Western Political Lies Signal The End of an Era

The previous article highlighted the incredible amount of lies and falsehoods that Western politicians are spewing on a daily basis nowadays. Unfortunately, it seems to be a sign of the times, in the sense that the prevailing post-modernism makes lying more acceptable generally. And politicians do not have to worry much about any fourth estate determined to roast them over the fire for their dubious and untruthful statements. But there is a political side to this recent surge in mendacity in the high political spheres of the West, which needs to be explored as well.

The “Empire of Lies” is Confirmed Again and Again

The Western ruling elite has many public liars. The falsehoods included in official statements by the leading politicians in the West has reached such extremes now that even the slumbering uninformed majority in the West ought to realize it. This brazenness with which false narratives are created and imposed on the publics in the West is simply astounding. It needs to be exposed and investigated.

Seeing Through All the Lies

The case of Russia is telling. The Russians have for years been on the receiving end of the constant deceitfulness and mendacity of Western politicians. 

Human Nature, State Power, and the Genocide in Gaza

We need to understand human nature to see how crimes against humanity on a large scale can be perpetrated by the increase in the power of the state.

Israel’s abominable actions in Palestine, and the Western political elite’s appalling lack of action and even tacit support of the Zionists, inevitably must lead to reflections on human nature and the power of the state.

The First Cause of Modern War is the Modern State

Human conflict is an intrinsic part of human nature; it is as natural as tears. As Leo Strauss wrote, in modern society “the original conflict between moral demands and desires remains intact”. Individuals and their various enterprises often have conflictual relations between each other. These can take many forms and are often non-violent.

The Threats of AI Come from the State

There have been many comments in the last year about the potential dangers of Artificial Intelligence, from such AI luminaries as Elon Musk, Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, Gary Marcus and others. But they might not be the right people to listen to in this regard, because the threats of AI are fundamentally political. Most scientists and technical experts, however intelligent, do not have training in politics. They generally do not have the mindset to think about politics, with the exception of the regulatory impact to their sector. Nobody expects an inventor to grasp the political and social implications of his invention.

The On-Going Decline of the US Empire

The very public on-going meltdown in Washington DC around President Trump is symptomatic of something more serious for the future of the Republic. The modern US has often been called an “Empire” like the Roman Empire, which rose and then declined and fell. This comparison is far from perfect, but at least in form Washington now reminds of late Rome. As Edward Gibbon wrote in The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire: “In the dissolute days of the empire, every sense of honor and virtue had been lost in the general profligacy of manners.”

US Foreign Policy Is Like a Mafia Racket

It’s time to call a spade a spade. Australian independent Journalist Caitlin johnstone recently wrote an important truth:

"The US empire is responsible for most of our world’s problems. It says so much about the strength of the imperial propaganda machine that this isn’t more obvious to more people."

Because of this propaganda that Western audiences have been subjected to for so long, here is a reminder of numbers that speak for themselves:

"America has been in 19 wars since World War II, but we will list the death toll from three of the bloodiest conflicts: The Korean War, The Vietnam War and wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The total death toll of people killed by American troops in all these wars put together is over 12 million."

The Forces of Centralization and the Struggle for Freedom

The concept of centralization is generally seen as a consequence of certain political decisions or as the cause of certain societal structures. But the centralization and its opposite, decentralization, can also be interpreted as opposing historical processes that should be taken into account in the long struggle for liberty.

Forces of Centralization

Centralization is a historical process that is “centripetal” in nature; it is the totality of forces in society that move economic wealth and political power towards one or a few centers. This process should be thought of not only in the geographical but also organizational sense. Indeed, as means of communication improve, centralization may even conceivably be mainly institutional.

The EU Wants to Use War as an Excuse for More Debt

The European political and financial elite knows that the war in Ukraine is lost but wants to use it as an opportunity to reach strategy independence from the United States. As the future chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz said right after his electoral win on Feb 23rd: “It will be an absolute priority for me to strengthen Europe as soon as possible so much that it gradually really achieves independence from the United States.”

The US is Being Pulled, Kicking and Screaming, into the Multipolar World

It must be repeated; momentous political changes are taking place in the world. As Lenin is said to have said, “there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” Not since the years 1944-1946 and 1989-1991 has the world been going through a more significant geopolitical shift: the multipolar world is being now hesitatingly adopted by the United States, but clearly against its will.

Indeed, the Trump foreign policy, as mad as it may seem to some, has method in it, in the sense that the new administration acts as it does because US power is declining in relation to others. Specifically with regard to the watershed crisis now - the conflict in Ukraine - it has become obvious that the West cannot win and that the war is already decided in favor of Russia. Trump has understood this and accepted it. As VP J.D. Vance wrote on X, “President Trump is dealing with reality, which means dealing with facts.”

The US is "Agreement-Incapable"

In view of what will probably be a year of negotiations - attempted at least - between the United Stated and Russia over the fate of Ukraine and Europe, it is worth remembering that the Americans political leadership is considered today by the Russians as not capable of making agreements.

The Russians have a long but useful word for the incapability of sticking to agreement : “недоговороспособность”, i.e. agreement-incapable. This trait may become a liability for the United States, in possible upcoming negotiation with Russia regarding Ukraine and Europe’s security architecture. It is well known that the Russians’ approach to international relations is “trust but verify” (доверяй, но проверяй). But how is that possible when a duplicitous and false Uncle Sam simply cannot be trusted?

How the USA Became So Dysfunctional, Oligarchic and Corrupt

Why has the United States’ government become so politically dysfunctional? How can it be that the nation founded on John Locke's principles of liberty and Montesquieu’s concept of separation of powers, today has such a corrupt and oligarchic federal government ? This article will attempt to answer these questions.