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

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Posts that I especially recommend today: Thursday, October 15, 2020

  • The Fact-Free COVID Dystopia featuring Tom Woods, a senior fellow of the Mises Institute, lampooning the government's and the WHO's handling of the coronavirus illness. (Note: The Mises Institute is a capitalist think tank that takes a very narrow view of capitalism.)
Kevin Ryan‘s video presentation for the 9/11 Truth Film Festival, held in September to mark the 19th anniversary, discusses the many parallels between the Covid19 narrative, and roll out of the “official conspiracy theory” in the wake of 9/11.