Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Posts that I especially recommend for Saturday, April 2, 2022

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

Saturday, April 2, 2022

Posts that I especially recommend for Saturday, April 2, 2022

💥💥An Autopsy: How the Organized Left Got Covid Wrong, Learned to Love Lockdowns and Lost its Mind by Christian Parenti from Internationalist 360°. This is a best post among best posts. (I've since fully read this previous post and have reclassified it.)

Cock-up or Conspiracy? Understanding COVID-19 as a ‘Structural Deep Event’ by Piers Robinson from Panda.

It Begins features Russell Brand, a British comedian and former drug addict turned serious political critic--from his channel on YouTube (14:17).

Russia, Ukraine and the Law of War: War Crimes by Scott Ritter from Consortium News.

Dan Kovalik: Ukraine Invasion Marks Dramatic Beginning of Multipolar World features Kovalik being interviewed by an unnamed person from Geopolitics & Empire's channel on Odysee (33:55).

German Chemical Giant Warns Of “Total Collapse” If Russian Gas Supply Cut by Tyler Durden from ZeroHedge. My reaction: This is the first expression of German dissent I've seen from the interests of the Empire--this from a CEO from a major German corporation who is concerned about the "bottom-line"--and I expect there will be a lot more to come.

Transhumanism, Biofascism Are Tools of the ‘Technological Elite,’ Author Tells RFK, Jr. by Susan C. Olmstead from Children's Health Defense.

Transhumanism and biofacism are becoming tools of the technological elite, according to T.J. Coles, Ph.D., author and researcher at Plymouth University’s Cognition Institute in the UK.

My reaction: As I would put it, the tiny ruling capitalist class has chosen Big Technology (major corporations that are technologically oriented) to lead the way to transhumanism (total control of humans via their ownership of technology permitted by capitalism).

We need a Renaissance, Not a Transhumanist Reset by David B. Gosselin from The Exposé. (Note: This time the audio version of this post worked.)

💥Sanctions on Russia & the limits to power for the hegemon by "Straight-Bat" for The Saker weblog. My reaction: After reading to this (late) post, I am awarding this post as a "best post".