The Great Reveal
How we respond to these dark revelations determines if we stay stuck in the abyss or transcend them
Whether it is the unsealing of high-profile files or the crumbling narratives of global institutions and people in high places, things that were once hidden are being brought into the light at a staggering pace. For many people this is shocking, and for some of us, this is the moment we’ve been waiting for. It feels like the truth is finally coming out.
But there is a subtle trap in this moment.
When we see corruption and depravity exposed without any real accountability, it can trigger a deep sense of apathy. The system shows us its crimes and basically asks, “So, what are you going to do about it?” They feed off the idea that society is powerless to react. This is where we risk shutting down or deciding that our choices don’t actually matter.
A Lifetime of Watching the Shadows
Exploring our society’s shadows is something I’ve been interested in for a long time. Even as a kid, I was drawn to mysteries, alternative history, and the supernatural. My sense early on was that something was off about the official version of reality.
This wasn’t a sudden awakening; it was a slow erosion of trust. My skepticism started early. By age eleven, I found myself literally running away from a French priest and setting off a school fire alarm just to escape a version of God that felt more like a vengeful accountant than a source of love. That day, I realized that the institutions claiming to have the keys to my soul were often just high-level systems of control and that the only real forgiveness was the kind I could give myself.
By the time I was in university, I was digging deeper. I wrote a paper on The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, the first book in U.S. history the government tried to ban before it was even published. I remember holding that book and seeing the literal blank spaces on the pages—sections the CIA had deleted. It was a chilling look at a ‘secret fraternity’ that believed it was above the Constitution, justifying any ‘dirty trick’ as long as it served their version of national security.
At the time, I thought I was reading about a bug in the system. I spent years tracking the military-industrial complex and the way lobbyists turned the “beautiful democratic process” into backroom deals. I thought the system was just “broken,” and I tried to view it through a partisan lens, looking for a specific group to blame.