Published by @anarchyroll via Anarchy Journal Constitutional
“We don’t need a truth squad. We need a First Amendment.” — Matt Taibbi, Congressional Testimony
Governments don’t need to pass laws to control speech. They just need to pressure the platforms.
The Censorship-Industrial Complex is the unholy alliance of federal agencies, tech corporations, and pseudo-academic disinformation labs — working together to decide what ideas are safe enough for the public.
It starts with an email from DHS. It ends with your post silently disappearing.
This isn’t a left vs. right issue.
Anti-war journalists, independent researchers, COVID policy critics — all have been flagged, suppressed, or algorithmically erased. Not because they were wrong. But because they were inconvenient.
“The people who are trying to censor speech are not protecting you. They’re protecting themselves — from accountability.” – Edward Snowden
This isn’t about protecting democracy. It’s about protecting power.
The Twitter Files showed us the blueprint: FBI flagging accounts. NGOs vetting narratives. Platforms complying behind closed doors. But Twitter was just the tip — Facebook, Reddit, YouTube, even Microsoft were all in on it.
The architecture of censorship is modular now. And no one is coming to dismantle it from the inside.
These aren’t isolated incidents. They’re rehearsals. The system keeps improving — not at identifying truth, but at engineering consent. Real-time surveillance of trending topics. Preemptive labeling of emerging narratives. Pressure campaigns behind the scenes. By the time the public hears a story, the terms of engagement have already been set.
“Censorship is never about stopping lies. It’s about stopping inconvenient truths from gaining traction.” – Glenn Greenwald
They call it safety. We should call it by its name: control.
So we speak. We write. We resist.
Because the First Amendment isn’t a suggestion. It’s a firewall.
anarchyjc.com | Anarchy Journal Constitutional
Wisdom is Resistance
🎬 This article was reimagined as a visual essay — watch the reel below.
The algorithms driving our feeds, for‑you pages, and autoplay queues weren’t built to serve us. They were built to own us—to capture attention, distort behavior, and extract time. The longer we stay, the more they win. And they’ve gotten very good at winning.
“Big Tech firms… have developed more and more sophisticated AI models… more successful at their goal of ensuring addiction to their platforms.” — Michelle Nie, “Algorithmic Addiction by Design” (2025)
This isn’t content delivery. It’s behavioral engineering at scale. And it’s working exactly as intended.
Hook the Brain, Hijack the Future
Let’s call it what it is: neurological warfare for profit.
Infinite scrolls keep us locked in motion. Likes and shares drip dopamine through variable rewards. Personalized algorithms feed us just enough novelty, rage, or validation to keep the lever pulling. And the lever never runs out.
“Persuasive design is deliberately baked into digital services… to create habitual behaviours.” — 5Rights Foundation, “Disrupted Childhood” (2024)
We are not customers. We are inputs in a profit‑generating loop, optimized not for our benefit, but for our addiction.
What It’s Doing to Us (Especially Them)
The damage isn’t theoretical. It’s measurable. Especially among kids and teens—those still forming identities, boundaries, and brains.
An algorithm doesn’t care if a 13‑year‑old spirals. It cares about engagement metrics.
“TikTok algorithms fed adolescents tens of thousands of weight‑loss videos… vulnerable accounts were served twelve times more self‑harm and suicide videos.” — American Journal of Law & Medicine, 2023
The platforms know. The companies know. And still they choose to push what hooks hardest.
It’s exploitation. But because it’s dressed in UX and recommender systems, it slides by as innovation.
Some EU voices are framing this as a consumer protection crisis, not just a mental health one.
“Hyper‑engaging dark patterns… reduce users’ autonomy and may have additional detrimental health effects.” — Fabrizio Esposito, “Addictive Design as an Unfair Commercial Practice” (2024)
The SAFE for Kids Act in New York aims to curb algorithmic targeting of minors. Europe is considering stricter design ethics laws. But Big Tech lobbyists work overtime to water down reform—and delay the inevitable.
Addiction is profitable. That’s why it persists.
Resist the Feed
This isn’t personalization. It’s manipulation. And the only way out is resistance—personal, political, cultural.
Start small. Microtasks become momentum:
Turn off autoplay.
Disable nonessential notifications.
Use browser extensions to block algorithmic feeds.
Delete one app for a week. Watch what happens.
These aren’t solutions. They’re trim tabs—small shifts that change the system from below.
Then go bigger:
Push for dark‑pattern bans.
Support platform‑transparency laws.
Demand algorithmic opt‑outs.
Your time, your attention, your mental state—they’re not raw materials to be mined.
They’re yours. Take them back.
anarchyjc.com | Excess & Algorithms
Wisdom is Resistance
🎬 Scroll-Friendly Version This article was reimagined as a visual essay — watch the reel below.
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion.” — Noam Chomsky
They marched under one banner—No Kings—across over two thousand U.S. cities. The chants echoed: Democracy, not dynasty. People over billionaires.
And for a moment, it felt like something real. Unity. Purpose. A mass of people moving as one. That matters.
But here’s the thing: marches don’t dethrone kings—votes do. Not the kind fed to us by billionaire media or corporate-funded parties. But the kind we carve out ourselves, with calloused hands and clear eyes.
Because if the system crowns kings disguised as candidates—red tie or blue tie—then we haven’t abolished royalty. We’ve just rebranded it.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about shaming the other half of the working class. The ones who didn’t show up. The ones who don’t trust any of it.
They aren’t the enemy. They’re the evidence.
Evidence of a rigged system that leaves most Americans disillusioned, exhausted, and priced out of participation.
“Transparency is for those who carry out public duties… Privacy is for everyone else.” — Glenn Greenwald
Then here’s the catch: protest is ignition, not the engine. Activism fades. If you’re not moving toward real political power, the system just waits you out.
“A system unable to stop this must be very sick indeed.” — Matt Taibbi
We’ve seen this before. In Occupy, in anti–Iraq War protests, in the George Floyd uprisings. They all said something important—but without sustained, organized follow-through, the system waited us out.
Protest is the ignition. Organization is the engine.
This moment is only a spark—unless we stop waiting for permission to lead ourselves. No kings. No puppets. No more billionaires pulling the strings.
anarchyjc.com | Anarchy Journal Constitutional
Wisdom is Resistance
🎬 Scroll-Friendly Version This article was reimagined as a visual essay — watch the reel below.
Protesting is better than nothing. But it’s not enough. Not anymore. Real change doesn’t come from chants alone. It comes from organized labor, grassroots movements, and political power built outside a two-party system that’s fully captured by billionaires and the military-industrial complex. No kings. No puppets. No excuses. #NoKings#GeneralStrike#BeyondTheBallot#fyp#currentevents#ProtestArt
The playbook hasn’t changed. The targets just keep getting poorer.
This time, it’s Los Angeles.
June 2025. Trump bypassed the state and federalized the National Guard, sending them into LA under the guise of “public safety.” The mission? Remove unhoused people from public land. Sweep the evidence of systemic failure under armed boots and branding slogans.
They called it a cleanup. They called it necessary. They always do.
We’ve seen this before.
New Orleans after Katrina. Standing Rock. Ferguson. Every time the system collapses under its own weight, it turns violent—
Not against the cause of the collapse, but against those left standing in the rubble.
This is Disaster Capitalism 101:
Exploit a crisis.
Militarize the response.
Clear the land.
Sell it to developers.
Repeat.
It’s not governance. It’s asset management—by force.
You can’t police away poverty. You can’t evict despair. But you can train the public to see poverty as a threat, and sell the solution as “safety.”
Language is a weapon. So is silence.
This isn’t public service. This is class war.
Wrapped in press briefings. Backed by rifles. Packaged for voters. Profitable for real estate.
What’s happening in LA isn’t new. It’s just the next move.
Displacement ≠ Safety Militarization ≠ Care Silence ≠ Neutrality
anarchyjc.com | Anarchy Journal Constitutional
Wisdom is Resistance
🎬 Scroll-Friendly Version This article was reimagined as a visual essay — watch the reel below.
While our experiences are constantly in flux, a core sense of self exists, a presence that remains constant. Our external experience of life and the world is like a river, fire, or busy urban intersection. Our internal presence, awareness, consciousness, soul, or being; are the ground beneath those things.
The river flows fast and slow, the fire rages and flickers and the intersection goes from bustling to quiet, but the ground is solid, unmoving, unchanged, unnoticed but without it what goes on above it couldn’t exist.
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” — Heraclitus
Is this unchanging “simple being” who we are? Is this the answer to the question; “Who am I?” I’m pretty sure the answer to that question isn’t our ego, job title, hobbies, credit score, or proficiency with Excel.
The enduring self or our consciousness as the witness to our thoughts hasn’t exactly been part of the zeitgeist. However, the juxtaposition of getting and looking older externally, but feeling the same as we did when we were young internally, is a commonality shared by all people who reach old age.
“You are not a body, you have a body.” — Wayne Dyer
What is that within us that doesn’t age? Our body decays and our mind declines, but there is something about us that is ageless and timeless. We all share it. We all know what it is when we see ourselves in the mirror as we get older. We know we are older, but we also know there’s a part of us that doesn’t feel older. A constant presence underlying our experiences. Something within us that we can see, touch, or feel that seems to stay the same as everything else changes.
“There is a feeling of presence that transcends thought. This is your own essence, your Being.” — Eckhart Tolle
We inherently know this enduring self or consciousness exists. Notwithstanding, modern life distracts us from it, aiming our attention outward. We have numerous daily concerns, and virtual propaganda adds unnecessary layers of thought on top of what we need to survive. On top of that, our minds can be out of control thought-producing machines. Adding stress and suffering to our existence, by confusing us into emotionally identifying with our thoughts, rather than passively witnessing them.
How do we combat this? Where attention goes, energy flows. We have to take some time or make some time to habitualize the cultivating our inner awareness and connection to our unchanging presence. The simplest, easiest, and most time-tested way of doing this is through mindfulness.
Mindfulness has become an overused catch-all buzzword in recent years. Mindfulness is no magic wand. It is simply the practice of paying attention to the present moment without judgment. Mindfulness is most commonly associated with meditation. The guided meditation sessions I engaged in daily can be classified as mindfulness meditation. I love and wholeheartedly recommend meditation to anyone and everyone.
Mindfulness isn’t limited to a traditional meditation practice. However, mindfulness is a way to turn everyday tasks and activities into meditative experiences.
Mindful Eating: Pay attention to the taste, texture, and aroma of your food.
Mindful Walking: Focus on your senses as you walk, noticing the sights, sounds, and sensations.
Mindful Showering: Pay attention to the feeling of the water on your skin and the sensations in your body.
Mindful Chores: Bring your full attention to the task at hand, whether it’s washing dishes or cleaning the house.
Mindful Drawing or Painting: Focus on the sensations of the brush or pencil and the colors you’re using.
Mindful Writing: Pay attention to the flow of your thoughts and the feel of the pen on the paper.
Mindful Music Listening: Listen to music with full attention, focusing on the sounds and emotions it evokes.
Forest Bathing: Spending time in nature, immersing yourself in the sights, sounds, and smells.
Keyword in all of these activities is either focus/attention. Where our attention goes, energy flows. Paying extra attention or deeply focusing on the different aspects of one of these activities helps us forget about external distractions, quiet our internal thought stream, and cultivate the connection with the constant presence within ourselves amidst the ever-changing stream of our life experience.
“You are not a thought, you are the awareness of thought.” — Mooji
Amidst the ever-changing currents of life, our deeper self remains constant and unchanging. By practicing mindfulness, we can reconnect with this inner presence, transcending the distractions and noise of modern life. Whether through meditation or mindful daily activities, we can cultivate a deeper awareness of our timeless self. As we turn our attention inward, we nurture the connection with our true being, allowing us to navigate life’s flux with greater peace and clarity.
“One must first know oneself to grow beyond oneself.” — Abraham Maslow
Anarchy Journal Constitutional 