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Israeli Lie-Bots; the Politics of Climate Change; and Centrists Elected Donald Trump, Twice

Why Taming the Power of Capital is Needed for Environmental Resolution In 2017 I wrote an article arguing that neoliberal climate policies were wholly...

17.08.2026 20

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Rob Urie

The Empire Versus Civilization

One aspect of the current clash of civilizations that goes largely unnoticed in the US is that there is only one civilization, if we can call it that,...

30.07.2026 10

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No Path Forward, No Way Back, Imperial Decline Edition

When American politicians state that terrorism is a threat, what they need is a mirror and an introductory economics textbook to understand that there...

17.07.2026 10

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Why AI Doesn’t Think, Cannot Reason, Isn’t Intelligent and Will Never Achieve Consciousness

Recent public comments made about AI suggest that Americans have difficulty with the implications of linear time. This is odd given that its...

06.07.2026 30

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Rob Urie