[Social] Proximity Is Destiny by Charles Hugh Smith Posted July 19, 2017 My friend G.F.B. recently coined an insightful maxim: Proximity Is Destiny. The power of this concept lies in its unification of physical proximity and abstract proximity. We all understand...

[Social] Deep History of America’s Deep State By Jada Thacker Posted July 15, 2017 By the end of the Revolutionary War, as few as a third of American farmers owned their own land. When the urban elites began to foreclose on the debts and raise the taxes of subsistence...

[Social] Drug War? American Troops Are Protecting Afghan Opium. U.S. Occupation Leads to All-Time High Heroin Production By Washington’s Blog Posted July 12, 2107 It is well-documented that the U.S. government has – at least at some times in some parts of the...

[Social] How to make people respect the flag by Justin King Posted July 5, 2017 It’s the Fourth of July. The most American of days. If you left your home today or scrolled your social media accounts, you undoubtedly saw disrespect towards the American flag. It isn’t a...

[Social] The Original Monopoly Was Deeply Anti-Landlord By Tristan Donovan Posted June 27, 2017 The game of cutthroat capitalism was actually intended as a lesson on wealth inequality. The game was called the Landlord’s Game. In the game players traveled around...

[Social]  Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters by Jamie Bartlett Posted June 25, 2017 Those who mistakenly thought 2016 was an anomaly, a series of unprecedented events, should have few remaining doubts. Marine Le Pen may have stuttered...

[Social] Lessons from George Orwell’s ‘1984’ By Ethan Indigo Smith Posted June 19, 2017 “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” — George Orwell Using a practice so...

[Social] The Top 3 Reasons Why the System Keeps Perpetuating Itself by Makia Freeman Posted June 16, 2017 The System, The Matrix, The Establishment – whatever name you call it by – seems to keep perpetuating itself no matter what. Puppet politicians come and go, but...

[Social] Hiding the Ugly Business of Torture by Ray McGovern Posted June 13, 2017 So, you did not believe in the power of the Deep State? Well, you may change your mind after reading a report in The New York Times that the powers-that-be in Washington are about to...

[Social] A tax on Wall Street trading is the best solution to income inequality By Dean Baker Posted June 12, 2017 In the years since the 2008 economic crisis, financial transactions taxes (FTTs) have gone from a fringe idea to a policy that is in mainstream policy...