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Economic Hit Man” John Perkins Reveals the Truth About US Imperialism
In his best-selling book, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," John Perkins detailed the seedy, corrupt and often brutally violent underbelly of US foreign policy and how he personally worked with major financial institutions like the World Bank and IMF to bribe world leaders, bankrupt third world countries and use Mafia-like tactics to force impoverished nations to do the bidding of multinational corporations and the US military. In this interview with The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur, Malcolm Fleschner and Steve Oh, Perkins explains how today economic hit men doing the US's bidding continue to apply the same pressures to governments in places like Venezuela, Nicaragua and Iran.
The Purpose of Life is to Be a Nobody – medium
We all experience the world like we are at the center of reality. We think and we feel in relation to how our senses absorb information and how this information mingles with our personal memories. The subjective perception created by these interactions provides the illusion of importance. We forget that this perception only exists in our minds and that everyone near us is walking around under exactly the same psychological mindset. In truth, we’re just one of billions, and over the course of history, everything about us is insignificant. Even people like Newton and Einstein, who we revere for their contributions to humanity, are only slightly less insignificant. Our universe contains one septillion stars (a one followed by 24 zeroes) and a lot of these stars contain many, many more modes o...
17 unique signs you have a deep and complex personality-Hackspirit
Do you ever get the feeling that you see the world differently to others? Like you notice things that other people don’t? It’s not that you’re “weird.” It’s just that you see the world more “deeply” than others. You have a deep personality. After all, you’re curious, intelligent and sophisticated, and in the age of technology and automated sensationalized newsfeeds, these traits aren’t exactly common. Rather than fitting into the limited box society has created for you, you’ve decided to think for yourself and create your path. While there are many benefits to this, it also means that most people find it hard to handle you. In my experience, these kinds of people are pretty special and unique. Here are 17 traits of what I believe comprise a unique and complex personality that you might rel...
On Being at Peace with Yourself and Your Life – Purposefairy
“Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give – pleasure, possessions, power – but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy.” ~ Dada Vaswani The older I get and the more familiar I become with who I really am underneath it all, the more I realize how important it is to be at peace with yourself and the world around you; how important it is to do the things that nurture your mind, revitalize your body and rejuvenate your Soul. I often look around me at how most people live their lives and I have to say that it saddens me. It saddens me because there are people who live as if they aren’t human BEings, but rather ...