Michael Emero

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ADDED Dec 21, 2020

Who Really Designates America's Priorities, Villains and Future?

Why Questioning the Rationality of Capitalist Nationalism is Essential for Humanity's Continued Evolution (and Existence)

ADDED Oct 17, 2019

Imagine for a Moment.... a Future to Believe In

Just imagine living in an America that has the policies Bernie & Co. are pushing for. Poverty will be virtually eliminated. Medical and Student Debt Relief will be huge burdens lifted...

ADDED Oct 13, 2019

The Reality of #Bernieorbust

There are two ways to look at an election in America, particularly during the primary season. One is the idea that choosing a candidate is about preference. It's about who you can...

ADDED Oct 12, 2019

Biden Vs Trump. Warren Vs Bernie. Red Vs. Blue. Me Vs. You.

Turn on the TV, open a social media feed, and what do you find? Scandals in the Ukraine, with arguments over whose dirty hands are more at fault. Outrage over celebrities chumming up to...

ADDED Jan 5, 2019

My Fellow Americans

This country is held together by lies. Our state religion is indoctrinated to us all as children until we can no longer use logic or rationality properly. We are schooled that we're...

ADDED Apr 21, 2018

"Rationality Is a Russian Shill"

We need to build a national anti-war campaign. The establishment's propaganda machine is working overtime filling all of our heads with this governmental soap opera drama, maintaining...

ADDED Apr 8, 2018

Have You Seen the New E-Trade Commercials Which Sum up Modern America?

Has anyone seen the new E-Trade commercials running, which sum up the problem with modern America? They show some frustrated grunt workers, being scorned and scoffed at by rich assholes...

ADDED Dec 29, 2017

Identifying the American Taliban

You may have heard of the Religious Right, yet the Left is just as religious. Both faithfully do worship- not Christianity, however, but today's Cult of Profits. 'Representatives' serve...

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Profit Is Theft: It Sounds Absurd but Here's Why

The disparity between what the average worker earns and what CEOs take home is staggering — and it makes clear that the 99% does, in fact, need a raise. But while fighting for a $15...

ADDED Nov 3, 2017

The Divided States of Hypocrisy: Americans, Prisoners of Language.

We The People, in general, are a divided people. Pick any topic or issue, and there is bound to be some heated version of "Us and Them"- if not outright conflict over it. We seem to...

ADDED Oct 19, 2017

Let's Call a Spade a Spade, America...

The Democratic Party is, ironically, still certain that using insincere public relations strategies can solve growing public distrust/disgust of their political elite con-men. Their...

ADDED Oct 1, 2017

The Real Problem With Trump Is He's a Great American.

What does it mean to be American? Citizenship, one may think, but the media and court of public opinion would disagree. True patriotism gets interpreted by some as angrily defending...

ADDED Jun 12, 2017

Russia Russia Russia

Putting America's greatest threats in truthful perspective.

ADDED Jun 1, 2017

Rational Self-Preservation Through Global Unity

Imagine a world where instead of eternally fighting each other in defense of our various cliques, cults, colors, creeds or groups, we began first defending all humans and the planet...

ADDED May 17, 2017

Sometimes We Must Change the Variables of Our Equation

Doing the 'right thing' in life is super important. Miss a few car payments at eighteen, and those rates will jump. Overdraft by two dollars, a barely-working monthly budget becomes...

ADDED May 13, 2017

Defeating Lesser-Evil Public Relations 101

Understanding and confronting the modern norm of death by duplicitous politicking.

ADDED Apr 27, 2017

Make America Think Again: Reprogramming Our Brains Beyond Capitalist Consumerism

It's been said that the original computers are our brains. But what if that's more than a metaphor? What if I told you we could use that analogy as insight, and escape mental slavery by...

ADDED Apr 19, 2017

Understanding American Society: Humanity's Paradox of Progress

Civilization is really just the organization of humankind coalescing and maturing. Our contrasting ideas produce positive collaboration when peacefully harmonized- artistically...

ADDED Apr 14, 2017

Understanding American Society: Keeping Unprofitable Peace Unpopular

While skepticism in human nature today seems absolutely warranted, the reality is most people in the world are quite peaceful. Consciously or unconsciously, the vast majority of...

ADDED Apr 7, 2017

American Society: the Spiritual Bailout

Humility, acceptance of constructive criticism, always being open to the possibility of differing perspectives and superior new information- these are critical attributes when defining...

ADDED Apr 6, 2017

American Terrorism Is Best Viewed From a Mirror

What makes someone a terrorist? Someone who has an inclination toward violence to get their way. Someone who can't be reasoned with using logic or facts. They will not or cannot see any...

ADDED Mar 31, 2017

The Case for Individual Independence

True democracy is a nation of Independent voters. Allegiance to any one political party is putting part of our identities into other people's hands. Selecting our best qualified...

ADDED Mar 18, 2017

America's Greatest Enemy Is Our Own Self-Defeating Division

"Capitalism is Evil!" "No, socialism is Evil!" "You must love oligarchy!" "You must love communism!" Sound familiar? That's what passes for "debate" these days- beating each other over...

ADDED Mar 17, 2017

The Real "Us or Them" Choice

The most important truth for anyone to understand today is this: Without limits and oversight, Capitalism is Sociopathy. When used as a tool in carefully monitored ethical and humane...

ADDED Feb 27, 2017

Reassessing America's Political Landscape

Now that the Democrats have (s)elected their latest unrepentant Clinton lackey and protoge of Neoliberal corporatism for the spot of DNC Chair-- in a secretive unrecorded vote, no less...

ADDED Feb 27, 2017

You Want Nationalism? Fine, You Got It.

The following piece is a work of satire*. The fact that it is nearly indistinguishable from some folk’s disturbing view of reality is, I think, an apt commentary on our citizenry’s...

ADDED Feb 25, 2017

Common Sense Revisited: the Activism of Kindness

Everything we do in life serves as an example to someone, whether anyone involved is even consciously aware of it. Whatever these people (be it ourselves, co-workers, kids, family, even...

ADDED Feb 22, 2017

The Lessons of Standing Rock

In mid-November of 2016, I was a Water Protector at Standing Rock. At first my goal was to play investigative journalist; documenting then writing about every detail for my article...

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Growing Huge Amounts of Food on 1/2 an Acre - Urban Abundance

In the small town of Oxford, Kane and Fiona Hogan have transformed their urban 1/2-acre property into abundant veggie gardens. Their business Urban Gardener aims to build resilience and...

ADDED Feb 20, 2017

The Real Division: Humanity Vs Psychopathy

Want to be able to breath throughout this coming decade? Are you against the for-profit tax-funded constant wars, drone strikes, and bloated military industrial complex? Maybe even...

ADDED Feb 18, 2017

Surviving Capitalist Depression

We live in a toxic society filled with toxic people. Even the ones with the best hearts- including ourselves- have been raised in ignorance, with disinformation. Our examples of...

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Trump's Actions Warrant a General National Strike

Political movements rarely succeed without causing discomfort and inconvenience

ADDED Jan 31, 2017

The Mental "Garbage In, Garbage Out" Principle

Humans are fascinating creatures. Our brains are wired to solve puzzles, so we see them everywhere. In the news, in our relationships, in movies and foreign policy- we take the...

ADDED Jan 29, 2017

The New Worldwide Rallying Cry: Ethical Humanism

There's a meme going around that says "My religion is kindness; I'm basically against anything that harms the planet or the people on it." Another one points out, "If your religion...

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Obama's Hidden Role in Worsening Climate Change

It should be a scandal that leftists-liberals paint Trump as a special threat, a war mongerer – not Obama who is the first president to be at war everyday of his eight years, who is...

ADDED Jan 23, 2017

The Political Elite: Idiots... or Criminals?

I've been seeing a lot of people convinced that the DNC and all establishment Democrats are total idiots. How could they not be, when they sabotaged an easy win (Bernie) to prop up a...

ADDED Jan 18, 2017

Choosing and Practicing Happiness: Handling Negative Emotions

Being truly happy isn't some gift or new toy you're given (though many people confuse the two). It's not the moment all your perceived negatives are resolved, nor a state of perpetually...

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My Favorite Definition of Privilege

My favorite definition of privilege is 'thinking something's not a problem because it's not a problem to you.'

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This Short Film Plays Out Like an Epic Movie That Will Shake Your Soul - But the Movie Is Real, and We are The Actors

For next year, we need a resolution capable of confronting the crisis we face, and making a future worth fighting for.

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Living Through an Age of Unraveling

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.” ― R. Buckminster Fuller

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