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It’s Time to Question the Modern Nation-State Model of Governance
It’s Time to Question the Modern Nation-State Model of Governance I typically try to avoid news on Sundays, but I spent much of yesterday in complete awe of the extraordinary strength and fortitude of the Catalan people in the face of totalitarian violence from the Spanish state against citizens attempting to vote in a peaceful […]
The Future Will Be Decentralized
The Future Will Be Decentralized I heartily accept the motto, “That government is best which governs least”; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe — “That government is best which governs not at all”; and when men […]
The Real Dangers Behind The Syrian Crisis Are Economic
The Real Dangers Behind The Syrian Crisis Are Economic Back in 2010/2011 when I was still writing under the pen-name Giordano Bruno, I warned extensively about the dangers of any destabilization in the nation of Syria, long before the real troubles began. In an article titled Migration Of The Black Swans, I pointed out that […]
It’s What’s Happening Beneath the Surface That Matters: Moral Decay and Rising Inequality
It’s What’s Happening Beneath the Surface That Matters: Moral Decay and Rising Inequality These disintegrative forces are easy to see but elusive to pin down. Nobody defines themselves as self-serving, greedy and lacking in virtue. Everyone feels trapped in the system. With the media’s hyperactive three-ring circus blasting 24/7, it’s easy to forget that everything consequential […]
Fragmentation and the De-Optimization of Centralization
Fragmentation and the De-Optimization of Centralization Solutions abound, but they look forward, not backward. Many observers decry the loss of national coherence and purpose, and the increasing fragmentation of the populace into “tribes” with their own loyalties, value systems and priorities. These observers look back on the national unity of World War II as the ideal […]
Charles Hugh Smith: Fixing The Way We Work
Charles Hugh Smith: Fixing The Way We Work Closing the wealth gap with meaningful work Charles Hugh Smith returns to the podcast this week to discuss the theme of his new book A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All. Automation and artificial intelligence are changing the landscape of work. Tens of millions […]
War, Big Government, and Lost Freedom
War, Big Government, and Lost Freedom We are currently marking the hundredth anniversary of the fighting of the First World War. For four years between the summer of 1914 and November 11, 1918, the major world powers were in mortal combat with each other. The conflict radically changed the world. It overthrew the pre-1914 era […]
Welcome to Blackswansville
Welcome to Blackswansville While the folks clogging the US tattoo parlors may not have noticed, things are beginning to look a little World War one-ish out there. Except the current blossoming world conflict is being fought not with massed troops and tanks but with interest rates and repayment schedules. Germany now dawdles in reply to […]
Organizing Against Tyranny
Organizing Against Tyranny My work and my thoughts lately have turned toward a now constant focus on the concepts of organization, more in respect to underlying philosophy rather than hard, fast rules and structures. If you are one of the slithering acolytes of political theory elitist Saul Alinsky (and you haven’t felt the inclination to […]
World in a Box
World in a Box. Of all the problems with fiat currency, the most basic is that it empowers the dark side of human nature. We’re potentially good but infinitely corruptible, and giving an unlimited monetary printing press to a government or group of banks is guaranteed to produce a dystopia of ever-greater debt and more […]
Hope For Imagining a World Beyond Corporate Control | On the Commons
Hope For Imagining a World Beyond Corporate Control | On the Commons. The commons is not just a battlefield between corporate predators and those who resist them – it is also a source of hope for those willing to imagine a world beyond capitalism. It represents a space between the private market and the political […]
