Category: Politics
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The Problem with Everything
The problem with everything is that human beings have a tendency to take the short term self-interest choice over the long terms self interest choice. We are, for some reason,…
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Homeless People Living Like Pigs in Hawai’i
I have as much compassion and understanding for homeless people as anyone, but one thing bothers me. Why do they have to live like fucking pigs? Why is it that…
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Fundamental Systemic Problems – #1 – Wealth
There are fundamental systemic problems that are literally killing us – both individually and as a species. Unless we can get a handle on these issues – we are almost…
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The Capitalist Conundrum
Capitalism is relatively new and still evolving on the human timeline – going back no further than the Medici of Florence and then modernizing in the Netherlands of the 18th…
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The Regulated Society
This one made it into the book. I wrote it in 2017, after a conversation with a friend who couldn’t see why anyone would regulate her right to carry a…
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We’re All Fucked – Even You.
This one made it into the book. I wrote it in 2014, in a period when the full shape of what the 21st century was becoming was starting to be…
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The Internet Isn’t What We Thought It Would Be….
Back in the 1990’s I was an activist. Even while I was still in the Marine Corps, I was placing Greenpeace stickers on garbage cans in the barracks and trying…
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On Responsibility and Human Society
This one made it into the book. I wrote it in 2008, when I was in Hawaii and watching the gap between what human beings are capable of and what…
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A Question of Authority – Can there be Authority in an Anarchist Society?
I wrote this back in 2000 and as has been pointed out by anarchist friends and colleagues, the whole thing is rather un-anarchist in its perspective. Thirteen years later, I…
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Using Religion to Save the Environment
by CD Damitio While it would be nice to say that religion is the answer to the ecocrisis (and all the rest of our problems), the truth is not so…
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Anarchy as Religion – Religious Anarchy in Social Context
This is another essay from 2000. Again, my credentials as an anarchist are not clear since I can’t put myself in a box. I’m not sure what to call my…
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Amazon’s Amazon Coins are No Play Money – Exploring Virtual Currency
The world of virtual currency is nothing new. However, Amazon.com just unveiled a new virtual currency. It will be coming in May and lots of people are excited about it…but…
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If you want to fight the power, you have to know what power is
If You Want to Fight the Power, You Have to Know What Power Is by CD Damitio Throughout the recorded history of humankind, and presumably even prior to that, human…
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How Mass Media Shapes Personal Identity
This one made it into the book. I wrote the original version in 2008, during a period when I was living in Hawaii and taking anthropology coursework while also watching…
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Is Human Nature Anti Nature?
This one made it into the book. I wrote it in 2008, for an anthropology course, though it ended up being a genuine argument rather than just an academic exercise.…
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A Brief History of the Mass Media
The history of mass media is long and complex. It stretches back beyond the dawns of recorded history to the people that figured out that they could reach a larger…
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Gun Control is My Right, Not Yours
I wrote this editorial article for The Horizon. The Student Newspaper of Whatcom Community College in November of 1996. My views haven’t changed 16 years later. GUN CONTROL OR NO…
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Memories of the Food Bank
There was a time back in the 90’s when I would look forward each week to visiting the Food Bank in Bellingham, Washington. Artisanal breads, whole salmon, whole turkies at…
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Remembering the Day the USA began to Die
This one made it into the book. I wrote the original account in 2000, on election night — the Gore-Bush election, the one that ended with Florida and Supreme Court…
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Magic Mushrooms are good for you, More than the 4th in July, Wes Clark vs. John McCain, and don't be these stupid drunks on the holiday!
I was just totally surprised and stoked to see this story from the AP. The obvious reason is that if you follow this blog, you have probably noticed that I…
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Ten Smartest Dog Breeds
#10 Australian Cattle Dog -The Australian Cattle Dog is a very active breed. They need to be exercised on a regular basis, both mentally and physically. As they were originally…
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20 Muslim Inventions that Changed the World
This is an amazing article…think the ball point pen is recent, try 900 AD, think the Wright Brothers were the first to fly…you have to go a lot earlier than…
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Exxon's Vivoleom
EXXON PROPOSES BURNING HUMANITY FOR FUEL IF CLIMATE CALAMITY HITS Conference organizer fails to have Yes Men arrested Imposters posing as ExxonMobil and National Petroleum Council (NPC) representatives delivered an…
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One in five American children is overweight.
(From the picture below I think it must be two out of three) ———————————– (Thanks Mark!) Americans who live in sprawling towns where the car is the only reliable form…
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1st Graders Finish Common Proverbs
(Thanks Amy!) A teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder…
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