Weekly Digest – April 18, 2025
What looks like chaos is often just control by another name. This isn’t mismanagement — it’s a strategy. The looters aren’t breaking the system. They are the system.
Kleptocracy Week: When Collapse Is the Plan
🧠 Monday: The Rot Before the Collapse — How Broken Systems Breed Corruption
We began the week by exposing how systemic decay invites exploitation.
When institutions rot from within, it’s not long before opportunists move in.
This piece explores how dysfunction becomes design — and how corruption spreads like mold in silence.
💰 Thursday: They’re Not Failing. They’re Looting.
What looks like chaos is often just control by another name.
This isn’t mismanagement — it’s a strategy.
The looters aren’t breaking the system. They are the system.
🧵 Also This Week
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Short-form versions posted to Medium, Substack, and LinkedIn
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Custom dystopian artwork: a suited figure walking away from a burning city, briefcase spilling cash
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System upgrades: New
inks/directory now live alongside improvedpens/tracking in Obsidian
🌿 Coming Next Week: Earth Week
We turn from corruption to consequence.
Our environment isn’t just neglected — it’s been commodified, stripped, and sacrificed.
Next week, we tackle climate decay, radical responsibility, and what’s still worth protecting.
Monday’s feature: The Rot Before the Collapse was just the beginning.