Humilis et Evoluta

A treatise forged in frustration, polished by time, and unrepentantly soaked in intellectual blood.

Humilis et Evoluta is not a manifesto. It is a philosophical post-mortem on the late 20th century's most self-congratulatory illusions-freedom, equality, justice-and an unsparing audit of their decomposing husks. Written over the span of sixteen years by Adam Stratmeyer, a man equally skeptical of power and himself, this work unpacks the failures of modern citizenship, law, education, and governance with surgical precision and the weary tone of someone who knows better than to expect applause.

Stratmeyer proposes a world where citizenship is earned, not inherited; where laws have expiration dates; where education is tailored, not standardized; and where justice means something other than bureaucratic cruelty. He expects to be wrong, welcomes your dissent, and offers no comfort-only rigor, vulnerability, and a challenge to think systemically or get out of the way.

This isn't a book for your coffee table. It's for your crisis shelf.