My mind keeps going back to the sight of that sign on the cave floor, warning that someone was watching, the feeling of sacredness I had in the cave, and the sound of chainsaws outside.
Tag Archives: capitalism
No, America is not “the best country in the world”.
Videos like this are the feel-good side of an authoritarian movement which is literally trying to take over our government. Samuel Johnson said in 1774, “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.” It’s also the first refuge of the fascist.
“Revolutions Are No Longer Radical”
“A true revolution, not a fast one, not a quick one, not a fashionable one, but a real fucking revolution, is at its core, spiritual.”
Anti-Maskers and the Tragedy of Private Property
The anti-maskers pitching fits at grocery stores are experiencing, first hand, the “tragedy of the private”. The enclosure is finally becoming visceral for them.
You are not a capitalist. I am. And I am not your friend.
You can be friends with a capitalist. But when it comes to work, we are taking advantage of you. Your interests and ours are not aligned.
New Michael Moore-backed documentary “Planet of the Humans” questions the false promises of the environmental movement
“It was kind of crushing to discover that the things I believed in weren’t real, first of all, and then to discover not only are the solar panels and wind turbines not going to save us … but (also) that there is this whole dark side of the corporate money … It dawned on me that these technologies were just another profit center.”
10 Reasons Why We’re Not Going to Be Saved
We’re doomed. But the reasons why have less to do with parts-per-million or degrees centigrade than they do with human psychology and culture:
Another End of the World is Possible 