In the past, political transparency toward the people was antithetical to the government by an aristocratic elite. But has the US ever been a a government of, by, and for the people and how could it genuinely become one?
The Dynamics of Transformation
“American superpower,” “the greatest power in history,” or, more recently, “America first” have become part of American political values. What about constitutional democracy?
War on the Palestinian Soul
A colonial power cannot survive without owning the narrative about land and people. By the same token, ethnic cleansing would be impossible if colonial settlers did not convince themselves that a native culture is a subculture that barely exists.
Will Technology Save Us?
“We can choose to keep shooting up the curve of exponential growth, bringing us ever closer to irreversible tipping points in ecological collapse, and hope that technology will save us. But if for some reason it doesn’t work, then we’re in trouble.” (Jason Hickel)
Nurture Human Nature
Classical economists have relied on the model of physics to reach predictability, which led them to depict a “rational economic man.” Contemporary studies reveal a very different picture of our economic behavior.