Let’s do this…
In the interest of time, I’m going to skip the introduction and truncate the recap. Suffice it to say there is a new narrative making the rounds, suggesting that Trump, Musk, and DOGE are facilitating an “authoritarian transformation” on behalf of the “tech elite” for the purpose of gaining total control over the whole of society.
I’ve called bullshit and tackled this narrative head on in the last two reports:
I’m going to move forward today, making two assumptions: 1) that you are up to speed on the source materials (the origins of this new narrative); and 2) that you’ve been following along and have either read or listened to both of the last two reports.
We’ve covered a lot of ground and discussed a lot of details, drilling down on the language used, the obvious omissions, and what I believe to be the underlying intent of a pair of articles written by Erik Wikstrom.
On February 15th, Wikstrom wrote an article titled, “Checkmate: The Triumph of Technocracy — How Trump, Elon & the Tech Elite are paving the way for a Brave New World - And what it means for all of us.”
In just over a week, he has over 200 likes and comments:
Which is REALLY impressive, given that he only launched his Substack two weeks ago:
It turns out there are many Erik Wikstroms in the world, and some of them are PhDs, CPAs, and college professors — all of whom have a long and well documented online presence — which is why it struck me as odd to find this Erik Wikstrom’s substack sitting at #2 in the search results, linking to none other than his one-week-old article suggesting that Trump, Musk, and DOGE are facilitating an “authoritarian transformation” on behalf of the tech elite:
What a fascinating coincidence.
How does this guy seemingly come out of nowhere and skyrocket to the top of the search results with a two-week-old Substack? How does he get so much traction and engagement so quickly? Like I side yesterday, I smell a rat.
It’s also very curious to me that Wikstrom has gotten so much traction having only written three articles on Substack in English — plus his very first article, which was written in Swedish. Yet another curious coincidence, is it not?
It seems only fair to point out that I have been writing on Substack consistently since November 2022, publishing over 750 posts (including 677 Torch Reports), and my traction at this point is still nowhere near Wikstrom’s:
Maybe he’s just a much better writer than I am.
Maybe he’s great and I suck.
Maybe.
Or, maybe, like I said yesterday—maybe, just maybe—this guy is affiliated with, or working on behalf of, one of the groups that are feeling most threatened by DOGE.
The timing of his launch, the target audience and sophistication of the propaganda, the instant traction, the mysterious nature of the man himself, the occult symbolism in his profile picture, shooting to the top of the search results, his first post being in Swedish, all of it, seems to smack of something suspicious, doesn’t it?
But let’s not get lost in the weeds here.
I’ve said from the beginning that Wikstrom’s writing is thorough, and that it contains many elements of truth. I’ve used words like “provocative” and “seductive” to describe his style. I’ve gone line-by-line through sections of his essay, demonstrating how solid truths are being couched in false premise, which is classic misdirection.
He’s connecting “very real dots,” I said yesterday — nodding to the fact, again, that much of what he says is true — but he’s connecting them in an intentionally misleading way. Think about how in school different kids connect the dots differently.
Most kids did something like this:
But there was always that other kid who did something like this:
Same dots, different picture.
And so it is with the reality of our situation.
I heard from a good friend yesterday, whom I love and respect, who was adamant that I don’t “throw the baby out with the bath water” when it comes to Wikstrom’s articles. My friend made the point that he’s not all wrong, and that we’d all be wise to remain skeptical of what’s going on, to stay curious and open to opposing perspectives, instead of just getting sucked into the hype and hoopla of all the “winning.”
My friend is 100% correct, and I’d like to honor his exhortation by focusing for a moment on the elements of truth that make Wikstrom’s writing so compelling.
Rather than rehashing the first piece, I’ll start today with a section from his second article: The Triumph of Technocracy | Part 2: The Ultimate Deception — How the Pandemic Sorted, Profiled, and Set Up the Resistance for the Perfect Trap.
“In Part 1, we examined how Trump, Elon and the tech elite are orchestrating a transformation of society through strategic chaos, weaponized AI, and the dismantling of democratic institutions.
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What we're about to explore might seem counterintuitive at first. After all, if you're implementing a system of total control, wouldn't you want to crush resistance? Silence dissent? Instead, we've witnessed the opposite – a strategy that deliberately awakens resistance, confirms suspicions, and appears to validate every conspiracy theory.The truth about the pandemic – more accurately described as the plandemic – goes far beyond the usual narratives of totalitarian control or even depopulation. It served as something far more sophisticated: the most extensive psychological profiling operation in human history. Every lockdown, every mandate, every restriction was designed not just for control, but to identify, study, and ultimately co-opt those who would resist control.”
Sounds pretty good, right?
He called out the “plandemic” and said the lockdowns and mandates were all about control, right? He brings up totalitarian control and even depopulation. This guy is speaking my language man! — and not by accident.
But let’s back up… thoughts happen fast.
First, he says “we examined” how Trump, Elon and the tech elite are orchestrating an authoritarian transformation of society through strategic chaos, weaponized AI, and the dismantling of democratic institutions. NOT TRUE.
That is a false premise and a predetermined conclusion.
All he did was present a false narrative in a persuasive fashion. There was no critical examination of the underlying intent, assumptions, or omissions in that article. It was all intentionally glossed over. The real examination came in TR 675.
Moving on, he uses the classic “this might seem counterintuitive at first” schtick, followed by what seems like a straight forward question everyone can agree with:
“After all, if you're implementing a system of total control, wouldn't you want to crush resistance?”
Who would argue with that, right?
Forgive me, but allow me to try…
I’ve thought long and hard about exactly that question. What does it mean to crush the resistance? Think about it through the lens of the Art of War. It’s better to convince your enemies to join your side than it is to destroy them outright, better to capture their resources intact, rather than destroy everything in sight.
“Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
—The Art of War
Thus, if you are a global evildoer looking for total control over a reduced population, the best thing to do is break up the resistance without any real fighting. This strategy is vastly different than “crushing the resistance,” as Wikstrom suggests.
This strategy, to infiltrate and break the resistance, has been on the books for eons. It is precisely the strategy that I’ve called out over and over again, by pointing out the Algorithmic Social Interventions, institutional indoctrination, social engineering, and subconscious taming of humanity—all of which has been happening for decades, and all of which has now been accelerated by weaponized AI.
For a good refresher on these strategies, consider reviewing these reports:
So no, I do not agree that the enemies of freedom are looking to crush the resistance. I believe they are looking to reprogram the resistance—and that they’ve been doing so for decades—and to that end, I believe Wikstrom is seeking to advance this cause.
Again, I think it’s a psyop that’s meant to confuse people, reshape perspective, and propagate bogus ideas that divide the liberty movement.
“Ah,” you say, “You must be one of those diehard MAGA freaks who think Donald Trump was ordained by God and is above reproach!”
FALSE.
Anyone who’s been with me for any length of time knows that is not true.
But let’s get back to the meat of the matter:
“…we've witnessed the opposite – a strategy that deliberately awakens resistance, confirms suspicions, and appears to validate every conspiracy theory.
The truth about the pandemic – more accurately described as the plandemic – goes far beyond the usual narratives of totalitarian control or even depopulation. It served as something far more sophisticated: the most extensive psychological profiling operation in human history. Every lockdown, every mandate, every restriction was designed not just for control, but to identify, study, and ultimately co-opt those who would resist control.”
Line-by-line:
“We’ve witnessed a strategy that deliberately awakens resistance, confirms suspicions, and appears to validate every conspiracy theory.” Is this true? Maybe. It’s a bold assumption at best—the suggestion is that that strategy was to awaken the resistance—but how can this be true, if every ounce of censorship and algorithmic intervention was directed at concealing the truth? The resistance arose organically, against the best efforts of the tech elite and the Deep State to tamp down any truth about covid origins, false testing, toxic injections, etc.
“The plandemic served as something far more sophisticated: the most extensive psychological profiling exercise in human history.” TRUE. I’ve been calling this out for years, all the Sentinel Surveillance and Social Listening (using the globalists’ AI-infused EARS), which have long been deployed by the “secret global cabal”—not the “tech elites” that he holds up in his strawman argument. Please keep in mind, they have been using these technologies to control “emerging” public perceptions. I have written about it extensively.
All the covid insanity was “designed not just for control, but to identify, study, and ultimately co-opt those who would resist control.” Maybe. That said, I disagree that the intent was to co-opt those who resist control. Sure, it might have been meant to study them and flush them out, so they could more easily be targeted, siloed, and reprogrammed, but to claim the aim was to co-opt the resistance is something entirely different. The suggestion here establishes the false premise that those in the MAGA movement supporting Trump, Musk, and DOGE are unwittingly supporting an authoritarian transformation, which I flatly reject.
In short, that paragraph presents many layers of illusions and deception. There is truth, yes, but there is also falsehood. By twisting the two together, the author seeks to by-pass critical thinking and foment acceptance of his forgone, fictitious conclusions.
I cannot emphasize enough that everything Wikstrom is accusing Trump and Musk of doing, was already underway long before these two arrived on the scene. They are being targeted as scapegoats for an insidious plot that very few are even aware of.
By targeting those who are currently targeting the gross fraud and corruption that has helped to fund and facilitate this plot for decades, Wikstrom is misdirecting attention away from the real powers that be. I believe this is deliberate deception.
Again, I’ll point to the sophistication and thoroughness of his well-written narrative, coupled with his faux humility (“Am I Crazy Here?), as strong indicators that he knows exactly what he is doing. This is not some naive commentator who has suddenly connected the dots in a new and improved way. Moreover, the statistical improbability of his instant success and incredible search ranking suggest he is not working alone.
I, on the other hand, am working alone. I am just an ignorant peasant doing the best I can to wrap my head around things, cut through the fluff, call out the bullshit, break through the narratives, and present meaningful content (based on thousands of hours of research) to help you develop your own informed perspective.
Friends, if you’ve been with me for awhile, you know that I claim the Torch Report is the “truth you can trust,” not because I ask you to take my word for anything, but because I do an insane amount of research to deliver the primary sources that you need to dig in and decide for yourself.
I don’t use AI to write my reports. When I sit down to write, you get whatever comes out. It’s real. It’s raw. It’s relevant. You can go back through years of my writing, over 675 reports, and see that I am consistent, honest, and sincere.
That said, I appreciate your grace with any typos that slip through, as I usually don’t have the time to go back through and edit. I am also exceedingly grateful for those who share this content, as I am not active on social media.
To all the free subscribers and especially the supporting members of the Patriot Club, you make my heart soar like a hawk!
Two more things, on the house keeping front:
I’m a better speaker than a writer, so if you haven’t listened to the Torch Report, you should. It’s not an auto-generated audio, it’s me, in the flesh, pouring my heart out to the world. I try to keep the podcasts around 20 minutes long, so you can enjoy them on your lunch break or commute. Please share.
Of all the subscribers to the Torch Report, there are only a handful who take the time to click the little heart and “give me some love.” THANK YOU!! For those who don’t, it’s not that hard. If you click the heart and it asks for your email, it’s not asking you to re-subscribe, it’s asking to confirm your email. You’ll get an email confirmation that links your phone to your subscription, so you can then click the heart at will. If you get bored, go to the archives and click lots of hearts. I’d be lying if I said Wikstrom’s instant success (250+ likes) didn’t irk my ego!
On top of all that, I’ve got a day job and it’s time to get going.
Thank you for reading/listening/joining me on this learning journey.
Until next time, remember: RESIST WE MUST!!
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