Lithium Fields: The Electric Vehicle Dark Side
Lithium mining is hugely toxic and poses a significant danger to the environment, particularly in South America. Should we continue to destroy the earth for lithium in the race to electrify?
The Great Reset VII: Capitalism for the Rich and Socialism for the Poor
The standard leftist refrain about “advanced capitalism” is that it amounts to “socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor.” Like most leftist notions, this idea represents almost the exact opposite of the truth. The system they refer to is anything but socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor.
The Great Reset, Part VI: Technocratic Elite
Under the Great Reset governance model, states and favored corporations form “public-private partnerships” in control of governance. The configuration yields a corporate-state hybrid largely unaccountable to the constituents of national governments.
The Great Reset, Part IV: "Stakeholder Capitalism" vs. "Neoliberalism"
Stakeholder capitalism represents a consumptive worm set to burrow into and hollow out corporations from within, to the degree that the ideology and practice find hosts in corporate bodies. It represents a means of socialist wealth liquidation from within capitalist organizations themselves.
The Great Reset, Part III: Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics
Several decades ago, when China’s growing reliance on the for-profit sectors of its economy could no longer be credibly denied by the CCP, its leadership approved the slogan “socialism with Chinese characteristics” to describe it.