As we find ourselves in an age where tech oligarchs exploit 501(c)(3) charities to dodge taxes, funding movements aimed at destabilizing the country through groups like ACT UP and The People’s Forum, we must wonder: what happened to genuine grassroots protest? The kind that stood up for real humanitarian causes, like women being stoned for speaking out of turn or civilians being shot dead by the thousands simply for wanting the right to dance and sing. This is not just a distant tragedy; these are lives extinguished in the name of oppressive regimes.
When professional protesters mobilize only for causes that pay them hefty salaries, we end up with liberal demonstrators believing they are marching with informed and compassionate leaders. In reality, they are parading alongside shepherds who are compensated to guide their actions while they themselves foot the bill. You march with people who receive backing from the billionaires you claim to oppose and who are under investigation for accepting funds indirectly from terrorist organizations allied with Iran’s tyrannical regime. You chant for the death of your own country while fighting for people to have better lives in your country – which does not work if you view your country as evil. You root for the capture of your state by ideologies that would strip you of your rights the moment they gain power. You say loudly, please, take my right to protest, speak, dance, sing, and be an individual – send me back 100’s of years of progress. Is that the lefts liberalism of 2026?
What’s more alarming is that we live in an era where even college professors are grossly misinformed about current events, citing texts from books written decades ago, and CNN as if that organization is not also acting under the influence of tech billionaires. Professors go as far as to use sources proven to have promoted propaganda in the past as the foundation of their arguments. It’s as if they do not have access to a computer or the resources available through the Department of Justice or congress.gov—these are the bases they use to teach and build arguments while living in an age when verification of information exists at the push of a button. These “educators” and paid protesters are both compensated to steer the minds of everyday people and yet are not always required to take critical thinking, civics, or mathematics courses to graduate and become educators. The product of so-called “improvements” to graduation requirements in our education system that came from funding in the form of “charity”!
These billionaires, who should be paying the full sum of their taxes, instead get to withhold those taxes by opening “charities”—essentially 501(c)(3) entities—injecting money into any institution, political organization, or protest group that benefits them are what is commonly referred to as an oligarch, and when an oligarch aims to directly affect national education we should be more wary than we have been in the past, because our educators are producing our future. This results in a manufactured base of people who have hijacked the liberal cause, acting in the interests of the billionaires that pay them, and for whom they work. The irony is staggering; while they claim to champion the oppressed, they become part of the very machinery they protest against.
This issue is not just a domestic concern; it resonates deeply with the plight of the Iranian people, who fight every day against a regime that brutalizes its citizens, especially women. In contrast to the trend of billionaires stifling progress for common people, we have seen great aid from Elon Musk in the form of Starlink. The technology than many Iranians depend on as their ruling regime cuts the people off from other means of international communication.
Can we truly claim to stand for women’s rights while ignoring the cries for help from those facing execution for their freedom? Is following blindly what the people of progress and liberty have become? Just months ago, after the death of Mahsa Amini, protests erupted, yet many in the West turned a blind eye. Will we allow our protests to be co-opted by those who use our passion for their own political gain, all the while ignoring the real battles being fought in places like Iran? Why? Is it because protest organizations accepted money from groups tied to Iran—rendering them incapable of speaking up? Or is because standing for Iran’s people would damage the existing investments made by the billionaires who direct these activist groups?
As you march, think about who is leading you and why. Genuine solidarity requires awareness and responsibility, not merely a performance for the cameras. Not blindly following organizations funded by billionaires like George Soros and Neville Roy Singham, who market themselves as “Marxist.” Yes, wrap your head around the idea of a Marxist who decides to be a billionaire! They evade paying taxes and contribute wealth to the public by withholding assets through charity loopholes that fuel protest organizations—all while standing to gain significantly from globalization and economic uncertainty.
These individuals are not merely spectators; they are players in a game that profits from discord. Soros and Singham capitalize on societal unrest, literally paying nothing to instigate conflict that boosts the value of their existing businesses. They incite riots for the sake of chaos, creating an environment that strengthens their influence and wealth. Each time you raise a fist, you might inadvertently be playing into their hands.
While you chant for justice, will you also march for your sisters in Iran, who risk their lives for the very freedoms we take for granted? Its time to take our party back, its time for the left to return sensibility and the ability to fight for love and peace once more.
Below is a link to a powerful video by creator NateFriedman, boldly exposing the corruption.