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June 2025

The Flag Drapes the Lie: Inside the Cult America Didn’t See Coming
Introduction: When the Cult Takes Power
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The Hero Complex of MAGA: How Loyalty Turned Into Tyranny
Christopher Hitchens warned us: 'The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law.' MAGA follows no principle, only loyalty. It rewrites the…
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The Cruel Psychology Behind MAGA’s Obsession With “Law and Order”
Authoritarian minds aren’t seeking justice, they’re enforcing obedience, no matter the cost.
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The Banality of MAGA
How Ordinary Obedience Became the Machinery of Tyranny
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On the Criminalization of Conscience: My Thoughts on the LA Crackdown
A protest against ICE has become something far more dangerous, a test of how much dissent a government can suppress before people stop noticing it’s…
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When MAGA Tries to Unlock Freedom with the Tools of Tyranny
A psychological autopsy of the movement that confuses strength with subjugation and freedom with obedience.
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Undoing the Damage: The Quiet Art of Deprogramming the MAGA Mind
This article explores science-backed strategies to reverse MAGA’s grip on the mind without shame, but with precision, empathy, and psychological…
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May 2025

The Authoritarian Mirror: Why MAGA Can’t See What They’ve Become
How political devotion overrides reality, rewrites history, and redefines democracy.
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Why MAGA’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Repeats Every Economic Mistake Since Reagan
What do you get when you combine 1980s tax myths, 2000s deficits, and 2020s culture war branding? The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’, a Frankenstein of failed…
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What MAGA Really Believes, Part 4: I Watched 28 Minutes of MAGA’s Mask Slipping and Found a Doctrine of Purification
It wasn’t rage — it was ritual. A gospel of grievance wrapped in flags, scripture, and the promise of domination.
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They Warned Us in 1945: Fascism in America Would Look Like Patriotism
How MAGA Became the Psychological Blueprint They Described
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