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Tag Archives: Authority
When the state is unjust, citizens may use justifiable violence
By Jason Brennan Source: aeon If you see police choking someone to death – such as Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black horticulturalist wrestled down on the streets of New York City in 2014 – you might choose to pepper-spray them … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, Law, Philosophy, police state, Revolution, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged active self-defense, Authority, civil disobedience, Eric Garner, Ethics, Government, Injustice, law, Philosophy, police state, Police Violence, racism, Social Change, When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice
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Forgiveness Is Overrated
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Journalist David Sirota has just published an excellent op-ed titled “America’s new aristocracy lives in an accountability-free zone”, which begins with the observation that “Enron executives were among the last politically connected criminals to face any serious … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, elites, patriotism, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime
Tagged Accountability, Aristocracy, Authority, Catholic Church, culture, David Sirota, Domestic Abuse, elites, evil, Forgiveness, Organized Religion, Philosophy, Pope Francis, Power, Ruling Class, Shaun King, social control, society, sociopaths, spirituality
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Overcoming the Myth of Authority
By Gary Z McGee Source: The Mind Unleashed “For thousands hacking at the branches there is one striking the root.” ~Henry David Thoreau If, as Albert Einstein said, “unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth,” then it … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, consciousness, culture, education, patriotism, Philosophy, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged activism, Authoritarianism, Authority, culture, Logic, Magical Thinking, patriotism, Philosophy, Power, Reasoning, social control, society
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Blade Runner And The Synthetic Panopticon
Truth Is Always An Open Question By James Curcio Source: Modern Mythology This Is Only A Model We are living in alternate realities. In one reality people see Trump’s incessant lying, and no one in power seeming to doing anything to stop … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Health, media, Neoliberalism, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged AI, Authority, Blade Runner 2049, Consciousness, Dystopia, Jean Baudrillard, media, Neoliberalism, opioids, Pain, Panoptican, Philosophy, Reality, simulacra, society, Truth, Turing Test, Utilitarianism
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Jiddu Krishnamurti, the Inner Revolution, and Why We Don’t Really Love Our Children
(Editor’s note: on this anniversary of the birthday of Jiddu Krishnamurti [born May 11, 1895] please read and share this excellent overview of some of the key principles of his philosophy.) By Matt Karamazov Source: High Existence “The mind must be … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Revolution, Social Control, society, Sociology, Spirituality, war
Tagged Authority, Consciousness, culture, happiness, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Philosophy, psychology, Religion, Revolution, society, Suffering, Truth, Violence, war
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4 Ways to Throw a Monkey Wrench into the War Machine
By Gary ‘Z’ McGee Source: Waking Times “When a public is stressed and confused, a big lie told repeatedly and unchallenged can become accepted truth.” ~George Orwell One of the biggest lies told is the false notion that in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Empire, Militarization, patriotism, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, anti-war, Authority, Bureaucracy, Disobey, empire, George Orwell, Immorality, Military, Morality, Nietzsche, obedience, patriotism, propaganda, Statism, war
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Review: The Utopia of Rules, by David Graeber
By Jonathan Woolley Source: Gods & Radicals Reading a book about bureaucracy may not sound like an exciting way to spend a weekend off with my family. And yet, having just started David Graeber’s latest – A Utopia of Rules … Continue reading
Posted in anarchism, conditioning, culture, Economics, History, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged A Utopia of Rules, Anarchism, Authority, Bureaucracy, Comics, Corporatism, David Graeber, Economics, Labor, Liberalism, media, Neoliberalism, police, Power, technology, Violence, Work
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Resistance is Fertile: The Art of Having No Masters
By Gary ‘Z’ McGee Source: Waking Times “You don’t become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master.” ~Naseem Nicholas Taleb In the midst of a hyper-violent culture blinded by the statist … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Empire, Law, Militarization, Philosophy, police state, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Whistleblowers
Tagged activism, Anarchism, Anarchy, Authoritarianism, Authority, Courage, Freedom, Leadership, Life, Militarism, Military, police state, Self Empowerment, Statism, The Matrix, tyranny
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