Steven Cleghorn

Raconteur, curious, skeptical, thinker, traveler. Growing grapes and advocating intellectual development for everyone! FB/globehackers

[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

The best proof of the statement that people will believe what they want to believe and always stick up for their side is verified in Jerusalem. Nothing matters more than narrative.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

I'll never understand how most people can ignore this or rationalize it away. Targeting children in the 21st century. It's beyond tragic and nothing is stopping it.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

The Colonel is correct. What will people do about it? Apathy around and find out.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

Would the universe have liked them better if instead of words and images, they’d followed the Moon the way indigenous people do? The universe doesn’t do likes. You have to like it.

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[The General @GeneralMCNews]

BREAKING: More than 200 members of the global elite are set to attend Peter Thiel’s Secret Society retreat, featuring discussions on cult-building, sex, and preparations for World War III.

[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

For most of our history, humans lived in relatively egalitarian societies that actively prevented the accumulation of power. Author of Goliath's Curse, Luke Kemp, examines how hierarchical states, 'Goliaths', came to dominate the world.
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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

This essay was inspired by a conversation I had with a good friend in the U.K. this afternoon.

The fact that this information isn't at the forefront of everyone's consciousness is nuts.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

But the stock market rallied, so all is good. Nicks won the NBA championship. Sleep well.
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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

The world economy seems increasingly defined by disruption. wars, sanctions, droughts, semiconductor shortages and energy crises have all revealed a common reality. That is, disturbances do not remain where they originate. They spread.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

And be this way. It really is a classic translation.

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[Mofobian @Mofobian]

In Russia - a brilliantly shot mini-film by German director Vincent Urban about the most beautiful country. Of course, this is a film about Russia, which is called "In Russia". In it, he showed not only the natural beauties, but also the types of different people. There are hooligans, shepherds, and soldiers.

The film really turned out to be very large-scale, although it only lasts 6.5 minutes. It's breathtaking. The atmosphere of our country is so brilliantly conveyed. In 6.5 minutes, absolutely different people with different needs and desires, living in different natural and climatic zones, are shown. And all of this is our huge, beautiful country, Russia 俄罗斯 🇷🇺

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The Soviet Union (USSR), which was a communist state under Marxist-Leninist ideology, dissolved on December 26, 1991. The Russian Federation that emerged is a separate country with a different system.

Key Facts About Modern Russia

- Constitution and Government: Russia's 1993 Constitution establishes it as a democratic federal republic with a multi-party system, separation of powers (though in practice it's highly centralized under the president), and recognition of ideological diversity. No single ideology, including communism, is declared as state ideology. It describes Russia as a "social state" but operates within a market economy framework.

- Economy: Russia has a mixed capitalist economy with private ownership, markets, oligarchs, and significant state involvement in key sectors (e.g., energy). It is not based on collective ownership of the means of production or central planning as in Soviet communism.

- Politics: Vladimir Putin and the dominant United Russia party lead an authoritarian system. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF/KPRF) exists as the second-largest party and adheres to Marxist-Leninist ideas in theory. However, it typically gets 10-20% of the vote, functions as a systemic opposition (often patriotic and socially conservative), and does not control the government.

- Russia is not listed among the remaining countries with communist governments (e.g., China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea).

Putin has nostalgia for certain Soviet aspects (like strong state power), but he has criticized Lenin, pursued nationalist policies, and built a system based on personalist authoritarianism, state capitalism, and Orthodox Christian cultural elements rather than communist ideology.

In short, while Soviet-era symbols and nostalgia persist for some, Russia's current system is fundamentally post-communist.

[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

With the facts on the ground in West Asia deteriorating and the Americans blowing up Iranian water supplies, this situation could become significantly more dire very soon. Major economic disruption is already baked in.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

Are US citizens proud of these grotesque, dark tetrad, jackasses?

The film traces Miller’s rise from right-wing provocateur to one of the most influential figures in the administration.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

This will probably continue in the Anglosphere, which has always been violent. (A Clockwork Orange). Bored young people with few prospects will get rowdy. What will people do to restructure the economy and develop a culture not diseased by MTICap

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

Education is now a market transaction and commodity. The crisis is not an accident.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

Good gosh, it is a shame. No?

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

The conversation gets into why privacy matters for democracy, how algorithms can turn human lives into self-fulfilling prophecies, and why extraordinary people often fall outside predictive models.
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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

Feeling confused? That’s the point.

We are all subject to manipulation campaigns all the time: advertising, political campaigning, and social media. You don’t know what’s true, and you can’t stop watching slop.

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

Profiteering and price gouging while millions suffered the worst modern pandemic

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[Steven Cleghorn @presentmind]

A year is a long time in the fastest-growing sector on the planet. To bring us up to date, Aaron and Karen sat down again to discuss the major shifts in the empire – and their impacts on us all.
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