China and Russia are right to try to undermine US unipolar hegemony. The planet is not America's property and efforts to stop it being treated as such are good. 

It's not okay to be a grown adult in 2022 and still believe the US is a force for peace and justice in this world.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Undermining US Global Hegemony Is Good Actually

Humanity's collective awakening will unfold in ways that nobody is anticipating, for the same reasons an individual's awakening always unfolds in ways they can't anticipate.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Surprise Ending

The US is more dangerous now as it loses global primacy than it has been at any other point in its history. There really are just two options currently on the table: either the US empire relinquishes unipolar domination voluntarily and leads a peaceful transition into a multipolar world, or it takes increasingly drastic and dangerous action to maintain planetary control. The latter choice is both horrifying and likely.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The US Empire Is More Dangerous Than Ever Before

Who actually killed Martin Luther King Jr? The answer may surprise you. Author, journalist and activist Eugene Puryear fills us in. Eugene Puryear is the author of "Shackled and Chained: Mass Incarceration in Capitalist America," a journalist at Breakthrough News and the host of the Punch Out podcast.

Hear our patreon-only chat with Eugene about the latest in Ethiopia, what he learned when he went there, his father's role in the Civil Rights Movement, and the worst Happy MLK tweets here https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-with-khs-61390129

Who Killed Martin Luther King Jr? with Eugene Puryear

Far more consequential than overt censorship of individuals is censorship by algorithm. No individual being silenced does as much real-world damage to free expression and free thought as the way ideas and information which aren't authorized by the powerful are being actively hidden from public view, while material which serves the interests of the powerful is the first thing they see in their search results. It ensures that public consciousness remains chained to the establishment narrative matrix. 

It doesn't matter that you have free speech if nobody ever hears you speak. Even in the most overtly totalitarian regimes on earth you can say whatever you want alone in a soundproof room.

That's the biggest loophole the so-called free democracies of the western world have found in their quest to regulate online speech. By allowing these monopolistic megacorporations to become the sources everyone goes to for information (and even actively helping them along that path as in for example Google's research grants from the CIA and NSA), it's possible to tweak algorithms in such a way that dissident information exists online, but nobody ever sees it.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Censorship By Algorithm Does Far More Damage Than Conventional Censorship

It's impossible to overstate how completely blanketed by propaganda distortion the Ukraine war is. US spooks saying they're leaking disinfo to the press, Ukrainian war propaganda, the blackout on Ukrainian losses, the uncritical media acceptance of allegations against Russia, etc. This war is a propaganda campaign wrapped in a psyop.

Reading by Tim Foley

A Propaganda Campaign Wrapped In A Psyop

Before It Gets Dark

In this extremely special two part interview we have Makeup and Vanity Set interview Com Truise. With the help of us or course. These two get right to the heart of it. They talk about their struggles with fame and how to interact with the world. How strife and real world dystopia has effected their creative output. Their annoyance of Zoom calls and how they stay grounded as creative people. There's a lot to unpack but. This a very intimate look into two electronic legends world.

Kiel and I need to state that we are eternally grateful to both Seth and Matt for having the trust and confidence to do this project with us. 

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