Caitlin Johnstone: Rugged Individualism vs Enlightened Collectivism

Rugged Individualism Cannot Save Us. Only Enlightened Collectivism Can. So collectivism by itself is worthless. What we need is not just our healthy impulse to collaborate, but to collaborate in a wise and intuitive way that is not manipulated by the propaganda narratives of the powerful. We need an enlightened collectivism in which we all …

J. C. Cole: American Gray Swans – Week to 9 Jul 2019

American Gray Swans – Week 27 – Shake, Rattle, and Roll! I guess by now everybody has heard about the 2 large earthquakes (6.4 and 7.1) that happened this week in southern California. What is it about our species that ignores very real and tangible threats thinking they won’t happen?

Caitlin Johnstone: US Foreign Policy Is a War on Disobedience

US Foreign Policy Is A War On Disobedience In an excellent new essay titled “We’re Not the Good Guys — Why Is American Aggression Missing in Action?“, Tom Engelhardt criticizes the way western media outlets consistently describe the behavior of disobedient nations like Iran as “aggressions”, but never use that label for the (generally antecedent …

Zero Hedge: John Whithead on The March of the Two-Party Tyranny

It’s Time To Declare Your Independence From Tyranny, America Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of …