On this day four years ago, I wrote my first Substack

Or was it four hundred years ago?

Four years ago, I published my first article on this Substack. I did it because it felt like we were quickly moving toward an extremely abusive totalitarian rule—and I detest abuse. I’ve been abused in my personal life at one point, I detest abuse, I object to abuse, and I fight abuse. I couldn’t stay silent. I wanted to continue being able to look at myself in the mirror, so I had to speak up. And yes, I was afraid a little, my dear friends were steadily going “full COVID” … I didn’t know what would happen … I don’t like fighting with anyone … I’ve always been a very peaceful person—but I was a lot more afraid to look in the mirror and suddenly see a coward.

When I was a kid, growing up on stories and films about World War II, I spent a lot of time (perhaps an unhealthy amount of time) thinking about whether I would be brave in the face of the Nazis, like the elders from the generation of my grandparents were. I thought about it a little too much for a kid. I dreamt about it, and in my dreams, I was brave sometimes, and sometimes I was not—and the occasions when I wasn’t brave didn’t feel good. They taught me to try my best to be brave.

And so, on this day four years ago, I posted a Substack article about how they, the they, were trying to take the beautiful world around us away from us—and replace it with a fake, cold, touch-free virtual world, in which we are surveilled and controlled 24/7. I wrote it from the heart and sent my Substack to a handful of people, that is all I had.

The Physical World Is The Only World We Have

And then in October 2020, I published my “Great Reset for Dummies.” I did it out of desperation, really. I had been researching transhumanism for some years prior, I recognized what was going on, and I really wanted to explain it in a way that made sense to those who were not familiar with the subject. I also wanted to do it kindly, without sensationalism, without fear. And so I published it, still to a very small group of subscribers, and suddenly, everyone started republishing it, translating it to different languages, my friends were messaging me about reading my article on Zerohedge, here, there, I had no idea, it was all a surprise to me, but I was very pleased because my purpose was to create clarity, without creating fear.

So that is the story.

Since then, I had to deal with a lot of hurdles, a lot of not-so-nice people tried to stop me in various ways, it wasn’t an easy ride.

But I am still here, and I am still doing what I believe needs to be done, i.e. trying to create more clarity without creating fear.

And it is you, my readers, who inspire me, who give me a reason to keep doing what I am doing. Sometimes, I think to myself, the world is in such a sad state, am I really making a difference? And then I read your emails saying that my writing helped someone, kept someone sane, etc, and I am reminded why I am here.

Thank you. I believe in you, and thank you for believing in me.

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