Ideological coping mechanisms in the end-times
End of days-type periods are hardly unknown throughout history; the fact that empires rise and fall is a truism, a statement of the banal. We live in one such period…
A Penal State of Mind
Australian nationalism promotes the claim of a nation-state united under the Australian flag, but thanks in particular to racism and xenophobia, we remain deeply divided. What is the meaning of…
Rising Above the Thinking that Created the Climate Crisis
Advance apologies for the not very accessible writing style. As a clear and present threat to humanity, the climate crisis is far too broad a problem to be treated in…
I think after almost 20 years I finally made sense of Mulholland Drive
I think Mulholland Drive is a movie about how Hollywood seduces and destroys people. Betty (Naomi Watts character) is actually Diane Selwyn—Betty is a representation of her hokey internal self-image…
The rise of the far-right as a left fail
If Trump exemplifies the use of scapegoats by the far right for the destruction of the country by the pursuit of privilege, then Hilary Clinton exemplifies the use of scapegoats…
Q&A Tweets
Not honestly much a fan of managed debate. I collect Q&A tweets using my twitter account (periodically renamed due to OCD tendencies). In no semblance of real order, and by…
Corporate Magna Carta
Corporate Magna Carta The rise of corporate power since the end of the nineteenth century has brought radical and profound changes to both to the fabric of our everyday lives…
Freedom will be won through freedom, or not at all
The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders has been sold as a political revolution; the hyperbole characteristic of such claims notwithstanding, the Bernie revolution would produce the least change of any…
Crisis, collapse and collective survival
According to a NASA-sponsored study released last year, the collapse of the global economy is likely within the next decade or two. The reasons for this are manifold, include everything…
Letter to Australian senators re. proposed lifetime ban on asylum seekers entering Australia
(The proposed lifetime ban on asylum seekers entering Australia has passed the lower house. You too can email cross-bench senators without even getting out of bed! * senator.hinchaph.gov.au … (03)…