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Chant 'Defund the Police' but Behave Like the Police? | Mickey Z.

Image: Revolutionary Desire (blog) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 1, 2020 “A cop sleeps inside each one of us. We must kill him.” (Situationist graffiti) It was a life-altering moment when I first laid eyes on Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle at the old St. Mark’s Bookshop (when it was still on St. Mark’s Place). To say that book inspired me to broaden my worldview is putting it mildly ...

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The Plan to Destroy American Democracy | umair haque

Photo: Medium How Trump Plans to Steal the Election Aug. 1, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- By now, the plan to steal the next election is as plain as day — for anyone who cares to look that is. Why it’s p ...

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Little Ideas Can Add Up to a Beautiful Beginning | Mickey Z.

YouTube screenshot Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 30, 2020 As he was for many martial artists of my generation, Bruce Lee was a catalyst and inspiration for my own studies. In fact, I specificall ...

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Donald Trump, American Dictator | umair haque

Trump Doesn’t Need to Delay an Election to Spoil It July 30, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) --By now, you’ve probably heard that Donald Trump announced he wants to… delay the election. Cue a firestorm. So. H ...

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The Sucker Bait Called Hope -- Making the best of a slow apocalypse | Joe Bageant

Joe BageantJoe Bageant -- World News Trust Nov. 19, 2008 We just concluded an election in which both parties talked about hope, one more so than the other. Hope, that murky, undefined belief that som ...

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The World is Horrified by Trump’s America | umair haque

Trump Led America Off the Cliffs of Disease, Poverty, Authoritarianism, and Chaos, and the World is Appalled July 29, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Every single day, every single person I talk to who’s n ...

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The Silurian Hypothesis | Michele Diodati

Image: Medium What geological traces could have left a hypothetical industrial civilization that flourished and disappeared many millions of years ago? July 27, 2020 (The Startup) -- As far as we kno ...

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Why Economics Says Our Civilization is Going to Collapse | umair haque

Photo: Medium We’re a Poor Civilization That Thinks It’s a Rich One — and We’re Living Way Beyond Our Means July 28, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- Like it or not, economics is destiny for civilizations. ...

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A Moment Not Met: Misogynist Language is Still #Woke? | Mickey Z.

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Democracy Now Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 28, 2020 The band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks had a long-overdue epiphany in the summer of 2020. (Bre ...

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Why Zuck is Betting on Social Collapse | umair haque

Image: Medium Why Facebook Helps Authoritarians Steal Elections and Sow Hatred July 27, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- In case you haven’t noticed, Facebook appears to give zero effs about preserving the ...

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When Did Things Get So Violent in Portland? | Mickey Z.

Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 28, 2020 So, it seems the Department of Homeland Security recently posted about “Day 50 of Contin ...

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