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Outside Society. Politicians claim unemployment is historically low. Yet, one in six young adults stands without a job or education. Both facts are true. That is precisely the problem. Do you see them – or have you learned that they don't exist? Photo: Gemini The official statistics claim that unemployment hovers around a comfortable 2 percent. This figure is repeated like a mantra, a collective sedative assuring us that everything is fine. The labor market is strong. The economy is solid. Most people stop listening there. After all, 2 percent sounds like full employment. The problem is that this number is being given a meaning it never had, and was never intended to have. What the authorities measure when they talk about "unemployment" is specific: People who are currently without a job, actively searching, and registered in the system right now. It is a snapshot of a small, defined group. It tells us about short-term economic fluctuations, but almost nothing about the r...

When food is no longer made for people. Is it even possible to find healthy food at a reasonable price anymore, or has the industry fooled us all? That’s the brutal question I’ve been grappling with over the past year.

The people are taking back control! Across the world, voters are choosing what the elite fears most: politicians grounded in reality – the kind who actually dare to make real changes. The people are rising up against power. It’s not the noise that matters – it’s the silence. The silent majority, who for years have stood by as passive spectators, are now voting differently. That’s the force shaking the foundations of the elite – not the loud ones, not the agitators, but ordinary people who’ve simply had enough. It’s been simmering for years I’ve seen it coming for a long time – long before I even started this blog. Not as an expert or political commentator, but just as a guy who pays more attention than most. I’ve watched the mood shift, slowly at first, and now at full speed. People are waking up when things stop making sense. Society’s nerves are now exposed. There’s more irritation, less patience, and a growing skepticism toward anything coming from the top. And this isn’t just happe...