Chesterton wants to insist that no matter how hard or unlikely it might be for us to reestablish a decent human society, it is possible, if very difficult, to get there from here.
Zero Sum
JFK assassination: The major media still won’t tell the truth
The evidence that top officials in the military and CIA killed the president is overwhelming—but The New York Times won’t even run an oped about it.
LEAVE THANKSGIVING ALONE!
The Battleground Thanksgiving articles purport to wish us calm and happy feasts, but their cumulative practical effect is to make people want to hole up in their bedrooms planning their purchases at the next day’s sales.
The Smiles of Dictators
There is perhaps no more reliable barometer for measuring the degree to which a society has become entrenched in totalitarianism than humor, which bears an inverse relationship to tyranny.
Unbelievable Reality
Nothing that used to be evidence of reality is trustworthy, thus we are all easily manipulated. The determining factor as to what is real or not is who said it is real, not concrete evidence. It’s as simple as that.
Crazy, Unrealistic People vs Rational, Realistic People
Rational, realistic people believe that while history has shown that the US lied about all those other wars, this time it’s definitely telling the truth.
Church of Stop Shopping: Fossil Banks & Climate Change NYC
The citizens of Money, New York are in a separate self-governing world, far from cities bursting into flames, mountains shaking, families drowning in raging rivers…
25 Ornery Aphorisms by Edward Abbey
How to Overthrow the System: brew your own beer; kick in your Tee Vee; kill your own beef; build your own cabin and piss off the front porch whenever you bloody well feel like it.
Stealing Self-Love: The Bullies’ Biggest Trick
Our entitlement to dignity is legitimate, and being grounded in self-love gives us the strength to fight back when the bullies attack.
The Hermit of Merrimack River
River Dave’s wooden, two-level A-frame cabin is located back in the cut of a 73-acre parcel of land along the Merrimack River. He grows his own food there and has solar panels for power and gets his water from a nearby stream.
Profit-Driven Systems Are Driving Us To Our Doom
Under our current systems for profit generation, which is the primary driver of human behavior on this planet, making a quality product that lasts a long time instead of quickly going obsolete or turning into landfill will actually drive you into bankruptcy.
When The Culture Changes Too Much
The question is not where we are. We know where we are. The question is what happens next?
