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Just a short holiday post: open.substack.com/pub/tcarrili...
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I've been struggling for quite some time with figuring out how people can support Trump and his collaborators. Here's my latest look at the dynamics that seem to be at play: tcarrilioparadigmewalker.substack.com/p/americas-e...
December 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Elite impunity didn’t start with Trump—and it won’t end without emotional adulthood.

New piece up now →https://open.substack.com/pub/tcarrilioparadigmewalker/p/impossible-to-kill-why-elite-impunity?r=2xtb8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
America isn’t just politically divided — it’s emotionally fractured.
My new essay explores how we got here.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Our national crisis isn’t just political — it’s psychological. This essay explores how America’s failure of rapprochement has left us unable to repair harm or tolerate difference
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October 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This piece looks at the No Kings protests and the regime’s grotesque response as a mirror of two paths: regression or maturity. It’s a call to stay sane, steady, and human while the culture around us loses its balance.

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October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
When empathy is treated as inefficiency, collapse isn’t a crisis. It’s policy.

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October 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We are living with two incompatible ways of knowing reality — until we face that, democracy itself is at risk.”

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September 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Authoritarianism thrives when fear and trauma overwhelm us. But history, psychology, and even our founding principles point to another way. Repair, not rage.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It’s unsettling to see the country we grew up believing in slipping away. Heather Cox Richardson’s new piece lays it out starkly, and I’ve shared some of my own thoughts here:
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September 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Behind the spectacle, a coalition of tech oligarchs, Christian dominionists, cultural reactionaries, and predatory elites is hollowing out democracy. They’re not governing—they’re looting, destabilizing, and erasing.

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August 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Project 2025 isn’t restoration. It’s regression—humiliation weaponized into policy, domination disguised as strength. Check out my latest post:

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August 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In my newest post I look at some of the deep precursors of Trumpisms grooming and how it's harmed us all.

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August 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Superman isn’t just a hero—he’s a mirror.
The new film asks: What does it mean to inherit power from a flawed civilization?
And can we choose care over conquest when legacy is ambiguous?
#Culture #GenerationalMyth #Superman
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July 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
February 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
January 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
January 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Wishing folks a calm and restful holiday season and hope for a peaceful 2025. Take care of yourself and the people around you, and don't back down
December 25, 2024 at 4:59 AM