The Post-Partisan Emporium

 

  Reinventing Democracy The whole point of democracy and free markets is to force competition on elites who are desperate to eliminate competition. What's the point of discussing reforms that aren't even possible in the current status quo?  That's a good question, as any discussion of major systemic changes can be dismissed as pointless (since they'll never be adopted), and a distraction from the "real work" that can be managed within the current system. On the other hand, we might ask: what's the point of discussing what is do-able in the status quo, i.e. superficial feel-good  policy tweaks  that change nothing in the  power structure ? In other words, everything is ultimately a superficial feel-good  policy tweak  if it doesn't change how power, "money," credit and resources are amassed and distributed. The argument for discussing "impossible" systemic changes is this:  we must ponder other ways to structure who has power for two...

  The Death of Informed Consent By  Stella Paul Here's what  never  happened in the hospital during COVID: a doctor sat down next to a patient and said, "You have a choice.  We can give you Remdesivir, which killed  53%  of the patients in an Ebola trial.  It was so bad the trial had to be shut down.  And you'll notice here in Remdesivir's fact sheet, it says, ' Not a lot of people have used Remdesivir.  Serious and unexpected side effects may happen. '  Or we can give you  ivermectin , a safe and effective drug that's been successfully used for decades, and send you home.  Which do you prefer?" The reason that conversation never happened is that it would have cost the hospital too much  money .  If the hospital gave you ivermectin and sent you home, the federal government paid the hospital $3,200.  If the hospital gave you Remdesivir, the federal government paid the e...

  The Digital World Brain "Neural techniques that invalidate free will" JACOB NORDANGÅRD This is a graphic illustration of the World System that I describe in my forthcoming book  The Digital World Brain . 1 The envisioned global control system can be summarized as follows: Executive Governance The UN upgraded to a world government with a world parliament and a standing army that, supported by a scientific council, sets laws, goals, guidelines, and executively enforces them. Anticipatory Governance Anticipatory governance through the collection of world citizens' data to study reaction and compliance and to predict future events and thus provide a basis for continued decision-making. Multi-stakeholder Governance Network governance with public–private partnerships to implement decisions at all levels of society. These plans, developed through UNs  Our Common Agenda , are to be signed by world leaders at the  Summit of the Future  in September 2024. Singleton This...