I saw a line in a recent New Yorker article about America's endless wars, and it's been been rattling around in my head ever since: "In Syria, McKenzie visited the Green Village, a community of decrepit apartment blocks near a bombed-out oil facility that served as
The Principia Discordia is the primary text of Discordianism, which has been described as either an elaborate joke disguised as a religion or a religion disguised as an elaborate joke, depending on who you ask.One section describes a short dialogue between the Principia's author "Malaclypse
Nothing of significance has changed since Trump left office, apart from the narratives about how much things have changed.The wars are still going. Washington is still the hub of an oligarchic globe-spanning empire. Americans are still being impoverished and propagandized into political impotence by an
I write about humanity's problems as a species in all sorts of ways in this space, but really if you want to get straightforward about things all we're ever actually talking about here is a lack of awareness of what's true and the need to
May what is unseen become seen.May the hidden dynamics of oligarchy and empire be revealed to all of humanity.May the depravity of the powerful be exposed before everyone.May government secrecy end.May the public become aware of the pervasiveness of mass media propaganda.May people realize that
It's intense right now. Damn intense. Especially in America.Liberals and progressives fear their nation is on the brink of a violent fascist uprising and civil war, and the mass media are happily feeding into that fear. Rightists are outraged over internet censorship and the belief
You have no obligation to conform to a society which brands you a Russian propagandist for criticizing the most powerful and destructive institutions on earth.You have no obligation to conform to a society which brands you a Chinese propagandist for advocating peace and detente instead
Without extensive marketing it would never have occurred to people that inhaling cigarette smoke into their lungs all the time is a nice thing to do.Without extensive marketing it would never have occurred to people that Mountain Dew is something they should put into their
Zen Buddhism is full of stories about practitioners staring death in the face in order to cut through their mental habits and force a direct confrontation with the fundamental matter. Monks doing zazen on a cliff's edge to keep themselves alert, rōshis telling frustrated students
Consumerism is unsustainable. Competition is unsustainable. Imperialism is unsustainable.Our species is standing on the brink of an extinction-level event due to ecosystemic collapse or nuclear war, and it is because of the way that we have lived on this planet up until this point. If