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Charles Hugh Smith: Preventing The Final Fall Of Our Democratic Republic
Charles Hugh Smith: Preventing The Final Fall Of Our Democratic Republic Fighting against the obscene concentration of wealth & power There’s mounting evidence that the Age of American Exceptionalism is grinding to an end. Demographically, in the U.S. (as well as many other developed nations), the prospects of the younger generations are substantially less than […]
Five Academics Who Unleashed the “Demon” of Geopolitical Power
Five Academics Who Unleashed the “Demon” of Geopolitical Power Photo Source pedrik | CC BY 2.0 As Washington’s leadership fades more quickly than anyone could have imagined and a new global order struggles to take shape, a generation of leaders has crowded onto the world stage with their own bold geopolitical visions for winning international […]
Truth Is What We Hide, Self-Serving Cover Stories Are What We Sell
Truth Is What We Hide, Self-Serving Cover Stories Are What We Sell The fact that lies and cover stories are now the official norm only makes us love our servitude with greater devotion. We can summarize the current era in one sentence: truth is what we hide, self-serving cover stories are what we sell. Jean-Claude […]
The Criminalization of Politics
The Criminalization of Politics The system is crooked. So why bother, right? Most Americans don’t vote don’t care. Up to 30% don’t file don’t pay taxes. That’s real freedom! As we explain in our book Splitting Pennies – the world is not as it seems. Personally, I watched the fixing of the 2000 election from ground […]
Book Review: The Sustainable Economics of Elinor Ostrom: Commons, Contestation and Craft
Book Review: The Sustainable Economics of Elinor Ostrom: Commons, Contestation and Craft The threat posed by global warming and environmental degradation are the most pressing examples of what has become known over the past several decades as the ‘tragedy of the commons’. In this book, Derek Wall explores the work of the late Nobel Laureate, […]
The Political Rebellion Gathers Momentum
The Political Rebellion Gathers Momentum When was the last time a monopoly or quasi-monopoly was broken up? A generation ago, or was it two generations ago? The Ruling Class that wants us to love our servitude incites us to seek divisions: between red and blue, left and right, progressive and conservative, and so on. The […]
Politics: The Cancer that must be Eradicated once and for all
Politics: The Cancer that must be Eradicated once and for all In the United States two political parties have now divided the nation with the kind of violent partisan rhetoric that erupted just before the Civil War. The 2016 election of Donald Trump as president set off a tidal wave of anger and resentment that […]
Shining a Light on the Sociopaths in Politics
Shining a Light on the Sociopaths in Politics There are at least seven characteristics that define a sociopath, although I’m sure the list could be extended: Sociopaths completely lack a conscience or any capacity for real regret about hurting people. Although they pretend the opposite. Sociopaths put their own desires and wants on a totally […]
American Politics Is Now Just Civil War by Other Means
American Politics Is Now Just Civil War by Other Means In the wake of the sending of bomb-like devices of uncertain capability to prominent critics of US President Donald Trump and of a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue (both Trump’s fault, of course) – plus a migrant invasion approaching the US through Mexico – […]
What’s Behind the Erosion of Civil Society?
What’s Behind the Erosion of Civil Society? Rebuilding social capital and social connectedness is not something that can be done by governments or corporations. As the mid-term elections are widely viewed as a referendum of sorts, let’s set aside politics and ask, what’s behind the erosion of our civil society? That civil society in the U.S. […]
Deepfakes And Political Manipulation
Deepfakes And Political Manipulation Not a day seems to go by without the American media writing about Russia’s Internet meddling in the US elections. Major international and specialist publications headquartered in the US are routinely regurgitating the myth about “Russian trolls” and “GRU hackers” without a single shred of evidence besides unsubstantiated accusations. Actually, evidence […]
Sociopathy & Politics
Sociopathy & Politics COMMENT: What you discuss in “Are we Rewriting Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf” and “Hillary Advocates Violence Unless Democrats Win” are the ice people described in “The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout.” These are people with no conscience. Because your blog reminded me of the book, I am re-reading it. As the author […]
Be Skeptical Whenever The Political/Media Class Converges On A Single Narrative
Be Skeptical Whenever The Political/Media Class Converges On A Single Narrative The Trump administration has ended its weeks-long silence on the disappearance of the Saudi Arabian Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Following a briefing from Secretary of State Pompeo who has just returned from a visit to Riyadh and Ankara, the president has said that […]
UN Climate Change Report: A Choice between “Mad Max and Hunger Games”
UN Climate Change Report: A Choice between “Mad Max and Hunger Games” Humanity, we’re essentially told, is doomed lest people concede their freedom to the experts, lawmakers, and bureaucrats who can save us. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this week released a special report detailing all the ways climate change is predicted to […]
Blain: “Liquidity Will Be The Murder Weapon”
Blain: “Liquidity Will Be The Murder Weapon” “Slain, after all man’s devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth”” After last week’s stock market ructions, my market spidey senses are tingling… https://morningporridge.com/stuff-im-watching In the headlights this morning: Saudi Arabia: forget the IPO and worry about MbS […]
