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Real estate is a gilded cage. They love you trapped, taxable, and immobile. Renters can move. Owners get plucked. www.grimwright.com/the-pocket-p...
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Real estate is a gilded cage. They love you trapped, taxable, and immobile. Renters can move. Owners get plucked. www.grimwright.com/the-pocket-p...
Everyone preaches the gospel of “belonging.” But belonging is brittle. Solitude, if endured, hardens you into something the mob can’t break. Being alone is not pathology. It’s armor. www.grimwright.com/fortress-of-...
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Everyone preaches the gospel of “belonging.” But belonging is brittle. Solitude, if endured, hardens you into something the mob can’t break. Being alone is not pathology. It’s armor. www.grimwright.com/fortress-of-...
Governments don’t hunt the rich; they milk the middling. Be too lean to feast on. Stay mobile. Stay unyielding. www.grimwright.com/the-pocket-p...
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Governments don’t hunt the rich; they milk the middling. Be too lean to feast on. Stay mobile. Stay unyielding. www.grimwright.com/the-pocket-p...
When the dream fails, prophets never take the blame. They blame you. You didn’t bike enough, didn’t vote right, didn’t sacrifice enough. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
When the dream fails, prophets never take the blame. They blame you. You didn’t bike enough, didn’t vote right, didn’t sacrifice enough. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
A tax audit is just your amygdala screaming at shadows. Breathe. Prepare. Pay the absolute minimum required by law—and not a cent more. www.grimwright.com/the-pocket-p...
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A tax audit is just your amygdala screaming at shadows. Breathe. Prepare. Pay the absolute minimum required by law—and not a cent more. www.grimwright.com/the-pocket-p...
You’re not free because you choose your brand of chains. You’re free when you walk away from the forge. www.grimwright.com/the-last-unt...
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You’re not free because you choose your brand of chains. You’re free when you walk away from the forge. www.grimwright.com/the-last-unt...
The state doesn’t need to break your legs. It just fattens you until you can’t run. Own less, move faster, pay only what you must. Never naked—just cleverly threadbare. www.grimwright.com/the-pocket-p...
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The state doesn’t need to break your legs. It just fattens you until you can’t run. Own less, move faster, pay only what you must. Never naked—just cleverly threadbare. www.grimwright.com/the-pocket-p...
Every system survives by feeding on obedience. Soldiers obey orders, citizens obey laws, rebels obey causes. But there’s a species outside the taxonomy—a creature unfit for the cage, immune to the whistle, allergic to hierarchy. www.grimwright.com/the-last-unt...
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Every system survives by feeding on obedience. Soldiers obey orders, citizens obey laws, rebels obey causes. But there’s a species outside the taxonomy—a creature unfit for the cage, immune to the whistle, allergic to hierarchy. www.grimwright.com/the-last-unt...
In an era of increasing noise and accelerating collapse, clarity isn’t about more information—it’s about less, better curated, harder earned. If you’re prepared to bleed a little, then you might draw the faint, original signal. That’s where your work begins. www.grimwright.com/through-the-...
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In an era of increasing noise and accelerating collapse, clarity isn’t about more information—it’s about less, better curated, harder earned. If you’re prepared to bleed a little, then you might draw the faint, original signal. That’s where your work begins. www.grimwright.com/through-the-...
The anarchist is not dangerous because he breaks rules. He’s dangerous because he proves they can be ignored. www.grimwright.com/the-last-unt...
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The anarchist is not dangerous because he breaks rules. He’s dangerous because he proves they can be ignored. www.grimwright.com/the-last-unt...
Every “Great Leap” turns into a bill someone else pays. Usually you. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Every “Great Leap” turns into a bill someone else pays. Usually you. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
Companies talk about “empowerment” while handing out lanyards. Nations talk about “freedom” while drilling obedience. Even rebels chant in unison. The true outlier isn’t the one who fights authority. It’s the one who walks away from it. www.grimwright.com/the-last-unt...
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Companies talk about “empowerment” while handing out lanyards. Nations talk about “freedom” while drilling obedience. Even rebels chant in unison. The true outlier isn’t the one who fights authority. It’s the one who walks away from it. www.grimwright.com/the-last-unt...
Progress doesn’t march in a straight line. It stumbles, collapses, and crawls sideways. Like a drunk in a swamp, not a train to paradise. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Progress doesn’t march in a straight line. It stumbles, collapses, and crawls sideways. Like a drunk in a swamp, not a train to paradise. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
They don’t build cathedrals of knowledge. They stack paper towers and pray the wind doesn’t blow. www.grimwright.com/the-paper-ca...
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
They don’t build cathedrals of knowledge. They stack paper towers and pray the wind doesn’t blow. www.grimwright.com/the-paper-ca...
We were promised miracles: fusion in a bottle, Mars colonies, flying cars. Instead, we got subsidies, bankruptcies, and moral sermons. Progress isn’t a staircase to heaven—it’s a drunk stumbling through a swamp. What we need isn’t salvation, but endurance. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
We were promised miracles: fusion in a bottle, Mars colonies, flying cars. Instead, we got subsidies, bankruptcies, and moral sermons. Progress isn’t a staircase to heaven—it’s a drunk stumbling through a swamp. What we need isn’t salvation, but endurance. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
The soldier obeys the whistle. The citizen obeys the algorithm. The difference is cosmetic. The cage remains. www.grimwright.com/through-the-...
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The soldier obeys the whistle. The citizen obeys the algorithm. The difference is cosmetic. The cage remains. www.grimwright.com/through-the-...
Progress isn’t a shining staircase—it’s a drunk stumbling through a swamp. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Progress isn’t a shining staircase—it’s a drunk stumbling through a swamp. www.grimwright.com/the-myth-of-...
We live in noise—feeds, slogans, notifications, propaganda. And we call it normal. But normal is just sedation. www.grimwright.com/through-the-...
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We live in noise—feeds, slogans, notifications, propaganda. And we call it normal. But normal is just sedation. www.grimwright.com/through-the-...
China can build the toys. It cannot fake the choreography. www.grimwright.com/steel-withou...
October 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
China can build the toys. It cannot fake the choreography. www.grimwright.com/steel-withou...
Academia does not discover truth. It manufactures consensus. www.grimwright.com/the-paper-ca...
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academia does not discover truth. It manufactures consensus. www.grimwright.com/the-paper-ca...
A dark meditation on filters, bubbles, and the sedative comforts of convenience. Soldiers obey whistles. Citizens obey algorithms. But some claw their way through the noise, barely—seeking unfiltered existence. Will you? www.grimwright.com/through-the-...
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A dark meditation on filters, bubbles, and the sedative comforts of convenience. Soldiers obey whistles. Citizens obey algorithms. But some claw their way through the noise, barely—seeking unfiltered existence. Will you? www.grimwright.com/through-the-...
Professors are not priests of reason; they are parishioners of consensus. www.grimwright.com/the-paper-ca...
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Professors are not priests of reason; they are parishioners of consensus. www.grimwright.com/the-paper-ca...
Every crisis we dodged was not erased, only deferred. Now the reckoning is here. www.grimwright.com/the-long-rec...
October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Every crisis we dodged was not erased, only deferred. Now the reckoning is here. www.grimwright.com/the-long-rec...
Why are academics so beholden to narrative? Because narrative is safe. It can be cited, footnoted, and endlessly rehearsed. Truth, meanwhile, is dangerous—chaotic, and occasionally fatal to one’s career. www.grimwright.com/the-paper-ca...
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Why are academics so beholden to narrative? Because narrative is safe. It can be cited, footnoted, and endlessly rehearsed. Truth, meanwhile, is dangerous—chaotic, and occasionally fatal to one’s career. www.grimwright.com/the-paper-ca...
Stalin once said: “Quantity has a quality of its own.” The USSR believed it. Russia still does. China parades it. But steel without flesh is just parade junk. www.grimwright.com/steel-withou...
October 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Stalin once said: “Quantity has a quality of its own.” The USSR believed it. Russia still does. China parades it. But steel without flesh is just parade junk. www.grimwright.com/steel-withou...