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Category Archives: education
The Global Climate Movement is Failing: Why?
By Robert J. Burrowes It has been satisfying to note the significant response to two recent climate campaigns: the actions, including the recent Global Climate Strike, initiated by school students inspired by Greta Thunberg and the climate actions organized by … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, education, elites, Environment, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Biosphere, climate catastrophe, Climate Change, Climate Movement, Consumerism, Consumption, Economics, Education, elites, environment, Environmental Disaster, Global Climate Strike, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Nonviolence, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocracy, psychology, Socialization, Sociology, Violence
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Comparative Political Leadership: Gandhi vs. Contemporary Leaders
By Robert J. Burrowes On 2 October 2019, it will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas K. Gandhi in Gujarat, India. I would like to reflect on the visionary leadership that Gandhi offered the world, briefly comparing … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Economics, education, Environment, History, Inequality, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Ahimsa, Conflict, culture, Economics, Education, environment, Inequality, Leadership, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Nonviolence, Philosophy, politics, psychology, Satyagraha, Socialization, society, Sociology, spirituality, Violence
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‘Deaths of despair’ soaring among Gen Z & millennials: ‘It’s the economy, stupid’
By Helen Buyniski Source: RT.com Young Americans are killing themselves in record numbers, the victims of a confluence of economic and sociological factors that have singled them out – even above a nationwide surge in so-called “deaths of despair.” Suicide … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged addiction, Alcohol, America, Baby Boomers, culture, deaths of despair., depression, drugs, Economics, Education, financial crisis, Generation Z, Health, Journal of the American Medical Association, Labor, military spending, millennials, opioids, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, recession, Social Media, society, Sociology, Student Debt, Student Loans, suicide, The American Dream, unemployment, war, Work
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How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “She was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10 percent is merciful, no matter … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, education, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, Inequality, internet freedom, Law, Mass Incarceration, media, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Department of Homeland Security, Dystopia, Education, evil, fascism, Freedom, Inequality, Legal System, Mass Incarceration, military-industrial complex, NDAA, Police Militarization, police state, Prison, School, society, surveillance state, SWAT, tsa, tyranny, US government, US Politics
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The Limited Mind: Why Fear is Driving Humanity to Extinction
By Robert J. Burrowes I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with an explanation of how this came about and what we can do about it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, Consumerism, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, education, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Big Pharma, Consumerism, Education, Emotions, environment, Extinction, fear, Health, pharmaceutical industry, psychology, Socialization, Sustainability, Violence, war
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Unrealistically Great Expectations
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Our expectations have continued ever higher even as the pie is shrinking.. Let’s see if we can tie together four social dynamics: the elite college admissions scandal, the decline in social mobility, the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Recession, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged College, Corporate Crime, Debt, Economics, Education, elites, financial crisis, Income Inequality, Peter Turchin, Precariat, social mobility
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Tackling the ‘Impossible’: Ending Violence
By Robert J. Burrowes Whenever, in ordinary circumstances, the subject of violence comes up, most people throw up their hands in horror and comment along the lines that it is ‘in our genes’, ‘nothing can be done about it’ or … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, civil disobedience, culture, education, Empire, Environment, Geopolitics, imperialism, Psychology, society, Sociology, war
Tagged activism, Anwar A. Khan, Bear Bones Parenting, Chile, china, David Hartsough, empire, environment, geopolitics, imperialism, Iran, Kevin Zees, margaret flowers, Mazin Qumsiyeh, Nonviolence, Palestine, Peace, PIBS, Robert Hunzike, The People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World, Tom Shea, Venezuele, Violence, war
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The ‘Hidden Mechanisms’ That Help Those Born Rich to Excel in Elite Jobs
When two sociologists interviewed highly paid architects, TV producers, actors, and accountants, they encountered work cultures that favor the already affluent. By Joe Pinsker Source: The Atlantic Over the past five years, the sociologists Daniel Laurison and Sam Friedman have … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, elites, Inequality, Labor, Psychology, Racism, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Class, culture, economic inequality, Economics, Education, financial cushion, homophily, income gap, Jobs, Meritocracy, psychology, society, Sociology, sponsorship, Wage Disparity, Work
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