Public Health, Thermodynamics, And The Cat Food Commission, By Dan Bednarz

Public Health, Thermodynamics, And The Cat Food Commission, By Dan Bednarz

The effects of government-imposed austerity[iv], erroneously claimed to restore fiscal responsibility and restart economic growth, are a reflexive (or cybernetic[v]) reaction to protect the economic interests of wealthy elites at the expense of other citizens.[vi] The funding and operation of the public health system and the array of socioeconomic factors that ultimately ensure a nation’s health[vii] are damaged by austerity

Financial Totalitarianism, By Dmitry Orlov

Financial Totalitarianism, By Dmitry Orlov

A particularly annoying question I am often asked and have come to hate is: “How do I invest my money for it to survive financial, political and commercial collapse?” The short answer is: “Nohow. Money will not survive collapse; not yours, not anyone else’s.” But that answer is not acceptable, because accepting it would require a profound loss of faith—faith in money, a profound Götterdämmerung for a civilization based on the worship of money.

Recognizing The Language of Tyranny, By Chris Hedges

Recognizing The Language of Tyranny, By Chris Hedges

ORIGINAL POST Empires communicate in two languages. One language is expressed in imperatives. It is the language of command and force. This militarized language disdains human life and celebrates hypermasculinity. It demands. It makes no attempt to justify the...