True prosperity cannot be printed, legislated, or conjured by mere will; value can only be created through effort. Once we adopt the Gnostic premise that “value is whatever we say it is,” we undermine the basic laws of production and exchange, setting the stage for hidden debasement, spiraling debt, and the collapse of real prosperity. Gnostics believe that by controlling the language, they control perception, and thereby “reality.” 41 They carefully craft myths and stories that serve as vehicles to deliver Gnostic deceptions. 42 In practice, they dress up exploitation as economic sophistication: mystifying the masses with convoluted jargon that conceals the brutal mechanics of a system designed to extract our work and drain our wealth, all while maintaining the illusion of progress.

— Neal Flesher, Modern Chains (Chapter 1)

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