The Premium Signal: Why Most Minds Are Not Sovereign

Most people assume their thoughts are their own.

They’re not stupid for thinking this. It feels obvious. Thoughts appear in the mind, therefore they must belong to the thinker. But this is a surface assumption — and a dangerous one.

What most people experience is not sovereignty of mind, but occupation.

Thoughts arrive uninvited. Emotions surge without consent. Attention is pulled, nudged, hooked, redirected. The individual reacts, rationalises, and then retroactively calls this choice. It isn’t.

It’s compliance dressed up as agency.