Retired Army Chief Warrant Officer Bill Thompson built AI-powered hunting tools at Spartan Forge while critiquing centralized government power. He discusses rendezvous traditions, coming-of-age rituals for young men, military cyber operations, phone security, and how the 17th Amendment stripped state power—arguing individual rights erode when authority centralizes. Young men lack modern rites of passage that impose responsibility and adult identity, leaving many in perpetual childhood unless military service or parenthood forces maturation. The 17th Amendment shifted Senate selection from state legislatures to popular vote, eliminating state-level protection of individual rights and centralizing federal power over 130+ years.