First, very sorry about your friend. My condolences. It is always sad to lose someone you knew. I have lost friends and family myself over my life, and the hurt stays with you.

About the rest of the post, great breakdown on what is happening - and the immense nature of it. It is a fight on all fronts - every direction. Of the mind, of the spirit, and of the flesh - body, mind, spirit. And it will go on and on. like you said - they want to own everything. Even our minds are just capital to them - our souls, everything.

about that ref to me, like you said - you can't go anywhere in new zealand - I know I sound like I am repeating myself - but I can understand how "blind" people are to what is going on. I really cant. At least here in new zealand. And it is not just the mono narrative - the fact is, that I have meet people in real life, who say "well, it is not that bad, you are blowing it out of proportion" - its like people just don't care. They would rather sleep. As long as the frog cooks slow, so to speak - and now look where the world is.

To me, the fact that people just think everything is normal, is insane. But there it is.

it is really a grand conspiracy years in the making like you said, NGOs, everyone - and everyone now who was not aware of this to begin with - is really having to play catch up - never have I felt so unsure about the future than now.