At some point, when the noise to gain ratio is so heavily on the noise side of the scale, for us fallible humans, gain discernment becomes impossible.
Posts under ‘Globalism’
General constant decay in the natural order
Decay permeates the known universe, but brief sparks of energy and life dance within its embrace.
New boss, same as the old boss
People think the media has changed rapidly. It’s the generational gap at work: Having graduated high school in the 1990s, I now think that what kids are getting into in the 2000s is insanity. Same will be true of people who are graduating now looking down at the class of 2020: “It wasn’t the same [...]
Toys for Modern Youth
When you shop for your loved ones this year, get them practical gifts that are both fun and prepare them for adult life in these times. We’ve put together a gift buying guide so you don’t have to feel helpless when gifting today’s youth.
Practice Birth Control Pills
Ages 6-11
These tiny candy pills resemble something your daughter [...]
Evil exists, or at least destructive does
Nietzsche talks about moving beyond good and evil, but per his excellent On truth and lies in an extra-moral sense, his main fear is that by making these external definitions of good and evil, we’re swayed by the people with most interest in manipulating us — by definition, the evil ones.
It’s a bit heady for [...]
Why the bad economy is good for productive people
In the roaring 90s, people seemed proud of their idiocy. Consumption turned into a religion; growth seemed endless, new industries were popping up everywhere, and armchair philosophers were given a global voice in the form of America Online and other similar services.
While this chapter continued in the early 2000s, now growth is going the other [...]
Signs of decadence: truth is an offense
Someone slipped up and told the unpopular truth:
Blaming the city authorities of the early 90’s, the former finance minister said that Berlin’s economy had stagnated. West Berlin’s isolation during the Cold War meant that it was never able to replace its business and intellectual elite. On the contrary, skilled workers generally left the city, while [...]
Third World USA
With the election of Barack Obama, Americans are starting to glimpse the reality of our political situation. No matter who we elect president, he or she is going to represent only one several groups — black people, white people, gay people, conservative people, liberal people. Even more, we realize that what makes each group distinct [...]
Diversity our greatest liability
“My fellow Americans, we must never, ever believe that our diversity is a weakness — it is our greatest strength.”
William Jefferson Clinton, State of the Union 1997
Twelve years after this insidious slogan was uttered and accepted by our obliviot voting population, the contrary results continue to reveal themselves. Maybe it is more accurate to look [...]
Economy better off with less people
While there aren’t necessarily less people in the U.S. than in recent years, there are less people working and there is less spending. Under this scenario, the following report came as a surprise for many people:
Stocks continued to move higher and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new 2009 intraday high Monday, extending a [...]