. . . And any deeper meaning is illusory.” Reader Ken Francis, author with Theodore Dalrymple of The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd, read our piece on Darwinian philosopher Michael Ruse explaining why he is not a new atheist. He thought other readers might be interes
Source: Michael Ruse update: “Morality is just an aid to survival and reproduction… | Uncommon Descent
How does evolution select the fittest “individuals” when they are ecosystems made up of hosts and their microbiomes? Biologist debate the need to revise theories.
Source: Should Evolution Treat Our Microbes as Part of Us? | Quanta Magazine
American political power is based on fossil fuels, and the US military is the engine that consumes those fuels to produce that power. So long as there is an American political elite that craves lucrative personal prestige and the ability to dominate internationally, the US economy will be fossil-fueled capitalism that maintains the military colossus that enables and protects those elite ambitions. More
“We cannot accept the tragic loss of life and displacement from these wildfires as the new normal. We must honor the victims now by fighting for a better and safer tomorrow.”
It is surprising to suddenly realize the ‘hand with two deuces’ that is the marxist platform, essentially a flawed, incomplete form of crypto-propaganda masquerading as scientific theory. Surely Marx understood this was ‘bluff’. The distinction of utopian versus scientific socialism collapses completely as we examine the basically mythological economic historicism of Marx in his later works such as Capital.
Continue reading Can a neo-communist platform come into existence?
To overcome climate change, we require system change.
Source: Climate Change Is the Product of How Capitalism “Values” Nature
In a neoliberal age that has a high threshold of disappearance, the sins of a Vichy-inspired history have returned and are deeply rooted in a Republican Party that is as criminogenic as it is morally irresponsible and politically corrupt.
