Book Launch: August 12, 2026
Using our kindness against us
A chilling new form of tyranny has arrived — one that comes with smiles, slogans, and “good intentions.” Corporations and global elites have fused the control mechanisms of 20th-century communism — centralized power, compelled speech, identity hierarchies, and utopian promises — with the language of equity, sustainability, and stakeholder capitalism.
The result is a system that weaponizes our kindness: policies that sound virtuous but deliver censorship, energy poverty, food insecurity, and spikes in violence as wealth flows relentlessly upward. The first step is to see Corporate Communism for what it is. The next step is to stop fuelling it with our goodwill and compliance.
NOT YOUR DONKEY
Maret Jaks runs a Substack and Podcast called NOT YOUR DONKEY where she focuses not just on politics and culture but on a wide range of topics we all face in this thing call Life. Free to subscribe.
The story of
Maret Jaks
Maret Jaks is a fearless independent author, speaker, and cultural critic whose work stands out for its intellectual honesty and refusal to self-censor in an era of enforced conformity. With an Estonian refugee mother who escaped Soviet communism, Maret grew up with an instinctive understanding of how quickly freedom can be lost to ideology and centralized power. This heritage deeply informs her writing, giving her a unique perspective on contemporary threats to Western liberty, cohesion, and truth.
But she’s not all about politics. A firm believer in working directly with people who need help, she once fostered four teenage girls, served as an advocate for women in prison, and volunteered with elderly residents in care homes. These chapters of her life, along with her deep love of nature and the environment (without being a climate catastrophist) reinforce her conviction that each of us should live like it matters, because it does.
Maret's Books
Citizens have a right to express themselves, even if what they say is stupid or wrong.
