JILm
@themagicmanx.bsky.social
Original comics and essays about the collapse of American politics, culture, and media. Dark humor.
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JILm
@themagicmanx.bsky.social
· Jun 10
I wrote a trilogy about how the American system collapses and what might still be done.
• Book 1: How to Peacefully Overthrow the U.S. Government
• Book 2: What You Were Never Meant to See
• Book 3: The Last Five Years of Human Relevance
📚 $20.97 for all three in ebook or free to my paid subscribers
• Book 1: How to Peacefully Overthrow the U.S. Government
• Book 2: What You Were Never Meant to See
• Book 3: The Last Five Years of Human Relevance
📚 $20.97 for all three in ebook or free to my paid subscribers
Just FYI, if you want to follow me go to Substack or Threads. I'm leaving this platform and a few others. Thanks for the support!
July 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Just FYI, if you want to follow me go to Substack or Threads. I'm leaving this platform and a few others. Thanks for the support!
Proofs for my fourth book just came in, woot!
June 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Proofs for my fourth book just came in, woot!
My newest article (link in bio) is about how "When Money Talks, Democracy walks"
This isn’t about tearing down success. It’s about making sure democracy isn’t for sale.
This isn’t about tearing down success. It’s about making sure democracy isn’t for sale.
June 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My newest article (link in bio) is about how "When Money Talks, Democracy walks"
This isn’t about tearing down success. It’s about making sure democracy isn’t for sale.
This isn’t about tearing down success. It’s about making sure democracy isn’t for sale.
My newest article (link in bio) is about how "When Money Talks, Democracy walks"
This isn’t about tearing down success. It’s about making sure democracy isn’t for sale.
This isn’t about tearing down success. It’s about making sure democracy isn’t for sale.
June 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My newest article (link in bio) is about how "When Money Talks, Democracy walks"
This isn’t about tearing down success. It’s about making sure democracy isn’t for sale.
This isn’t about tearing down success. It’s about making sure democracy isn’t for sale.
“The Constitution should be a foundation, not a fortress. Courts should be guardrails, not steering wheels.”
My latest article explains how judicial supremacy and a frozen Constitution turned America into a stage play of democracy.
See my bio for the link.
My latest article explains how judicial supremacy and a frozen Constitution turned America into a stage play of democracy.
See my bio for the link.
June 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“The Constitution should be a foundation, not a fortress. Courts should be guardrails, not steering wheels.”
My latest article explains how judicial supremacy and a frozen Constitution turned America into a stage play of democracy.
See my bio for the link.
My latest article explains how judicial supremacy and a frozen Constitution turned America into a stage play of democracy.
See my bio for the link.
Every US soldier nine months from now.
June 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Every US soldier nine months from now.
Between 1945 and 1965, the world’s tech curve bent sharply upward.
Radar-invisible craft. Exotic alloys. Microchips. Lasers. Fiber optics. One possible explanation: we picked through the wreckage of something not built by us.
New essay: “The Rabbit in the Boot”
(Link in first comment.)
Radar-invisible craft. Exotic alloys. Microchips. Lasers. Fiber optics. One possible explanation: we picked through the wreckage of something not built by us.
New essay: “The Rabbit in the Boot”
(Link in first comment.)
June 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Between 1945 and 1965, the world’s tech curve bent sharply upward.
Radar-invisible craft. Exotic alloys. Microchips. Lasers. Fiber optics. One possible explanation: we picked through the wreckage of something not built by us.
New essay: “The Rabbit in the Boot”
(Link in first comment.)
Radar-invisible craft. Exotic alloys. Microchips. Lasers. Fiber optics. One possible explanation: we picked through the wreckage of something not built by us.
New essay: “The Rabbit in the Boot”
(Link in first comment.)
Preemption is how higher governments override local democracy.
You vote for clean air, safe housing, higher wages—then the state steps in and kills it.
It’s legal. It’s growing. And most people don’t even know it exists.
New post: Who’s In Charge Here? Link in comments
You vote for clean air, safe housing, higher wages—then the state steps in and kills it.
It’s legal. It’s growing. And most people don’t even know it exists.
New post: Who’s In Charge Here? Link in comments
June 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Preemption is how higher governments override local democracy.
You vote for clean air, safe housing, higher wages—then the state steps in and kills it.
It’s legal. It’s growing. And most people don’t even know it exists.
New post: Who’s In Charge Here? Link in comments
You vote for clean air, safe housing, higher wages—then the state steps in and kills it.
It’s legal. It’s growing. And most people don’t even know it exists.
New post: Who’s In Charge Here? Link in comments
New post: “The Window Is Rigged”
Why some ideas never make it to the national conversation—and who benefits.
Legacy media. Algorithms. Billionaire think tanks.
🧠 Deep dive here: radicalleanings.substack.com/p/narrative-...
#OvertonWindow #RadicalLeanings #NarrativeControl
Why some ideas never make it to the national conversation—and who benefits.
Legacy media. Algorithms. Billionaire think tanks.
🧠 Deep dive here: radicalleanings.substack.com/p/narrative-...
#OvertonWindow #RadicalLeanings #NarrativeControl
June 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
New post: “The Window Is Rigged”
Why some ideas never make it to the national conversation—and who benefits.
Legacy media. Algorithms. Billionaire think tanks.
🧠 Deep dive here: radicalleanings.substack.com/p/narrative-...
#OvertonWindow #RadicalLeanings #NarrativeControl
Why some ideas never make it to the national conversation—and who benefits.
Legacy media. Algorithms. Billionaire think tanks.
🧠 Deep dive here: radicalleanings.substack.com/p/narrative-...
#OvertonWindow #RadicalLeanings #NarrativeControl
"You don’t need fire to start a revolution. You need toilets, food trucks, and a refusal to leave.”
This is the most important thing I’ve written.
(Link in comment.)
This is the most important thing I’ve written.
(Link in comment.)
June 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"You don’t need fire to start a revolution. You need toilets, food trucks, and a refusal to leave.”
This is the most important thing I’ve written.
(Link in comment.)
This is the most important thing I’ve written.
(Link in comment.)
Imposter syndrome isn’t just insecurity. It’s not stage fright or a bad case of self-doubt. It’s a long-term belief that your success is accidental, your skills are fake, and your mask is about to fall off.
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/what-if-yo...
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/what-if-yo...
June 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Imposter syndrome isn’t just insecurity. It’s not stage fright or a bad case of self-doubt. It’s a long-term belief that your success is accidental, your skills are fake, and your mask is about to fall off.
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/what-if-yo...
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/what-if-yo...
“Stability without representation isn’t democracy. It’s calcification.”
We don’t need to burn it all down—just stop pretending the current system was designed to be fair.
Link in follow-up.
We don’t need to burn it all down—just stop pretending the current system was designed to be fair.
Link in follow-up.
June 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“Stability without representation isn’t democracy. It’s calcification.”
We don’t need to burn it all down—just stop pretending the current system was designed to be fair.
Link in follow-up.
We don’t need to burn it all down—just stop pretending the current system was designed to be fair.
Link in follow-up.
The footage you saw of “L.A. on fire”? Some of it isn’t even from this week.
Old clips are being recycled with vague captions. Real chaos exists—but the scale is being faked. This isn't just media sloppiness. It's consent manufacturing.
Link in comments.
Old clips are being recycled with vague captions. Real chaos exists—but the scale is being faked. This isn't just media sloppiness. It's consent manufacturing.
Link in comments.
June 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The footage you saw of “L.A. on fire”? Some of it isn’t even from this week.
Old clips are being recycled with vague captions. Real chaos exists—but the scale is being faked. This isn't just media sloppiness. It's consent manufacturing.
Link in comments.
Old clips are being recycled with vague captions. Real chaos exists—but the scale is being faked. This isn't just media sloppiness. It's consent manufacturing.
Link in comments.
I wrote a trilogy about how the American system collapses and what might still be done.
• Book 1: How to Peacefully Overthrow the U.S. Government
• Book 2: What You Were Never Meant to See
• Book 3: The Last Five Years of Human Relevance
📚 $20.97 for all three in ebook or free to my paid subscribers
• Book 1: How to Peacefully Overthrow the U.S. Government
• Book 2: What You Were Never Meant to See
• Book 3: The Last Five Years of Human Relevance
📚 $20.97 for all three in ebook or free to my paid subscribers
June 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I wrote a trilogy about how the American system collapses and what might still be done.
• Book 1: How to Peacefully Overthrow the U.S. Government
• Book 2: What You Were Never Meant to See
• Book 3: The Last Five Years of Human Relevance
📚 $20.97 for all three in ebook or free to my paid subscribers
• Book 1: How to Peacefully Overthrow the U.S. Government
• Book 2: What You Were Never Meant to See
• Book 3: The Last Five Years of Human Relevance
📚 $20.97 for all three in ebook or free to my paid subscribers
What follows isn’t a call to action—it’s a toolkit. A framework. A reminder that coordinated nonviolence is still possible, even in moments of escalating uncertainty.
Come to my Substack for the full info.
Come to my Substack for the full info.
June 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
What follows isn’t a call to action—it’s a toolkit. A framework. A reminder that coordinated nonviolence is still possible, even in moments of escalating uncertainty.
Come to my Substack for the full info.
Come to my Substack for the full info.
I didn’t want to write this.
This was meant to be an informative piece—a tactical guide for “someday.” But as of now, it may be needed in real time.
If you're reading this in the U.S. today, you might be facing actual deployment of tear gas in civilian areas.
Come to my substack for the full info
This was meant to be an informative piece—a tactical guide for “someday.” But as of now, it may be needed in real time.
If you're reading this in the U.S. today, you might be facing actual deployment of tear gas in civilian areas.
Come to my substack for the full info
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I didn’t want to write this.
This was meant to be an informative piece—a tactical guide for “someday.” But as of now, it may be needed in real time.
If you're reading this in the U.S. today, you might be facing actual deployment of tear gas in civilian areas.
Come to my substack for the full info
This was meant to be an informative piece—a tactical guide for “someday.” But as of now, it may be needed in real time.
If you're reading this in the U.S. today, you might be facing actual deployment of tear gas in civilian areas.
Come to my substack for the full info
Is this meme too stale to use in a new recipe?
June 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Is this meme too stale to use in a new recipe?
AI replaced us without a war, a warning, or a singularity. It just outpaced us.
My book explains how we got optimized out—and what comes next.
Want the full PDF for free? Subscribe + message me:
radicalleanings.substack.com
Ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FC6G2Q42
My book explains how we got optimized out—and what comes next.
Want the full PDF for free? Subscribe + message me:
radicalleanings.substack.com
Ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FC6G2Q42
The Last Five Years of Human Relevance: How AI, Automation, and Optimization Will End Humanity as We Know It (and What Might Come Next)
Amazon.com: The Last Five Years of Human Relevance: How AI, Automation, and Optimization Will End Humanity as We Know It (and What Might Come Next) eBook : Ergle, James: Kindle Store
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June 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
AI replaced us without a war, a warning, or a singularity. It just outpaced us.
My book explains how we got optimized out—and what comes next.
Want the full PDF for free? Subscribe + message me:
radicalleanings.substack.com
Ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FC6G2Q42
My book explains how we got optimized out—and what comes next.
Want the full PDF for free? Subscribe + message me:
radicalleanings.substack.com
Ebook: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FC6G2Q42
Stability gets praised like it’s always good. But for some of us, it’s a lid. I wrote three books in what doctors would call a “manic” state. They wouldn’t exist if I’d been stable.
New essay: The Problem with 'Stability'
→ radicalleanings.substack.com
Paid subs get all my books free.
New essay: The Problem with 'Stability'
→ radicalleanings.substack.com
Paid subs get all my books free.
June 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Stability gets praised like it’s always good. But for some of us, it’s a lid. I wrote three books in what doctors would call a “manic” state. They wouldn’t exist if I’d been stable.
New essay: The Problem with 'Stability'
→ radicalleanings.substack.com
Paid subs get all my books free.
New essay: The Problem with 'Stability'
→ radicalleanings.substack.com
Paid subs get all my books free.
There are rumors the president might declare martial law. But here’s the truth: He doesn’t even have to. He already has emergency powers that don’t require public approval and may not even require Congressional notification.
🔗 Read the full breakdown:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/the-coup-t...
🔗 Read the full breakdown:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/the-coup-t...
June 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
There are rumors the president might declare martial law. But here’s the truth: He doesn’t even have to. He already has emergency powers that don’t require public approval and may not even require Congressional notification.
🔗 Read the full breakdown:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/the-coup-t...
🔗 Read the full breakdown:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/the-coup-t...
America doesn’t have a voter apathy problem.
It has a voter design problem.
Our system makes it hard on purpose, then blames you for not fighting through it.
How suppression works, who benefits, and what we can actually fix:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/why-dont-a...
It has a voter design problem.
Our system makes it hard on purpose, then blames you for not fighting through it.
How suppression works, who benefits, and what we can actually fix:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/why-dont-a...
June 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
America doesn’t have a voter apathy problem.
It has a voter design problem.
Our system makes it hard on purpose, then blames you for not fighting through it.
How suppression works, who benefits, and what we can actually fix:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/why-dont-a...
It has a voter design problem.
Our system makes it hard on purpose, then blames you for not fighting through it.
How suppression works, who benefits, and what we can actually fix:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/why-dont-a...
If you were the peacemaker in your family, odds are you weren’t appreciated—you were used.
My new essay breaks down the hidden emotional labor of being “the messenger.”
Read here:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/when-famil...
My new essay breaks down the hidden emotional labor of being “the messenger.”
Read here:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/when-famil...
May 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you were the peacemaker in your family, odds are you weren’t appreciated—you were used.
My new essay breaks down the hidden emotional labor of being “the messenger.”
Read here:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/when-famil...
My new essay breaks down the hidden emotional labor of being “the messenger.”
Read here:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/when-famil...
What would a nonviolent revolution really look like in America?
Not fantasy—history. It’s happened before. It could happen again.
Read Part II here:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/how-a-velv...
Not fantasy—history. It’s happened before. It could happen again.
Read Part II here:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/how-a-velv...
May 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What would a nonviolent revolution really look like in America?
Not fantasy—history. It’s happened before. It could happen again.
Read Part II here:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/how-a-velv...
Not fantasy—history. It’s happened before. It could happen again.
Read Part II here:
radicalleanings.substack.com/p/how-a-velv...