How the Police State Acclimates Us to Being Modern-Day Slaves
Anyone who believes that this election will bring about any real change in how the American government does business is either incredibly naïve, woefully out-of-touch, or oblivious to the fact that we now live in an oligarchy that is “of the rich, by the rich and for the rich.”
The Death of Environmentalism at 20
Twenty years ago, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus “dropped” (in Ted’s words) an essay at the annual meeting of the Environmental Grantmakers Association titled, The Death of Environmentalism (DoE).
How A Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers
ProPublica identified a group of connected political nonprofits — with names like American Breast Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than 90% of donations to fundraisers.
Why Does the Government Borrow When It Can Print?
The greatest debt-related threat to the solvency of the United States government and the value of the dollar could be the fact that the U.S. isn’t actually making any net principal or interest payments on its debt.
The US Is Preparing For WWIII While Expanding Draft Registration
US lawmakers are working to expand draft registration to women and to automate registration for men, both of which would help broaden the pool of warm bodies the US would have available to throw into a hot war with a major military power.
Big Oil wants to increase criminal penalties for pipeline protests
Fossil fuel companies and trade groups are using essential pipeline safety legislation to further criminalize pipeline protests.
Trust the (Computer-Generated Gobbledygook) Science!
“Trust The Science!” This is the mantra of the technocratic tyrants. The rallying cry of the Orwellian thought police. The injunction of the modern-day censors who would seek to rid the marketplace of ideas of any and all opposition.
Welcome to the Age of Abstraction
Lockdowns achieved a transfer of the reality-effect from an inglorious present, sodden with disappointment, to a host of abstract ideas plundered from an invented past and projected to an inflated future.