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Inflation Is Stealth Austerity

September 9, 2020

Rather than decry austerity, which demands an open political discussion of trade-offs, we should decry inflation’s stealthy reduction of purchasing power.Austerity–bad. Inflation–good. Oh wait–they’re the same thing: both are a reduction in purchasi…

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#AxisOfEasy 162: WordPress 0-Day Exposes Millions Of Sites To Compromise

September 8, 2020

WordPress File Manager plugin bug exposes millions of sites to compromise
Aussie cops arrest and cuff pregnant woman in her home for Facebook post
Amazon spikes job posting for union-busting intel analysts …plus more in AofE #162

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Intolerance and Authoritarianism Accelerate Disunity and Collapse

September 7, 2020

Scapegoating dissenters only hastens the disunity and disarray that accelerates the final collapse.Authoritarianism is imposed on us, but its sibling intolerance is our own doing. Intolerance and authoritarianism are two sides of th…

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In the Footsteps of Rome: Maybe It No Longer Matters Who’s Emperor

September 6, 2020

Pretense and PR are not reality, and believing the Old Normal will magically be restored with sacrifice-free Federal Reserve printing is not an actual strategy.Quick history quiz: who was the second-to-the-last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire?&nbsp…

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Plugging into "Small Everything": Wake Up and Smell the 3 Cs–Community, Cash, and Coin (Coffee optional)

September 4, 2020

Reversing from exploited division to creative and healthy solidarity will need to be the mantra and guiding principle going forward if we the people are to take back our economy.Editor’s note: This is a guest post by my friend and colleague Zeus Y…

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Do you know what your mobile device knows?

September 3, 2020

The problem with data is that it is for all practical purposes an entirely abstract concept. As a word it has become pervasive in our culture, mentioned in all sorts of contexts, and regularly referred to as commodity, property, and fuel.

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Contributors

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Mark E. Jeftovic

Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture. 

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Jesse Hirsh

Futurist, researcher and public speaker, Jesse Hirsh has been active in technology and commenting on it across the media for 25 years. His premium newsletter service operates from Metaviews.ca.

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Charles Hugh Smith

Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.