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The #1 Reason I Became A Doomer
The #1 Reason I Became A Doomer We’re not doomed because of climate change, resource depletion, or biodiversity loss. We’re doomed because human nature made those things inevitable. There are many reasons I became a doomer. Climate change is accelerating and governments aren’t taking it seriously. The sixth mass extinction event is well underway and most people don’t care. […]
The Problem Isn’t Human Nature, The Problem Is A Few Manipulative Sociopaths
The Problem Isn’t Human Nature, The Problem Is A Few Manipulative Sociopaths The Principia Discordia is the primary text of Discordianism, which has been described as either an elaborate joke disguised as a religion or a religion disguised as an elaborate joke, depending on who you ask. One section describes a short dialogue between the Principia‘s author “Malaclypse the […]
There Are No Coincidences – Why History Repeats
There Are No Coincidences – Why History Repeats QUESTION: Martin Today is Palm Sunday. In mass, they said HE colluded with the Galilean’s. HE was found innocent by the Council. They said HE was a tax evader. HE was found innocent by new leadership. HE correctly predicted that HE would be denied by his own party […]
Neoliberalism drives climate breakdown, not human nature
Neoliberalism drives climate breakdown, not human nature Attempts by the New York Times to blame humanity as a whole for climate change let the real culprits off the hook. Image: Quarrie Photography, some rights reserved. Many zoos have an exhibit like this: a wall with a hatch, and under the hatch words like “Do you […]
Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature”
Capitalism Killed Our Climate Momentum, Not “Human Nature” The skyline of Manhattan at sunset in New York, May 23, 2018. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images THIS SUNDAY, THE entire New York Times Magazine will be composed of just one article on a single subject: the failure to confront the global climate crisis in the 1980s, a […]
If You Don’t Trust People, Then You Shouldn’t Trust Politics
If You Don’t Trust People, Then You Shouldn’t Trust Politics If people can’t be trusted to make their own decisions, why would those same people be trusted to make decisions for the rest of us? “Ordinary people can’t be trusted to make the right decisions about what’s best for themselves and others. That’s why we […]
Do we have the wrong model of human nature?
Do we have the wrong model of human nature? Are we wrong to believe that competitiveness must and always will be the central animating principle of human action? Media studies scholar Michael Karlberg thinks so. In fact, he believes that another animating principle, mutualism, is both central to human interaction and necessary to aid human […]
Affirmatively destroying America’s neighborhoods in the war on suburbia
Affirmatively destroying America’s neighborhoods in the war on suburbia Few of us understand patient gradualism. We live and have our being within a few years and mostly in an unconscious automated state of mind. But people in power are long-term planners. They absolutely understand human nature and how to channel it to the evolution and […]
War: It’s Human Nature only if Collective Suicide is Natural
War: It’s Human Nature only if Collective Suicide is Natural Remarks at Michigan Pax Christi annual state conference, April 11, 2015. Video. Thank you for having me here. I know a lot of people have been involved in planning this event. Thank you! I’m going to try this morning to address the question of how […]
Sovereignty Series: Lost in America | Two Ice Floes
Sovereignty Series: Lost in America | Two Ice Floes. As a young adult studying world history in high school I often wondered what happened to various countries that had turned despotic or dictatorial when previously they were republics or somewhat benevolent kingdoms. The list is endless and needs no repeating here other than a few […]
