I've been interested in the reports on Rojava. It seems clear that there are positive developments.

The most powerful country in world history, which is sure to set its stamp on what follows, placed the entire government (executive, legislative, judicial branches) in the hands of an organization - the Republican Party - dedicated to escalating the race to disaster.

There are massive efforts on the part of the internet's corporate owners to try to direct it to become a technique of marginalisation and control.

The change between horse and buggy to automobile is a big change and there hasn't been a major change since.

If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they reach a huge audience. And they're very uniform. So right wing, I don't think you can even find an analog in your, but they reach a mass audience, and their view is that the corporations are liberal. Their appeal to the population is, "the country is run by liberals, they own the corporations, they run the government, they own the media, and they don't care about us ordinary people."

I'm into eating as little as possible, paying as little attention as possible. I never cook. Never use the stove or anything.

One of the most interesting reactions to come out of 1968 was in the first publication of the Trilateral Commission, which believed there was a 'crisis of democracy' from too much participation of the masses.