ago, everything was more positive, more hopeful.

Here, on Unorthodoxy, I’ve reflected on how inflation and economic robbery have just surged and changed everything over these 10 years. From her comment to my comment to the Super Bowl experience, there’s this 10-year lookback happening.

The Nostalgia Epidemic

Throughout the game, a lot of commercials were very sentimental, and it’s because times have changed. We talked about this in the chat, and Coach Joe mentioned that there’s a desperate need to get back to what we remember from 10 years ago, when things felt more peaceful, more stable.

We remember life before the pandemic, before the world was torn apart. Before people could disagree — and still be friends.

There was so much nostalgia in this Super Bowl broadcast. You had two Backstreet Boys commercials. You had nostalgia commercials with Dunkin’ Donuts. It speaks to the fact that society is ready to go back, not just beyond the pandemic, but before the pandemic.

One of the things that existed before the pandemic was stronger relationships and community trust. I’m going to be talking much more about relationships and villages in upcoming articles. Back then, we trusted each other more. Times have changed drastically, but we have to return to that community within humanity. Because we desperately need communities as we write our own narratives in 2026.

Final Thoughts

Overall, this was an interesting spectacle to watch. It was moderately entertaining from a pure game perspective. I still want to watch the Turning Point halftime show to compare. But overall, I thought the event was okay. I didn’t see anything that dramatically stood out, but if you guys saw something I missed, please let me know in the comments below.

Again, thanks to everyone who joined us in the chat to watch together. That communal experience was truly valuable.

The Superb Owl game is over. We’re now in the seventh week of the Roman Calendar year. It’s Monday. Let’s make this a great and wonderful day.

Takeaways

1. The Super Bowl is an energy harvesting event—millions invest emotional energy into an outcome they can’t control, and that energy gets captured and redirected.

2. The ads have degraded significantly—when three-million-dollar ad slots repeat or go to local advertisers, and creativity is replaced by surveillance tech (Ring, Alexa), we’re seeing decline in real time.

3. AI is entering the cultural conversation—Claude and ChatGPT are now competing for mindshare through mass events. This signals AI will be the next thing society gets conditioned to accept.

4. The 10-year nostalgia is real—society wants to go back to pre-pandemic life because the last decade has been marked by massive disruption.

5. Sports still contain real wisdom—patience, perseverance, strategic thinking. These lessons are real when we separate them from the corporate circus.

Next Action Items

1. Pick one skill from sports to apply this week—patience like Kenneth Walker, strategic thinking, perseverance under pressure. Name it, practice it, track it.

2. Calculate what you’re harvesting vs. what’s being harvested from you—how much time and emotional energy did you invest in events you can’t control this week? Redirect that energy toward goals where you can create actual wins.

3. Write your own narrative—instead of consuming 3+ hours of someone else’s story, spend 30 minutes this week writing, creating, or building something that contributes to your own narrative.

As always, thank you for your time and attention. Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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I’ll be watching the Super Bowl today and will be opening the chat for you all, paying subscribers, so we can see what ads, events, trends, etc., are announced during this national event. We can touch on that or any other topics that you all may have — even the game itself.

I’ll open the chat at 6 p.m. ET

Ironically, it was, I think, a decade ago, when it was Seahawks vs Patriots and the ball was thrown vs run that made me realize that the entire game is scripted; so curious to see what happens, not only at the game, but during the $3M for 30 sec ad space as well.

A lot of time and attention is being poured into this, so if you’re looking to capture what the ruling classes may be pondering, this might be an event to do so.

Catch you all at 6 p.m!

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On January 31, 2026, the mother of TV host Savannah Guthrie, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing. Kidnapped. This incident has turned into a national event with evidence being released, ransom notes, and pleas for help.

Whenever incidents like this occur, it’s always tragic. Thoughts and prayers are for those who have been impacted or experienced similar situations.

However, in highly emotional events, one must always utilize reasoning and rationale. Emotion should never be used to discard facts. In scenarios like these, it’s important that we always examine the facts of the story and those outside the story to see what other implications could occur, and that’s what we’re going to do today.

In this article, we’re not going to dive into the facts of the kidnapping per se. What we’re going to do is discuss the facts around the event itself. We’re going to break down the facts of the event, analyze the themes that are occurring here, and then it’s ultimately up to the reader to make a decision on what they choose to do with their gold and silver — their time and attention.

In this article, you’ll learn:

• How parasocial relationships with media figures create powerful emotional investments that can override rational thinking

• Why major media events require us to question not just the incident itself, but the facts surrounding how the event is presented

• The relationship between strategy of tension, propaganda, and emotional manipulation in national narratives

• How to recognize when heuristics (mental shortcuts) are being triggered and compromising your critical thinking

• Why your time and attention—your true currency—deserve more scrutiny before you invest them in media narratives

The Power of Parasocial Relationships

The number one fact we have to call out is that a media influencer — a TV host, anchor of NBC’s Today Show, a nationally syndicated program — with influence over a large audience is the focal point here, which immediately requires us to become familiar with the term parasocial relationships.

I’ve talked about this in my work on Charlie Kirk, but the phenomenon of parasocial relationships centers on how individuals, known as viewers, form bonds with influencers, known as hosts, that they interact with on a daily basis.

This is neither good nor bad, but the reality is that an emotional investment from the viewer goes towards the influencer in what is, more often than not, a one-sided relationship. The viewer is emotionally invested in the influencer, but the influencer does not personally care about the day-to-day of the viewer.

These bonds are powerful because they connect masses to individuals, and that connection can be utilized. Individuals who are invested pay attention, follow the story, and constantly look for updates.

In this scenario, the host, Savannah, has stepped away, but her co-anchors are providing updates on the story. The parasocial relationship becomes a major factor of this event, providing a huge emotional investment where attention is invested in a situation, whether the situation itself might be intentional or not.

This is the power and phenomenon of parasocial relationships that one must come to terms with as they follow such a story.

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The Questions We Must Ask About Media Events

The second fact of the story is the evidence itself. To take a step back from the actual incident and observe the facts surrounding the events, one must think about other scenarios. We’re talking about a media host, yes, but more importantly, we’re talking about a media event. And with a media event, certain questions become essential.

Can the media lie about certain things? Can the media lie about something and get away with it? Is there any kind of retraction, any kind of fact-checking that people care about? Do these big stories have an impact on reputation, or can the media lie about things without consequence? This is question number one — the consequences of their lying.

Question number two: Does the media lie about things? Does the media lie about scenarios, about situations? And if they do, how do we know? What is the public outcry? Is there even a public outcry?

These are two questions that individuals must come to terms with when we deal with public events, because if you do not ask these questions, you have to exhibit a certain amount of trust — a tremendous amount of trust — to accept what is being said on face value and ignore all other factual evidence around the story.

To really understand this, check out my work on Socratic thinking. It’s part of my series on critical thinking and problem solving, and the idea is that we have to ask these questions to fully understand what’s occurring.

To ask these questions, one must step outside the box of the event itself and look at the facts surrounding the events.

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Strategy of Tension, Propaganda, and Emotional Override

When you ask these questions — does the media lie about things, and can they lie about things — you also have to realize there are certain concepts that go with events like this.

• First, the strategy of tension. Can events be utilized to capture the attention of the public? Can they be deployed to mold the masses? Ironically, during this same week, from ICE raids to the Super Bowl, these are things that are moving the population. So the question becomes: can the strategy of tension be applied on a national basis?

• Second, propaganda. Is propaganda legal? The answer is yes. Does it occur? The answer is yes. But here’s the critical question: How do we know if we are under propaganda or not? Are there disclaimers? Are there fine prints like on drug commercials, saying that this is propaganda? How do we know? These things do occur, for example, Operation Northwoods, where the CIA released a plan to potentially bomb Florida to place the blame on the Cubans. These things do happen.

• Third, emotional investment. Is that emotional investment overriding rationality? If this situation were true and we wanted to negate all this speculation, why not make this a private matter? For example, simply tell the audience that the host is stepping away for a private matter; prayers out to the individual. That could have been one way to handle it.

But the way we’re seeing it unfold is under the framework of parasocial relationships, strategy of tension, and propaganda. Emotion is being weaponized all over the place.

Heuristics and Fast Thinking

One of the books out there, Thinking Fast and Slow, talks about heuristics, and the idea is that humans think fast and slow. We need to be mindful of how we think fast, because this is where heuristics — mental shortcuts — come into play.

When events like this occur, so much of our brain shuts down and focuses only on certain things. Parasocial events like this are particularly effective at triggering one’s heuristics, especially emotional control. One needs to observe how their heuristics are impacting them so they can know whether they need to be triggered or not.

These parasocial relationships and these events happen quite often, where we fall in love with the story. As old as Princess Diana and JonBenét Ramsey, to as recent as the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting with Brian Thompson and Luigi Mangione — these are stories, the narratives that occur within the country. These are events that become historical narratives in the history books. People read about these events that moved the nation.

But for us who are living in the time of these events: How do we know if they are true? Do we trust the media solely on face value, knowing that there’s potential for fallacies, even though we cannot verify those fallacies?

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I Don’t Know Why Liars Lie — But I Do Know That Liars Do Lie

This is the idea behind my article “I Don’t Know Why Liars Lie, But They Do.” I don’t know what is real. Maybe she really was kidnapped. Maybe everything’s true. Maybe it was a staged kidnapping. Maybe the anchor is the only one who knows. Who knows? I can’t prove anything.

But to sit here and just accept it on face value is me giving a whole bunch of trust and not getting that in return.

So we have to ask ourselves: Is the population invested in stories like this due to the phenomenon of parasocial relationships? And if yes, does this parasocial relationship event control emotions and heuristics? Does it remove all rationality?

If the answer is yes, it’s up to the viewer to choose what they want to do with their time and attention. What they want to do with their gold and silver — their time and attention, their currency.

Takeaways

• Parasocial relationships create one-sided emotional investments where viewers care deeply about media figures who don’t reciprocally care about them—and these bonds can be weaponized during national events

• Media events require dual-level questioning: not just “what happened?” but “can the media lie?” and “does the media lie?”—accepting stories on face value requires tremendous trust without verification

• Strategy of tension and propaganda are legal and active tools used to capture public attention and mold mass opinion, with no requirement for disclosure or fine print

• Emotional override is the goal: when heuristics are triggered, rational thinking shuts down and the population becomes manipulable through stories that “move the nation”

• Your attention is your currency: choosing where to invest your time and emotional energy is choosing how to spend your silver and gold

Next Action Items

1. Identify your parasocial relationships: Make a list of media figures, influencers, or public personalities you follow regularly—honestly assess which ones trigger emotional investment without reciprocation

2. Practice Socratic questioning on current events: Before accepting any major media narrative, ask “Can this be false?” and “What evidence would I need to verify this?”—reference Franklin’s series on critical thinking and problem solving

3. Track your heuristic triggers: For one week, notice when a news story makes you feel strong emotion immediately—pause and identify what mental shortcut (heuristic) was activated before engaging further

4. Apply the private matter test: When major incidents become public spectacles, ask “Could this have been handled privately?”—if yes, question why the public element was necessary

5. Audit your attention currency: Calculate how much time you spend consuming stories about people you’ll never meet versus investing in your own narrative—reallocate accordingly

As always, thank you for your time and attention. Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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Earlier this weekend, I came across the article I discussed yesterday on the Federal Reserve. When I first read it and engaged with it, the first person I told about how excited I was was my wife.

I told her how I never really got to the Federal Reserve, economics, or inflation before. But now that I’ve taken the time to study it and learn about it, I have a totally different perspective. I can have conversations with individuals about this. I was so excited that when we went to Sunday Brunch, I had a full-blown conversation with our bartender about it because he’s an economics major.

There’s a whole different perspective that occurs when one sees something from a new perspective. And one of the biggest things my wife and I discussed was the idea of thinking outside the box.

In this article, you’ll learn:

1. How every aspect of your life—entertainment, history, education, work—reinforces the same narrative “box” you’ve been given

2. Why introducing new ideas creates cognitive dissonance and how that dissonance is weaponized against you

3. The strategic function of the Epstein files as a modern-day boogeyman and attention trap

4. How psychological operations work by getting the public to accept fallacies that override their reasoning

5. What it means to think outside the box—and why circular thinking allows you to see the entire perspective

The Box We’re Given

As we all go through life, we’re given this box through which we think of the world. This is exactly what education is.

In my article on the origins of education, I show how the teacher literally cuts the world into a box. This is what our society does, and we see the world through this box.

Applying this to the Federal Reserve piece, I was so excited because from this whole analysis, I’m able to present other aspects of this box from a different perspective. Examples include:

• Stagflation did occur—but check out this other perspective on how stagflation could occur.

• Check out the letters from Powell and Friedman and see the possibilities that they could have had.

• Check out what Ralph Nader did and how he set up attacks on corporations and society, paving the way for initiatives like climate change to occur.

• Check out how the depression occurred. Check out why we need to bring back deflation in a new light. Check out all these things.

What that does is provide people with different perspectives. I’ve seen some of the comments where people were saying, “Wow, I never thought about this from that perspective, so thank you.”

This is the unorthodox perspective, and this is what it means to think outside the box.

As I was having this conversation with my wife, one of the things we realized is that this box is well reinforced. The box is well reinforced because it’s reinforced from multiple angles.

Within this box, you have multiple facets of who you are and your experiences. For example, you have all the music in your life, all the science, all the entertainment, all the stories, the history, the mathematics—all of these different areas. On paper, they look different, but there’s an underlying thread connecting them all.

Let’s take how we see banking as an example.

Yes, the entertainment section of your box might be all entertainment. But the entertainment section of your box believes that the banking system acts a certain way. Then you have history, and it reinforces your image of banking, even though it’s history. Then you have sports, and sports reinforce your idea of banking. You have your job, and your job reinforces this idea of banking because that’s what it is.

Every aspect of your box, even though there are different boxes within it, all reinforce this idea of banking. This is the box that we’ve been given to see the world.

So, what happens when you introduce a brand new idea into this box? My wife said it best: You have what’s known as cognitive dissonance.

Because I have introduced an idea that is so far from left field—using the same facts that we all know and agree upon, such as 1913, such as deflation, such as stagflation—when you introduce these concepts from a different angle, what occurs is cognitive dissonance at first.

It’s hard for someone to understand what is going on. And unfortunately, what occurs is a state of confusion, which is — from a metaphysical level — not a state that we want to live in; hence why we should aim for a sound mind. Everything in our minds should flow. There should be coherence. We don’t want cognitive dissonance. What we want is cognitive resonance.

Unfortunately, dissonance is the reality that most are living in. And when confronted with a new way of looking at things, dissonance occurs every single day. Ideally, one should be brave enough to entertain new ideas and think outside the box. When we do, we have a more expansive way of seeing life.

So, if the goal is to think outside the box, what happens when we begin to be more circular with our thinking? When we think around the box so we can see the entire perspective, we begin to see the box itself.

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The Epstein Files

Now, let’s apply the idea of thinking outside the box to what I see everywhere: the Epstein files. Later on this afternoon, I’m going to release “my Epstein files” — all my work on the Epstein files — because time and time again, what we’re experiencing here is classic strategic tension: something designed to have the masses and the population focus on within their boxes.

From music to banking, to science, and more — the boxes of the masses are all congregated on The Epstein files. What I’ve come to realize is that the Epstein files have literally turned into the modern-day boogeyman.

My very first article on this was about Bill Gates back in 2023 during the pandemic. This article was actually featured by James Corbett as well. What I wrote was:

As soon as the pandemic was starting to end, as soon as we realized COVID was not this disaster foretold, as soon as we realized masking and vaccinations weren’t the best, when we began to get out and reopen, Bill Gates began to take a step back from the public light. Here is where Gates found in Jeffrey Epstein a very convenient figure.

The only way Gates was able to take a clean step back from the public eye was by becoming associated with Epstein. All of a sudden, his marriage is in shambles, and he went to Epstein’s island — all while the world begins to open up. A very convenient way to exit the limelight that was orchestrated three years prior.

Now, some could say these Epstein files are true and did happen. Sure, that’s something to be discussed. But one cannot deny the fact that it serves as a very convenient pathway for individuals who want to get out of the limelight, and Bill Gates used it perfectly.

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Manufactured Confusion as a Control Mechanism

I haven’t looked into this latest release, but what I’ve seen now is more individuals and more names. Bill Gates is being named again. Jay-Z was named, but turns out to be false? There are so many people being named, and I don’t even know what’s real and what’s not.

I’ve come to realize that I think that’s the goal.

The goal here is confusion. And what does confusion do to your box? It gives you cognitive dissonance. You don’t know what to believe. You don’t know what’s real. You don’t know what you should do. You don’t know where you should pay attention. Your box becomes scattered all over the place.

This is how you control populations.

It’s fitting because I’m just finishing off this piece on the economy, finances, our personal finances, wealth, and time. It’s given me a whole new perspective on life. One of the best concepts that has emerged is friction — when you pause your actions and think about what you want to do, you’re mindful of your time. You’re mindful of how you spend your time.

I’ve spent more time just being aware of how beautiful the day is. It’s cold, but the sun is out. Now, how Florida went from the 80s to the 20s within hours is another story, but I’m appreciating so much more of the nicer things. I’m using my time intentionally. I’m spending my time wisely.

But what’s occurring right now is that the biggest temptation and distraction is Jeffrey Epstein. People are getting sucked up in the old Epstein drama because they think their engagement might somehow help the situation.

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I believe what’s really occurring is a humiliation ritual against the public. We’ve seen this from other acts in history, which I covered in my article on false flags. You have to give the public a story, but there has to be something that’s off. The public has to accept this thing that’s off because they have to essentially override the cognitive dissonance they are experiencing and accept the lie.

It happens with every single event.:

• Charlie Kirk: That’s not a real human, that’s a mannequin.

• Trump Assassination attempt: Look at his ears.

• 9/11: Twin towers burning, but the paper passport survives.

All of these holes in the story, but the public has to believe this to accept the official narrative — and there’s a convenient truth that follows along.

The humiliation piece here is that it’s highly unlikely that anyone will go to jail. Gates, Clintons — they will continue to go as normal.

If you study population control from a psychological operations perspective, this is literally psychological operations. You get the public to accept the fallacy, which throws off their reasoning, and they learn to live with the cognitive dissonance.

It’s fascinating work, and if I’m being honest, it’s purely genius. But — going back to your personal life — while all this is going on, the taxation increases. The theft increases. The robbery increases, right under the nose. The corporations keep getting money. AI keeps advancing. Interest rates are still there. And the population remains docile to the fact.

This is literally the world of Brave New World of 1984. This is Bertrand Russell’s excerpt: if you teach people that snow is black, it is black.

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Closing Thoughts

Ultimately, it’s your time. You can spend an hour on Epstein if you want.

I’m coming around to seeing that people are realizing society is one big lie, one big facade. There are a lot of things we’re told matter that really don’t matter in our daily lives. If you choose to focus on what’s important to your life and how you want to spend your time, then you are welcome to the Unorthodoxy.

However, this community grows when you share this message with someone else. The goal is, as we stop shaping our box to what society tells us, but focus that box on what really matters, we begin to create a world where we have friends and families focused on making life a better place for ourselves.

Also, what’s interesting is that the Super Bowl is about to come up — the great Roman circus. I plan on watching it, because it’s always interesting, the occult energies and what happens around Super Bowl weekend. The energies that get stirred and moved whenever people are about to watch these great games.

Here are some notable observations:

1. We just had a winter storm freezing the nation — and crops as well.

2. We had Operation Winter — ICE on ice, with the killings of “Pretti, Good.”

3. And then, we have the Epstein files — all within the week of the Super Bowl. Fascinating energies, population control.

For us who are aware, who are looking to move on with our lives, this is simply an observation. At the end of the day, we are spending our time and attention on what truly matters: ourselves, our families, and our future.

Time is life, let’s use it wisely.

Takeaways

1. The “box” is your worldview—and it’s reinforced from every angle: entertainment, education, work, history, sports. They all teach you the same narrative about systems like banking.

2. New ideas create cognitive dissonance. This discomfort can either wake you up or be weaponized to scatter your attention and control you.

3. The Epstein files function as a modern boogeyman—a strategic distraction that keeps people focused inside their boxes while the real theft continues.

4. Psychological operations work by getting you to accept holes in the narrative, override your reasoning, and live with cognitive dissonance.

5. Circular thinking—thinking around the box—allows you to see the entire system for what it is.

Next Action Items

• Audit your information diet. Where are you spending your attention this week? Is it on things that affect your actual life, or manufactured distractions?

• Practice friction. Before engaging with breaking news or viral stories, pause and ask: What is this costing me in time and mental energy? What is it distracting me from?

• Study the box. Pick one area of your life (entertainment, work, education) and ask: What narrative about banking, money, or power does this reinforce?

• Share this with someone ready to hear it. Unorthodoxy grows through conscious community.

As always, thank you for your time and the attention.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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In this article, you’ll learn...

• Why dismissing “fear mongering” doesn’t mean abandoning rational preparation

• The reality of climate warfare and what it means for those living under manipulated skies

• The strange esoteric patterns emerging around “ICE”—the weather, the agency, and the symbolism

• How racial tension narratives are shifting in unexpected directions

• Why midterm political theater is heating up while winter tries to slow us down

“ICE and ICE.”

First, I want to express my thoughts and prayers to everyone who will be affected by this winter storm. I hope you all are safe and prepared - and wishing nothing but the best for you all.

I don’t ascribe to fear mongering at all, but I am very much based in reality. Over the break, my wife and I started watching the Katrina series on Netflix. I kept reiterating to her that if we lived in New Orleans and we saw those levees every single day, the reality is that every single day we are living on death’s door - therefore we must take things seriously.

We can either move out or we can seriously hunker down, but the reality of the situation — those levees can break anytime — remains.

Given that background, being that close to risk, anything can occur. Yes, a hurricane can come. Yes, levees can be broken. Just being in close proximity to such conditions increases the likelihood of negative consequences.

Because I live in Florida, I have experience with hurricanes. Even when the likelihood is that damage can be severe, once we remove the fear-mongering and look at the actual possibility of things, am I in a good situation? If the power goes out, do we have enough food? Do we have enough gas to get out of town? These are normal questions we should ask ourselves regardless and be able to answer.

Yes, fear-mongering does occur. But that does not mean one should be irrational and fail to prepare.

The Reality of Climate Warfare

The other aspect of this is the potential of weather interference known as climate warfare. This is a true aspect of reality.

Here in Florida, it’s 66 degrees this morning. Tomorrow it’s going to drop by 22 degrees. Our high has been 80 degrees, and now it’s going to plummet. These are rapid shifts in temperature. Yes, it could occur naturally; however, the amount of spraying in the air before and after cold fronts paints a different picture.

This is the world that we live in. Yes, the weather can be manipulated, and we don’t know why it’s manipulated. But if you choose to live in a country where the weather might be manipulated, there will be certain inconveniences that occur. This is why you should always prepare for potential inconveniences.

“…If you choose to live in a country where the weather might be manipulated, there will be certain inconveniences that occur. This is why you should always prepare for potential inconveniences.”

That being said, we know climate warfare is real, and it helps with political narratives. I would just ensure that everyone is protected and prepared whenever an inconvenience looks to occur in your neighborhood.

But that’s the first ICE we’re talking about. Now let’s move to the next ICE story.

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The Minnesota ICE Shooting and Strange Symbolism

Apparently, there was another shooting that occurred involving ICE in Minnesota, in the Twin Cities, which are known to be cold.

Not only do you have the ICE incident in Minnesota, with ICE agents conducting operations, but we’re doing this in January, with a winter snowstorm about to occur.

I just made a podcast for my esoteric followers on how working and ramping up in January goes against the natural cycle of resting in the winter, going against nature. Is that intentional?

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As I reflect on this, all I hear in my head is: Wow, there’s a lot of emphasis on ICE in winter around this time right now.

Going back to this ICE story, one of the things I found very interesting is the fact that it’s around white individuals. As an African-American, I’m used to these stories being framed around race relations. I’m used to the George Floyds, the Trayvon Martins, the Black Lives Matter narratives. This has always been the form of societal tension presented to the masses.

However, it’s interesting that the new form of divide and conquer is apparently Caucasian on Caucasian, which I’m sure you can attest has never been the case in recent years. “White people” are now at the center of this narrative.

The tension is always positioned as the people against the police, the individual versus the state. This time, the police are ICE, and it’s the people against the government, not local police. And instead of Black people at the center, it’s white people - and then, as an addition, the first death was someone whose last name, very ironically, happens to be Good. Stories reporting the death were saying “Good was killed,” “the death of Good.”

There is so much esoteric content here, it’s invigorating. Now, all of this could be entirely random - or there are certain esoteric and metaphysical strings being pulled to indicate themes like:

• “Good is dying,”

• “In the winter of ICE.”

At the very least, it’s interesting to note and observe.

Heating Up for Midterms

Who knows where this is going? Midterms perhaps? It sounds like we’re heating up for hot midterms in 2026, and we see all the political tricks being pulled.

If this is new to you, I would say you should get up to speed. You should read my article “Four Reasons to Not Watch the News”—it’s an archived article for paying subscribers that explains why you shouldn’t consume mainstream news. Another article is “The Strategy of Tension.” This is what politics does: they rile the country in different ways, using different tactics, so people can be moved to vote or act in certain ways. I’ve talked about voting in many of my articles, including “Why I Don’t Vote in Federal Elections” and “The Metaphysics of Voting.”

What’s very interesting is that as we wrap up our analysis here, we’re discussing how these effects were used in the 70s; effects that laid the foundation for the robbery and inflation that most people are experiencing today.

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Conclusion

This is sure to be a fascinating year as we see how things play out. ICE and ICE. The death of Good. All heating up for midterms. With the red-hot Republicans who have still not yet released the Epstein list.

I almost want to bet that we will never get the list. Show the mockery to the crowd—because mockery must be done. That’s how you enforce belief. You must lie to them, and they must accept the lie. I’ve talked about this in articles such as those on the Trump assassination, fake false flags, and the Charlie Kirk series.

This is the world that we live in, and it’s playing out in front of our very eyes. I only hope more and more people are able to wake up and see how they’re being pulled. If you’re looking for a place to start, Unorthodoxy is a perfect solution.

Takeaways

• Preparation isn’t fear mongering. Being reality-based means assessing genuine risk and acting accordingly—whether that’s hurricanes, levees, or winter storms.

• Climate warfare is real. Rapid temperature shifts and atmospheric spraying before cold fronts suggest manipulation. If you live under manipulated skies, prepare for inconveniences.

• The ICE symbolism is layered. Winter ICE, the ICE agency, a victim named “Good”—these patterns may be random, or they may be esoteric strings being pulled.

• Racial tension narratives are shifting. The playbook is changing from Black vs. police to white vs. federal agents. The structure remains: people vs. government enforcers.

• Midterm theater is ramping up. Political tricks from the 70s laid the foundation for today’s manipulation. The Epstein list remains unreleased. The mockery continues.

Next Action Items

1. Assess your winter preparedness — Do you have food, water, and heat sources if power goes out?

2. Read the foundational articles — “Four Reasons to Not Watch the News,” “The Strategy of Tension,” and “The Metaphysics of Voting” provide the framework for understanding these patterns.

3. Observe the symbolism — Start noticing patterns in names, timing, and framing of major news stories.

4. Consider becoming a paying subscriber — Upgrade and access the deeper esoteric and metaphysical content that unpacks these realities.

As always, thank you for your time and attention. Have a great and wonderful day.

—Ashe,

Franklin O’Kanu

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