A welcome reminder that we may wish to consider our world from different viewpoints, just as a practice in intellectual honesty.

–end of remaloeb info–Thanks to Rema……

https://popularresistance.org/economic-growth-is-fuelling-climate-change/    —Saito turns the concept of economic growth on its head. Many people assume that growth makes us richer but what if it did the precise opposite?Gross domestic product (GDP), a monetary measure of production, can rise because someone privatises a common good – what British geographer David Harvey calls “accumulation by dispossession”. Fence a resource that people could previously access for free and start selling it to them.

Instead of perpetually growing the economy by making more things private property and saleable, Saito proposes sharing the wealth we’ve already created. This could usher in a new way of living, where people can afford to spend less time and effort producing commodities and turn their attention towards things that really matter to them, what Marxists call the realm of freedom. This should start, Saito argues, with restoring the health of Earth’s ecosystems, on which everything else relies.

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C-Span predictably hosted a call-in on the topic of indictment.  Another topic over recent weeks has been about the Chinese Communist Party  The phrase CCP is used so often by USCP (United State Capitalist Party) speakers deflecting one-Party criticism by presuming a 2-Party system.  And so this morning we have Democrats and Republicans throwing spitballs at each other over the phone (thankfully) while the USCP stirs the pot of controversy.

One has noticed that the chronically-depressing topic that has renamed Social Security Earned Benefits as entitlements, seem to have receded.  Reiterating the FACT that the government-sanctioned financial industry has over decades and actually half a century, trained financial practitioners about Social Security Earned Benefits were just that, and not entitlements.  It has been mentioned that any presumption that Social Security Earned Benefits are entitlements are indicative of the greatest bait-and-switch fraud in American history.  

Questions posed to the highly-collaborative financial-education-industry and government regulation have as yet to be answered on the topic of the curious industry description and the newly politician-promoted description as an entitlement.  That both entities collaborated in the confusion leaving such large numbers of retirees in risk, feels like another indication of profits to industry and risk to We The People.

How do these ideas tie together?  We are watching the USCP in action while pretending to democracy and freedom.  The impact falls negatively on We The People.

We may be trained into delusion from an early age.  Some people recognize life as cause and effect.  Currently one is reading a fascinating book that is nothing short of a treasure.  It is called “The Lost Books of The Bible” by Lloyd M. Graham, and seems to be out of print.  Mine is an old edition.  That which is included in the current Bible was strained by all-too hierarchical men, apparently leaving out whatever they chose.  Included in the book  is http://www.orthodox.cn/patristics/apostolicfathers/hermsim.htm

The Hermas Similitudes seem to be the same as found in my book.

One notices the following book seems to be in print by the same author  —  https://www.amazon.com/Deceptions-Myths-Bible-Lloyd-Graham/dp/0806511249

The Gospel of John (https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Teachings-Jesus-Gnostic-Gospels/dp/0394744330) also uncovers a fascinating interpretation.

Both seem to bring to mind concepts from Buddhism, which seems to be about cause and effect.  In FACT quantum physics seem to explain similar concepts.  This makes sense since reality is reality, not versions of reality.  When one finds threads of reality running through wide-spread times and cultures, one pays attention.

The purported mental health crisis in the US may be nothing other than a habit of skating over the surface without taking the time to dig into the deeper layers.  This could feel like a monumentally absurd notion except for the deep trouble the US is in politically, emotionally, and financially.  And so the obvious should probably be stated for consideration.

From MRonline– https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=2833cdb99b&u=36ce609ae68971b4f060ad9c7&id=b4e8aed0bc  —

Post-Political Post-Aesthetics

The Indigenous People, again

The Puzzle of Financialization

Banking crisis: is it all over?

Killing in the name of precision

Israel’s crisis is about who gets to play tyrant: the generals or religious thugs

Prioritizing U.S. Imperialism in Evaluating Latin America’s Pink Tide

The Communitarian Revolutionary Subject and the Possibilities of System Change

Alfred de Zayas on the arrest warrant for Putin

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As one who would be perfectly contented to retain the Senate if they adhered to Oaths of Office more than to Citizens United campaign donations, one is interested in a topic raised as to the reason we maintain the US Senate—-

 This is a reminder of how much we don’t know.  This brings one around to Howie Hawkins, who continues to impress with original thought.  We also could acknowledge Hawkins often speaks to censored information.
One such topic about which one would never have even considered, is whether the USA needs The Senate.  Apparently The Senate is little other than expensive window dressing, promoting hierarchical interests, and too often placed in positions of power by big-money via Citizens United.  But the public gets to fund this curiosity of pompous supremacy.  Who knew?
The Democratic Branch of the Republican/Democratic Duopoly are especially functional in voter suppression—–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbdkuU1edw          —#GreenSocialist Notes #76
Howie Hawkins brings up the concept of whether the USA needs the Senate.  Apparently according to some people, the Senate isn’t necessary.  This brings up the blockage from the Senate of many bills that would benefit We The People.  Combined with Citizens United that promotes big-money interest choice of Senators, in which laws are passed that benefit big-money interest rather than We The People, and that We The People support economically, the members of the Senate, this seems a good topic for discussion.
The US Constitution doesn’t seem to sanction elections run by political Parties, and to permit control of political debates by political Parties seems equally corrupt.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7kn2-GEmM       —

Ross Perot in 1992 on NAFTA and the “Giant Sucking Sound”

Centralization is the lifeblood of the R&D duopoly.  It’s the way to enforce capitalism onto workers in 2022.———————–We can do better———-

That “we are a 2-Party system” is a fabrication of the Republican/Democratic duopoly and spread by MSM.  In FACT the majority of voters aren’t either registered Democratic or Republican.  The censorship about this info must be envied by bureaucrats of the Former USSR and their simplistic style of 1-Party elections.  

Regardless of which character sits in the Oval Office, We The People have work to do to maintain principles of our democratic (small d) Constitutional republic.  Several items to challenge—*We need the integrity of ranked-choice voting so voters won’t feel compelled to “hold your nose and vote”*Censored debates must be stopped.  The Democratic/Republican duopoly pretends to legitimate debates in what is nothing other than another campaign show.  Independent debates run by uninterested sponsors such as The League of Women Voters, must be restored.  (Access www.debates.org to understand the extent of duopoly control).  The so-called Debate Commission is a corporation to promote the Democratic corporation and Republican corporation, not to inform We The People*Challenge and stop gerrymandering that is a trick especially of the Republican branch of the duopoly.*Stop voter suppression by political Parties, and especially confront and stop Party suppression, which is the over-arching approach to voter suppression.  Party suppression seems to have been the responsibility of the Democratic corporation*Promote by law ranked-choice voting, so we won’t be told again, by D&R duopoly, to “hold your nose and vote”
If these issues are handled, our next elections can be honorable. 
*******************************************************************https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx—-Political Party affiliation of voters.
    https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/league-refuses-help-perpetrate-fraud–LEAGUE REFUSES TO “HELP PERPETRATE A FRAUD”

WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FROM FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE–end of lwv info–Murray Bookchin, who founded social ecology, a theory that strongly influenced early Green Socialist thought, strongly advocated the discussion and study group as the first step of any revolutionary movement. A group of individuals meets to expand their knowledge of radical thought and form a radical intellectual community; through the give and take of discussion, can eventually form ideas for next steps in organizing and political activity. According to Bookchin, study groups help create solidarity and a shared language — with a shared coherent vision — for building a mass, organizing, political movement!