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The militarization of the Western Empire: How the COVID pandemic accelerated the process
The militarization of the Western Empire: How the COVID pandemic accelerated the process Donald Trump may not have been not such a warlike emperor as previous Western Emperors have been (and probably will be). But, even assuming that Trump is trying to avoid wars, he cannot oppose the militarization trends of the Western economy that […]
Regime Change The Media: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Regime Change The Media: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix America this is serious: if you re-elect Trump, you’ll be trapped in a fascist dystopian oligarchy which will keep robbing you of your rights and wellbeing for the benefit of the powerful and the wealthy. And it gets even worse: these things will […]
Shape Yourself Into The Perfect Weapon Against The Empire
Shape Yourself Into The Perfect Weapon Against The Empire Do you want to win this thing? Actually win it? By that I mean, do you actually want to create a healthy world instead of a world where we are ruled by lying, murderous, warmongering, oppressive, ecocidal, omnicidal sociopaths? Is that something you truly, deeply want? It’s […]
China v USA
China v USA QUESTION: Obviously, China is not Hitler or Napoleon with dreams of conquering the world. The days of empire building are gone. China has always been the one who is invaded from the Mongols and Japanese to the Europeans. Do you see China becoming more dominant in empire building retaking Taiwan? JN ANSWER: I am […]
“Revolutions And Wars”: What According To Ray Dalio Comes After “Printing Money”
“Revolutions And Wars”: What According To Ray Dalio Comes After “Printing Money” Having seemingly conquered the world of finance, Ray Dalio and Howard Marks have been competing who can be a more productive writer in recent weeks, and just two weeks after writing a lengthy thesis on the rise and fall of fiat currencies (which had no […]
Syria Spinmeisters Fumble Attempts To Narrative Manage OPCW Leaks
Syria Spinmeisters Fumble Attempts To Narrative Manage OPCW Leaks It’s been over 72 hours since The Grayzone published new leaks further exposing how the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been lying about its investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria two years ago. These new documents make it abundantly clear that OPCW leadership were […]
Seeds Of Awakening: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Seeds Of Awakening: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix If we’re honest with ourselves, electoral politics has failed and we need a revolution. If we’re really honest with ourselves, revolution will fail until propaganda is eliminated. If we’re really really honest with ourselves, everything will fail without a mass-scale awakening. ~ The most revolutionary thing […]
Is It Time for a New Direction?
Is It Time for a New Direction? If Americans are not doing some serious soul-searching in the midst of this crisis, they need to start. Where America goes from here is not some sort of esoteric debate. What we do at this point has life or death consequences. Get it wrong, and suffer more death, […]
The Empire’s War On Oppositional Journalism Continues To Escalate
The Empire’s War On Oppositional Journalism Continues To Escalate Journalist Glenn Greenwald has been charged by the Bolsonaro government in Brazil with the same prosecutorial angle used by the US to target WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Per The New York Times: Citing intercepted messages between Mr. Greenwald and the hackers, prosecutors say the journalist played a “clear […]
The Geopolitics of Epistemological Warfare: From Babylon to Neocon
The Geopolitics of Epistemological Warfare: From Babylon to Neocon I think any sane human being can agree that while war was never a good idea, war in the 21stcentury is an absolutely intolerable one. The problem we currently face is that many of the forces driving world events towards an all-out war of “Mutually Assured […]
A Surefire Cure For Despair
A Surefire Cure For Despair “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.”~ Samuel Beckett Sometimes it just gets to be too goddamn much. You just finished a soul-draining argument with a family member who insists that Putin controls all major world events because that’s what the TV said so it must be true, then you […]
Empire in Decline – Propaganda and the American Myth
Empire in Decline – Propaganda and the American Myth “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive…ourselves.” – With apologies to Sir Walter Scott. If only life was as neat and orderly as my ancient history text book showed it to be. There it was on glossy paper, spread out […]
Have You Noticed How Social Media Purges Always Align With The US Empire?
Have You Noticed How Social Media Purges Always Align With The US Empire? Twitter has suspended multiple large Cuban media accounts for reasons the social media platform has yet to explain as of this writing, a move which journalist Dan Cohen has described as “the equivalent of silencing CNN, Fox, WaPo and NPR’s accounts” for that nation. The Union of Cuban Journalists has […]
Falling From Grace
Falling From Grace Years ago, Doug Casey mentioned in a correspondence to me, “Empires fall from grace with alarming speed.” Every now and then, you receive a comment that, although it may have been stated casually, has a lasting effect, as it offers uncommon insight. For me, this was one of those and it’s one […]
