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Category Archives: Philosophy
Living in Dark Times: I Revolt, Therefore I Am!
By Dr. Rudolf Hänsel Source: Global Research “Really, I live in dark times! The guileless word is foolish. (…) The laughing man has only not yet received the terrible news.” This is how Bertolt Brecht‘s poem “An die Nachgeborenen” (To those … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Philosophy, Psychology, Revolution, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy
Tagged Bertolt Brecht, coronavirus, Covid-19, culture, Dictatorship, fascism, Freedom, Human Rights, Knowledge, Peter König, Philosophy, psychology. psychiatry, Revolt, science, society, Sociology, Totalitarianism, tyranny
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Big Tech, Nostalgia, and Control: Grafton Tanner’s ‘The Circle of the Snake’
By Michael Grasso Source: We Are the Mutants The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech By Grafton Tanner Zero Books, 2020 I’m sure many members of Generation X have taken a moment to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Big Tech, Center for Humane Technology, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, financial crisis, Google, Grafton Tanner, media, nostalgia, Philosophy, propaganda, Radical nostalgia, society, Technocracy, technology, The Circle of the Snake, Tristan Harris, Utopia
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On Capitalism and the Machine
By Megan Sherman Source: Global Research In 1935, reflecting on the creed of productivity which prevailed in modern technological societies, Bertrand Russell, philosopher, pacifist and devout humanist wrote that: “I think that there is far too much work done in the world, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, imperialism, Labor, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology, Work
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, capitalism, Dystopia, Economics, Fordism, Henry Ford, Labor, Philosophy, Stephen Hawking, Technocracy, technology, Work
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In An Insane World, Revolution Is The Moderate Position
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com It should not be considered radical or extremist to oppose mass murder for profit and power. It should not be considered radical or extremist to oppose the globe-spanning power alliance that is perpetrating most of … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, corporate news, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Consciousness, conspiracy, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Revolution, society, spirituality, Technocracy
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A TAOIST MASTER EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND INDIVIDUAL SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
By Dylan Charles Source: Waking Times “The modern world needs true spiritual guidance and development.” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni A spiritual war is upon us and the individual is challenged to maintain integrity in a sea of greed, egotism, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Awakening, Consciousness, culture, Hua Ching Ni, Philosophy, psychology, Religion, society, Spirit, spirituality, Taoism
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What If the Christ Child Had Been Born in the American Police State?
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, education, Inequality, Law, Mass Incarceration, Philosophy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Spirituality, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Christmas, civil liberties, Dystopia, Education, Government, Jesus, Philosophy, police state, Religion, Roman Empire, society, spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy, undocumented immigrants
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Generation Numb: How Losing My Phone Exposed Me to the Pain of My Peers
This terrible void of which everyone stays pleasantly unobservant is the unofficial sickness of Gen Z. By Ben Scheer Source: ScheerPost I hadn’t planned to give up my smartphone. After all, I was starting my sophomore year of college and … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, education, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Alienation, Anxiety, Awareness, Consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Distraction, Dystopia, Education, Internet, media media literacy, Mindfulness, Philosophy, psychology, Smartphones, Social Media, society, Sociology, Technocracy, technology
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RUDOLF STEINER DESCRIBES THE HOSTILE SPIRITUAL BEINGS WHO FEED OFF YOUR FEAR AND ANXIETY
By Dylan Charles Source: Waking Times Anxiety, depression, and fear ravage so many today, but few pause to consider that in addition to the material influences in our lives, we may be also under the influence of beings which exist in … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Spirituality
Tagged Anxiety, Consciousness, depression, energy vampires, fear, Philosophy, psychology, Rudolf Steiner, Shamanism, spirituality
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