Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
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Elizabeth Warren Launches the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act
The bill separates traditional banks from riskier financial services and will give a five-year transition period for financial institutions to split their business practices into distinct entities — ending “Too Big to Fail” once and for all.
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U.S. Blocks European Tax Crackdown On Google and Amazon
Washington snubbed OECD plans to overhaul international tax rules and close loopholes exploited by multinational corporations, a subject of debate at this week's G20 summit.
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Walmart Will Walk Away From D.C. If Forced To Pay Workers “Living Wage”
The Waltons once again deny workers a living wage.
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Occupy Museums Calls on Deans Nationwide to Support DebtFair For Students
Message to art school deans: "Begin a process of transparency: educate your students about the realities of debt, and disclose the relationships between your board members and predatory lenders."
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In Parched Northwestern India, One Man's Mission to Conserve Sacred Water
An astrologer and activist for water conservation in Rajasthan, a state located in the northwest of India, has turned the spiritual practice of offering water and milk in temples into a unique way of water conservation.
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Act Before the Bail-In: Now Is the Moment to Seize Public Banking
As an individual or as a public official, if you have money in one of the big banks, you have essentially given your money to that gambler and now you are a creditor to the gambler.
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Revealed: Global Anti-Money Laundering Campaign Is Failing Through Weak Financial Oversight
After nearly 25 year of failed efforts, experts still ponder how to implement an anti-money laundering regime that works.
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Doubling Student Interest Rates Will Turn A Generation Against Congress
The real story is about the slow dismantling of affordable education — one of the last means of upward mobility in America — and the exclusion of a generation from the "American Dream."
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Denouncing NSA Surveillance Isn’t Enough — We Need the Power to Stop It
At the core of the surveillance state is the hollowness of its democratic pretenses. Only with authentic democracy can we save ourselves from devastating evisceration of the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments.
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Thompson v. Heineman: How a Nebraska Lawsuit Could Further Delay the Keystone XL Pipeline
The lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of a pipeline-siting law that gave the Dept. of Environmental Quality and Nebraska's governor authority to evaluate and approve Keystone XL over the Public Service Commission.
