‘Successful’ People Are Misery Super-Spreaders
Caitlin JOHNSTONE “We are led by the least among us – the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary. We are led by the least among us and we…
Julian Assange, Prometheus Bound
He is being punished not for stealing fire – but for exposing power under the light of truth and provoking the god of Exceptionalism. Pepe ESCOBAR This is the tale…
Jim Carrey Pens Striking Political Essay Urging Americans to Vote Out Trump
“Too many Americans support Trump because he appeals to their basest and most primitive urges.” In a new essay for The Atlantic, Jim Carrey set his silly jokes aside in…
Modern ‘Ai’: Love and Socialism in Republican China
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006078/modern-ai-love-and-socialism-in-republican-china Although most often linked to Christianity, early 20th century political leaders like Sun Yat-sen imbued the concept of “universal love” with decidedly radical meaning. This is the second in…
Since 9/11, the Government’s Answer to Every Problem Has Been More Government
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/77914/since-911-the-governments-answer-to-every-problem-has-been-more.html Source: John W. Whitehead “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.”—Anonymous Have you noticed…
Modern ‘Ai’: Passion, Patriotism, and China’s Politics of Love
https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006077/modern–ai-passion%2C-patriotism%2C-and-chinas-politics-of-love In honor of Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine’s Day, Sixth Tone is publishing the first in a three-part series on the politics — and politicization — of love in modern…
America’s Race Reality: Inhuman, Insane, Incoherent
https://www.unz.com/imercer/americas-race-reality-inhuman-insane-incoherent/ Racism is a lot of things. One thing it is not: A white child, aged five, executed by a black man with a shot to the head, as the…