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How Russia is preparing for WWIII
How Russia is preparing for WWIII I have recently posted a piece in which I tried to debunk a few popular myths about modern warfare. Judging by many comments which I received in response to this post, I have to say that the myths in question are still alive and well and that I clearly failed […]
Recycling Societies for Power and Profit
Recycling Societies for Power and Profit The Cruel Fate of the Pawns of Empire A curious diplomatic spectacle is playing out, as the imperial senate tussles over how hot to make it for the Saudis, and how close to hold the vassal sheikhs’ feet to the fire. Once again we are shown how weak and […]
The Lesson of Empires: Once Privilege Limits Social Mobility, Collapse Is Inevitable
The Lesson of Empires: Once Privilege Limits Social Mobility, Collapse Is Inevitable The next few years will strip away the illusions of “growth” and reveal which dominates our society and economy: privilege or social mobility. Among the many lessons of empires is one shared by virtually every empire:once the privileged few limit the rise of […]
The End of the American Empire
The End of the American Empire I’m here to talk about the end of the American empire. But before I do I want to note that one of our most charming characteristics as Americans is our amnesia. I mean, we are so good at forgetting what we’ve done and where we did it that we […]
Who’s Anti-American?
Who’s Anti-American? Maryland! The Old Line bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland! She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb. Huzza! She spurns the Northern scum! She breathes! She burns! She’ll come! She’ll come! Maryland! My Maryland! – Maryland’s State Song J’accuse… Illustration by James Montgomery Flagg Guilty as Charged BALTIMORE – Yesterday, one dear reader […]
Recipe for Collapse: Rising Military and Social Welfare Spending
Recipe for Collapse: Rising Military and Social Welfare Spending Leaders faced with unrest, rising demands and dwindling coffers always debauch their currency as the politically expedient “solution.” Whatever you think of former Fed chair Alan Greenspan, he is one of the few public voices identifying runaway entitlement costs as a structural threat to the economy […]
The Empire Has No Clothes
The Empire Has No Clothes Hans Christian Andersen told the story of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” as part of his Fairy Tales Told for Children collection. The tale is almost two hundred years old. Most know how a little boy was the first to announce that the emperor had no clothes. Andersen’s tale is being re-written today […]
2016: The Year Ahead
2016: THE YEAR AHEAD This brief piece appears in New Dawn magazine, Jan 2016 edition. The editor asked me and several other authors and thinkers to give our 500 word perspective on what 2016 will bring. Read more at newdawnmagazine.com and get your copy of this great mag. 2016 will rigorously test people’s readiness to embody their […]
Empires (Like the U.S.) Fall When Corruption Becomes Rampant
Empires (Like the U.S.) Fall When Corruption Becomes Rampant Widespread corruption destroys empires. By way of example, corruption was one of the main causes of the collapse of the Roman Empire: The Praetorian Guard—the emperor’s personal bodyguards—assassinated and installed new sovereigns at will, and once even auctioned the spot off to the highest bidder [and see this]. The […]
The American Empire: Murder Inc.
The American Empire: Murder Inc. As Indonesia’s former President Suharto lay ill in 2008, a supporter displayed a portrait of him outside the Jakarta hospital where the military dictator died two weeks later. It was in Suharto’s brutal three-decade reign that Indonesia invaded East Timor, where investigative journalist Allan Nairn covered atrocities the general’s […]
Dictators of the Roman and American Empires – The Blue Ribbon Has To Go To Obama
Dictators of the Roman and American Empires – The Blue Ribbon Has To Go To Obama Every group (and especially an empire) needs its good or evil spokesperson, leader, or figurehead to focus upon: the embodiment of the particular group or nation. The size of the group is irrelevant: there simply must be a leader […]
Et Tu, Brute? (How Empires Die)
Et Tu, Brute? (How Empires Die) (Image: The assassination of Julius Caesar, led by Brutus.) The state-owned Bank of China has been ordered by an American court to hand over customer information to the US. The bank has refused to comply, as to do so would violate China’s privacy law. The US court has […]
Fall Of The American Empire: “They Intend To Collapse the Financial System”
Fall Of The American Empire: “They Intend To Collapse the Financial System” “…for two weeks the mob had been rioting uncontrolled in the streets…The economy of the greatest empire that the world had ever seen was coming apart like an unraveling sweater…the cost of maintaining…gigantic armed forces…was bleeding the nation white and in addition there […]
