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THE PURPOSE OF PROPAGANDA
I would totally believe in the theory of human ignorance, if it weren't for the fact that when cures do show up, or when information with the potential to help billions starts spreading IT IS SHUT DOWN. THAT IS PROOF, UNEQUIVOCAL PROOF TO ME THAT THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY SEEM: A WELL MEANING SCIENTIFIC WORLD WITH OUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART, THE AUTHORITY ON WHAT DISEASES ARE AND HOW THEY WORK.
Yasmeen DahdahPublished 4 years ago in The SwampWe Need To Talk About Communism
I’ve been a politically-minded person for as long as I can remember. It’s always been something that fascinated me. I remember being very young, watching broadcast news discussing some politician. They used the word “communist” and I wasn’t sure what it meant, or even what the context was at the time. What I did know was that it didn’t sound pleasant.
Zoey HickmanPublished 4 years ago in The SwampPrediction 2: March Primaries
Since I was not disastrously wrong on my Super Tuesday predictions (wrong, but not terribly), here is my attempt to predict the upcoming contests for March.
John HeckenlivelyPublished 4 years ago in The SwampJesse Jackson Disses 'Moderate' Joe Biden, Endorses Bernie Sanders
On Sunday, March 8, 2020, the Rev. Jesse Jackson gave a full-throated endorsement of Democratic Party presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT). This defining imprimatur comes just before both Tuesday’s pivotal primary in Michigan and the Illinois primary on March 17. Both states feature significant numbers of African American voters, who may be crucial, if not definitive, in determining both the Democratic Party’s nominee and the direction of the party itself for the foreseeable future.
HERBERT DYERPublished 4 years ago in The SwampWhite Parents Force Suspension of 'White Studies' High School Course
This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again. — James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son, 1955 In an attempt to deny the existence of systemic or institutional racism, white parents of students at a high school in Wisconsin’s Delavan-Darien School District have successfully had “American Diversity,” a course on the subject, banned from the curriculum. The parents object to the teaching that “minorities” have been (and continue to be) oppressed by white people.
HERBERT DYERPublished 4 years ago in The SwampThis is a Warning from the Future
Italy woke up on Sunday morning to find out the whole country was in the future, already. During the night, the government published the most drastic actions yet taken by a western democracy to try and stop the spread of the new coronavirus. All Western countries are observing closely, worried soon they have to follow Italy's measures.
Anton BlackPublished 4 years ago in The SwampActs of Destruction
Imagine a scenario in which for some unfathomable reason a world government had as its main goal to do whatever it could to destroy the environment.
Ian McKenziePublished 4 years ago in The SwampBlack Swan and the Historical Revisionism
But at least in the case of black swans, humans easily admit that “oh, maybe I don’t know what I don’t know”. Today is different.
Unpopular Opinion: Recycling is Bullsh*t
Yes, this is an unpopular opinion. Sorry for knocking you off your high horse. Please, don’t get me wrong. I care about the planet and I am happy we have found a way for everyone to do their little bit. But, don’t misunderstand, that is just it. A little, insy-winsy bit. A tiny way for you to say you’re doing your part for the planet when, in reality, all recycling does is boost your ego. You are not single-handedly rebuilding the o-zone layer, you are not shutting down oil rigs in the South Pacific, you are not rescuing Koala’s from bushfires. You are putting your paper in a separate, slightly smaller bin.
Max Coles-MorleyPublished 4 years ago in The SwampSave the Earth: Address the Root Causes
The earth is hurting. The fires, the viral outbreaks, devastating floods, destructive hurricanes - these are all signs. And if we don't recognize the signs, we are fools!
Anu AnniahPublished 4 years ago in The SwampYou're an Idiot
Have you ever been told this? Have you ever told someone this? Odds are both are true, but what was the reasoning behind it. What was said, or done to elicit such a response. It probably had to do with being an ass. Ass in the respect that you or they made an assumption. Making assumptions is a very easy thing to do. We do it on a regular basis. You have to remember the old saying though. To assume is to make an ass out of you and me.
Fire Dragon LitPublished 4 years ago in The SwampHow Apartheid Almost Didn’t Happen
Someone once said that hindsight is a privilege. Nowhere is this more poignant than when looking into the past, and reflecting on the historical events that have shaped the world we live in today. From our present position we get to analyse and judge these events while at the same time theorizing on alternative worlds in the wake of even the slightest change in circumstances. The ‘what ifs’ abound with varying implications, but it can be safely said that in many instances, even the slightest change in events at any point in time, could have put us all on a different course to the one we currently navigate.
Darren RyanPublished 4 years ago in The Swamp