240) Day 8 -- Reason #8 to revolt against Predatory Capitalism
Facebook, Instagram, and obviously X (ex-Twitter) are brainwashing us, en masse, and we’re becoming increasingly horrible to each other, as a society. “Follow the money” to see why this is happening.
239) Day 7 -- Reason #7 to revolt against Predatory Capitalism
How does it feel to remember that your TIME, that is, your LIFE, has been sacrificed to make other people rich?
238) Day 6 -- Reason #6 to revolt against Predatory Capitalism
The predominant message being given to Canadians and Americans about “cutting regulations” is, quite simply, bullshit. It is a lie. But it’s great for serving the DONOR$ who give tons of $$$$ to political parties and to politicians privately, and on whose boards politicians go and sit after their political career is over, raking in even more $$.
237) Day 5 -- Reason #5 to revolt against Predatory Capitalism
You know how there’s all this talk about Canada’s “terrible carbon tax”? You know how Pierre Poilievre and his ilk are telling Canadians that the oh-so-hated Carbon Tax, evil machination of Trudeau, is driving inflation and making us all struggle to afford food?
Well, it’s just not true. It is a bald-faced lie. But it sure gets voters to hate the Liberals, eh?
236) Day 4 -- Reason #4 to revolt against Predatory Capitalism
We are told “this is inflation”. It’s not. It’s corporate greed. Turns out that disasters, like COVID, are great smokescreens for gouging the public and getting away with it.
In other words, our corporate masters wait until we face deep challenges in society, and then ….they help us. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Just kidding.
235) Day 3 -- Reason #3 to revolt against Predatory Capitalism
You work your butt off, 40 hours or more a week, week after week after week, to barely make ends meet.
And they make that money in ONE DAY.
234) Day 2 -- Reason #2 to revolt against Predatory Capitalism
Over and over and over, everywhere that Conservative “pro-business” “common-sense” “efficiency” rhetoric takes hold, it means only two things….
233) 365 Days, 365 Reasons to Revolt Against Predatory Capitalism: Day 1 -- Reason 1
This goes FAR beyond “left vs. right” politics. This is about basic shit, like Freedom. Human rights. The ability to live in a world of beauty and culture and safety and peace, rather than a prison of control and violence. We are entering humanity’s last stand.
232) The beginning of revolution is knowing what the hell is actually going on: Let's start with the Military-Industrial Complex and how it controls our governments
Civil society at large (i.e., you, me and the rest of us) needs to start learning in-depth about the way that the “state” (i.e., our governments) is controlled by war.
231) Who, really, are your friends? Some reflections during the often-weirdly-lonely holidays
Truly, we’re never alone. And when we feel we are and that nobody cares, I suspect all it takes is some courage to reach out, and the social web responds, helping us realize that we’re embraced in a web of friendship, far greater than we generally appreciate.
230) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 55 -- Getting better at not falling down?
Melkorn was the perfect student, at least as far as effort and enthusiasm were concerned. No matter what happened, no matter how many times he fell, he never gave up, never got frustrated even. He just kept trying.
229) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 54 -- The Sign-tific Process. And a horsey joke.
Melkorn was so happy, walking toward the barn with Reilly. People didn’t usually ask HIM to spend personal time with them like this.
228) Resisting Authoritarianism: It is time to get more involved
Look back at yourself someday as a goddamn hero, and be proud of what you did when the dark times came.
227) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 53 -- Chief Sign-tist
His mind was alive with ideas. This was the first time in his life that Melkorn had ever felt like this.
226) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 52 -- Form is Emptiness; Emptiness is Form
She could see Grok’s smile in the dim light of the fire. “And this is important to you?”
“Yes it is.”
“Do you know why?”
“Yes, I do.” And I really don’t want to talk about it.
225) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 51 -- A Horse, A Quest, A New Friend, and A Mysterious Villain
“It’s normal for my customers to insist on strict decorum, you might say.”
“They like to decorate stuff?” Reilly asked.
Grok laughed, “Well, I don’t know, Reilly! But I just meant that they expect me to have superlative discretion.'“
Reilly stared, blankly, still waiting for the explanation.
“They hold their cards close to their chests?” Dominic tried.
“You play cards with them?” Reilly asked, even more confused now.
224) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 50 -- A rather strange party
“I cannot just say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ because it would lead you astray. Your questions are inaccurately framed, so any answer will likewise be inaccurate in its implications.”
Uhh…. People didn’t usually speak like this. Well, Lenny did sometimes, but not normal people.
223) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 49 -- Reilly and Melkorn get promoted
“I’m Reilly! Reilly Tree-Child, and this is Melkorn the Mighty! He’s really strong! He beat up a mountain giant! He’s my friend!”
Melkorn grinned, placing one hand on top of Reilly’s head and petting, like she was a cat.
222) The Salvation of Eden -- Chapter 48) What if the Universe is nothing but dead matter, and sentience is an illusion? And...what if it isn't?
Without warning, Eyes opened inside her chest, like they were her very heart. Ancient, deathless Eyes. They looked right through her, like she was nothing, like air, completely transparent to their transcendent gaze.
221) I would like to continue to exist, please: The problem of Conservative rhetoric
I don’t like slippery slopes that lead to it being illegal for myself to exist.