Stares at the World

Tagged: Corruption

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Society

The Fundamental Flaw with Technocratic Utopianism and the Rise of Parallel Networks

Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. The Second Coming, by William Butler Yeats On the surface we appear to be living in dire times. Accelerating censorship, panicked pandemic lockdowns, the rush into authoritarian styles of government founded upon resentment with a strong desire for revenge – one would be naïve not to see the parallels to 1920s Russia. Yet in...

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Society

Inheritance: Wretched 20th Century Generations

To understand the Baby Boomers, you must understand where they came from. Assigning blame does nothing, without an understanding of how the blame-worthy came to be who they are. In other words; Hirsch explains the failures of the Greatest Generation in this article.

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Philosophy / Society

An Introduction to the Alt Right

Is the Alt Right as scary as Hillary Clinton makes it sound? Or is it a diverse movement of intellectuals, blue collar workers, and internet jokers who are simply sick of the status quo? While I can only speak for myself, I’ve been a member of the Alternative Right since before the term was coined, and I’ll try and do my best to explain it to you.