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A NEW WORLD ORDER?

Many commentators are currently speculating that the proliferation of outstanding events unfolding in the 21st century are a result of the dying pains of the American dominated century and the growing pains of an emerging Asian dominated century. It has … Continue reading

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21st CENTURY ANTHROPOCENTRIC CONCERNS (Part 2)

Indications of the lack of serious Climate and Ecological concerns from various publicised Anticapitalist perspectives. A) “Today the fate of the earth as a home for humanity is in question” (This appeared in a radical left blog) The fate of … Continue reading

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THE MEANDERING PATHS OF SCIENTIFIC OPINION .

Just recently (December 2024) there appeared a headline in the journal ‘Scientific American’ (Earth and Environment section.). It was based upon a study of Fern’s, The headline read; ‘FERN’s ‘BACKWARD’ EVOLUTION REVEALS LIFE’s MEANDERING PATHS.’ Its invitation to read the … Continue reading

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ANOTHER DICTATOR FALLS

Yet another savage dictator has been overthrown, this time in Syria! However, the authoritarian dictatorships of hierarchical mass societies in general will continue as they have since ancient times. The fundamental socio-economic contradiction between ruling classes, their elites, and their … Continue reading

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CONGRATULATIONS! THE SYSTEM HAS WON!

Metaphorically speaking, with only two specially groomed political horses in what amounted to a two horse race, how could the US systems syndicates that have bought and fed both horses, NOT win? What is true of the US political system … Continue reading

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NARCISSISM, SECTARIANISM & POLITICS

In previous articles on anthropocentrism I have detailed how much human-centric thinking distorts the reality of the wider ecological and biological reality of life on earth, but in addition also distorts the social reality of life within hierarchical mass societies. … Continue reading

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VICTIMISING THE VICTIMS.

A) Competitive victimhood. An awareness of the extent and depth of hierarchical mass society forms of oppression and exploitation of all organic life forms has grown considerably over the 20th century. However, this awareness is fragmented into separate categories of … Continue reading

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GLOBAL PRODUCTION & DESTRUCTION. (Part 3)

In the final part of this series, I suggest it is important to fully recognise that a significant part of the destruction taking place under the auspices of the now almost universal hierarchical mass society systems is in the realm … Continue reading

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GLOBAL PRODUCTION & DESTRUCTION (Part 2)

In part one of this series further evidence was produced to demonstrate that hierarchical mass societies prior to the ones dominated by the capitalist mode of production, were also dominated by the characteristics of increasing levels of production and destruction. … Continue reading

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GLOBAL PRODUCTION & DESTRUCTION (Part 1)

In the globalised system of hierarchical mass societies the combined global input of raw materials and the combined global output of production and waste materials – issuing from all countries – are staggering in their volume and frequency. The results … Continue reading

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