GREGORY Simon

Here are a few excerpts from my new book, Subsidiarity. In its pages, I invite you on a thirty-day trek across Switzerland, where every step illuminates how real people—not distant elites—can shape the rules that govern them. Running in parallel is an imagined future ruled by algorithms and oligarchs, a stark counterpoint that provokes the question: Which world would you choose? Across 350 lively pages you’ll meet historical figures, wrestle with fresh political realities, and test prevailing ideologies—all against the enduring backdrop of Swiss direct democracy. Although familiar faces from my earlier novels make cameo appearances, Subsidiarity stands perfectly on its own. Enjoy these excerpts, and if they leave you curious for more, the full adventure awaits on Amazon for £12.99. #DirectDemocracy Walkers, you will love it

What or who shapes the future? In my novel « Subsidiarity – Gateway to Democracy », I trace the hidden power of subsidiarity and direct democracy through a 30-day pilgrimage across modern Switzerland—uncovering a system of governance so rare and effective it has helped shape one of the most successful nations on Earth. But threaded through this journey is a far darker vision: a future where democracy has vanished. In this excerpt, a narrator from the year 2036 looks back in disbelief at how his world slipped into a reality no one believed possible. Trapped within it, he searches for answers, questioning whether unseen spiritual forces—or something far more human and ruthless—engineered the collapse. Haunted by the warnings of his grandfather, Thomas Mercer, he wonders why he failed to listen before it was too late. Were malevolent powers at work, or was this future forged by humanity’s own hunger for control? Take a listen. #DirectDemocracy

OUT NOW! From the first antediluvian cities to the fifteen-minute surveillance cities of the twenty-first century, Cain – Megalithic City Builder exposes the powers behind power—the forces that have shaped, guided, and manipulated human civilisation across all ages. This book begins before history as we are taught it. Long before empires, before nations, before written memory fractured into myth, it explores a world remembered in more than two hundred flood traditions scattered across every continent. Are these stories coincidence—or echoes of a single, world-shaping catastrophe? The narrative draws the reader into the age before the Deluge, a time of giants, advanced knowledge, and cities raised with a purpose far greater than shelter. It follows humanity through the great portal of the Flood into the post-diluvian world, revealing how the builders of the old world did not disappear, but adapted—re-emerging behind new masks, new empires, and new forms of control. You will encounter the great memorial raised to commemorate the world’s greatest destruction, the rise of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel, the scattering of peoples across the earth, and the emergence of the ancient power centres: Ur, Babylon, Egypt, the Achaemenid Empire, Troy, Greece, Rome, and beyond. The journey continues through the Vatican, dynastic family rule, the City of London, imperial America, the rise of China, supranational institutions, and finally into a technologically enforced dystopia that mirrors the ambitions of the very first city builders. Stone cities and digital cities are revealed as expressions of the same impulse—one visible, the other invisible, both megalithic in scale. What once required giants and stone now requires data, algorithms, and surveillance. The spirit that animated Cain before the Flood reappears in modern systems designed to govern not land, but behaviour, memory, and identity. At the heart of the book are fifteen ancient and modern manuscripts, discovered in a hidden Benedictine archive, each acting as a window into a different age. Together they tell a single, unsettling story: civilisation has been guided by a repeating pattern—and we are living at its climax. Yet this is not a book of despair. When the system finally overreaches, when the plug is pulled, something ancient and true resurfaces—something older than cities, older than empires, older than stone. Cain – Megalithic City Builder is a sweeping, provocative exploration of origins, memory, power, and resistance. It invites readers who stand before ancient ruins, who look at impossible stonework, who question official history, and who sense that humanity’s story is far deeper—and far stranger—than we have been told. You will never look at megaliths, empires, or the modern world in the same way again.

@OldWorldHermit @Ganglosaxonnne Loved this series, watched and read over and over. It’s a world away and keeps you always guessing.

I had, surprisingly, never heard of Cadfael until I saw a post from @Ganglosaxonnne earlier today. Now with a few episodes under my belt, I'm hooked. Once I'm finished with the show I plan on checking out the books it's based on. If anyone else is interested, the entire series is on YouTube.

“I think it’s questionable whether either in America or Britain we have a democracy…You’ll never have democracy while big business buys both parties and expects a pay off whichever one wins.” ~ Tony Benn

@DavidKrayden Likely x.com/directdemtoday…

Will the antichrist be AI?

@iluminatibot A digital Antichrist x.com/directdemtoday…

This is giving me Antichrist vibes Citadel CEO Ken Griffin: “The world needs a savior, and the hope is that AI is the savior.”

@OlooneyJohn A digital antichrist x.com/directdemtoday…

Satanic plain and simple living under AI that they program No thank you

Our history has always been curated—and in the digital future, that curation is set to go into overdrive. From the so-called Dark Ages to the institutional church’s index of forbidden books, from the Habsburg censorship offices in Vienna to the elite backlash against the printing press and vernacular literature, the pattern is unmistakable. Knowledge has long been collected, filtered, and suppressed—whether by monastic orders, imperial bureaucracies, or cultural gatekeepers. Today, as social media and open communication democratise the flow of information, we’re witnessing a familiar reaction: renewed attempts to control, shape, and restrict what can be seen and shared. The playbook hasn’t changed—only the scale and speed.

That official history is a JOKE.

Here are a few excerpts from my new book, Subsidiarity. In its pages, I invite you on a thirty-day trek across Switzerland, where every step illuminates how real people—not distant elites—can shape the rules that govern them. Running in parallel is an imagined future ruled by algorithms and oligarchs, a stark counterpoint that provokes the question: Which world would you choose? Across 350 lively pages you’ll meet historical figures, wrestle with fresh political realities, and test prevailing ideologies—all against the enduring backdrop of Swiss direct democracy. Although familiar faces from my earlier novels make cameo appearances, Subsidiarity stands perfectly on its own. Enjoy these excerpts, and if they leave you curious for more, the full adventure awaits on Amazon for £12.99. #DirectDemocracy

does anyone have recommendations for books similar to fahrenheit 451 and the giver? i really like dystopian stories ☺️

@UnearthedHQ A true wonder

Archeological Wonder: Göbekli Tepe Rising from the rugged hills of southeastern Turkey, these massive T-shaped limestone pillars at Göbekli Tepe date back approximately 12,000 years, predating Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids by millennia. Built during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, the monument features intricate high-relief carvings of wild animals—vultures, foxes, and scorpions—crowding the stone surface in a complex, symbolic tapestry. Looking at these ancient monoliths, one feels a profound sense of awe; they represent the very dawn of human civilization and the first time our ancestors organized to build something eternal. It is a hauntingly beautiful reminder that the roots of our collective history run much deeper than we ever imagined.

Totally agree - If governments consistently put their own citizens first—by investing in strong infrastructure, supporting local businesses, and focusing on domestic well-being instead of spending vast sums on military actions abroad, the outcome would be that countries would likely become more stable, prosperous, and self-sufficient overall, and with fewer conflicts being fueled or prolonged, there could also be less displacement and fewer people forced to flee their homes. #DirectDemocracy

Maybe governments should put the concerns of their own citizens first and support local businesses and invest in decent infrastructures rather spending huge amounts of taxpayers’ money on dropping bombs on other countries. It might reduce the number of refugees fleeing war torn countries as well.

From my latest book, Democracy – Swiss Style (Small is the New Big): In Switzerland, the people are the ultimate sovereign authority. To uphold that sovereignty, citizens have access to a wide range of democratic instruments designed to ensure their power remains intact. Below are two excerpts from my new book that explain these tools and how they are structurally embedded in the Swiss Constitution. #DirectDemocracy

In Democracy Swiss Style (Small is the New Big), I show how, in many political systems, titles, formal roles, and unelected institutions quietly accumulate unchecked authority—and in doing so, they slowly hollow out democracy. Switzerland offers a striking contrast. Through its robust tools of direct democracy, citizens continually reassert their power, forcing titles to shed any illusion of inherent authority and return to their true purpose: function and service to the public. In such an environment, quasi-autonomous bodies and other unaccountable institutions struggle even to take shape, let alone thrive #DirectDemocracy The book is available on Amazon.

The evolution of direct democracy in Switzerland was accelerated by a public health crisis, a moment that resonates strongly with global events in 2020. During the 1869 epidemic, a stark contrast emerged between how the elite responded and the restrictions imposed on ordinary citizens. This disparity galvanized public demand for a political system in which people could directly influence decisions—ultimately giving rise to Switzerland’s modern form of direct democracy. Today, in a similar spirit, people around the world are again seeking not only to have their voices heard but to see meaningful action taken in response to them. From my latest book: Democracy - Swiss Style (Small is the New Big) available on Amazon Here are two excerpts #DirectDemocracy

Switzerland shows what democracy can look like when power stays close to the people: part-time politicians with real jobs, decentralised decision-making, and citizens who genuinely shape laws. In contrast to systems tangled in big-business influence, regulatory capture and political careerism, the Swiss model keeps government small, humble and hard to corrupt—proving that “small is the bigger way of doing things.” From my book ENLIGHTENED - A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY Two excerpts

Check out Democracy - Swiss Style, Small is the new Big From the Introduction: There are times in history when the world seems to forget that greatness is not always born in size, but in scale — in the distance between the governed and those who govern. We live in one such time. Across continents, citizens sense that something vital has slipped from their grasp. They vote, but do not feel heard. They work, but see decisions made far away, by systems too vast to see them, too complex to care. What they crave — though they may not yet have a name for it — is the return of power to human hands. This book is about that return. It is about Direct Democracy – Swiss Style, and how one small nation, nestled in the heart of Europe, quietly solved what the rest of the world calls impossible: how to distribute power widely without descending into chaos; how to give citizens real authority without losing stability; how to build prosperity, trust, and peace not through centralisation, but through dispersion........In the end, this book is not just about Switzerland. It is about all of us — about the universal hunger for participation, the human need for proximity, and the rediscovery of democracy not as a spectacle, but as a shared responsibility. Switzerland stands as an inconvenient truth for the modern world: proof that power need not be large to be effective, nor centralised to be strong. It whispers a quiet but revolutionary message — that small is the new big, and that the future of democracy may yet be found in the smallest of circles, where people still remember one another’s names, and where freedom, once given, is never forgotten. #DirectDemocracy amzn.eu/d/22L9V3v

Another couple of excerpts from my latest book « Democracy Swiss Style - Small is the New Big » Public service was once a calling rooted in humility, trust, and accountability. Today, money, donors, and career politics too often replace the people. In many systems, voting every few years has become a democratic “placebo.” Switzerland offers another path: continuous citizen power through initiatives and referendums. When the people remain sovereign between elections, leaders remember they serve — and democracy stays alive. #DirectDemocracy

In just 10 minutes, I explain how Jean-Jacques Rousseau understood democracy, how his vision lives and breathes in Switzerland today, and why the dispersal of financial power and control away from the banks is just as essential to #DirectDemocracy as the Swiss tradition of regular voting. From my latest book Democracy Swiss Style - Small is the New Big

“With the EU’s current approach toward X, I wanted to share a few excerpts from my latest book on free speech. In it, I highlight the Swiss model of direct democracy, where citizens vote up to four times a year on issues at the federal, cantonal, and municipal levels. For such a system to function, free speech must be constitutionally protected—people need open access to information and viewpoints from all sides. Switzerland works because its citizens run the country: they can propose initiatives, veto government decisions, and even block international agreements. That’s the foundation of their democracy.” Shouldn’t the EU follow their example? Orwell gets a good mention in the second of the two excerpts. #DirectDemocracy