Every age believes it is discovering something new, yet most of what unfolds are patterns repeating themselves in fresh costumes. Industry, politics, and technology don’t just respond to needs — they create them, manufacture belief, and entrench dependence. What we call progress often carries within it the residue of manipulation, inversion, and distortion, drawing us further from what is natural, simple, and human.
Tag: corruption
In nearly every aspect of civilization, we have reached a low point in modern times. The vaunted and respected institutions of politics and government, science and medicine, education, the military and intelligence communities, journalism and entertainment, and, of course, finance, industry, and commerce have disappeared. They are rotten to the core, with agendas, deceptions, and an obsessive focus on anything but the true, common, and good.