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Ellis De Keyzer

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Ellis De Keyser writes fiction that examines power, complicity, and the quiet mechanics of institutional violence.
The work is grounded in real geopolitical and historical contexts and resists sentiment in favor of moral precision.
Rather than centering heroes, the writing focuses on systems and the human cost embedded in their everyday operations.

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History Without Heroes

History is usually taught as a sequence of decisions made by identifiable people. Kings, leaders, villains. This makes it digestible. It also makes it false.

Most harm doesn’t originate in exceptional cruelty but in ordinary alignment: people doing their jobs, following procedures, respecting hierarchies. Systems don’t need monsters. They need consistency. Once that’s in place, responsibility becom Read more of this blog post »
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