While perhaps the US is a Constitutional republic in form and theory, in terms of function it has devolved into something far less suited to human flourishing. America has elevated, enabled, and become largely captured by a bureaucratic security apparatus whose raison d’être was purported to be fighting wartime threats. But the war machine does not exist to produce victory.
3/16: The Day That Will Live in Infamy Read Journal Article
Technocracy would go further than merely using technical means to govern people, such as surveillance equipment or armoured cars for crowd control; in the true sense of the word technocracy, devices such as AI-robots would be the means of governance.
Technocracy, Fear-Mongers, and the Conspiracy Read Journal Article
For two years, the elite journalists, scientists, politicians, and health officials who speak for our most prestigious institutions have been conspicuously and vehemently deferential to the integrity of China’s Covid data.
China’s Covid Numbers are Manifestly Absurd Read Journal Article
Freedom of conscience is out. The real responsibility of the players, according to the Gray Lady, was to seamlessly parrot the wholly extraneous ideological line of their employer whether they believed in it or not. The truth is they should have never, ever been put in that position.
Stigmatize, Surround, and Stomp Read Journal Article
This period of our lives has shattered the hopes and dreams of millions and billions of people, and practically buried the ideal of freedom as an anachronism in a new age of corporatist totalitarianism. The neo-Hegelians in our midst condescend to us and say that this is just how things are and there is nothing to be done about it. This is not true.
Brownstone Institute at Year Three Read Journal Article
If you held Lucas’s persuasion, you will re-live all the negative interactions you had with the people of Cole’s persuasion. You will be exposed again to the raw aggression, cruelty, and apathy that you found pervasive during the COVID Pandemic. You will find humor throughout the book for all of the characters. You will laugh out loud at the conclusion.
A Dark Comedy About our Divided America Read Journal Article
“One Health” refers to the idea of public health being not just about your health but also about animal and “planetary” health. It assumes that there must be a global governing body with control over all plants, animals, and humans.
The “One Health” Agenda Read Journal Article
The most profound idea that I learned was concientización. There isn’t an exact equivalent in English. Concientización is the process of becoming aware of how the world actually works. It’s about learning to break free from mental colonization.
Concientización and the Rebirth of Critical Thinking Read Journal Article
The combination of mass hysteria, self-interest, authoritarian politics, and an unacknowledged purity cult brings many, many unfortunate outcomes. Most obvious is the multipronged assault on humanity, the prohibition of or restrictions on many important human activities, from worship and shopping to educating the young and visiting the ill. There is also subtler damage to healthcare, social trust, social unity, trust in the media, and whatever was left of constitutional democracy.
Seven Theories of Why the Lockdowns Happened Read Journal Article
Any regime that wants to stay in power needs to know this secret to hegemony: the desire to cleanse society of the enemy is what compels compliance. Every tyranny in history has depended on recruits to its own ranks from within the culture. They believe the lie knowing full well that it is a lie. The lie allows them to participate in the purge. They become the willing executioners. It’s been true throughout history, regardless of the particular and shifting desiderata of the despotism of the moment.
The Truth About Tyranny Read Journal Article
