The Fake & Fraudulent Prophets Around the President
September 4, 2026 |
Daniel Henderson
Or: How to Stop Doomscrolling and Start Doing Something Useful
Welcome to another installment of “Earth is Still on Fire and No One’s in Charge.” Let’s talk survival skills — not the kind that requires flint and a bug-out bag, but the kind that keeps your soul from melting into a puddle of nihilistic goo.
Because here’s the truth:
Change is inevitable. Certainty is a scam. And the modern world is basically an anxiety vending machine.
But while we can’t control the chaos, we can choose how we respond to it. So here are three skills that might help you ride the madness instead of being steamrolled by it. No crystals required.
History doesn’t repeat, but it sure as hell rhymes — loudly, and usually off-key. Whether it’s political meltdowns, economic free-falls, or churches behaving badly (again), none of this is new.
So learn to spot the patterns:
• This isn’t the first time people got swept up by fascist cosplay.
• It’s not the first time the church traded Jesus for power.
• And it won’t be the last time someone monetizes your fear.
Pattern recognition helps you step outside the chaos and say, “Oh. This is just the part where everything breaks before something new begins.” That perspective doesn’t fix everything, but it keeps you from punching walls or buying tactical gear.
Also — and this is key — look at your own patterns too. If every crisis has you running toward the same coping mechanism (hi, late-night Amazon cart), maybe it’s time to ask why.
Once you recognize the pattern, you have a choice: keep dancing the same dysfunctional waltz or learn some new steps.
Instead of doomscrolling and despair, ask:
• What’s this mess trying to show me?
• What can I do with it?
• Who profits from my panic?
Chaos can clarify. Despair can catalyze. When used well, the dumpster fire lights up all the stuff that’s broken and all the stuff that needs to rise.
But remember: life doesn’t happen for you like some cosmic TED Talk. It just happens. The trick is making it mean something anyway.
Now comes the harder part: creating new patterns that don’t suck. If your life is run by chaos, resentment, and the unholy trinity of caffeine, screens, and shame — congratulations, you’re modern. But you don’t have to stay that way.
What would it look like to:
• Have rhythms that ground you, not just schedules that grind you?
• Think thoughts that nudge you toward growth instead of spiraling dread?
• Practice daily resistance to the machine by choosing presence over performance?
This isn’t about manifesting abundance or leveling up your aura. It’s about consciously choosing
a life that doesn’t feel like a slow-motion breakdown.
Because you’re not here to “manage the chaos” until retirement. You’re here to participate in something more—maybe not divine in the Hallmark sense, but real enough to matter.
So yeah, things are broken.
But you’re not powerless.
Recognize the pattern.
Use the pattern.
Make a better one.
Just don’t expect applause or enlightenment. Some days, progress is just brushing your teeth, muting the algorithm, and refusing to be a cog.
This isn’t pretty, but it is the resistance.
