OFF DECK | STATE OF THE UNION
The Meter Is Moving
The Meter
When the people remember they are the weight, the lever snaps
Remember when it was Russia, Russia, Russia?
Now it’s Depravity, depravity, depravity.
Same theater. New lighting.
Season One: Foreign interference.
Season Two: Domestic indulgence.
Season Three: Monetize the franchise.
We were told to fear infiltration.
Now we’re watching extraction in high definition.
Billions orbit family brands.
Trillions float by like parade balloons no one technically owns but everyone funds.
Services thin out. Fear thickens.
And while we stare at the accident, the meter moves.
Here’s the part they don’t advertise:
We are the mass.
They are the lever.
When we do nothing, they move the meter.
That’s not ideology. It’s mechanics
Look over there.
Divide and conquer was never meant for citizens. It’s a management strategy.
If we all stare at the same flashing headline, nobody watches the ledger.
Hollywood solved this years ago.
They have stuntmen.
They have strongmen.
They have doubles.
Strongmen are often just commission-only salespeople with better lighting.
Call grievance strength.
Call transaction leadership.
Put it under a spotlight and most people won’t ask what’s being sold.
Sales used to be door to door.
Now it’s browser to browser.
The algorithm whispers:
Look over there.
No, there.
No, further.
Pick a headline.
Just don’t follow the transfer.
Roosevelt built permanence.
Hoover built infrastructure that outlived applause.
`Today we call it acceleration.
Rapid leasing.
Shortened review.
Expedited extraction.
This isn’t mining versus not mining.
It’s who writes the lease.
Who signs it.
Who absorbs the cost ten years later.
When global markets meet executive discretion,
headwaters stop being scenery.
They become leverage.
The show is loud.
The spreadsheet is quiet.
Monitor your voting rights like you monitor your credit card.
Know your registration.
Know your deadlines.
Keep your ID current.
Watch local boards the way you watch national scandals.
Civic hygiene compounds.
Some of us are factual.
Some of us are satirical.
Both are pressure.
And when the mass shifts, even slightly,
the meter moves back.
That’s the State of the Union.
When the people remember they are the weight, the lever snaps.
TJ Baden CreatorHuman.com
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