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Tag Archives: Dystopia
Eternity, nature, society and the absurd fantasies of the rich
By Kurt Cobb Source: Resilience Professor and author Douglas Rushkoff recently wrote about a group of wealthy individuals who paid him to answer questions about how to manage their lives after what they believe will be the collapse of society. … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Philosophy, society, Sociology
Tagged 1%, Collapse, Community, culture, Douglas Rushkoff, Dystopia, economic inequality, elites, Philosophy, Relationships, Security, Societal Collapse, society, Wealth
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Survival of the Richest
The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind By Douglas Rushkoff Source: Medium Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed would be a hundred or so investment bankers. … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Apocalypse, Billionaires, capitalism, civilization, culture, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Environmental Collapse, Futurism, Philosophy, Social Collapse, society, Technocracy, technology, Transhumanism
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Orwell knew: we willingly buy the screens that are used against us
By Henry Cowles Source: Aeon Sales of George Orwell’s utopian novel 1984 (1949) have spiked twice recently, both times in response to political events. In early 2017, the idea of ‘alternative facts’ called to mind Winston Smith, the book’s protagonist and, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, internet freedom, media, police state, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged 1984, Authoritarianism, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, George Orwell, police state, Sarah Igo, Smartphones, Social Media, Sociology, Sophia Rosenfeld, surveillance state, technology, Telescreens, TV
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In A Corporatist System Of Government, Corporate Censorship Is State Censorship
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Last year, representatives of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were instructed on the US Senate floor that it is their responsibility to “quell information rebellions” and adopt a “mission statement” expressing their commitment to “prevent the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, conditioning, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technology
Tagged Alex Jones, big data, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, corporate media, Corporatism, corporatocracy, Daniel McAdams, Deep State, Dystopia, Facebook, Google, Infowars, Julian Assange, NATO, Oligarchy, Peter Van Buren, Plutocracy, Ron Paul, Scott Horton, Social Engineering, Social Media, Technocracy, Twitter, WikiLeaks
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OUR NEW, HAPPY LIFE? THE IDEOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
By Charles Eisenstein Source: Waking Times In George Orwell’s 1984, there is a moment when the Party announces an “increase” in the chocolate ration – from thirty grams to twenty. No one except for the protagonist, Winston, seems to notice that … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, Environment, Health, imperialism, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged 1984, Agriculture, Developing Nations, Dystopia, Economics, empathy, George Orwell, Global South, happiness, Health Care, Humanity, Literacy, Nicholas Kristof, Progress, science, Sick Care, Statistics, Stephen Pinker, technology, Third World
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Saturday Matinee: Seam
A Synthetic Human Fights to Survive in Visually Stunning Scifi Short Seam By Cheryl Eddy Source: io9 In the not-too-distant future, a tenuous peace between humans and remarkably humanlike “machines”—some don’t even know they’re not real—is tested when synthetics begin … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Dystopia, Elan Dassani, Rajeev Dassani, sci-fi, Science fiction, Seam, Short Film
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Why America is the World’s First Poor Rich Country
Or, How American Collapse is Made of a New Kind of Poverty By Umair Haque Source: Eudaimonia Consider the following statistics. The average American can’t scrape together $500 for an emergency. A third of Americans can’t afford food, shelter, and healthcare. … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Housing Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged Collapse, Debt, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, financial crisis, Homelessness, Inflation, Poverty, Precariat, Wealth Disparity
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The Coming Collapse
By Chris Hedges Source: Occupy.com The Trump administration did not rise, prima facie, like Venus on a half shell from the sea. Donald Trump is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay. He is a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, media, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Bailouts, Central Bankers, civil liberties, corporate media, Corporatism, corporatocracy, culture, Democratic Party, Despotism, DNC, Donald Trump, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, fascism, financial crisis, Freedom, Nomi Prins, Ruling Elites, society, Totalitarianism, wall street
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