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Why Do Today’s Realities Escape Society?
Why Do Today’s Realities Escape Society? Philpott Lake, Virginia, as seen from the Visitor Center of Philpott Dam First of all, many people do clearly see what is happening. However, society as a whole still has many blind spots. The news continues to worsen regularly as this article points out, and more studies pointing out tree decline and deforestation like I have […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXVI–Societal Collapse: The Past is Prologue
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CLXVI Athens, Greece (1984). Photo by author. Societal ‘Collapse: The Past is Prologue Today’s Contemplation has been once again prompted by the latest musings of The Honest Sorcerer. I believe their posts motivate me more than most others I read because we very often focus upon the same subject matter and appear, for […]
Finding a place to take a stand
Finding a place to take a stand Mapping regions bio and cultural David McCloskey’s recently completed mapping of regions around the Salish Sea. Regions in a time of breakdown The Raven is increasingly focusing on the concept of regionalism, the idea that, as urbanist Lewis Mumford put forward many years ago, there is a “regional framework […]
Commons and households in a small farm future
Commons and households in a small farm future As I mentioned in my previous post, The Land Magazine recently published a lengthy article from me, ‘Commons and households in a small farm future’. In this post I’m simply going to reproduce the article. The version here is my original draft which is slightly, but not very, different […]
Donald Trump: The Sacrifice of the Sacred King
Donald Trump: The Sacrifice of the Sacred King “In antiquity this sylvan landscape was the scene of a strange and recurring tragedy. On the northern shore of the lake, right under the precipitous cliffs on which the modern village of Nemi is perched, stood the sacred grove and sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis, or Diana of […]
Instability
Instability In every century the same thing happens at one point or another. Society loses the plot and gets caught up in a mania, a grandiose exercise in self delusion. It can be political, it can be religious, and yes it can be economic. Sometimes these manias are confined to regions or small groups of […]
Virus 1 – Media 0
Virus 1 – Media 0 Salvador Dalí Mi esposa desnuda 1945Over the past 5 years I’ve addressed this numerous times, and it just goes on. When the MSM, WaPo, NYT, CNN, MSNBC, started to feel a real threat to their existence and survival from social media, they changed course radically. They no longer attempted to inform people, […]
Could China’s Overlapping Crises Spiral Out of Control?
Could China’s Overlapping Crises Spiral Out of Control? Threats, propaganda and the Orwellian dissolution of social trust cannot stop a withdrawal from the status quo. Longtime readers know I’ve had an active interest in what differentiates empires/nations that survive crises and those that collapse. There is a lively academic literature on this topic, and it boils […]
We Can Only Choose One: Our National Economy or Globalization
We Can Only Choose One: Our National Economy or Globalization The servitude of society to a globalized economy is generating extremes of insecurity, powerlessness and inequality. Does our economy serve our society, or does our society serve our economy, and by extension, those few who extract most of the economic benefits? It’s a question worth asking, […]
Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the human age, the Anthropocene
Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the human age, the Anthropocene Examples of how human societies are changing the planet abound – from building roads and houses, clearing forests for agriculture and digging train tunnels, to shrinking the ozone layer, driving species extinct, changing the climate and acidifying the oceans. […]
The Lessons of Rome: Our Neofeudal Oligarchy
The Lessons of Rome: Our Neofeudal Oligarchy Our society has a legal structure of self-rule and ownership of capital, but in reality it is a Neofeudal Oligarchy. The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 is not an easy, breezy read; its length and detail are daunting. The effort is well worth it, as the book […]
An Examination Of The Leftist Cult And Their Religion
An Examination Of The Leftist Cult And Their Religion There is a common misconception among newer activists in the liberty movement that the idea of the “false left/right paradigm” means that there is no political spectrum; that the entire notion of left vs right is a fabrication. This is not exactly the case. When we […]
The Price of Participating in Society is the Sacrifice of Privacy and Self
The Price of Participating in Society is the Sacrifice of Privacy and Self In what is arguably one of the most craven opportunistic moves by a business/media group to increase its circulation/profitability, on 10 April the New York Times (NYT) embarked on what it describes as its Privacy Project. A day later on 11 April, no doubt […]
The One True Thing
wikimedia The One True Thing Until you understand it, it will rule your life. Until you see clearly how the rules of society work, you will be trapped within a system of control. What you mistake for reality is instead a fabricated simulation, designed to keep you trapped right where the system wants you. Your […]
