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The Final Act
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov In processing the flow of information about the goings on in the US, it is impossible to get rid of a most unsettling sense of unreality—of a population trapped in a dark cave filled … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, media, Oligarchy, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged addiction, china, Consumerism, corporate media, Debt, Donald Trump, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, Impeachment, imperialism, Trade War, US Treasury
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What happened to individual empowerment in the internet age?
By Kurt Cobb Source: Resilience Apple Computer’s 1984 Superbowl commercial—one of the most iconic television commercials ever made—announced two things: the introduction of the Macintosh computer and that this computer could in some fashion allow each of us to escape … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Health, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged addiction, Attention, Consumerism, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, Internet, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, psychology, Smartphones, social control, Social Media, society, Sociology, Surveillance Society, Technocracy, technology
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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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On Authentic Spirituality
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Spirituality, as it is implemented in our world today, is almost entirely useless. No, that’s not fair, I take that back. Spirituality as it is implemented in our world today has been very useful for … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged addiction, Belief, Emotion, Escapism, Health, Humanity, Narrative, psychology, Reality, Sociology, spirituality
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WHY WE’RE A CULTURE OF ADDICTS
By Leslie Garrett Source: Waking Times If there’s one constant among addicts of all types, it’s shame. It’s what makes us lie and hide. It’s what keeps us from asking for help – though we don’t think we need it … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Drug War, Health, Law, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged addiction, Buddhism, Compassion, Consciousness, Criminalization, culture, Dr. Gabor Maté, drugs, Harm Reduction, In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts, Neurology, Philosophy, psychology, Recovery, Shame, society, Sociology, spirituality, Trauma
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Decriminalizing the Drug War?
Calculating the Damage from a Century of Drug Prohibition By Alfred W. McCoy Source: TomDispatch.com We live in a time of change, when people are questioning old assumptions and seeking new directions. In the ongoing debate over health care, social … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, Economics, Geopolitics, Health, History, imperialism, Law, Mass Incarceration, police state, Social Control, society, State Crime, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged addiction, Afghanistan, Alfred W. McCoy, black ops, CIA, drug war, Economics, geopolitics, Harm Reduction, Lucien Conein, Mass Incarceration, Narcotics, Prohibition, Roger Trinquier, The Politics of Heroin, Tom Tripodi, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam
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