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Donald Trump and Globalization There’s globalization and then there’s globalization: “The mainstream-media (MSM) particularly The New York Times published an article titled ‘Donald Trump’s Victory Promises to Upend the International Order’ by Peter Baker which claims that Trump’s victory is “upending an international order that prevailed for decades and raising profound questions about America’s place in the world.” […]

Revolution in Technology Makes Revolution in Society inevitable The capitalist ruling class and their advisors at elite universities and corporate foundations are feeling uneasy about rising joblessness during this period of massive investment in new technology. Various explanations for this contradiction have been offered. In his book, Capital in the 21st Century, Thomas Piketty is praised […]

This past Earth Day 2017, scientists marched on Washington and around the world to protest the ruling class’ war on science. During a revolutionary leap from one mode of production to another – a leap toward laborless production – the ruling class knows it cannot maintain control if people look at what’s happening scientifically. By […]

Like Germany in World War II, we in the US today also have a crazy man heading up the government. But the problem of fascism is much deeper than that. It’s not caused by one insane person; the great man theory of history would point at one great leader (good or bad), but that is […]

WHAT IS SCIENCE Handbook of Philosophy by Howard Selsum (1949) [Science is] the organized body of knowledge concerning nature and society acquired in the historical evolution of social life. In a broad sense, science is the name for both the accumulated knowledge we have, at any time, of any and all aspects of phenomena, and […]

WHY STUDY? Dedicating oneself to changing society — to creating a world where we cannot just survive but flourish; and not just ourselves but everyone and not just for our generation, but also for future generations – is the most profound task anyone could undertake. Such a serious undertaking demands that we take it seriously. […]

Abundance is Possible for All Human labor is being pushed out of the market by the more efficient, more productive, labor-less electronic means of production. Robots and computers make possible the production of abundance that can be enjoyed by everyone, but only if these new productive tools are publicly owned by society, with their product distributed […]

Forty-nine percent of all jobs, skilled and unskilled, can be automated with current levels of technology, a potential loss of 1.1 billion jobs globally. About 60% of all occupations could see 30% or more of their activities automated. (McKinsey Global Institute)