By: Gary D. Barnett “Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet.” ~ Terence McKenna The word civilization from Latin is civis, which means citizen, and civitas, which means city-state. It is seen as ‘enlightened culture’… Continue Reading…
Collectivism • Culture • Freedom • Government • Indifference • Philosophy • Public Schools • The State
September 4, 2023
Climate Change • Collectivism • Culture • Fear • Government • Nationalism • Philosophy • The State • Totalitarianism • War
August 21, 2023
By: Gary D. Barnett “Freud (1921), without referring to the general systems implications of his assertion, spelled out this mechanism clearly: “. . . the individual gives up his ego ideal and substitutes for it the group ideal embodied in… Continue Reading…
"Covid-19" • Censorship • Collectivism • Culture • Government • Philosophy • Politics • Secession • The State • Totalitarianism
July 22, 2023
By: Gary D. Barnett “Tolerance has come to mean that no one is right and no one is wrong and, indeed, the very act of stating that someone else’s views are immoral or incorrect is now taken to be intolerant… Continue Reading…
Anarchy • Freedom • Government • Philosophy • Politics • Secession • The State
June 22, 2023
By: Gary D. Barnett “Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.” ~ Edward Abbey… Continue Reading…
Culture • Freedom • Government • Humanity • Madness • Philosophy • The State
June 19, 2023
By: Gary D. Barnett “The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie… Continue Reading…