Essay X²
Michael CorthellEssays on democracy, propaganda, power, and the moral test of public life. Essay X² examines the forces reshaping public life in America: authoritarianism, political spectacle, corruption, civic decay.
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“Rules do not disappear. They stop being enforced with confidence.”
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Looking at Juneteenth
“Juneteenth is not asking America to live in guilt. It is asking America to live in truth.”
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Capitalism Is the Problem. Resourceism Is the Answer
When wealth overshadows government, democracy becomes negotiable.
“Once survival itself becomes a marketplace transaction, democracy begins to decay.”
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The Great Distraction Derby
“Apparently, ordinary Americans are mature enough to fund wars, survive medical bankruptcy, and watch billionaires buy democracy by the pound, but not mature enough to see which important people spent time in the wrong rooms with the wrong...
The Old World Is Ending, and a New Planetary Civilization Is Beginning
‘‘What is collapsing is not merely a system. It is a way of seeing.’’
Author’s note: What follows is both a description and a forecast of a civilizational shift already in motion. Humanity has crossed thresholds before, but rarely under th...
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