The post-fact world and the need for a new consensus
Debate is no longer a means to find the truth by testing ideas against the questions and criticisms of other, it is mostly propaganda designed to win no matter what the truth is.
American politics
The 2016 Elections: 6 Takeaways for the Economic Cooperation Movement
The election of America’s most prominently parasitic and malicious real estate capitalist to Chief Executive says “this is what happens, Larry.”
Localism in the Age of Trump
2016 will be remembered as the year Donald Trump—a wealthy, narcissistic political novice with a strong authoritarian bent—was elected president of the United States after campaigning against economic globalization.
Meet the Guy Corralling Billionaires to Fight Inequality
In 1986, at the age of 26, Chuck Collins, the great-grandson of meatpacking giant Oscar Mayer, gave away his trust fund.
When Memes Fail Us
Yes, there has been a major electoral upheaval, and it seems there are many confused people out there working under some pretty strange assumptions. But no, this isn’t as much of a shift as it may seem.
Whole Systems, Humility, and Empathy—Thoughts about a Sustainable and Resilient Politics
If we were to consider the recent election and its aftermath as a dry run or a sort of stress-test for the way the more liberal half of America will respond to the emerging climate crisis, the outlook is mixed, at best.
Who’s afraid of a recount?
In a country where politicians and other civic leaders constantly tell us that “every vote counts,” we are about to see that not every vote does count.
Where Citizens Can Run for Office Without Big Money—and Win
State representative Joyce McCreight never thought she would run for office.
Is America Ready for a Municipalist Movement?
The mass protests across the United States in response to Donald Trump’s presidential election victory constitute a palpable and growing potential for the formation and constructive utilization of various anti-fascist fronts and coalitions.
Consciousness and the New World Order
In the previous post on Chaos, Havoc, and the American Abyss, we began a discussion about the work of Peter Pogany, and how it relates to the situation we now find ourselves in with the pending Trump administration here in the U.S.
After Brexit and Trump: don’t Demonise; Localise!
Both Trump and Brexit can be explained by the failure of mainstream political elites to address the pain inflicted on ordinary citizens in the neoliberal era.
Prejudice, Ignorance and Granfalloons – Society in the Trump Era
But what does it mean to say that a society becomes “more complex”?
