Feudalism and Colonialism: The Case of the Philippines
The Philippines has all the trappings of modern democratic mechanics — a superficial exterior institutionalized as official components of its politics — but the landscape of its realpolitik has been dominated for generations by socio-culturally feudal and economically colonial dynamics. The attitude of local elected leaders toward themselves reveals a common feudal character whose acquired […]
Capitalism: Back to the Dark Ages of Feudalism
History never repeats itself, but from time to time, consciously or not, some influential men attempt to force us into the monstrosity of their imaginary time machines to try to reverse decades, and in the case of feudalism, almost a millenium of social progress. The mid-20th century brought the years of collective psychosis of Adolf […]
The True State of the Philippines: Crime in a Culture of Corruption
The Philippines government has long been ineffective at solving crimes, many of which are categorized as being heinous. Rampant crime has plagued practically all levels of Philippine society, and their occurrences have largely been attributed to the weak and useless systems that characterize the government, especially those mechanisms within it that are meant to address […]
EGF: Europe’s Multinational Militarized Police
Far from the prying eyes of the European public, in the small town of Velsen in the Netherlands, in October 2007, the ministers of Foreign Affairs and of the Interiors of five EU nations signed the first treaty to establish a supranational and multinational military body of the European Union: the European Gendarmerie Force (EUROGENDFOR […]
Iraq War Lies and Dr David Kelly’s Mysterious Death
When a corpse is found, and the death appears to be from unnatural causes, it is common practice, and ought to be common practice, that a coroner’s inquest is held into the cause of death. To my knowledge, the only case where this has not occurred in England was in the death of Dr David […]
