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until it turns on them.

The message being sold is simple: Society is rigged, the system is evil, and only by following the right personality, the right movement or the right “truth-teller” can you break free. It is a con dressed up as enlightenment.

And it is one of the most dangerous cons of our time.

America is living through an era thick with grift, cynicism and manufactured despair. The real threat is not frustration itself but the lie that nothing can be done — and that burning everything down is the only remaining choice.

Ben Shapiro is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and cofounder of Daily Wire+. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2026 CREATORS. COM