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  1. MAY 12

    The Apex of the Universal Man

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit brandonrichey.substack.com Keep in mind that today's episode will only be available in full length if you are a member of the Zenith Vanguard. However, you will get a preview today if you haven't accessed the vault just yet. To access today's episode in full length and to Upgrade to Zenith Status, make sure you go to brandonrichey.substack.com if you're not already there. If you're listening on Spotify or Apple make sure you click here to uniform up. Once you're on my Substack you can access my Exclusive Zenith Catalog, which is a superior navigational tool that quickly and easily allows you to access and prioritize four years of my most powerful and tactical insights with ease. This is the cognitive hardware that will help you to excel in every arena of your life! “The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.” ― William Francis Butler, Biography-Charles George Gordon The 15th century brought about a rebirth throughout Europe where art, science, and literature were pursued and reborn into the zeitgeist of the time. This period of time involved an energetic pursuit of knowledge and a widespread revival of learning throughout the region, particularly in Italy. This energetic movement produced a series of personalities and their works that we commonly cite today, ranging from the art of Leonardo da Vinci to the drama of William Shakespeare and the exploration of Christopher Columbus. This time period involving the rebirth of knowledge has been commonly referred to as the Renaissance. Given this descriptive moniker, this is also the reason why, not that long ago, it wasn’t uncommon to hear others refer to a man that possessed a wide knowledge base as a Renaissance man. In this modern day, the idea of a Renaissance man has largely been forgotten in society due to the social construct surrounding indoctrination over education, the hard push for specialization, and the labels of victimhood status due to the social engineering efforts of the cultural Marxists. However, there is another revival taking place these days with about a third of the population, concerning the pursuit of wisdom, knowledge, and, most importantly, with many that are in a pursuit to develop a relationship with the greatest Renaissance man of all, Jesus. When looking at the life of the son of God, there’s nobody anywhere in any history book that compares to the overwhelming knowledge and wisdom of Jesus. Granted, King Solomon was impressive in his knowledge during the peak of his rule over the kingdom of Israel, but even he never possessed the level of wisdom that Jesus had brought to earth while also sustaining the honor of God’s statutes throughout his entire life. After all, Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) You see, the difference with Jesus is that He is the metric of where the truth is anchored and that is literally what makes all the difference. Given the current times, this is the most critical metric because in our postmodern society, truth is said to be relative. After all, when the truth is viewed as something that’s relative, society starts to fracture on agreement with everything due to the fact that there’s no agreement on anything. This is because nothing is accepted as a universal explanation across every spectrum. As a result, in this type of world, deception settles in and absurd beliefs take hold, such as the belief that the earth is flat, that men can become women, and that women can become men. For the postmodern victim, every narrative is questioned as objective truth, but the problem is that this traps the postmodern victim into a paradox where they are questioning every narrative of objective truth while expecting their own assertions to be understood as true. So, aside from his miracles, what was it that made Jesus stand out regarding his wisdom during his time here on earth with his disciples? Well, there are many examples, but for the purpose of today’s discussion I want to point out how the Lord taught by speaking in parables. He did this because a parable enabled him to more accurately convey a message to his people in a way that was relatable through life experience. However, for him to have been able to do this he would have had to have a wide range of knowledge and skills in order to effectively convey the meaning behind the stories that he told because those stories had to be relatable. Effectively conveying impactful meaning requires wisdom, which stems from applied knowledge anchored in diverse life experiences and a deep understanding of those experiences. This is the level of wisdom that Jesus has and it’s the only place to develop a discerning heart and mind to decipher truth from fiction. This is why Jesus is the greatest Renaissance man of all, because aside from being the son of God, he also had a vast set of knowledge and skills from carpentry, philosophy, theology, and his ability to captivate an audience with his edifying gift of speech. However, whenever you and I need to acquire understanding and discernment in order to navigate the current arena of information for the purpose of safeguarding our lives and the lives of those we care about the most, we cannot afford to be lacking in the Organizational Hierarchy of Thought. So, what is involved in the Organizational Hierarchy of Thought and what did Jesus understand about this cognitive process when communicating to the people in the New Testament? Furthermore, how does the Organizational Hierarchy of Thought work to help you to see through the proscenium of deception when you hear something that just doesn’t seem truthful and honest? “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.” ― Aristotle To discover how this cognitive process works bypass the paywall now and uniform up with the $50 annual commitment. Settle your debt and join the Zenith Vanguard Now!

    8 min

  2. MAY 1

    The Destruction of Human Agency

    “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.” ― John Stuart Mill, On Liberty It was October 30, 1938 when Orson Welles took to the airways to broadcast a radio program that would cause widespread local panic. The broadcast involved a radio drama based off of the book by H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. The show sent a harrowing signal across the airways that alien monsters from Mars had landed in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey and had commenced an invasion of the countryside. According to the broadcast the Martians had deployed their gigantic tripods in order to wage an otherworldly form of military attack on innocent civilians. The episode reportedly caused a panic among a significant portion of the population. One account involved some listeners a long way from New Jersey at the opposite end of the country in Concrete, Washington, who felt the need to literally run for the hills on horseback in order to hide in the nearby mountains due to the frightening program. Granted, there are some questions as to just how much hysteria the radio drama caused as some say the 1938 panic was a bit over exaggerated by the newspaper headlines. Now, keep in mind that radio was a new and rising phenomenon itself back during that time. Therefore, some suggest that the newspaper companies had deliberately played up the irresponsibility of the radio broadcasters in an attempt to discredit this new medium, which was already threatening the longstanding monopoly of the printed newspaper. Regardless of the amount of panic that took place as a result of the drama, Welles managed to successfully leverage a significant enough amount of power with his story that the response captured enough attention for the newspapers to fill their headlines—whether that was due to significant panic or for the purpose of attempting to slander Orson Welles. The point here is that the message that was flowing across the airways was obviously effective in terms of producing the intended emotional response. You see, I want you to think about this in terms of the differences in the delivery of the broadcast from that time compared to today. In other words, during that time in 1938 there were fewer broadcasts that were blasted out over the airways, but there was a more focused listening audience concerning the public. Conversely, today the circumstances are reversed; whereas nowadays there are tons of broadcasts blasted out over the airways while there is a much less focused listening and viewing audience concerning the public. Additionally, during The War of the Worlds radio event many of the listeners tuned in right as the main part of the show was starting, but the 1938 panic occurred because many of those people tuned in too late to hear the opening disclaimer. To make matters even worse, because many of those people were late to the show, they allowed the fear of the message to strip away their ability to discern what was really happening, placing them into a reactive state of hysteria due to The Phantom of Wisdom. I wanted to point this out to illustrate how effectively the proscenium can paint a picture inside the mind of a respective listener, or viewer. This is especially true today as the information war that is raging on is at an all time high as the domestic cultural Marxists and globalists are doing their best to stall out President Trump and the MAGA movement. This is especially obvious with recent woke right podcasters that have come out against the president over this war with Iran. The Current Alien Invaders If you’ve been a consistent reader or listener to this show then you have regularly heard me reference the significance of human agency. I frequently talk about this concept as human agency is part of the central thesis that drives this very Substack. Regardless, I want to take a moment and reiterate the meaning and significance of this phrase before progressing through the rest of this episode. For clarity, human agency involves the capacity of individuals to act independently, to possess the ability to freely make their own choices, and, most importantly, to intentionally influence their own lives and their surrounding environment. In short, your agency requires you to act on your choices. Now, keeping that in mind, I want you to think about our society and ask yourself who is more in favor of advocating for your ability to exercise your human agency, and who is advocating to eliminate it. I want you to keep those two questions in mind as you look at the actions of those who are most critical of the president, the Iran war, and their criticisms of the MAGA movement. Additionally, I want you to recognize that you currently live in a society where you are able to exercise your agency, at least for the time being. Understanding this, I want to shift gears here to point out a common trend that you must be aware of if you care anything about maintaining, or achieving, the status of a high-level operational zenith. The trend that I want to point out to you involves a collection of actions that all detract from any plan that is designed to advance the United States as a leading power in the world. Allow me to begin by pointing to this past week where there was a special election held in the state of Virginia involving the Democrat redistricting referendum that narrowly passed. With this election the Democrats were looking to shift the current 6-5 Democratic edge to a 10-1 advantage in the state’s congressional delegation. Thankfully, for the moment, Virginia Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley slapped an injunction on certifying this election due to the fact that it is unconstitutional. Now, keeping that in mind, you have to understand that whether or not the courts rightfully maintain the position of the unconstitutionality of the procedures surrounding this special election, and even if the election was most likely rigged, the reality is that there were still many Virginia voters that voted in favor of taking away nearly half of the voices of the state. In short, the Virginia voters that voted in favor of this 10-1 redistricting map, just openly advocated for eliminating the ability of others to exercise their agency. Simply put, these voters basically want totalitarianism. So why would they do this? Well, I would argue that these Democrat voters would do this for the same exact reason as those types of Democrat voters would also donate to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). After all, some of the biggest and wealthiest donors to this organization involve names such as George Soros, George Clooney, and Tim Cook. Unless you’ve been living under a rock this past week, a Montgomery, Alabama Grand Jury charged the SPLC with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to conceal money laundering. “The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The SPLC allegedly used donor money coming into their organization to fund the very hate groups that they espoused to condemn. According to the Office of Public Affairs, between the years of 2014-2023 the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals who were directly associated with various violent extremist groups. The list of those groups that they funneled money to involved the following: -Klu Klux Klan -United Klans of America -Unite the Right -National Alliance -National Socialist Movement -Aryan Nations affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club -National Socialist Party of America (Nazi Party) -American Front Given the state of the world, when you look at the current political environment you just can’t make up this level of insanity. After all, the SPLC had also targeted Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA, labeling them as white supremacists with a report back in May 2025 that was labeled as “The Year in Hate and Extremism.” They included Charlie Kirk in this ‘Hate and Extremism’ report before Kirk was brutally assassinated and afterwards pathetically tried to act as if they were against political violence. Meanwhile, this organization is the perfect example of the firemen that start the fires, given how they run their operation. Just to be clear, that last statement is obviously not meant to be a dig at my firemen. So why would these donors anchor their morals to such a corrupt grifting organization while funneling their dollars to that organization to actually fund the very hate groups that they espouse to despise? Well, if I had to guess, the majority of the SPLC donors are most likely Democrat voters, and even if that isn’t the case, I’ve already established that their biggest donors are Democrat voters. I would surmise that they would be more likely to blindly transform the SPLC into their moral anchor in the same way that Cole Tomas Allen apparently wanted to rationalize his insanely upside-down view of morality by making his attempt at assassinating President Trump his moral anchor. After all, he outlined this in his own manifesto. That’s right, in case you missed it there was another assassination attempt on President Trump this past week at the White House Correspondence Dinner. Given that this was the third attempt on President Trump’s life you’d think that the left would realize that they have a problem with political rhetoric that leads to political violence, but it’s obvious that these Marxists do not care about that, especially when Jimmy Kimmel made a joke about how the First Lady Melania Trump ‘had a glow like an expected widow.’ Of course, Kimmel defended his quote after the first lady publicly came out to call for his firing, claiming that the joke was intended to be a light roast in reference to the president’s age, compared to that of the first lady. Whether Kimmel is telling the truth about this or not is irrelevant. It’s irrelevant because the rhetoric coming from people

    25 min

  3. APR 21

    The Dog That Wags the Tail

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit brandonrichey.substack.com Today's episode will only be available in full if you are a member of the Zenith Vanguard, however, you will get a preview so stay tuned. To access today's episode in full length make sure you Upgrade To Zenith Status by going to brandonrichey.substack.com if you're not already there. There you can access my Exclusive Zenith Catalog, which is a superior navigation tool that allows you to quickly and easily access and prioritize four years of my most powerful and tactical insights with surgical ease. This is the Cognitive Hardware that you will help you to excel in every arena of your life! “For wisdom is a defense as money is a defense. But the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.” –Ecclesiastes 7:12 As a member of Generation X, I have to take a moment to jump back in time to talk about an epic ‘80s teen action movie that hit the big screen back on June 22, 1984. The popular film that I want to discuss involves a powerful coming-of-age story about a young teenage boy named Daniel LaRusso (played by Ralph Macchio) in the movie The Karate Kid. Now, I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that you’ve seen this movie, but just in case you haven’t I’m going to highlight and summarize the most profound moment of this film here. In the movie, The Karate Kid, Daniel LaRusso is a teenage boy that moves to a new town with his single mom. In the process of moving into their new apartment Daniel meets an interesting old man downstairs named Mr. Miyagi (played by Pat Morita). As it turns out, Mr. Miyagi happens to be the maintenance man that works at the apartment complex where Daniel and his mother move in. As Daniel tries his best to settle into an unfamiliar town and school as the new kid, he immediately starts to encounter problems. For Daniel, these problems manifest with some local kids who end up bullying him; to make matters worse, they also happen to be a part of the Cobra Kai karate dojo. One night Daniel ends up getting chased by these bullies from a Halloween party. Luckily, Mr. Miyagi ends up intervening and having to demonstrate his own elite martial arts skills in order to save Daniel from Johnny Lawrence and the other Cobra Kai students. After this encounter, Daniel is amazed with Mr. Miyagi’s ability to fight off the group. This is when Daniel asks Mr. Miyagi if he can train him so that he can defend himself against the Cobra Kai students. Initially, Mr. Miyagi refuses to train Daniel, but is eventually convinced to do so, agreeing to help Daniel settle the matter by training him to face his bullies at the All Valley Karate Tournament. It’s at this point that Daniel thinks Mr. Miyagi is a bit crazy for agreeing to enroll him in the tournament, but, at the same time, he’s excited that Mr. Miyagi has agreed to train him in the discipline of Okinawan karate. When it’s time for Daniel to show up at Mr. Miyagi’s house to start his training, he’s caught off guard when Mr. Miyagi hands him a couple of sponges and two pails of water while instructing him to wash and wax all of his classic cars. In the process, Mr. Miyagi demonstrates to Daniel how to wax on and wax off by performing an outside in circular motion with his hands to properly do the chore. Once Daniel completed waxing Mr. Miyagi’s cars he was then instructed to sand the floor of Mr. Miyagi’s deck. Again, Daniel’s disappointment clearly shows as Mr. Miyagi demonstrates to him how to perform the opposite movement of wax on, wax off by instead performing an inside-out circular motion with his hands in order to sand the floor of his deck. As Daniel finishes sanding the deck, he’s then asked to paint the tall wooden fence that surrounds Mr. Miyagi’s property. Once again, there’s a very specific technique involved with performing the chore where Daniel is expected to maintain a wrist up, wrist down motion when performing the long paint strokes. Finally, after finishing the fence Daniel is then instructed by Mr. Miyagi to paint his house. Again, the technique was very specific in this chore and involved long side-to-side brush strokes to perform the task. It was clear at this stage of the work Daniel was extremely frustrated and when he sees Mr. Miyagi, preparing to go fishing, Daniel finally snaps and confronts him accusing him of using him for slave labor. It’s at this point that Mr. Miyagi transforms Daniel’s effort in performing these tasks into a demonstration revealing to him that his muscle memory had developed from the work without him even realizing it. In a stunning moment of truth Mr. Miyagi then asks Daniel to show him each movement involved with each of the chores that he had used to perform the tasks around his house. Mr. Miyagi initially gives Daniel a small reminder involved with each technique before asking him to put the movements together in a way that a fighter would perform in a standing ready position. Mr. Miyagi then asks Daniel to show him wax on, wax off, but it’s at this moment that he throws a punch at Daniel after making the request. This results in Daniel quickly reacting to block the punch with the wax on, wax off hand motion involved in the movement. Mr. Miyagi then goes on to demonstrate the same thing to Daniel with the ‘wrist up, wrist down’ paint-the-fence movement, the ‘side-to-side’ paint-the-house movement, and the ‘big circles’ with the sand-the-floor movement. In each demonstration Mr. Miyagi throws a different strike at Daniel with Daniel successfully blocking every strike that Mr. Miyagi throws his way. Mr. Miyagi, having assigned these tasks, ensured that Daniel had mastered the exact neuromuscular motor skills that he needed to subconsciously train the ability to parry the strikes. The power of this was that Daniel had mastered these tasks without the “interference” of conscious thought. The payoff is the result of one of film’s most powerful revelations. When Daniel finally erupts in anger, Miyagi launches a series of strikes in Daniel’s direction. Instinctively, Daniels hands fly into motion successfully deflecting every strike due to the physical movements he had developed from his labor. The stunning look of disbelief that is left on Daniel’s face says it all as he realizes his “chores” were the result of his newly developed skill. This testament of Miyagi’s wisdom leaves Daniel completely astounded as true mastery begins when you don’t even realize that you’re learning. So, what does Daniel’s profound experience with Mr. Miyagi have to do with the Maximalist Strategy, President Trump’s main thesis, and the dominos of falling proxies in today’s big episode reveal? Daniel never realized the profound power of Mr. Miyagi’s wisdom until he had endured the challenge of discipline in carrying out the chores that were placed in front of him. Like Daniel, the chores for you acquiring your wisdom must involve your own discipline of action. If the ‘Wax On, Wax Off’ of the last four years has been your subconscious training, then this is the moment you can finally deflect all the strikes that are flying in your direction. To bypass the Rehoboam Drift and secure the full hardware of the Maximalist Strategy, you must now Uniform Up with an annual $50 commitment. Join the Zenith Vanguard today to authorize your seat and witness exactly how the proxies fall.

    9 min

  4. APR 13

    The Anatomy of a Failed Strike

    In order to gain access to my next episode and four years of my cognitive hardware make sure you go to brandonrichey.substack.com if you haven't already. There you can Upgrade To Zenith Status and take advantage of my Exclusive Zenith Catalog which is a supreme navigational tool that enables you to easily and rapidly search and prioritize all of my premium tactical insights with ease. You will also gain access to my reveal of the president's main thesis, along with my explanation involving the mystery surrounding the Maximalist Strategy in my next episode: The Dog That Wags the Tail. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ― Thomas A. Edison There’s no question that our nation is currently dealing with a multitude of problems, ranging from a confused population, to domestic enemies, to hostile actors on the world stage who are all aiming to take the United States out at the knees. They do all of this while they work to position themselves to take over the spot as the next heavyweight champion on the global stage. However, the question that so many people don’t understand is that if the United States isn’t the one to hold onto that championship belt, then who exactly are you going to be good with in regards to holding that spot as the next heavyweight champion? Is China an acceptable option? Russia? India? The reality is that the United States still possesses certain ideals related to individual sovereignty that have been far greater than any nation in the history of the world, although many people are aiming to subvert that reality. Since this war with Iran kicked off, the public response to it has been fairly predictable given the track record of insanity that has taken place within the past six years. Of course, as expected, the cultural Marxists have been cheering in support of the Iranian regime. Meanwhile the political right is split with this war as it relates to the woke right and the MAGA coalition. Now, I want to be clear about something before I go any further. I am all about putting an end to the forever wars. However, during this chaotic turning in history I’m not naive enough to think that we can prevent all wars, especially given the reality of what I just addressed in my opening as it relates to hostile actors on the global stage that have been aiming to take the United States out at the knees. With that being said, when looking at this war with Iran I’m looking at it now as something we absolutely must win because, like it or not, we’re in it now. Additionally, whether you agree with the war or not, in my view bleeding political support from President Trump isn’t the answer to winning. That’s the outcome that the Iranian Guard is aiming for, that’s the option that the domestic cultural Marxists desire, and that appears to be the option that the woke right desires. However, if we cannot support President Trump after everything he’s endured and done for this nation, then who else would we ever be able to support? I’d say without a doubt that would be a definite nobody. I mean, given what this man has accomplished during his time in office it is unparalleled when looking through the lens of history. Therefore, if we, as a nation, cannot support this president with unrelenting effort, then our nation is destined to lose that championship belt. In the reality of this fallen world there’s no such thing as perfection. Perfection is a myth and is something that every sovereign should remember when pursuing it. Don’t get me wrong, the political stupidity of the cultural Marxists is nauseating, but honestly it’s the idiocy of the woke right that really gets under my skin because they’re not considering the alternative to the very thing that they want to criticize when it comes to the president and this war with Iran. Sure, I would have preferred that we had never have had to get into a war with the Iranian regime in the first place. However, if we can take just a minute to apply the Reverse Line of Delineation we can see why we are currently where we are at this time. Given the fact that decades of previous administrations haven’t held them accountable, and the fact that those previous administrations have chosen to finance the corrupt Islamic Republic with pallets of cash, I suppose this is the price we are having to pay now for those previous actions. The reality is that President Trump made a conscious decision to walk down that golden escalator back on June 16, 2015. That decision was one that wasn’t made lightly by this man because President Trump is not a man that makes decisions without significant thought. How do I know this? The answer to that question is simple. I know this because of his body of work, combined with his actions, since he’s been inside the arena of politics since 2016. President Trump would never be where he is in life without possessing a strategic mind and the grit to see a project all the way through to the very end. The Distraction of Subterfuge The world is full of deception. In fact, we live in an era where every theater is infected by some form of deception, misdirection, or just outright lies. So, the reality of the world that we live in is that, for the longest time, the Administrative State Media (ASM) outlets have served to be centralized forms of media that have essentially had a monopoly over the airways in shaping the perceptions of the American people. Their propaganda has always been present and they’ve always had a particular slant on how they have presented certain stories. Their narrative bias has always been obvious, and you could spot their slant if you knew what to look for. However, since the pandemic, it became obvious that much of their slant transformed into a completely crooked line when looking at their narrative surrounding the virus, the so-called vaccines, and their absurdly contradictory guidelines for public health. As a result, this now-obviously crooked line resulted in an entirely new explosion and growth of alternative media, with podcasts and alternative news networks, springing up all over the internet. In fact, this very Substack is an example of that reaction. Of course, this new ecosystem of media has brought about an entirely new framing of information that isn’t just opposite of the ASM, but is packaged in a multitude of ways that differ from the ASM and their typical hardlined narrative. However, because of this there’s obviously a greater amount of information that may relate to a given storyline that never existed before this new ecosystem of media came about. As a result of this, there’s obviously now many more opinions that can circulate around a particular narrative that may relate to a certain storyline. Therefore, with all of this information and a greater abundance of differing opinions, it’s up to the individual viewer to learn how to exercise discernment by carefully understanding the sandbox that we’re in, as we all work to parse out the details of the narrative that surrounds a given storyline. When it comes to the abundance of this information, the good news is that having a variety of information is healthy. However, the bad news is that sometimes that variety of information can either be grossly used for misdirection (deception), or it can be used to shape reductive perspectives and opinions of the simple minded who happen to command large audiences. In 1984 the KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov gave an interview to G. Edward Griffin from which much can be learned today. In the interview Bezmenov revealed a chilling point where there was a long-term plan that was put in place by Russia to defeat the United States through psychological warfare and “demoralization.” Bezmenov explained that it was a long game that was put in place, but that it had already started bearing fruit. The interesting thing about Bezmenov’s interview is that he explained how much of what the KGB did wasn’t espionage, despite what popular culture had traditionally sold to the public. He explained how 85% of the work consisted of a slow and steady process that the KGB would refer to as ideological subversion, active measures, or psychological warfare. Bezmenov explained that the most striking thing about ideological subversion is that it was an exercise that took place right out in the open in front of everyone to see as a legitimate process. He said, “You can see it with your own eyes.” Here’s how Bezmenov went on to define ideological subversion: “What it basically means is: to change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that despite the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country.” Now, it’s that last part—about how he says “that despite the abundance of information no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their families, their community, and their country”— that I want to hone in on in regards to today’s message. As I’ve already pointed out at the beginning of this episode, despite there now being an abundance of information with this new alternative ecosystem of media with all the new podcasts and news providers, we are currently a nation struggling to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of uniting on what needs to be done to defend ourselves, our families, our communities, and our country. I mean right this very minute at this point of my work on this episode, we are just hours away from the president’s ultimatum that he gave to the Iranian regime after having extended the deadline roughly four times for them in order to give them an ample opportunity to come to the negotiating table to make a deal. By the time I publish this episode we all will have already experienced the outcome of that ultimatum. I’m not updating this part

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  5. APR 3

    The Curator of Agency

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit brandonrichey.substack.com Join the rest of the Zenith Vanguard here at: https://brandonrichey.substack.com/ As a reminder, the tagline for this podcast is that it serves as a map to help you and those around you to be a Zenith during chaotic times. With that in mind, make sure you authorize and upgrade your standing as an operational zenith by bypassing the paywall for today with a $50 annual commitment in order to access today's episode in full. With your authorization you will gain immediate access to my Exclusive Zenith Catalog, which is a Sovereign Cognitive Hardware Briefing Kit in order to help you navigate four years of my sovereign armory of information with ease. Of course, your zenith status is vital for you during chaotic times, however, as my tagline states, the purpose of my hardware is to also help those around YOU during chaotic times as well. In this world, mindless dependency is everywhere, but cognitive sovereignty is in short supply. The goal here is to flip that reality and you can do so by going to brandonrichey.substack.com if you're not already there. If you're on an offsite platform like Spotify or Apple then make sure you do so by simply clicking here. “We are not here to escape reality. We are here to rewrite it.” ― Lawrence Nault An event horizon is the boundary surrounding a black hole and it serves to be a point of no return, where any matter or information that crosses over it will immediately and permanently be lost to the outside universe. This happens due to the fact that the escape velocity exceeds the speed of light. Black holes are regions of spacetime where gravity is so intense that nothing, not even light, can escape the force of its pull. However, the thought of there being a point of no return apparently doesn’t just apply to the lessons of physics and space; as history has shown us, it all too often also directly applies to the geopolitical landscape concerning many civilizational failures that occur at the hands of Communism and Islamism. Now we are witnessing in real time how Western civilization is fast approaching that event horizon with its potential fall at the hands of cultural Marxism and/or Islamism. With that being said, in the previous episode I spoke about how Rehoboam had ended up failing in his leadership role as king due to him allowing himself to succumb to a fatal contagion of false intuition. He failed to accept the wise counsel of his father’s elder advisors and instead chose to follow the advice of the young men that he had grown up with at the time. Yes, this choice was an unwise act that eventually had cost Rehoboam more than half of his kingdom. He failed at this because he lacked something that his father clearly had at the beginning of his reign; and because of that, Rehoboam crossed his own event horizon, ultimately leaving his kingdom lost and broken. The question we have to wrestle with now is whether the United States is currently at its event horizon concerning the threat it faces with the expansion and growth of Islamism and cultural Marxism that currently exists here right inside the gates. If Europe isn’t already at the point of no return then it’s certainly skimming along the surface of its own event horizon. As bad as that is, at least we here in the United States have the opportunity to observe Europe’s mistakes in this regard so that we can avoid falling victim to the same ones as they have. The question is: Do we still have what it takes to do what needs to be done, with the same courage as the Sons of Liberty when they took care of business on the evening of December 16, 1773? This concludes the opening salvo of today’s episode. You have been made aware of the deficit of intuition and the fast approaching event horizon. The next step is for you to execute on retrieving the hardware of my Parrying Counter-Offensive, along with my Exclusive Zenith Catalog, by upgrading your Zenith status with the $50 a year commitment. Now is the time for you to exercise your agency in true Sons of Liberty style by breaching my heavy vault door, in order to upgrade your current position with four years of my easy-to-access Cognitive Hardware. You can feel confident knowing that by joining to gain access to my Exclusive Zenith Catalog that you are gaining instant and rapid navigational ability to a locked and loaded Sovereign Vanguard Briefing Kit. Make sure you upgrade to Zenith Status Now I Prefer Coffee To Tea In 1773 the British East India Company was failing. In a desperate act to save it the British Parliament passed the Tea Act on May 10, 1773. While the legislation actually reduced the price of imported tea, many protestors felt that this legislation would set a dangerous precedent for Great Britain and the East India Company’s level of authority over the colonies. The reality is that the Tea Act outraged the colonists and strong dissenters like Samuel Adams leveled up the information warfare by continuing to invoke “no taxation without representation.” Samuel Adams and The Sons of Liberty were smart enough to realize that they couldn’t win a physical fight against the British at that point, so instead they decided to stage a theatrical one in order to get a head start on winning the war for cognitive monopoly when it came to their cause. The theatrical fight that they chose involved boarding the three ships that sat in the harbor that night—including the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver. Several of the Sons of Liberty, including Paul Revere, boarded the ships and disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians. In one sense the colonists saw the opposite of Europe’s worse excesses when looking at the Native Americans. The disguises were selected to protect the identity of the Sons of Liberty in one respect, but were also symbolic in nature; and by destroying the British tea, the act represented a moral critique of consumerism. As the Sons of Liberty boarded the ships they moved with an eerie disciplined silence. Once onboard, they cracked open and dumped 342 crates of tea into the harbor. However, it should be noted that everything that they did was a calculated act. Understand that they didn’t burn the ships, steal the tea, or loot anything during their mission. This wasn’t a careless mission, but rather a very specific one. Every man had a clearly defined role, and it was an efficient and concerted effort among the group. They had men keeping watch while also making sure that none of their own would steal any of the tea or other inventory in the process. In fact, one of the men ended up going back to replace a padlock that they had broken the night before that belonged to the captain of one of the ships. Unlike BLM, Antifa, and the protestors in Minneapolis, the Sons of Liberty were principled in their respect of other people’s property—apart from the tea itself. These men had a strategic plan of action that they carried out with stealth and precision in order to neutralize an overwhelming force in the British Crown. However, it was in the aftermath of this historic event as to where the real victory happened. You see, the British responded by passing the Intolerable Acts which forced a shutdown of Boston’s port and essentially placed the rest of the city under house arrest. In short, this move was exactly what the Sons of Liberty wanted because that move by the British essentially galvanized and radicalized the other twelve colonies. With their actions the Sons of Liberty utilized the moment in order to further leverage a local tea dispute into a continental cause for liberty. Samuel Adams worked tirelessly to publicize the Tea Party. He ardently pressed the narrative that it was as an act of defense against British taxation and sold the narrative on it being a last resort move to save colonial rights. Samuel Adams was a relentless agitator that turned outrage into full-scale tactical action. The Sons of Liberty proved that you don’t need a bigger army to win; you just need to know how to exploit your enemy’s weakness while simultaneously playing to your own side’s strength of identity. You see, the Sons of Liberty understood that the Tea Act was an attempt from the British Crown to start the process of stripping away the economic sovereignty of the colonies. Sound familiar? Obviously, you can now look back at history and understand that the moment of bloodshed was an inevitability between the colonies and the British Redcoats. However, even if the Sons of Liberty had not taken a stand against the British Crown, I’m certain that day of bloodshed would have taken place anyways, although the shot heard “round the world” may have resulted in a later start date. So why did I bother to share this historic night involving Samuel Adams and the legendary event of the Boston Tea Party with you today? The reasons are really numerous, but for the sake of today’s discussion the lessons here are going to serve to be an instrument that both you and myself can use throughout our daily lives as operational zeniths. I’m going to drill down on exactly what that main lesson is for today by explaining it in a way to expand your thinking beyond the box of your normal cognitive model. You know, I love the John Wick movies. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen this series of films, but if you’re looking for some decent writing combined with the backdrop of a captivating setting and some extraordinary action, then I highly recommend them. There’s a scene in John Wick 2 where Mr. Wick has to go on an assignment in Rome, Italy. Given the fact that Mr. Wick is the world’s most feared assassin, he has to make a quick stop at The Continental Hotel in Rome which is a sister branch of The Continental Hotel in New York City. For further clarity, The Continental Hotels are fictitious grounds in the John Wick films that serve to be neutral g

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  6. MAR 24

    The Deficit of Intuition

    “Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson If you took advantage of the hardwire I included in The Phantom of Wisdom, then today’s episode is going to raise your antenna. I didn’t intend to continue today’s discussion referring to King Solomon; however, after brainstorming over today’s topic, I realized that it wouldn’t be wise for me to ignore yet another lesson that we could learn from the ancient king. I suppose only half the credit for today’s episode will be attributed to King Solomon while the other half of the lesson will be one that we will derive from his son Rehoboam. Granted, I understand King Solomon had his own issues as he distanced himself from God over the course of his life, but despite this fact, he did seek the wisdom of the Lord at the start of his kingdom. Even though this was the case concerning Solomon, I understand that there has been ongoing debate over whether Solomon sought repentance. However, according to 2 Samuel 7:14-15 it appears that Solomon rests with the Lord. Granted, I’m not here to debate that specific issue; but regardless of where you stand with King Solomon, the lesson that I wanted to point out here is the clear dichotomy that existed between King Solomon and his son, King Rehoboam, at the time that he took over the crown. I want you to place this on a shelf for a moment as I’m going to shift gears and fast forward through time to a more modern place in recent history to illustrate an important point for today’s episode. “A man’s got to know his limitations.” –Clint Eastwood, Inspector Harry Callahan: Magnum Force That famous quote by the legendary Clint Eastwood in the iconic action movie, Magnum Force, has been a line that has truly withstood the test of time. Aside from just being a cool soundbite, there’s a real definitive lesson surrounding the context of this quote from the movie Magnum Force. Granted, when looking at today’s world, the lesson that we can derive from this movie is one that much of the world is currently missing. To frame the context of this quote, earlier in the movie, there is some obvious tension between Lt. Briggs and Harry Callahan when they are working a crime scene involving a homicide. Briggs is Harry’s superior and he has clear disdain for Harry, and is quick to assert some harsh judgments regarding some of Harry’s past work. With a demonstration of one who feels the need to act like a moral superior, it was at this point when Briggs felt the need to remind Harry that he had never had to take his gun out of its holster during his entire career. This was when Harry responded by saying, “Well, you’re a good man, lieutenant. A good man always knows his limitations.” This was a clear dig at Lt. Briggs from Harry, where Harry was implying Briggs was a coward. However, this moment in the film was foreshadowing something more significant that would happen later on in the story between the two men. Now, I certainly don’t want to ruin the ending of this iconic film for you if you haven’t had an opportunity to see it, but this lesson is vital for today’s message. By the end of the movie, it quickly becomes clear what was being foreshadowed between the two men when we find out that Lt. Briggs tries to frame Harry for the vigilante killings involving other corrupt police officers. After the true nature of the corrupt officers is revealed, Briggs forces a showdown as he has his gun drawn and is pointing it at Callahan. Briggs, being corrupt, while also being a by-the-book bureaucrat, even calls Harry a “maniac” and aims to attempt to prosecute him. However, as Briggs is driving away from Harry, he is killed by his own car bomb after threatening Harry. It was at this point when Harry smiles and says, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” The lesson that we can derive from this here is that Briggs was obviously too arrogant and hypocritical to know his own limitations. Due to his desire and emphasis towards a self-serving nature, Briggs became blind to his own limits. In fact, he became so blind to them that it resulted in his own death. Blind Spot Aside from being a writer and podcaster, I’m also a professional strength and fitness coach. Given my background, I’ve previously covered the reality of a sixth sense that you possess that is known as proprioception. I don’t know if you’re familiar with this sixth sense, but it’s an incredibly interesting and powerful trait that exists within your body. The amazing thing about it is that most people are completely unaware of this, even though it’s something they should intuitively understand. You see, within your muscles, joints, and tendons you have proprioceptors which are sensory receptors that signal external feedback to you from your environment. This function works so that you understand the location of your body in relation to other people and other things in space. This is a key sense to have so that you don’t accidentally run into things and people when moving in space on a day to day basis. Now, this may seem obvious, but many people’s sense of proprioception has been dulled in our society since the advent of technology, along with the modern era of cellphones, the laptop, and desktop careers that now make up a large part of our modern day way of living. Basically, your sixth sense of proprioception is your key sense of awareness. Now having said that, when it comes to the reality of our modern day society, this sense of awareness isn’t so sharp concerning a large portion of people that you might encounter on a day to day basis. So what exactly do I mean? Let me begin by asking: How many times have you found yourself in a crowded public place, while trying to navigate through the crowd, only to suddenly have to move out of the way of others who are completely blind to your presence? I don’t know about you, but this happens to me all the time whenever I find myself in these situations. The key question here is: How is it that I’m aware of those people who are blindly violating my space, yet there is complete unawareness on the part of those who are guilty of violating my space? The answer to this is due to a lack of proprioceptive awareness. In other words, every able-bodied individual possesses the sixth sense of proprioception; however, if this sense isn’t stimulated, it becomes dull and perhaps almost nonexistent. It’s the dulling of this sixth sense that I want to touch on here. The reality is that there are people who possess a low level of proprioceptive awareness and there are people who possess a high level of proprioceptive awareness. I’ve already given you an example of a low level function of proprioceptive awareness with the space invaders I mentioned earlier in my previous experience of trying to navigate my way through crowded public venues. However, I will give you a couple of examples here to clarify what I mean in regards to those who possess a high level of proprioceptive awareness. For example, if you’ve ever carefully watched a defensive back in a football game cover a wide receiver, then you’ve seen a guy that can back-pedal and maneuver his body across the field of play while not even having to necessarily look at where he’s going. In this example, the defensive back can maneuver his body across the field of play without bumping into anyone while simultaneously covering a wide receiver. Here, the defensive back knows exactly where his body is in space in relation to referees and other players on the field. In other words, the defensive back is aware of his environment. In short, the defensive back possesses a heightened level of proprioceptive awareness. If that example isn’t good enough for you then consider the following example. I guarantee you, if you’ve ever been around any military personnel that came back from a war zone and observed them in a crowded space, you would see an individual who has a level of proprioceptive awareness that’s even greater than that of the football defensive back. Their sixth sense is fully honed and engaged. Your sixth sense of proprioceptive awareness is an extremely powerful human trait. Just how powerful is it? Well, if you still don’t believe me about your sixth sense, then the next time you go out to a restaurant or coffee shop, try the following experiment; but please don’t get busted on exhibiting too much of the “creeper vibe” and end up blaming this one on me. The next time you sit down at a local coffee shop or cafe, simply pick someone else out in the room—especially if they are turned away from you— and lock your eyes onto them, to stare at them without turning away. I guarantee you that if you do this long enough, eventually, the person that you’re staring at will turn and look in your direction. People know if they are being watched or followed, and depending on the level of their proprioceptive awareness, they will come to that conclusion faster or slower in this situation. In short, a person with a high level of awareness will turn and look in your direction a lot sooner than a person with a lower level of awareness. This is not make-believe. This is as real as the turning of the earth. Now, this leads me into my next point concerning the current epidemic of the lack of self-awareness that exists throughout our society. In my view, there is often, but not always, an overlap, as a lack of proprioceptive awareness can also be an extension of having a lack of self-awareness. There is a connection between these two traits because they both play a role in one having a firm grasp on both personal and situational awareness. The two traits of proprioceptive awareness and self-awareness both share the trait of understanding your impact on the world around you. In regards to proprioceptive awareness, this is more closely associated with your sense and ab

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  7. MAR 14

    The Phantom of Wisdom

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit brandonrichey.substack.com To access today’s episode in full length, make sure you upgrade to Zenith status now by going to brandonrichey.substack.com—if you haven’t already—in order to take advantage of my Exclusive Zenith Catalog, which is a supreme navigational tool to give you access to four years of my most powerful insights with surgical ease. “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein Now that you’ve traveled the path from the Alternate Universe, we can shift your focus into pursuing the path to a clear solution. Let’s start out doing this by taking a look at Gibeon where the Lord appeared to King Solomon in the night during a dream and said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” It was at this point that Solomon asked the Lord for wisdom. In this moment when the Lord came to Solomon he chose to ask for a discerning heart in order to better govern the Lord’s people, and to be better able to distinguish between right and wrong. This request from Solomon was quite special to the Lord. Just how special was it? The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.” Kings 3: 10-14 Now, when looking at this interaction between Solomon and the Lord, you might initially think, “Ok, Brandon, so Solomon asked the Lord for wisdom and the Lord granted him wisdom. That’s pretty much it.” If this is your only takeaway from this experience then I would just say that you’re missing the biggest lesson of this interaction. If that is your interpretation then you are observing, but you’re not understanding. In this situation you’re displaying a deficit of wisdom. Simply put, I’ll just say that you’re allowing a lot to go unnoticed here. So what exactly do I mean? In order to overcome that encumbering deficit of wisdom, make sure that you get behind my heavy vault door in order to easily access the last four years of my cognitive hardware, with the use of my Exclusive Zenith Catalog. Remember that the normie approach to life is an aimless one that is void of effort, focus, and advancement. However, a true operational zenith understands that even if something isn’t understood, the effort involved in attempting to make an advancement—virtually always mitigates and eliminates—the deficit of wisdom. Make sure that your aim is clear and secure your advancement now so you don’t drown in that deficit.

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  8. MAR 5

    Alternate Universe

    “What does a mirror look at?” ― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune E Pluribus Unum is the Latin phrase that means out of many, one. If you’ve ever dealt with money then you’ve probably noticed this phrase on the reverse side of both coins and dollar bills most commonly embedded within the Great Seal. The phrase E Pluribus Unum signifies unity, originally referencing the unification of the original 13 colonies, but more broadly it signifies the creation of a single and cohesive American identity involving diverse backgrounds. In short, this is about the shared unity of cultures underneath the umbrella of the single unifying culture of Americanism, not multiculturalism. However, if you saw The State of The Union Address (SOTU) this past week then what you saw was the president of the United States speaking to the tradition of E Pluribus Unum, conversely you saw the majority of the Democratic Party demonstrating the antithesis of unity. At this point, if you didn’t at least see the highlights of the SOTU where the president called out the Democrats then this is a problem in and of itself. If you haven’t seen the highlights of the speech then you should actively go out and search for those highlights before continuing to read or listen to the rest of this episode. If you’ve satisfied that last request, or if you have already watched the SOTU, then the thing that should have shocked you was when the president asked Congressional members to stand if they agreed that the, “first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.” When the president asked that question, all of the Republican members stood and applauded, but the overwhelming majority of Democrat members remained seated. To be clear, this statement wasn’t complicated. This was a simple opportunity for Congressional members to agree on what the ONLY basic purpose and function of the American government should be about. However, when the president uttered this statement and asked the members of the chamber to stand if they agreed with it, the glaring divide on this between America loving Patriots and the cultural Marxists couldn’t be more obvious. To make it worse, these people wouldn’t stand for military veterans that were being awarded from having risked their lives for the nation. They wouldn’t stand for a six year old child, Delilah Coleman, that was introduced during the SOTU. If you’re not familiar with her story, she was a victim of a serious car accident that involved an illegal migrant driving a semi-truck that crushed her car in California and had seriously injured her. When the president proposed the new Delilah Law that would aim at making it illegal for illegal migrants to obtain commercial drivers licenses (CDLs), the Democrats wouldn’t even stand for that. In addition to this, the president introduced the gold medal winning men’s Olympic hockey team who pulled off a huge win defeating Canada. Everyone in the chamber stood in applause for these young American champions who were proud to win gold for their beloved United States, yet the Democrats remained seated during their introduction. The heartbroken mother of the young beautiful Ukranian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, was present at the SOTU and was promised by the president that justice would be served for her daughter’s tragic murder. Iryna was brutally murdered by a repeat offender out on no cash bail on a train in North Carolina. Even with the introduction of this heartbroken mother grieving her daughter’s senseless murder by a crazed scumbag in North Carolina, the Democrats couldn’t stand to express support for her. By the way, Iryna’s mother was sitting next to another featured guest of the night, Erika Kirk, the brave widow of the recently assassinated American Patriot and Christian influencer, Charlie Kirk. President Trump called these people out to their faces on national television by telling them that they should be ashamed of themselves, yet all Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib could do was keep their butts in the seats and scream back in a pathetic attempt to defend illegal migrants over American citizens, and demonize the country. So what is this all about? If you are typically a Democrat voter, then this was the most obvious and blatant in-your-face reaction from your representatives that should have you questioning what your representatives actually support, especially since they refused to express support for the victims, heroes, and champions that were all present for the SOTU address. Given their refusal to support those wonderful souls in attendance at the SOTU, I’m genuinely curious as to why you would believe that they would be in support of you? Quite frankly, I’m stuck asking myself the same question. However, I already know the answer because there’s only one answer left that would explain the obvious. The fact is that these people hate the United States of America, and they want to destroy it. These people are a mixture of cultural Marxists and jihadists and everything they believe in is antithetical to what it means to be a United States citizen. Everything they believe is antithetical to what it means to be an American Patriot. These people are the complete opposite of patriots. These people are American Bolsheviks. By their own actions, these people are traitors. With the recent war on the U.S. dollar, we often talk about the debasement of currency, but the reality is that the Democrat party is debasing the lives of American citizens. They want to debase the actual value of what it means to be a citizen. In other words, if they are willing to tax U.S. citizens more and more in order to support illegals then what benefit exists for U.S. citizens? If they are willing to tax U.S. citizens more and more while the judicial system favors the illegal criminals over honoring the so-called rights of citizens, then what benefit exists for U.S. citizens? If they are willing to tax U.S. citizens more and more while illegals literally invade your neighborhoods in order to seize your property and your business (see Aurora, Colorado), then what benefit exists for U.S. citizens? What value does an American citizen hold if its elected representatives fight harder for non-citizens than actual citizens of their own country? This is the fundamental problem that has pretty much already led to Europe being conquered by Islamist, and it’s the same problem that is currently facing our nation right now at this very moment. Despite this, those same Democrats that wouldn’t stand in support of those American citizens at the SOTU are the same Democrats that would label me as a racist or a xenophobe for simply wanting to support those very citizens that they refused to stand up for—regardless of their race, gender, or religion. Victory or Defeat Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. They were delighted and agreed to give him money. He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present. Luke 22: 1-6 The lessons of history are here to teach us not only about previous events that have taken place, but, more importantly, about the motivations that are associated with the acts of human nature that drive these events. Therefore, it’s the lessons of human nature that enable us to get a grasp on our environment as we strive to become operational zeniths in a chaotic world. With that being said, it was in 1930 during a period of forced collectivization and Stalinist purges where a communist youth named Pavlik Morozov was a leader of the Young Pioneers which was an organization that was closely linked to the Komsomol. In the history of the Soviet Union, the Komsomol was an organization of young people, ages 14 to 28, that served as a political organ for spreading Communist teachings—a feeder system for preparing the youth for the future of the Communist Party. During this period of time, there were violent purges going on across the countryside involving the kulaks, which were landowners that were deemed to be too wealthy by the state. The reality was that the kulaks were not wealthy, but were only slightly more prosperous independent farmers who owned more land or livestock than the average household. Regardless, the state literally engaged in a dekulakization campaign that was aimed at repressing and purging the kulaks from society. The campaign was brutal and aggressive and involved mass executions, arrests, expropriation of property, and deportations of entire households to completely remote and inhospitable regions. It was during this time that the young Pavlik Morozov ended up denouncing his own father who happened to be the head of the local Soviet, to the Soviet authorities. During this time in court Morozov charged that his father had engaged in forging various documents and sold certain favors to the kulaks in secrecy. As a result, Morozov’s father was sentenced to a hard labor camp, but his sentence was later changed to death. The latter sentence was ultimately fulfilled. Morozov didn’t stop there as he accused other peasants of hoarding and withholding their grain from authorities. As a consequence, Morozov ended up being brutally murdered, although the culprits involved with his death appear to be somewhat disputed. There are some accounts that say that Morozov was murdered by his own family due to their displeasure with him denouncing his father. However, other accounts suggest that his murder occurred at the hands of several local kulaks. Later, the Russian writer Maxim Gorky summed up the bury lede h

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