The age we’re living in feels increasingly curated, controlled, and surveilled. From cameras on poles to the algorithms in our pockets, the quiet pressure of ambient anxiety seeps into daily life. The potholes remain, but the panopticon grows. This is not just about technology, but about sovereignty — about remembering what is real, and reclaiming the ground beneath our own feet.
Tag: propaganda
Amid new climate lockdowns in Canada, the talk traces the long arc from pandemic restrictions to environmental mandates — through the fires, policies, and manufactured narratives that frame them. It asks not for outrage, but for discernment: to see beyond the spectacle, to question the story, and to guard the small, local sphere where choice still lives.
Fires are as old as the earth’s breath — consuming, cleansing, and reshaping the land in a cycle both brutal and necessary. Yet in our age of spectacle, the flames are rarely allowed to speak for themselves. Instead, their crackle is drowned out by headlines, politics, and narratives woven to suit agendas. What remains hidden — in the forests, in the decision rooms, and in the public mind — is often more telling than the official story.