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Tag Archives: State
The 4 Greatest Enemies of the State
By Gary Z McGee Source: The Mind Unleashed “It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” ~Krishnamurti How do we know that our society is profoundly sick? 1.) Our society pollutes the air it needs to … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, war
Tagged Consciousness, Courage, Education, environment, Food, Freedom, Gandhi, Government, Justice, Krishnamurti, Minds, Nonviolence, Peace, Philosophy, pollution, Self-Defense, society, spirituality, State, Statism, Violence, Water
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The Public Are All Alone: Understanding How the Enemy of Your Enemy Is Not Your Friend
By Eric Zuesse Source: Strategic Culture Foundation In political matters, the public are taught to believe that some political Party is ‘good’, and that the others are “bad”; but the reality in recent times, at least in the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Inequality, Militarization, Neocons, NSA, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war, war on terror
Tagged 1%, Aristocracy, Deep State, Donald Trump, Duopoly, Economics, empire, geopolitics, Global Elite, Government, Hillary Clinton, NSA, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, politics, Russia, State, surveillance state, war
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The Age of Ego
By Dan Corjescu Source: CounterPunch Hegel’s conception of history taught us that the meaning of history was the liberation of the individual through his or her recognition as a fully autonomous rational person. Indeed, since the French Revolution, the Age … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, divide and conquer, Economics, Empire, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Community, culture, Democracy, Ego, elites, empire, film, Global Elite, Globalism, Hegel, individualism, Philosophy, politics, social control, society, State
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James C. Scott’s Against the Grain
By chilke Source: The HipCrime Vocab During my long discursion on the history of money, the academic James C. Scott published an important book called Against the Grain: A Deep History of the First States. Regular readers will know that this has … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Economics, History, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged Against the Grain, Agriculture, civilization, Economics, Food, Government, Grains, Hunter-Gatherers, James C. Scott, Progress, society, State, Wheat
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Gandhi the Anarchist
Editor’s note: Tomorrow marks the 67th anniversary of the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi. Society often celebrates such influential rebels while forgetting what made them great. Articles such as this help us avoid that trap. By Jason Farrell Source: Center for a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, culture, Empire, History, Philosophy, Racism, Revolution, Social Control, society, Sociology
Tagged Anarachism, Anarchy, British Empire, Government, Libertarianism, Mohandas Gandhi, non-violent resistance, Satyagraha, State
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Insurrection and Utopia, Part 1: “We are Eating From a Trashcan; This Trashcan is Ideology.”
By Dr. Bones Source: Gods and Radicals It all started innocently enough. A friend asked me a question on facebook: “How can you advocate anarchic revolution when your political vision is so far in the minority?” The underlying premise was a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Corruption, culture, Economics, FBI, History, Labor, Militarization, Philosophy, police state, Revolution, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology, Work
Tagged activism, Anarchism, capitalism, Insurrection, Revolution, Ruling Class, Socialism, State, technology, Uber, Utopia
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