culture

Most people don’t want to be free…

November 13, 2019 / culture, economics, libertarianism, morality, parenting, philosophy, politics, self-improvement / 8 Comments
Most human beings today suffer from Stockholm Syndrome. They think that the politicians, the cops, the soldiers, the bureaucrats, and everyone else that makes up "their" government are somehow on their side, especially whenever someone they "elected" won. But they're not. Politicians have immunity from prosecution. When Read more [...]

When they came for…

November 9, 2019 / culture, libertarianism, politics / Leave a Comment
First they came for the alcohol, and the conservatives did nothing because they wanted prohibition. When they came for the gold, the poor people did nothing because they had no gold. When they came for the drugs, the conservatives did nothing because conservatives didn't like drugs. When they came for your privacy, Read more [...]

What is the media distracting us from?

November 8, 2019 / culture, disaster preparedness, economics, libertarianism, narrative, news, philosophy, politics, popular culture, prepping / Leave a Comment
The media has had a sordid history of distraction, misdirection, disinformation, and all sorts of malicious propaganda. That's why I've never owned a TV and haven't "consumed" any mainstream media in years, except occasionally to poke fun at the lies. Illegal radiation experiments Have you ever wondered why O.J. Read more [...]

Neuralink, and the end of humanity

July 19, 2019 / culture, health, libertarianism, news, philosophy, politics, popular culture, prepping, psychology, technology / Leave a Comment
Neuralink is a company created by Elon Musk that aims to make brain-machine interfaces. They just released a presentation detailing their progress so far, and it looks like they've come quite far ahead. Human trials are planned for next year, 2020. The idea is to implant thousands of tiny electrodes (thinner than a Read more [...]

Did the eugenics movement make sterilization trendy?

May 5, 2019 / culture, narrative, politics, popular culture, psychology / 1 Comment
A century ago, the eugenics movement in the United States was strong. So strong, in fact, that it was largely the American eugenics movement that inspired the Nazis in the 1930's. But after the atrocities of concentration camps came to light, the eugenics movement largely died out, or at least, it seemed to. In reality, I think it just went underground and its proponents came up with more subtle ways of engineering humanity's genetics. Read more [...]