Through research and insight gained from daily living, seemingly disparate topics such as healthcare, the military, prison, education, wellness, and the food industry to name a few are explored and examined. But the common thread running through these topics is that of authority-an authority that does not care about those it influences and serves. An authority, whether government, corporations, or another powerful entity, that is often perceived to be invisible, or even benignly inconsequential because of our country's emphasis on personal freedom and a market-based economy. In a voice that is as penetrating as it is compassionate, as concerned as it is hopeful, Rene shows how this type of authority is incapable of caring about individual lives, and how we knowingly and unknowingly hand ourselves over to it so that life decisions can be made for us, our problems solved. This, in turn, sets the stage for habitual disempowerment and a lifestyle that feels oddly not of our own making.