United States
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Note: Capitalist Evangelism
Those traditionally oppressed by capitalism just want to navigate to a system where they can be capitalists themselves. It is evangelism in it sharpest form. Segments of the population seem...
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Collective Ethical Patience and Problem Solving in a Capitalist Society (Part I)
It can at times be very difficult to retain an ethical view of the world when the wealthy and privileged, on both the left and the right, are open when...
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Reposting: Theory of Monetized Empathy
Theory of Monetized Empathy – states that people are more likely to be oppressed by other people if they lack financial well-being. Intersectionality still applies. This is a holistic theory,...
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Memo: My Witnessing of the United States
Last month I wrote a rather important poem. It is important because it focused down on my testimony and insight into the United States. It is not easily understand or...
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Note: The Separation of Spirituality and Civility (We are on our own)
The damage people do the ecosystem cannot be corrected with prayer. It does not matter what god one prays to. It does not matter how important the cause that led...
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From Morality-Tale Science Fiction to Fantasy-Infused Settler Colonialism
In the Star Trek: Enterprise episode, “Strange New World,” (2001) T’Pol attempts to caution Captain Archer and his crew about visiting the uninhabited planet they discover. She wants to take...
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Half-truths are like bad poetry (trivial notes)
By nature people tend to see and hear and they want to see and hear. It really cannot be helped and isn’t going to be washed out of them in...
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Flamm et al. on De-orbiting and the Environment and Arnaud on Degrowth and Low Earth Orbit
I recently read Flamm et al.’s paper, “Space sustainability through atmosphere pollution? De-orbiting atmosphere-blindness and planetary environmental justice” (The Anthropocene Review, 2024). There are some important points worth highlighting. I...
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A Vision for a Culture of Emancipatory Human Rights
Ken Booth’s essay, “Three Tyrannies,” from the text, Human Rights in Global Politics (eds. Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler), posits a highly instructive foundation stone, a guide map, for...
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Complaint Memo: Star Trek and Climate Change – Ways to Improve
These are just a few short notes that I already made elsewhere. Given time I will elaborate on them more completely, perhaps even individually, but I thought I should post...