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The bureaucracy will have to slough off its meaningless bits, the parts that only communicate with other bureaucracies, and the fewer bureaucrats that are left around means the less chance they will invent new work for themselves.
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What record labels achieved manually in hip-hop—identifying, redirecting, and commodifying authentic expression—would become the template for digital control. Just as executives learned to transform street culture into profitable products, algorithms would soon automate this process at global scale.
When was the last time you talked with a young person about what it means to live a good life as it is conceived of outside the parameters of economic gain or the game of acquiring reputation chits?
The mechanisms of cultural control we see today were built over more than a century. To understand how we arrived at this point, we must trace the historical foundations of these systems and the architecture of control that shaped them.
King James I claimed a “divine right” to unlimited power in England, sparking fierce clashes with Parliament. Since the 9/11 attacks, some of the same principles have been advanced in this nation, but few people recognize the historical roots.
Witches, Covid, and Our Dictatorial Democracy Read Journal Article
What I find rather striking post-Covid is the toll the Covid era took on holiday traditions. A few times per season, upon asking others about their holiday plans, they give some standard answer before adding how things aren’t like before.
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Just as taxpayer-funded research paved the way for the Covid-19 pandemic through gain-of-function experiments in Wuhan, the government’s blind spot—or complicity—in fostering addiction treatment models fueled by profit underscores its failure to protect its citizens.
Empowered by the State, Condemned by the Crisis: The Purdue Paradox Read Journal Article
We have to wait now before enough people realize that Science – the central ideology of our civilization – is in ruins. Christianity was saved by the separation of Church and State. To save Science, an equally daring step will be needed.
What’s left is a pleasant and cohesive story that follows a direct and unsurprising plot, reminiscent of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory but without the dryness or wacky turns. Instead, Wicked is pure kitsch and sparkle.
When the history of our time is written, this period will be a case study for students of global corruption, classical tragedies, and mass psychosis, and we’ll be used as an example of what humans must never do again.
Our Last Innocent Moment Is Our First Step Forward Read Journal Article
Understanding these mechanisms isn’t cause for despair – it’s a source of empowerment. Just as the Prussian system required belief to function, today’s control systems rely on our unconscious participation. By becoming conscious of these mechanisms, we break their power.
In 2024, Trump won all seven battleground states by an average of just over 2%, and his overall popular vote percentage will be approximately 10% lower than Nixon. Nixon’s margin of victory was an order of magnitude greater than Trump’s.
Nixon Versus McGovern 2.0? Not so Fast! Read Journal Article
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