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In modern Western societies, everything looks to be going downhill at the moment wherever you look. Poverty, inequality, homelessness, social discord — everything seems to be going down to hell at breakneck speed. It’s easy to take a look at this situation and lose heart — like how any sane, intelligent person would do. Join … Read more
The very question of whether anyone could really, reasonably make use of billions of dollars aside, it may be surprising to hear that it is possible be a billionaire without exploiting others, causing inequality, damaging the society or environment. It may be even more surprising to hear that egalitarian, pro-people viewpoints and ideologies do not forbid anyone … Read more
Just think for a second: What can’t you do with a net income like $10,000/month? Aside from living in extremely dense, prime real estate like Manhattan or central SF, or wasting money in extravaganza like $10,000-per-bottle champagne, is there anything that you couldn’t do in our modern society? Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing … Read more
Eating is a major way with which humans cope with stress. Its built in by evolution. It activates various biological mechanisms that relaxes the body and mind and allows the person to cope up with stress. Eating Feeds ‘Feel Good’ Hormones in the Brain Additionally it has a built-in, implied evolutionary message: It means that … Read more
Its the Nayirah Lie. Nayirah (testimony) Kuwaiti Government, A private US PR firm, and US government concocted a lie which said that Iraqi soldiers ‘took away 500 incubators from premature babies in a Kuwaiti Hospital and left them to die’. Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing List (you will also get updates when … Read more
The social dynamics that created Trumpism are not being addressed. Inequality continues. People lack housing, healthcare, jobs. Retirees are struggling. Infrastructure is falling apart. Biden administration promised various things to solve these before the election, but they reneged on everything as a result of corporate pressure. Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing List … Read more
When some advocate for abolishing the police in response to police brutality, discrimination or corruption, it sounds pretty extreme. For, there is indeed crime in our world, and there needs to be a way for the society to respond to crime. However… When looking into details of how policing works in US, and what results … Read more
Just have a look at this: And that’s data up to 2010. In the last decade, this trend picked up even more. How is this Slavery? Why are for-profit US prisons subjecting detainees to forced labor? Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing List (you will also get updates when a new posts are … Read more
Socialism always fails, but, for some reason, every single time it fails, it requires US sanctions, economic warfare, ‘freedom fighters’ or outright invasion to fail. The U.S. Declares Economic War Against Venezuela US sanctions are killing Venezuelans, says former UN rapporteur Join My Mailing List Here: Ozgur Zeren’s Mailing List (you will also get updates … Read more
You can kill only so many of a people before they start to fight back. There is a tipping point for this kind of stuff. And apparently it was this one. Since mid 2000s when social media came to being and mobile phones with video capability propagated, there were frequent cases of police brutality documented … Read more