Daniel To Revelation

There’s a moment I can’t forget. A white man, sharply dressed, stood in line in front of me. His voice was rising, his energy escalating — not over injustice, not over civil rights, not even over politics. No, it was about the temperature of his latte. It was lukewarm, and apparently, that was enough to trigger a full-on meltdown. All around him, the world was convulsing — a storm of authoritarian drift, voter suppression, anti-Black violence, rollbacks of rights for women and LGBTQ+ people, immigrant communities living in fear, and the rise of billionaires funding disinformation machines. It was all there, swirling like a hurricane around us. But this man was in the eye of the storm — perfectly still, perfectly dry. And somehow, he believed he was the one under attack. The contrast was maddening. The Eye of the Oppression Storm That latte wasn’t just a beverage. It became a symbol of how detached privilege can be from reality. While others navigate policies that crimi...

It’s hard not to feel like we’re living in a coordinated moment — a storm where centuries of oppression are not just lingering, but aligning. If you’re feeling the weight of something deep and terrifying rising in America, you’re not imagining things. What we are witnessing is the convergence of powerful, oppressive forces — each with its own legacy — combining to form a superstructure of control. If Marvel has its Infinity Stones, each holding dominion over an aspect of the universe, then America has its own — the Infinity Stones of Oppression — working together to rewrite reality, and crush any possibility of justice, equity, or truth. Here they are: 1. The Confederate Legacy – The Stone of Historical Denial The Confederacy never died. It simply rebranded. After losing the Civil War, white Southern elites found new ways to preserve their racial and economic dominance: through Jim Crow laws, voter suppression, police violence, and coded language like “states’ rights.” I...