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We’re Ruled By Assholes Because We Have Asshole Systems

We’re Ruled By Assholes Because We Have Asshole Systems

People have a fairly easy time accepting that things are fucked because we are ruled by corrupt assholes. They have a much harder time accepting that we are ruled by corrupt assholes because our corrupt asshole systems will always necessarily elevate corrupt assholes to the top.

A Brave Young Teen Reads Orwell

A Brave Young Teen Reads Orwell

Dr. Garcia wondered whether this teenager understood the concepts of free expression and open debate, mired as she was in a corona culture of cancellation, suppression, ignorance and ostracism.

They’re Just not Jaded

They’re Just not Jaded

The story of economic growth over the last centuries is the story of a conversion on non-monetized forms of wealth—call them natural, social, cultural, and spiritual capital—into monetized goods and services.

The UK Government: Kakistocracy or Kleptocracy?

The UK Government: Kakistocracy or Kleptocracy?

In the UK “the electorate” empowers people who are corrupt and/or stupid. This is a democratic principle which the government then protects on the international stage, currently by sending Eastern Europeans to their deaths.

Eric Coppolino’s Interview with Dr. Jonathan Jay Couey

Eric Coppolino’s Interview with Dr. Jonathan Jay Couey

What occurred in 2020 was not, in Mr. Kennedy’s aching words, “a mismanaged pandemic.” All of the mitigation measures are now demonstrably deliberate, unnecessary acts that harmed nearly everyone, which has been obvious for a long time.

Divide and Rule: The Plan to Make You Disposable

Divide and Rule: The Plan to Make You Disposable

Currently, democracy has shifted to being “of the corporations by the corporations for the corporations.” Earth democracy calls for a restoration of democracy “of the people by the people for the people,” not only for humans but also for nature.

Solving the Debt Crisis the American Way

Solving the Debt Crisis the American Way

The 14th Amendment says the validity of the government’s debt shall not be questioned. Fixing the budget deficit by minting some trillion dollar coins would be a radical monetary “reset,” but the approach is not actually untested.

Wrong Turn—Rupert Sheldrake On How Science Lost Its Way

Wrong Turn—Rupert Sheldrake On How Science Lost Its Way

There’s a lot about us that genetics can’t explain. In studies, identical twins separated at birth show remarkable similarities. Perhaps both develop a strong interest in stock-car racing and art. There are no “stock-car- and art-loving” genes.

Crocodiles Then and Now

Crocodiles Then and Now

Winston Churchill defined an appeaser as ‘one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last’. Let’s keep this in mind as the World Economic Forum meets in Davos. Because our real pandemic is willful naiveté, and our greatest danger cowardice.