Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history.

We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception.

Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It purports to cherish democracy, patriotism, and the Constitution while manipulating internal levers.

The inability to grasp the pathology* of our oligarchic rulers is one of our gravest faults.

Human beings can be redeemed. Empires cannot. Our refusal to face the truth about empire, our refusal to defy the multitudinous crimes and atrocities of empire, has brought about the nightmare Malcolm predicted. And as the Digital Age and our post-literate society implant a terrifying historical amnesia, these crimes are erased as swiftly as they are committed.

The evil of predatory global capitalism and empire has spawned the evil of terrorism

Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself.