The Post-Partisan Emporium

  Civil War 2.0 Weather Report: A Date With Destiny “You hear that, Mr. Anderson?  That is the sound of inevitability.  It is the sound of your death.  Goodbye, Mr. Anderson.” –  The Matrix   I heard that Epstein got a clue to the inevitable – the last guard he tried to fist-bump left him hanging. Those who have an opposing ideology are considered evil. People actively avoid being near those of opposing ideology.  Might move from communities or states just because of ideology. Common violence. Organized violence is occurring monthly. Common violence that is generally deemed by governmental authorities as justified based on ideology. Opposing sides develop governing/war structures. Just in case. Open War. Volume VI, Issue 6 All memes except for the clock and graphs are “as found”.  I’ve kept the Clock O’Doom at the same place – though it will notch up quickly if there are any signs of the TradRight stiffening up. This is a moving situation, and thi...

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Belfries Simplicius The systems of our control, we are led to believe, are necessary things. It is a topic I touched on in the recent article  Measures of Control .   We are taught that to question these systems is to undermine the very foundation beneath our feet. Similarly, the ‘leaders’ of our world have shaped the perception of their positions so as to bolster them with an aura of sanctity. In reality, research shows just how superfluous leaders of companies or institutions really are. “Leaders are often thought to be instrumental to the performance of the organizations they lead. However, considerable research suggests that their influence over organizational performance might actually be minimal. These claims of leader irrelevance pose a puzzle: If leaders are relatively insignificant, why would someone commit to leading?” - Source One example amongst several studies showing that the CEO of an organization is mostly a symbolic figurehead and pushes the needle much less t...