Why Is American Culture So Trivial and Superficial When There Are So Many Epic Problems to Solve? You might be forgiven for lookingat these picturesfrom the Met Gala, that annual gathering of the America’s rich and famous, and wondering to yourself: “has America gone off the deep end?” Here’s what occurred to me…
Why Americans are (Even) More Stressed Out Than Venezuelans, or Why Happiness and Capitalism are Incompatible Here’s a fact that might shock and alarm you. People inVenezuela and Iraq feel less stressed than Americans.Venezuela — you know, the poster child of social collapse, and, war-torn…
Six Ways America’s Collapse is Eerily Like the Soviet Union’s Last Days. If I was to tell you there was a society in which longevity, real incomes, savings — not to mention, happiness, meaning, trust, and democracy itself — were all shrinking at record pace, what would you say? I’d say it was collapsing — … Read more
How Come When The Prez Says “Animals”, No One Uses the Word “Fascism”? I was greeted this morning by the spectacle of a President calling refugees and immigrants “animals” on Twitter. But that wasn’t the truly disgraceful thing. I scrolled through my Twitter feed, hoping. Would this be the day…
Why the West is Drowning in a Tidal Wave of Ignorance, Demagoguery, and Self-Inflicted Catastrophe When we look at the spectacular, astonishing, bizarre state of affairs that Anglo countries — meaning the US and UK are in — it’s hard not to see a truth emerge. Large segments of these societies have become imbeciles. I … Read more
Why We Need to Start Being Decent Human Beings Again, or The Deep Wisdom of Decency There’s a thought that keeps echoing in my mind. You are welcome to judge for yourself whether it carries any water. We need to start being decent people. Maybe “again” or maybe “for the first time”…
How the Dunces of Modern History Ended Up Being Us Every age has a dunce. A society, or set of societies, that just don’t get it. They don’t learn history’s lessons. They don’t progress — they stagnate, and then regress, clinging desperately to failing ideologies, grasping at dead, obsolete ideas like a drowning person grasps … Read more
How Capitalism Made Necessities Luxuries (and Luxuries Necessities) for Americans I’m always entertained when American thinkers discover capitalism’s failings for the first, time and recoil in horror. I’m even more entertained when the cognitive dissonance kicks in — and they can’t…
How Britain Chose to Self-Destruct and Make Itself a Global Laughingstock If you’re not quite following the bizarre, incredible, self-self-inflicted catastrophe that’s Brexit…well, I wouldn’t blame you. It’s not only labyrinthine…it’s a maze of shameless stupidity, head-spinning folly, and…
Or, Why We’re Going to Have to Reimagine Economics, Society, and Politics For a World That’s Running Out of Work Here’s a statistic that might shock you. If US GDP were distributed equally, every household would make $160,000 per year. Surprised? Now. I’m not suggesting we have a glorious revolution anytime soon. I’m suggesting we’re … Read more
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