YOLO Economics: The Macabre Business Continuity Plans of Necrocapitalism

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For a society that does everything in its power to distract itself from its mortal predicaments, it is an irony that it is host to an economic system which worships death through and through, down to the core operating principles of its foundation.  Capitalism is a funeral business enriching itself through extinction, extraction and inequality.  … Continue reading YOLO Economics: The Macabre Business Continuity Plans of Necrocapitalism

History Will Not Repeat Itself

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Every society we create sooner or later faces the challenge of keeping up with an escalating demand for resources.  Although there is an immense drive to acquire more, there is never any strategy to conserve or manage what is already there.  Degrowth may be omnipresent in nature, but it has never been accomplished in a human … Continue reading History Will Not Repeat Itself

Resisting the Oligarchy means Resisting the World’s Biggest Brands

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As the tariffs begin to bite, there is so much that we, ordinary consumers, can do to both survive a world of impossibly inflated prices, as well as teach the brands who stole our democracy and social benefits a big lesson.  This is not just about Elon.  Because behind each of your favourite products there … Continue reading Resisting the Oligarchy means Resisting the World’s Biggest Brands

The Land of “I Will Sue You” Is No More

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When I was growing up, one of the stereotypes, fair or unfair, we always said about Americans was that they’ll sue someone at the drop of a hat, for silly stuff.  Even then, it was clear that litigation was being used not as a vehicle for justice, but as a weapon of revenge and extortion. … Continue reading The Land of “I Will Sue You” Is No More

My Tesla “Autopsy” OP-ED at the Marketing Journal

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original link The smell of formaldehyde may be nauseating and the cold white flickering light above incredibly unkind, but this is an opportunity I wouldn’t miss for the world: as I prepare to put my hypoallergenic nitrile gloves on, get ready to dive deep into this corpse with me. We’re about to do an autopsy … Continue reading My Tesla “Autopsy” OP-ED at the Marketing Journal

Disorder Is Their Order

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I’ve been walking past this graffiti on the beach for years.  Meters away from the surf and right on the concrete beach walk, it is highly visible to foot traffic but too boring to notice: a hasty, unimaginative execution in plain black dripping spray paint on a dystopian iron door the key to which has … Continue reading Disorder Is Their Order

The Missed Revolution

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People revolt only when they feel sufficiently oppressed to be prepared to risk everything.  But this critical threshold will never be reached when society has been collectively bought out by this economic system long ago.  We are stakeholders and participants in everything wrong with the world today: exploitation, natural destruction, climate breakdown.  This dystopian society … Continue reading The Missed Revolution

Empire vs. People and Planet

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As tens of millions of Americans begin to fall below the poverty line, their leader plans to annex Gaza, Canada, Greenland, and Mars.  This has all the signs of late-stage Empire tantrums: the economic desperation becomes so immense that the only way for the Empire to continue, and distract its impoverished citizens, is to annex … Continue reading Empire vs. People and Planet

American Democracy: A Primer

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As the oligarchy’s plan to deliberately destroy American society materialises, and the reasons why they do this become clear, what remains unclear is what the opposition plans to do: absolutely nothing.  People are already reminiscing the days of “democracy”, as if things used to be perfect.  But it was that “perfect” democracy which laid out … Continue reading American Democracy: A Primer

Revolt of The Couch Potatos

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Not too long ago workers were fighting for an 8-hour shift, women for the right to vote, and African Americans and gays for the right to be accepted as human beings. It is bloody struggles like these which gave us today’s society. Yet those days seem like eons from another millennium, as the word “revolution” … Continue reading Revolt of The Couch Potatos