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, 202429Jun 10, 202429
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, 20206Nov 9, 20206
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
DIVERTING DYSTOPIA: Slivers of Hope in the Shadow of Trump“Fascism is the counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place”. Ignazio Silone1d ago131d ago13
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
THE SYSTEM AND THE TYRANT“Tis time to fear, when tyrants seem to kiss”. William ShakespeareNov 25, 202420Nov 25, 202420