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Peaceful Return seeks to understand the roots of what we are facing in the world today—late-stage empire, collective trauma, moral inversion, and the corrupting force of concentrated power—and identify pathways to a better future.
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Oh, the Places You’ll Never Go Under Capitalism! (opens the original)
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One thing I find helps me get through these apocalyptic times is to remind myself what the actual meaning of apocalypse is: an unveiling, a revealing.And if there’s one thing that’s certain about what we have been experiencing over the past 20 months since the Trump Administration took office, it’s that more truth about the U.S. government, economy, and legal system has been revealed than possibly at any other time in history—no thanks to the most overtly corrupt administration ever.I say most o
Love in the Time of Fascism - Part 1 (opens the original)
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A Short Message to Peaceful Return Subscribers:I’m sorry I have been short on essays the past few weeks. There are several in progress, and one I will send out this coming week, but I’ve been unusually quiet and feel I owe you an explanation, especially to my new paid subscribers. Nothing is changing long-term—a few emergencies disrupted my schedule, and I’m adjusting to a new rhythm as I take on some responsibilities for a
Can Love Exist in a Country Overridden with Fascism? (opens the original)
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Love and FascismYesterday, in a moment of inner rebellion—filled with genuine curiosity, but also a kind of teen angsty cynicism—the thought crossed my mind: Is it even possible for Love to exist in a country undergoing a fascist coup?1If love is deep presence, tapping into a “one with all” unity with life, and fascism is a death march that emerges from decades of neglect, it’s hard to imagine them existing at the same time. Right? At the very least,<em
Identifying As a Human Family (opens the original)
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Author’s note: This essay may require withholding judgment for a little longer than normal. It explores a question I stumbled on a few weeks ago, and builds on Buddhist, Taoist and other esoteric philosophies about loosening attachment to identities, which I was inundated with as a child and still grapple with today. The essay proposes a way to understand identity and division, but is not a claim to be a definitive conclusion or without exception. It does, however, ask the reader to consider how
Out of the Ashes of Mainstream Media, a New Career Arises (opens the original)
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Welcome to Peaceful Return. For those that are new: about once a month, I write in a more creative satirical style. It’s a form of catharsis, a survival strategy, when heart-breaking atrocities escalate to the point of absurdity. This has become an essential part of my work of staying awake in an age of monsters without collapsing in despair.The Billionaire-Owned Media LandscapeAs media consolidation accelerates under regime-aligned billionaires, mainstream news becomes more difficult to trust.
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