WELCOME TO THE GROUNDED REALIST
Unfiltered Reality. Timeless Principles. Zero Tolerance for the Artificial.
ENOUGH NOISE.
You’re here because you suspect that the “Current Thing” is a distraction. You’re tired of economic gaslighting, plastic culture, and the endless celebration of mediocrity.
You aren’t looking for an echo chamber. You’re looking for an anchor.
The Grounded Realist is a project dedicated to competence, fiscal sanity, and the preservation of Western dignity. We don’t do “safe talk” to appease the algorithm. We do straight talk to preserve our sanity.
Latest Dispatches
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The Fortress of the Hearth: Why the Nuclear Family is the Last Line of Defence
They call it outdated. The data calls it essential. Why the nuclear family is the only thing standing between us and total social collapse.
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The Cost of Living Crisis: Why Essentials Keep Rising
The toothpaste is smaller. The standing charge is higher. And the taxman is taking a bigger cut of your frozen wages. Here’s the straight talk on why the UK cost of living crisis isn’t over.
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The Death of Excuses: Why Personal Responsibility is the Only Way Out
They told you it’s not your fault. They lied. Your agency is the only variable that actually changes the math. Here’s the blueprint to take it back.
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The Architect of God: Why Bach Outlasts the Noise
Bach wasn’t a tortured genius waiting for a muse. He was a father of twenty who treated music like masonry. In a world of generative slop, here’s why the Old Master still holds the keys to the kingdom.
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The Panic Industrial Complex: Why They Need You Scared (And How to Opt Out)
They tell you the sky is falling every morning at 7 AM. It isn’t. We decode the “Panic Industrial Complex”—the mechanism that turns your anxiety into their ad revenue—and show you how to opt out.
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Calluses Over Cushions: Why We’re Raising a Generation of Fragile Adults
The playground used to be a lesson in gravity. Now it’s a lesson in liability. We stopped letting kids fall, so now they’re breaking inside. Here’s how we fix it.
