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PHI BETA IOTA ALERT: This is one of the most thoughtful, poetic, and inspiring commentaries we have every posted.  Kudos to Contributing Editor Berto Jongman for finding it. Please do click through and read every word. The Myth of Human Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies Truthdig, 26 January 2014 EXTRACTS: We must develop …

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The final days of empire give ample employment and power to the feckless, the insane and the idiotic. These politicians and court propagandists, hired to be the public faces on the sinking ship, mask the real work of the crew, which is systematically robbing the passengers as the vessel goes down. The mandarins of power …

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The Death of Truth LONDON—A tiny tip of the vast subterranean network of governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world dedicated to destroying WikiLeaks and arresting its founder, Julian Assange, appears outside the red-brick building on Hans Crescent Street that houses the Ecuadorean Embassy. Assange, the world’s best-known political refugee, has been in the …

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