We find ourselves now in a strange world where our hard-earned money is subject to the whims of an increasingly nosy and selective bank. I mean, it’s all starting to look like a Monty Python sketch, isn’t it? There was a time, you see, when a bank was a bank. You’d put your money in,…
Tag: Authority
Inclusion Sanctions Toxic Tolerance
We find ourselves in an epoch of anomie where the norm is to not have norms. We exist in an epoch of glorified insanity, a society that ceaselessly campaigns for the normalization of aberration, dismissing not just the confines of traditional values but the very notion of sanity itself. Fellow travelers, consider the unsettling trend…
Colluding Crime Syndicate
The world as we know it is increasingly moving away from being an interconnected web of nation-states, with citizens at the heart of the decision-making process, towards a network dominated by powerful organizations. This network of institutions, including governments, multinational corporations, media conglomerates, law enforcement agencies, and militaries, to name but a few, has managed…
Working with Authority
You know, the CIA and I, we have a lot in common. We’re both misunderstood, we both work in secret, and we’ve both made some questionable decisions. But while my questionable decisions usually involve attempting to deep-fry a Twinkie at 3 am, the CIA’s include “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Now, I don’t know about you, but…