Surviving Capitalism (Not) : 'Unconscionable': Nobel Winners Blast Development of 'Killer Robots'

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

'Unconscionable': Nobel Winners Blast Development of 'Killer Robots'

Click here to access article by Lauren McCauley from Common Dreams.

We are only beginning to enter the nightmarish dystopia that our capitalist masters are preparing for us. This article gives us a hint of that future. You can be dead certain that weapons like this will be used on us if we, in any significant way, oppose our masters. You can also be dead certain that the first models are already being built and that they have plans for many other ghoulish weapons unless we take control of our societies.