The Citizen’s Field Guide to Power in a Crisis

A long-form reader on how authority expands, what breaks, and where responsibility still lives.


What is it?

Inside the guide, you’ll find:

  • How emergency powers actually work

  • Historical patterns of crisis and consolidation

  • The limits — and vulnerabilities — of institutions

  • The difference between legality and legitimacy

  • What citizenship looks like when trust erodes

This is a reflective, historically grounded companion for people trying to stay oriented. This is not a news product or a collection of “hot takes”.


Format

  • Digital PDF (if you’d like to be notified when audio or hard copy versions are available, enter your info in the form at the bottom of the page)

  • 80 pages

  • Designed for long-form reading

  • Delivered via email

Price: $24

If you’ve followed my work, you know I believe in sustaining it through collective support rather than selling “things.” The work itself remains gifted. This field guide helps sustain it.

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