The older I get, the harder it is to ignore the nagging truth clawing at the edges of my mind—like a shadow that won’t go away no matter how bright the room is.
We were raised on stories. Taught to believe the good guys always win, that the news tells the truth, and that the people in charge have our best interests at heart. We were told if we just worked hard, followed the rules, and paid our dues, everything would work out fine.
But it doesn’t. It never really did.
Look around. The “news” is a script. The politicians are actors. The wars are staged. The crises? Manufactured. Every major event that shakes the world—somehow—always benefits the same handful of people, while the rest of us get crumbs and distraction.
It’s all theater. The lights, the speeches, the outrage, the “solutions”—carefully choreographed to make you feel something while they take everything. And it’s working. Most people still believe the show is real.
The more years that pass, the more obvious it becomes: everything we were told was a lie. History has been rewritten, science is sold to the highest bidder, and “democracy” is just a more polite form of control. You’re allowed to vote, as long as the outcome changes nothing. You’re free, as long as you stay in line. You’re informed, as long as you don’t ask the wrong questions.
This isn’t about left vs. right. That’s part of the act too. The deeper you look, the more the strings reveal themselves—and behind them, the same faces, playing the same game they’ve played for generations.
We weren’t raised to be thinkers. We were trained to be consumers, followers, and cogs in a machine built by liars. And it’s no accident. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. The curtain is falling. The truth is darker than most can handle.
Are you awake—or still clapping for the performance?
