In a recent Jeremiad, James Howard Kunstler talks about who’s to blame for the ongoing financial meltdown, and in so doing, illustrates precisely the kind of thinking that is the true foundation of the problem.
What we’re also seeing is a crisis of authority on top of a crisis of capital, and it will probably lead [...]
Introit
[A] way to understand fascism is as a kind of colonization. A simple definition of “colonization” is that it takes people’s stories away, and assigns them supportive roles in stories that empower others at their expense. When you are taxed to support a government that uses you as a means to serve the ends of others, you are — ironically — in a state of taxation without representation. That’s where this country started, and it’s where we are now.-
