Life's Tenacity: Thriving in the Harshest Climates

One of the most destructive legacies of slavery and colonialism is not white racism alone, but the successful internalisation of white racial hierarchy within Black communities—where some Black people replicate racist logic, language, and contempt against other Black people, particularly continental Africans. This is an article I wish I never had to write. But it is long overdue. The emperor has been naked for a very long time, and the silence around this subject has only protected the harm. Across Europe—and especially in Britain—there exists an unspoken but persistent phenomenon: the routine demeaning of continental Africans by other Black people, often performed publicly, sometimes theatrically, and frequently in front of white audiences.   It is racialised contempt. Beyond “Rivalry”: Naming the Behaviour Accurately We are all aware of tensions between Africans and West Indians. That fact alone is not controversial. What is rarely confronted, however, is how often those tensio...

How Can You Go to War With a More Powerful Ally Who Has Maintained Military Bases in Your Country Since the Second World War? Only God knows what is truly happening in the world. From a cosmic perspective—outside the narrow frame of Planet Earth—we do not know. And when people insist that the defining issue of the moment is Greenland or Trump’s threats regarding Greenland, I find that answer far too simple. That depends entirely on one’s parameters.  If your framework is surface-level politics, then perhaps Greenland is the “hottest topic in town.”  But if your framework includes history, military logistics, and power structures, then Greenland looks less like a crisis and more like a distraction.  Old news, repackaged. The reality is this: the United States does not need to “take over” Greenland in any meaningful sense. Wherever the U.S. maintains permanent military bases, formal sovereignty remains intact, but practical power shifts. Officially, the host nation ex...

 Here is a comprehensive list of U.S. military bases and installations on European soil (including NATO host-nation bases where the U.S. military maintains a permanent presence). This list reflects known bases as of the most recent publicly available data; note that the total number can vary depending on definitions (e.g., full bases vs. facilities with U.S. forces present). United States Military Bases and Installations in Europe Belgium USAG Benelux (Brussels/Chièvres) Kleine Brogel Air Base Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base (with U.S. personnel) Germany Ramstein Air Base Spangdahlem Air Base USAG Wiesbaden USAG Stuttgart (Patch Barracks & Panzer Kaserne) USAG Bavaria (Grafenwöhr, Vilseck/Rose Barracks, Hohenfels, Garmisch) USAG Rheinland-Pfalz (Kaiserslautern Military Community) USAG Baumholder USAG Ansbach Italy Aviano Air Base Ghedi Air Base Naval Air Station Sigonella Naval Support Activity Naples Naval Support Activit...

Introduction People often assume Jesus supported patriarchy because later Christian institutions became strongly male‑dominated. But when we look at the earliest stories about Jesus — and the earliest Christian communities — a very different picture appears. In my article I explore those early patterns in simple, clear language and suggest that Jesus himself did not act like a strict patriarch. Instead, the patriarchal systems we see later in Christianity were added by church institutions long after his death. 1. What “Patriarchy” Means in This Context To understand the question, we need to be clear about what “patriarchy” means. In the ancient world, patriarchy showed up in three main ways: 1. Greco‑Roman patriarchy Men ruled the household. Women obeyed. Men controlled property and inheritance. 2. Jewish religious patriarchy Men led religious life. Men received education. Men spoke in public. 3. Later church patriarchy Only men could be priests or bishops. Women were pushed out of le...

  10:8-10 goes like this:  Jesus says, "All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.  They will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy ; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." The Plagues of Egypt : The ten plagues sent upon Egypt, including the death of the firstborn, caused widespread suffering. The Destruction of Jericho : The conquest of Jericho, where the walls fell and the city was destroyed, leading to the death of many inhabitants. The Killing of the Amalekites : In 1 Samuel 15, God commands King Saul to completely destroy the Amalekites, including men, women, children, and animals. The Flood : In the story of Noah, the global flood wiped out all living beings except for those on the ark. The Sodom and Gomorrah Destruction : The cities were destroyed by fire and brimstone due to th...

  In Hindu cosmology, a war deity who is also a musician is not a contradiction; it is a correction . The pairing exists to dismantle a primitive understanding of violence, power, and duty. Krishna’s flute is not decorative. It is metaphysical doctrine encoded in sound . 1. War in Hindu thought is not rage — it is dharma under strain In most Western or Near-Eastern war myths, war is justified by: divine anger, conquest, punishment, or tribal supremacy. In the Mahabharata , war occurs because cosmic order (dharma) has already collapsed . War is not celebrated; it is a pathological outcome when injustice is allowed to accumulate too long. Krishna does not glorify violence. He administers inevitability . Music enters here because music represents: rhythm, proportion, balance, attunement. War without rhythm is chaos. War within cosmic rhythm becomes tragic necessity , not moral intoxication. 2. The flute symbolizes action without ego The bansur...

  Let’s drop the polite lies. Western society is not anti-authoritarian. It is saturated with micro-authoritarianism . What people call “Karen-ism” isn’t a meme or bad manners—it’s a social reflex. An instinct. A learned behavior.  The urge to police others, demand compliance, call authority, escalate, punish. And once you see it clearly, one uncomfortable truth becomes unavoidable: a society like this does not struggle to recruit soldiers. It is already training them daily. “Karen-ism” is not about hairstyles, race, or individual entitlement.  That framing is a distraction.  What it actually reveals is how deeply enforcement culture has sunk into ordinary civilian life. The Karen does not act because she loves chaos—she acts because she worships order .  Rules, norms, boundaries, “how things are supposed to be.” She feels morally obligated to intervene. To correct.  To report. To summon power. She does not question authority—she auditions for it. This is...

Modern power systems do not merely tolerate moral disengagement, historical amnesia, and denial; they systematically reward them. Over time, these traits are reframed as neutrality, realism, or pragmatism. What is marketed as “responsible leadership” is often nothing more than the disciplined forgetting of how crises were engineered in the first place. It is therefore shallow—almost evasive—to frame the present moment as a sudden “return of fascism” or some unprecedented moral rupture. For those paying attention, the continuity is obvious. This is not a deviation; it is a pattern. The discomfort people feel today does not come from novelty, but from recognition. The mirror is finally close enough to see, and excuses are running out. Historical data is abundant. The refusal to look is deliberate. When power operates without meaningful accountability—when it is insulated from consequence—it does not malfunction. It reveals its underlying logic. The Trump presidency did not invent that lo...

  When Policies Hit Home: How Authoritarianism Collapses – From Lebensraum to Modern ICE There is a recurring mistake people make when trying to understand how authoritarian systems fall. They assume collapse comes from outside pressure—foreign intervention, economic shock, or moral awakening. History suggests something far simpler and far more uncomfortable: authoritarianism collapses when its policies stop being abstract and start landing in people’s living rooms. Nazi Germany is often discussed as though terror alone sustained it. That is not accurate. The Gestapo did not operate in a vacuum. It functioned because it was enabled—actively and passively—by the population. Neighbors disappeared. Streets emptied. Properties were sold for nothing. Entire communities were erased in plain sight. The claim that ordinary Germans were unaware stretches credibility to the breaking point. What mattered was not ignorance, but distance. As long as the violence targeted “others,” the sy...

OR Why State Racism Is Ecocide and Why Earth May “Benefit” from Human Collapse Let’s remove the comforting lies first. Racism in private is ugly. Racism in society is dangerous. Racism with the power of the state is terminal. Not just for Black people. For everyone . History keeps proving this, and people keep pretending not to see it. Systems That Kill When racists gain state power, they do not simply target minorities. That is the beginner’s mistake in analysis. What they actually do is reorganize society around exclusion, fear, and dominance . Once that happens, the system starts eating everything — including the people who built it. Racist states: Destroy public health systems Undermine education and science Replace cooperation with suspicion Treat the environment as expendable Normalize violence as policy They aren't side effects. They are the operating system. And once a society runs on that operating system long enough, mass death is not an acc...