Post Capitalism Perspective: October 2017

Rethinking Education in the Age of Emergent Authoritarianism, rambles a bit but illuminates our dire need for change.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/42217-the-vital-role-of-education-in-a-time-of-tyranny

About this blog

This blog does not pretend to be even handed. It has an often dark and depressing theme -- Capitalism run amok is at the root of most of the world's seemingly intractable problems. I recognize human behavior and our capacity to do bad things as individuals and as a species. I am not an apologist or a bleeding heart but rather postulate that history and our understanding of it is driven by the powerful. Prejudices are manipulated, flames of hatred fanned and the masses enlisted in the service of the capitalist lords and masters. The history of our species is one of conquest, control and consolidation of wealth at any cost, including the entire planet. (I also have hope and love and you may find those stories here.)

Sound a bit like a crusade? It is this blog's singular purpose to create a record of events and commentary as they happen in the stream of news and ideas. Smashing holes in the dominant paradigm is necessary -- a service to critical thought in a "newspeak" world. Readers will not find strategy for a new world or a general theory of history, Marxist or otherwise. We all live under a barrage of "free market" propaganda and viewed from inside this asylum, understanding news and current events in historical context always requires deep decoding. Otherwise you are just being played. Trust nothing you read, see on the nightly news or in social media.

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Post Capitalism Perspective

Thursday, October 12, 2017

In Convesation with Henry Giroux