Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Posts that I especially recommend today: Monday, Aug. 17, 2020

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

Monday, August 17, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Monday, Aug. 17, 2020

Lockdowns, Coronavirus, and Banks: Following the Money by Prof. Anthony Hall from American Herald Tribune. (This lengthy article obviously qualifies for a "best posts" category.) My rather brief commentary follows:

This Canadian author and retired professor zeros in at the "reset" program that our billionaire masters have launched with the bailouts of major banks last fall and the current ongoing covid-19 pandemic. He illustrates, far better than I can, the arrogance of our masters in the capitalist ruling classes. They have launched this reset program filled with an excess of glowing promises, but what underlies this is a concern for their unsustainable system of capitalism and the dire prospect that their power and wealth will end with the impending global warming catastrophe. They entertain fantasies of high technologies that they will control to further control us ordinary humans as well as contribute to their wealth and power. Meanwhile, the professor catalogs their recent history starting with the elimination of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1999, 9/11 psy-ops, the wars on Muslims who are the enemies of Israel, the Israeli lobby influence, etc., and all the financial and political corruption that served to increase their wealth and power at the expense of ordinary humans. Why the latter evinces any trust in our overlords is a mystery to me.

Don't overlook the excellent 22:04m video presentation by Spiro Skouras!

Agenda ID2020 of the “One World Order”: The 101 to Understanding Its Implications by Peter Koenig and Dr. Vernon Coleman from Global Research. (Note: Another "best posts"!)

This Week in the Guardian #13: This week sees the rise of 21 ideas that will save the world, Kamala Harris becoming a “progressive” again, and the revelation vaccines only work if they’re administered by a global government. Posted on Off-Guardian.

Biden and Harris Call for Mandatory Muzzles for 330 Million Americans; Trump Slaps Down the Proposal by Carlos Garcia from Anti-Empire.

“We Have A Lot of Evidence That It’s A Fake Story All Over The World” – German Doctors on COVID-19 by Arjun Walia from Collective Evolution.

I've spent so much time on the "best posts" that I have run out of energy and time.