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Hostility Toward Reality

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Orwell wrote about telling the truth being a revolutionary act – in a time of universal deceit. But what led to the time of universal deceit? Such as the one we’re living in right now?

James Kunstler pinned the tail on the totalitarian donkey the other day. He wrote that “a society hostile to truth can’t possibly remain civilized, because it will also be hostile to reality.”

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We Create Our Own Reality

Via Off-Guardian

by Julien Charles

The world watched in varying states of mind as the Davos set enjoyed its annual turn on the world stage, supping on sumptuous Atlantic crab and fresh Iberian pork, sustainable Norweigian cod, and the best Italian coffee.

When not tucking into a lavish feast, they bandied about their ideas for how the world ought to exploited (the key euphemisms here are “sustainable,” “stakeholder,” and “impossible beef.”)

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