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THE ANTI-STATIST: A REBEL FOR OUR TIMES
By Gary Z McGee Source: Waking Times “One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.” ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn All flag worshipers have the same unhealthy religion: statism. Flag worship is a nationalist’s false idol. It doesn’t matter if you’re … Continue reading
Posted in anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, culture, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Authority, conditioning, Conformity, culture, Freedom, Government, Justice, Morality, nationalism, Philosophy, psychology, Responsibility, society, Sociology, Statism
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RESISTING TYRANNY DEPENDS ON THE COURAGE TO NOT CONFORM
By Barry Brownstein Source: Waking Times Social psychologist Roy Baumeister begins his book Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty, with a proposition that will be counterintuitive to many: “Evil usually enters the world unrecognized by the people who open the door … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, divide and conquer, Dystopia, media, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Conformity, Covid-19, culture, dehumanization, Ethics, evil, fascism, Freedom, Gordon Allport, Government, Morality, Nazi, obedience, Philosophy, police state, Roy Baumeister, society, surveillance state, Vaccines
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The Systemic Risk No One Sees
The unraveling of social cohesion has consequences. Once social cohesion unravels, the nation unravels. By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds My recent posts have focused on the systemic financial risks created by Federal Reserve policies that have elevated moral … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, media, Oligarchy, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged America, censorship, civics, corporate media, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, empire, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Jimmy Carter, Mainstream Media, Morality, Oligarchy, partisanship, social cohesion, society, United States
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Phantom Performances – The Rise of the Spectacle
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times ˈspɛktək(ə)l/ noun a visually striking performance or display an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact “Now the death of God combined with the perfection of the image has brought … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged celebrity culture, Consumerism, culture, Hyperreality, media, Media Literacy, Morality, Narcissism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, psychology, reality television, Selfie deaths, Social Media, society, Sociology, Spectacle, spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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Wake From The Nightmare Or Eternal Sleep For Humanity
By Frank Scott Source: Dissident Voice The tradition of the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the minds of the living. — Karl Marx Marx offered a thought for all seasons but one that might especially ring true during … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Inequality, Labor, media, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Capital, capitalism, corporate media, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, empire, financial crisis, France, Iran, Karl Marx, Morality, Philosophy, Poverty, propaganda, recession, Russia, war, Yellow Vests
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And So This Is Christmas
By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Christmas Day. Very late on this day and into the morning of the 26th in 1776, George Washington led a surprise night crossing of the Delaware River and bloody pre-dawn attack on unarmed hung-over-from-Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, corporate news, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, news, society, Spirituality, State Crime, war
Tagged 1914 Christmas Truce, activism, Christianity, Christmas, corporate media, empire, history, imperialism, Jesus, Morality, Peace, Syria, war, Yemen
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On Becoming Free – What Are We Really Freeing Ourselves For?
By Gary Z. McGee Source: Waking Times “I must create a system or be enslaved by another Man’s.” ~William Blake Becoming free is creating your own virtuous system despite being outflanked by unvirtuous systems controlled by unvirtuous men. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Revolution, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Consciousness, culture, Ecology, environment, Freedom, Health, Moral Virtue, Morality, nonaggression principle, Philosophy, psychology, society, Sociology, spirituality, systems
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The Psychology of Fascism
By Robert J. Burrowes The continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected it. Some recent studies have reminded us of the characteristics … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, elites, Health, media, news, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, surveillance state, war
Tagged activism, Consciousness, corporate media, Corruption, elites, fascism, fear, How Fascism Works, Jason Stanley, Laurence W. Britt, media, Morality, nationalism, Non-Violence, NSA, police state, Power, Powerlessness, Professor Johan Galtung, propaganda, psychology, Scapegoating, Self-hatred, surveillance state, Violence, Wilhelm Reich
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