For decades, the United States has been a global superpower. Its economy, military, and cultural influence have been unmatched. However, recent years have seen a decline in American dominance , which can be attributed to complacency. The country has become complacent with its position as a global leader and needs to adapt to the changing world. In this blog post, we will explore how complacency has led to the loss of liberty and the consolidation of power in America. The first area where I want to talk about complacency is the consolidation of executive and federal power. The Founding Fathers established a system of checks and balances to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. However, there has been a trend toward consolidating power in the executive branch in recent years. This has been facilitated by a complacent Congress that has failed to exercise its oversight responsibilities, allowing the executive branch to act with impunity. This consolidation of pow...

 In the world of finance, where transactions reign, There lurks a darkness, a specter of pain, CBDCs, the coins of the future they say, But with them comes a price we cannot pay. A digital currency, no cash to hold, No tangible asset, just bits in a code, Controlled by the government, surveilled by the state, Privacy lost, a dystopian fate. The promise of efficiency, the lure of speed, But what of the cost, the sacrifice we need, Our autonomy gone, our freedom sold, A bleak future, a story foretold. No longer can we hide, no longer can we flee, The watchful eye of the state, always on me, A dark gloomy world, no privacy in sight, CBDCs have come, a never-ending night. So be warned, my friends, of what is to come, The march of progress, a beating drum, CBDCs may seem like a gift from above, But they carry with them a cost, a price we cannot love.

By Matthew Hayward Agreeing with the following video during the Bush administration would have made me a left-wing nut job. Now I am just an American that believes in the rule of law.  This Fourth of July, I celebrate being an American who believes freedom is based on government limits. Liberal or Conservative, I don't care what you call me; I just want to live in a society and country where I can have faith in my elected officials and have a functional process to remove them when they have lost the people's trust. Sadly this is not that Country.  America is so far from being a true Democratic Republic that it is disgusting. We live in the illusion of a free society where markets are manipulated, interest rates set, and competition legislated away. We live in a time where if given a choice, more than 50% of adults in the US would vote to throw out all elected officials if given the option to do so.   Unforchantly not everyone is allowed to vote, and those who...

Critical Review of 'We Live in Public' by Matthew Edward Hayward around 2010 Josh Harris said it best in his documentary, We Live in Public: “The internet is like this new human experience; at first, everyone is going to like it, but there will be a fundamental change in the human condition. One day, we are all going to wake up and realize we are all servants; it’s captured us.” I have felt and seen this truth, my truth, since I was in seventh grade. I wrote a paper about technology surpassing humanity. It was about how uncivilized and barbaric mankind is. I made an argument that Indigenous people were far less barbaric than those who wore power suits and used government and courts to destroy lives and resources and create massive economic inequalities in the name of philanthropy. I wrote about how, thanks to technology, our capabilities are far greater than our understanding of the application of our actions. “Technology is advancing quickly, yet man is evolv...