Ken Orphan — Hard Truths and the ‘Indispensable Nation’

Puncturing the balloon of "American exceptionalism" and "the noble American." Or, let's get some perspective here. Life is not black and white, but gray — or "grey" if you live in one of the English-speaking countries other than America.

Consortium News
Hard Truths and the ‘Indispensable Nation’

Ken Orphan

Consortium News
Just How Corrupt is the American Soul?
Lawrence Davidson

Matt Taibbi — The Media Is the Villain – for Creating a World Dumb Enough for Trump

Weekend reading.

Mat Taibbi sees the media as the sole factor, or major factor at least, in the rise of Trump. In my view, there are many factors involved, not the least of which is the state of the American character. This would not be happening if there were not appetite for it.

Rolling Stone
The Media Is the Villain – for Creating a World Dumb Enough for Trump

Matt Taibbi

Jonathan Larson — Weapons-grade ignorance

Mark Chapman's The Weaponization of Ignorance: The West’s Go-To Experts

Sums it up. How does anyone think that dumb can be successful?

real economics
Weapons-grade ignorance

Jonathan Larson