Good morning. Today I want to talk to you about disintermediation and how disintermediation creates tyranny. Let me explain. Disintermediation is when you remove the middleman. So, think of it this way: instead of putting your products on a platform like Amazon, you go straight to the people. It sounds great, right? Well, unfortunately, what has happened in our society is that disintermediation is happening in a lot of bad ways.

It used to be that God was an intermediary between radicals and the people. In other words, people worshipped God, and God had a moderating effect on the negative ideologies that could enter their minds. More and more, God is being rejected, unfortunately.

It used to be that the family was an intermediary. It used to be that good schooling was an intermediary. It used to be that authority figures—trusted elders and wise people in the community—were intermediaries. No more. With the internet, social media, and children’s easy access to these technologies, they are turning to God knows who: complete insane extremists or violent, radical terrorists on the internet. They are self-radicalizing and joining online groups that are very dark and very scary.

We need to restore the pillars of our society to have a balancing effect on young people. We need to bring God back, bring the family back, and bring back good schools. We need to reduce the influence of online activities and AI and prioritize human interactions. That doesn’t mean we take away the empowerment that technology brings. It doesn’t mean that we reduce the critical thinking of young people. It does mean that we pay attention to the radicalization that happens when there are no mitigating factors present to hold people back.

Because when you have radicals, you get the current state of our political system. And when these people get power, they do things that are not just crazy, but very, very destructive to the individual. It takes a long time to undo the damage. Think about it.