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	<title>Charles Hugh Smith</title>
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		<title>College Graduates Are Losing the Clone War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[College grads, it may be time for different approach, not just in getting a job but in life.<img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Fcollege-graduates-are-losing-the-clone-war%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dcollege-graduates-are-losing-the-clone-war&amp;action_name=College%20Graduates%20Are%20Losing%20the%20Clone%20War&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>I&#8217;ll Turn Bullish When This Happens</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I will enthusiastically join the Bulls when we replace a guaranteed-to-bankrupt-us Sickcare system and we rebalance the extreme asymmetries of Capital and Labor.  <img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Fill-turn-bullish-when-this-happens%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dill-turn-bullish-when-this-happens&amp;action_name=I%26%238217%3Bll%20Turn%20Bullish%20When%20This%20Happens&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Welcome to the Theater of the Absurd</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The real world no longer matters, what matters is the performance on stage. Welcome to the Theater of the Absurd. <img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Fwelcome-to-the-theater-of-the-absurd%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dwelcome-to-the-theater-of-the-absurd&amp;action_name=Welcome%20to%20the%20Theater%20of%20the%20Absurd&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Automating Our Dependence Will Cripple Us</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The rush to monetize automation / AI is self-liquidating.<img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Fautomating-our-dependence-will-cripple-us%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dautomating-our-dependence-will-cripple-us&amp;action_name=Automating%20Our%20Dependence%20Will%20Cripple%20Us&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our Post-Truth, Post-Trust World</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A system that comes to depend on sythentic signaling for its "information" is doomed to Model Collapse, as its signaling has completely detached from the real world. <img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Four-post-truth-post-trust-world%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dour-post-truth-post-trust-world&amp;action_name=Our%20Post-Truth%2C%20Post-Trust%20World&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oil, Inflation and Recession</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's not the price of oil per se that triggers recession, it's the underlying vulnerabilities that have been cloaked with happy story narratives to keep the game going.  <img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Foil-inflation-and-recession%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Doil-inflation-and-recession&amp;action_name=Oil%2C%20Inflation%20and%20Recession&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Inevitability of the AI Depression</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The collision of hype and euphoric hallucinations with the real world will manifest across the entire socio-economic-political-legal spectrum.<img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Fthe-inevitability-of-the-ai-depression%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dthe-inevitability-of-the-ai-depression&amp;action_name=The%20Inevitability%20of%20the%20AI%20Depression&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Disney World&#8217;s New Theme Park: The White House and Congress</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A "Pirates of the Caribbean" themed experience is planned, where the taxpayers are repeatedly robbed by a motley crew of miscreants. <img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Fdisney-worlds-new-theme-park-the-white-house-and-congress%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Ddisney-worlds-new-theme-park-the-white-house-and-congress&amp;action_name=Disney%20World%26%238217%3Bs%20New%20Theme%20Park%3A%20The%20White%20House%20and%20Congress&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>The &#034;Good News&#034; Is Always the Same: the Stock Market Is Up&#8211;Until It Isn&#8217;t</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cloaking a fake "market" with artifice to maintain its asymmetrical distribution of wealth and income also cloaks its detachment from the real world.   <img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Fthe-good-news-is-always-the-same-the-stock-market-is-up-until-it-isnt%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dthe-good-news-is-always-the-same-the-stock-market-is-up-until-it-isnt&amp;action_name=The%20%26quot%3BGood%20News%26quot%3B%20Is%20Always%20the%20Same%3A%20the%20Stock%20Market%20Is%20Up%26%238211%3BUntil%20It%20Isn%26%238217%3Bt&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is a &#034;Democracy&#034; That&#8217;s For Sale Still a Democracy? No, It&#8217;s an Oligarchy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Hugh Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To claim that jostling for the biggest share of federal power and largesse--in a word, greed--magically serves the common good is a convenient cover for an oligarchy masquerading as a "democracy."<img src="//axisofeasy.com/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Foftwominds%2Fis-a-democracy-thats-for-sale-still-a-democracy-no-its-an-oligarchy%2F%3Fpk_campaign%3Dfeed%26pk_kwd%3Dis-a-democracy-thats-for-sale-still-a-democracy-no-its-an-oligarchy&amp;action_name=Is%20a%20%26quot%3BDemocracy%26quot%3B%20That%26%238217%3Bs%20For%20Sale%20Still%20a%20Democracy%3F%20No%2C%20It%26%238217%3Bs%20an%20Oligarchy&amp;urlref=https%3A%2F%2Faxisofeasy.com%2Ffeed%2F" style="border:0;width:0;height:0" width="0" height="0" alt="" />]]></description>
		
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