The Intelligence Mafia
What is the difference between a terrorist and a soldier? The actions are now identical, both act to produce terror, so probably the only standing difference is that terrorists are non-government...
View Article2011-01-12 US Politicians call for WikiLeaks Sanctions
Peter King, the Republican who chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security and whose hypocritical zeal in persecuting Wikileaks was explored in an article on December 7, 2010 by our own x7o,...
View ArticleA world without a financial system
This article is part of a series: ‘Stigmergy: Systems of Mass Collaboration’. An overriding concern of many people participating in protests since 2010 has been the financial system. From the September...
View ArticleAn economy for all
This article is part of a series: ‘Stigmergy: Systems of Mass Collaboration’. What we are taught to think of as ‘the economy’ began as the acquisition and use of goods for the household [Aristotle,...
View ArticleHow to replace your democracy with governance by the people
Politicians and reformers have been promising governance by the people (with caveats) since the beginnings of democracy. Unfortunately, democracy will never bring governance by the people and neither...
View ArticleHow we came to be ruled by Death Eaters
There are two primary methods of coercion used to enforce societal norms. The most visible is hard coercion, apparent in militias and police as well as courts, prisons, and institutional force of all...
View ArticlePeople are means of production
Patriarchal control of women’s bodies is frequently explained as an issue of property ownership. Not just the women themselves but also any offspring were considered assets to be disposed of and...
View ArticleI missed you!
So after over six years of wishing I still had you all to talk to, I’ve decided to do something about it. Social media is exhausting, threatening, annoying and time-consuming, but interesting people...
View ArticleSpring
I prefer the pain of change to the bleak despair and silence of totalitarianism. I’m still not sure what you all want to hear in these newsletters so please do reach out and tell me! I’ve heard from a...
View ArticleSorry to Bother You
Would you give up your freedom for a job, food and a bed for life? This is a question The Guardian asked in a review of the 2018 film Sorry to Bother You, one of many reviews that extolled “the...
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