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Why Zuck is Betting on Social Collapse | umair haque

Image: Medium Why Facebook Helps Authoritarians Steal Elections and Sow Hatred July 27, 2020 (Eudaimonia & Co) -- In case you haven’t noticed, Facebook appears to give zero effs about preserving the integrity of the next election. And that’s a very bad sign, because one of they key ways Trump is going to steal the next election is with a little help from his friend Zuck, spreading every kind of t ...

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The Only Thing We Have to Fear is… Mask Wars, Deep Fakes, and a 'Smoothly Functioning Society' | Mickey Z.

Photo: the-mound-of-sound.blogspot.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 24, 2020 “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important eleme ...

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Escape from the Zombie Food Court | Joe Bageant

Joe with BingoThe high technological imprisonment of our consciousness has been fairly recent. There are still those among us who remember when it was not so entrapped. A few of us still know what it ...

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BOOKS: Deer Hunting With Jesus -- Dispatches from America's Class War (Joe Bageant)

Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Aug. 14, 2006 “Well, good lordie, you really was writin' a book! I thought it was just some bullshit you spread around when you got drunk.” That was my friend Fat Larr ...

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Waltzing at the Doomsday Ball | Joe Bageant

Predator drone firing a hellfire missile. (Public domain)Capitalism is dead, but we still dance with the corpse Joe Bageant -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- AJIJIC, JALISCO, Mexico -- As an Anglo ...

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How Conspiracy Theories Emerge... And How Their Storylines Fall Apart

June 26, 2020 (Phys.org) -- A new study by UCLA professors offers a new way to understand how unfounded conspiracy theories emerge online. The research -- which combines sophisticated artificial inte ...

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A Prophet and a Loss | John Michael Greer

June 17, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- A word or two about history before we proceed. Two weeks ago, in response to my discussion of John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, I fielded the inevitable comment fro ...

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Live from Planet Norte | Joe Bageant

Totalitarian democracy and the politics of plunder Joe Bageant -- World News Trust June 27, 2010 WINCHESTER, Va. -- Starting with the Homeland Security probe at Washington's Reagan Airport, arrival b ...

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Pandemic dreams of New York egg creams | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 12, 2020 A legit New York egg cream contains neither eggs nor cream. It’s a fountain drink consisting of carbonated water, milk (animal or p ...

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America: Y Ur Peeps B So Dum? -- Ignorance And Courage In The Age Of Lady Gaga (Joe Bageant)

Joe Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Dec. 7, 2010 -- AJIJIC, Jalisco, Mexico -- If you hang out much with thinking people, conversation eventually turns to the serious political and cultural questions ...

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Here’s What A White Ally Looks Like (part I) | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust June 11, 2020 In 1937, baseball was a segregated, primarily Eastern sport… but in the off-season, major leaguers often competed against Negro Lea ...

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