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The Problem with Video Games
The real problem with video games is they tend to cripple human intelligence in players. It’s nothing new to taste the brouhaha over tenuous links between video games and violence. Someone with an ax to grind notes video games are … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, internet, propaganda, psychology
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Stuxnet: Propaganda Coup from the Ashes of Failure
I’ve been watching the news about the Stuxnet worm, as a lot people have. On the one hand, it seemed to have been a really fine design, say some. But others said it was full of flaws, when you really … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, government, oppression, propaganda
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Happy Fantasies of Material Prosperity
It’s not really new, but I wanted to propose a thought experiment. Go to any of several high technology gadget reviewing websites, like ZDNet, CNet, Ars Technica, etc. Look at discussions about, say the Windows 8 roadmap, or the plans … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, government, propaganda, resistance, survival
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Rebellion versus Revolution: Two Wrongs Make Nothing Right
The only statement which seems unfailing in this world: “This too shall change.” There are changes in our world. What we have in all these mass uprisings is mostly rebellion. A revolution implies a radical change in government, but most … Continue reading
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Tagged government, law, oppression, resistance
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Get Acquainted with Hunger, America
Never mind the official definitions; for you and I the real issue behind a recession or depression is a decline in the standard of living. In other words, everything we have gotten used to will cost more, and we’ll be … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, economics, government, propaganda, survival
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As We Watch the West Collapse
I want you to be free. I can’t do it for you, but I can tell you about the prison in which we all live. Then you can decide for yourself when and how much freedom you want. Let me … Continue reading
Posted in sanity, social sciences
Tagged culture, government, propaganda, psychology, resistance
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Not Cheering for Revolution
I love people. I really prefer humans and interacting with them over just about any other activity in this world. I only like computers because they make communication easier, so all my writing here on computers is really about helping … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, government, oppression, resistance, war
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Discontinuity Failures
I don’t fit. Every time I try to get involved in some organized effort to fix something, I am confronted with a demand I compromise on something else. If I try to work with any part of the moral peace … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, government, oppression, peace, resistance
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A Pacifist Answer to Martial Law
Given my decision to consider myself, here in the US, under Martial Law, yet having renounced the underground patriot resistance approach, I suppose I might outline for my readers just what it is I will be doing differently. Not much. … Continue reading
Gramscian Martial Law
Gramsci: more than just a communist, but a political theorist. TPTB are fans of his theories. Antonio Gramsci was a transformational Marxist… what Gramsci advocated was the transformation of a society to the communist state via gradualism — the gradual … Continue reading