Showing posts with label Kim Jong-un. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kim Jong-un. Show all posts
SHORTPOD (23): TRUMP BURNISHES HIS "MADMAN CRED" TO DO THE SANEST OF DEALS
KIM ENSURES STATUS-BOOSTING TRUMP MEETING BY MEANINGLESS CONCESSIONS
Get used to it. We live in an age of fake new, false flags, and phoney wars.
Just recently, Trump responded to a fake gas attack with what was essentially a fake bombing, Now the next big story is that Kim Jong-Un, the dictatorial leader of North Korea, has stopped testing nuclear missiles and has closed down the research facility that carried out the tests.
Just recently, Trump responded to a fake gas attack with what was essentially a fake bombing, Now the next big story is that Kim Jong-Un, the dictatorial leader of North Korea, has stopped testing nuclear missiles and has closed down the research facility that carried out the tests.
KOREAN MISSILES AND THE MESSY MIDDLE
James Burnham, in his 1941 classic The Managerial Revolution identified the managerial class and the managerial system as the new, ascendant form of power. This system, which still dominates the present-day power structure, has some troubling aspects that help to explain the growing dysfunction and decline of our society. I want to draw attention to two in particular.
First, because power is based on control rather than on ownership, there is a constant need to justify it through appeals to the emotions of the masses. Rather than being defined by the interests of the masses, democracy is defined by what can be sold to the masses, which is definitely not the same thing. Secondly, the need to demonstrate competence outweighs the need to have actual competence.
The great irony is that these two characteristics are produced by a system dedicated to efficient control and getting results, but in effect they work against efficiency and results. An interesting example is provided by the problem presented by North Korea, a so-called "rogue" nation that is rapidly developing its rocket and nuclear weapon technology.
First, because power is based on control rather than on ownership, there is a constant need to justify it through appeals to the emotions of the masses. Rather than being defined by the interests of the masses, democracy is defined by what can be sold to the masses, which is definitely not the same thing. Secondly, the need to demonstrate competence outweighs the need to have actual competence.
The great irony is that these two characteristics are produced by a system dedicated to efficient control and getting results, but in effect they work against efficiency and results. An interesting example is provided by the problem presented by North Korea, a so-called "rogue" nation that is rapidly developing its rocket and nuclear weapon technology.
ALT-RIGHT PODCAST 22: HACKING HOLLYWOOD
Matt Parrott joins Andy and Colin to talk about the Sony Pictures hack that has temporarily lifted the lid on a major Hollywood studio.
They speculate on who is behind the hack, how much dirt is still to be released, and whether the movie at the center of the story, The Interview, will eventually become a long-running and highly successful franchise.
They speculate on who is behind the hack, how much dirt is still to be released, and whether the movie at the center of the story, The Interview, will eventually become a long-running and highly successful franchise.
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