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‘Us vs. Them’ Thinking Is Hardwired—But Consciousness Can Overpower It
By Joe Martino Source: The Pulse Are we hardwired to categorize each other into ‘Us vs Them?’ Simply put, yes. But this hardwiring is remarkably easy to break. It’s time we equip ourselves with the knowledge and tools to do … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Albert Einstein, Consciousness, culture, Neuroscience, oxytocin, philososphy, psychology, racism, society, Sociology, spirituality
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Einstein and Freud’s ‘Why War?’ Revisited: Why Anti-War Efforts Go Nowhere
By Robert J. Burrowes In 1932, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein exchanged letters, later published under the title ‘Why War?’ See ‘Why War? An exchange of letters between Freud and Einstein’. However, whatever insight these two giants of an earlier era … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, news, Philosophy, Psychology, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, war
Tagged Albert Einstein, anti-war, culture, Daniel Berrigan, geopolitics, Global Elite, NATO, Non-Violence, Philosophy, psychology, racism, Russia, Sigmund Freud, Socialization, society, Sociology, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Violence, war
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Ukraine Exposes White Supremacist Foreign Policy
By Margaret Kimberley Source: Black Agenda Report White supremacy is at the heart of US war propaganda. The exhortation to “stand with Ukraine” is no exception to this rule. By now everyone knows that Ukraine’s flag is blue and yellow. It … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Afghanistan, Africa, empire, Europe, geopolitics, imperialism, iraq, Libya, NATO, propaganda, racism, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, White Supremacy
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The Culture of Vehicular Attacks
On the Murder of Deona Marie Erickson By CrimethInc. On June 13, a driver attacked a demonstration in Minneapolis, killing Deona Marie Erickson. This is the result of years of right-wing efforts to normalize—and even legalize—vehicular attacks. Now the corporate … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, freedom of speech, Law, news, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged activism, Anarchism, Breonna Taylor, civil liberties, Deona Marie Erickson, fascism, George Floyd, Government, Heather Heyer, law, Nicholas Kraus, police state, Police Violence, racism, Systemic Racism, Winston Smith
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Israel, the Big Lie
Israel is not exercising “the right to defend itself” in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is carrying out mass murder, aided and abetted by the U.S. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost Nearly all the words and phrases used by the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, corporate media, Election Meddling, empire, fascism, Gaza, geopolitics, imperialism, Israel, Israel lobby, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, Palestine, racism, surveillance state, United States, US Foreign Policy, war
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Dystopia Isn’t Sci-Fi—for Me, It’s the American Reality
By Cadwell Turnbull Source: Wired Imagine a city where a group of people have managed against all odds to carve out prosperity for themselves, at least for a little while. These people used to be owned by other people. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, media, Philosophy, police state, society, Sociology
Tagged 1984, America, culture, Dystopia, George Orwell, racism, Science fiction, society, Sociology, Speculative Fiction, The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin
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America’s Death March
By Chris Hedges Source: Mint Press News The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved by elections. The political rot and depravity will continue to eat away at the soul of the nation, spawning what anthropologists call … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Geopolitics, Health, imperialism, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Anomie, culture, Democracy, Donald Trump, Dystopia, economic inequality, empire, environment, geopolitics, hyper-nationalism, imperialism, Joe Biden, Kleptocracy, Oligarchy, racism, society
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America Has Always Been a Dystopia
Too many of us just haven’t been paying attention By Bryan Merchant Source: OneZero “Trump’s American dystopia has reached a new and ominous cliff,” warns a CNN opinion headline. “The last two and a half months in America have felt like the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, police state, Racism, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged America, coronavirus, culture, Dystopia, Gil Scott-Heron, media, Pandemic, racism, Science fiction, society, SpaceX, Whitey’s On the Moon
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