Monthly Archives: August 2014

Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy

Is a book co-authored by Vasilis Kostakis and Michel Bauwens. The scholarly book is published by Palgrave Macmillan and here you may find a working draft of it. From Part I: Capitalism as a creative destructive system The capitalist mode of … Continue reading

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Feudalism then and now

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Who is watching the watchers?

I realize I could be put on the terrorist watchlist just for sharing this, since that seems to be the criteria for so doing. A Twitter or Facebook post contrary to security policy, even without any corroborating evidence or any … Continue reading

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Another example of racism

Regressives never complained about how much time white Presidents spent on the gold course. But with Obama it’s become a racist fixation.

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Ben Stein is a fucking idiot

Good thing I don’t subscribe to that absurd notion that we need to be nice with those we disagree, as if that solves our problems. You can’t be nice to idiocy that reinforces racism and blatant murder. There is no … Continue reading

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Chris Mooney & Jonathan Haidt on political brains

Remember this post on Sam Harris and Jonathan Haidt, which links to some other posts on Haidt. And the IPS Sam Harris video thread on Haidt’s work. Now check out this video interview with Haidt and Mooney. While both agree … Continue reading

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Remember the American Revolution?

It wasn’t all that long ago. We had to learn all about it in school. Remember when we fought the British to eliminate oligarchy and establish democracy? If so, how come we’re allowing it to make a comeback big time? … Continue reading

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Robert Reich on labor day

He does it again with another 2-minute+ video summarizing what we need to once again support US laborers, thereby creating an economy that works for all. The items he suggests have overwhelming public support. The 1% and their Congressional lackeys … Continue reading

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What the GOP discovered about women

See this story. Regressives want to woo the female vote so commissioned a study to see what women think of them. The result is no surprise unless you’re a clueless regressive. Women think the GOP is intolerant and stuck in … Continue reading

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What your church says about your politics

See this interesting article for the details. The chart is below. There’s another chart in the article on how income affects this as well. To paraphrase ‘the most interesting man in the world‘: I don’t always go to church, but … Continue reading

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