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Stone Age Economics, Marshall Sahlins (1972)
Stone Age Economics, Marshall Sahlins (1972) Beginning as a presentation in 1966, what Sahlins challenged was the historic prejudice which dismissed the rights and value of ‘undeveloped’ societies and their ‘state of nature’. Ramblinactivist’s ‘A Book in Five Minutes’: No.16, 20th August 2022 View the YouTube video of this post ‘A Book in Five Minutes’ Index ‘The […]
Czech PM Blames Russian Propaganda For Mass Protests In Pragu
Czech PM Blames Russian Propaganda For Mass Protests In Prague Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala is blaming pro-Russian forces for mass demonstrations this weekend that saw tens of thousands of people protest against the government, the European Union and NATO amid soaring energy prices and inflation. The “Czechia First” demonstration saw 70,000 people gather to […]
‘Worst Yet to Come’ as Global Civil Unrest Index Hits All-Time High
An opposition activist shouts slogans holding up bread as he protests along with others against rising living costs, at the entrance of the president’s office in Colombo on March 15, 2022. (Photo: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images) ‘Worst Yet to Come’ as Global Civil Unrest Index Hits All-Time High “Over the coming months, governments […]
Saudis Use Orwellian App to Identify Dissidents, Imprisoning Some for Decades
Saudis Use Orwellian App to Identify Dissidents, Imprisoning Some for Decades FILE PHOTOS. (Credit: Facebook / @kamnapp; Saudi Media Ministry) Saudi Arabians are using a mobile app sold by both Apple and Google to snitch on their fellow citizens for dissenting against government authorities. As a result, activists and others are going to prison for […]
Why are farmers in the Netherlands protesting?
Why are farmers in the Netherlands protesting? Blamed for much of the climate crisis, biodiversity decline, water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, farmers and farming are at the centre of a worldwide debate which is only gaining heat. This argument has come to a head in the Netherlands, where farmers have been involved in high-conflict […]
We’re Being Trained To Worry About ‘Russian Propaganda’ While Drowning In US Propaganda
We’re Being Trained To Worry About ‘Russian Propaganda’ While Drowning In US Propaganda Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ One of the weirdest, most insane things happening today is the way the entire western world is being trained to freak out about “Russian propaganda” — which barely exists in the west — while ignoring […]
The End of Reason — Part 1
The End of Reason — Part 1 Light a torch, dark times ahead Have we just passed Peak Rationality? Data Source: Google Search, red line: my extrapolation Most societies that have fallen before ours, have went through a similar pattern of rise, prosper and fall. Ours is no exception. Towards the end of their prosperous phase, […]
European Natural Gas Prices Are 6 Times Higher Than Last Year, And This Is Sparking Widespread Civil Unrest All Over Europe
European Natural Gas Prices Are 6 Times Higher Than Last Year, And This Is Sparking Widespread Civil Unrest All Over Europe This is going to be a bitterly cold winter for a whole lot of people. In particular, things are likely to get really uncomfortable in Europe. Soaring energy prices and concern about potential shortages […]
Why No Politician Is Willing to Tell Us the Real Energy Story
Why No Politician Is Willing to Tell Us the Real Energy Story No politician wants to tell us the real story of fossil fuel depletion. The real story is that we are already running short of oil, coal and natural gas because the direct and indirect costs of extraction are reaching a point where the […]
The Great Rehash, Part Three: Unsafe and Ineffective
The Great Rehash, Part Three: Unsafe and Ineffective In the first two parts of this sequence of posts (1, 2), I’ve outlined the background of the Great Reset, Klaus Schwab’s dreary rehash of the last half century or so of fix-the-world schemes, and used the creation and destruction of the Georgia Guidestones as a lens through […]
Taming The Greedocracy
Taming The Greedocracy American elites want magical technological fixes to climate change because they refuse to confront the truth that seriously addressing the problem would require limits to their own power and luxury. Few of us want to face the climate mess. The numbers are scary and confusing, and the facts have never been reported […]
Dodgy Demand Data? The Oil Price Collapse Conspiracy
Dodgy Demand Data? The Oil Price Collapse Conspiracy WTI oil prices have given up nearly all their gains since Russia invaded Ukraine, falling roughly 9.5% over the course of the week amid fears oil demand is collapsing. Some oil pundits are now claiming that the Biden administration has been fabricating low gasoline demand data in […]
German Officials Warn Of Draconian Energy Regulations, “Extremists” Fueling “Mass Protests And Riots”
German Officials Warn Of Draconian Energy Regulations, “Extremists” Fueling “Mass Protests And Riots” As queries for “firewood” have exploded on Google in Germany, and Deutsche Bank predicting that “wood will be used for heating purposes where possible,” German officials are now warning of extreme energy rationing measures, along with the potential for “extremists” to fuel national […]
We Should Aspire to be Peasants
We Should Aspire to be Peasants Painting by Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern – Public Domain Rising food prices — as the USDA has forecast for 2022 — may seem like a good thing for farmers. After all, who wouldn’t like to see some more cash? Farmers, like everyone else, have been through a lot lately. Years of stagnant […]
