PinnedSKULL-THUGGERY DELUXE: Trump as Violence Personified“Violence is an expression of impotence… Power [defined as the capacity to work in concert for a public purpose] and violence are…Jun 10, 202430Jun 10, 202430
PinnedAUTOMACENE RISING: The Perilous Political Economy of Artificial IntelligencePeople worry that computers will get too smart and will take over the world. But the real problem is that they are too stupid and they’ve…Oct 18, 202019Oct 18, 202019
PinnedA ECONOMY BUILT ON SAND: Silicon Valley is a Mixed Blessing at BestI am worried that our technology is helping to bring the long, postwar consensus against fascism to an end. ____ David BodanisNov 9, 202011Nov 9, 202011
PinnedTHE LANDLORD’S GAME: The Grand Dispossession of AmericaHow can a man be said to have a country when he has not a right to a square inch of it. ___ Henry GeorgeAug 24, 20208Aug 24, 20208
PinnedSLOUCHING TOWARD UNTOPIAThe main way we are fooled is by being convinced that there is some perfect society that awaits us if we follow all the rules — a utopia…Feb 23, 202320Feb 23, 202320
EVERYDAY IS MLK DAY: “Where do we go from Here: Chaos or Community”.“The three evils of society, the giant triplets of racism, economic exploitation and militarism.”2d ago102d ago10
DIVERTING DYSTOPIA: Slivers of Hope in the Shadow of Trump“Fascism is the counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place”. Ignazio SiloneJan 1324Jan 1324
REST IN PEACE MR. PRESIDENT: Jimmy Carter vs. The Dirty Tricks and War MachinesWe must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles. Jimmy CarterDec 29, 202414Dec 29, 202414
PREDATORY PLUTOCRATS & THEIR PUGNACIOUSLY PILLAGING PATRONS PREVAIL“We have an underdeveloped democracy and overdeveloped plutocracy”. Ralph NaderDec 22, 202413Dec 22, 202413
AMERICAN SYSTEM FAILURE?“Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word”. Barbara AmielDec 7, 202419Dec 7, 202419