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A Century of Lies Is Unraveling

"The truth of the matter gets buried in all the noise, and we’re left with an accepted history that isn’t history but a manufactured story"

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Franklin O'Kanu
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Prairie Life

I Don’t Think They Thought They’d Get Caught

I was flipping through TV channels the other day when something unexpected caught my eye. A show about life on the prairies.

It featured a father, mother, their child, a dog, and even a deer.

Life was simple, slow, and self-sufficient.

I lingered for a moment, watching this untouched way of living. And then a thought hit me—

If I were a billionaire traveling across America, seeing millions of families simply living their lives in self-sufficient homes, growing their own food, and tending their own land, I’d see that as a waste of time and potential.

This simple way of living is exactly what they wanted to erase.

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It’s a crazy thought, but let’s think this through.

  • Left alone, these families provide for themselves.

  • But if they could be centralized, they could be brought into the workforce, work corporate …

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