Cyberspace - 05/07/08 - On May 5th this week, environmentalist activist John Feeney wrote an article for The Guardian on the topic of overpopulation. Addressing the critical but controversial issue that the world population has exceeded its limits in regard to the resources per capita available, Feeney's research and opinions created a wild debate on the popular news site.
That same day, a crowd of Corrupt supporters organized a cyber hit by posting dissident comments in support of Feeney's views and managed to gain monentum. As of May 7th, 13 out of the 19 most recommended comments are posted by Corrupt supporters. The Corrupt Hq declares the cyberhit a success and wants to thank all of those who chose to participate, especially Mathew Eugene who coordinated the attack. This is a threefold victory:
- Support of John Feeney and overpopulation awareness
- Support and awareness of the Corrupt philosophy
- Increased page ranking for the Corrupt main site
This is a fist in the face of those who choose to deny reality by hiding behind emotional and moral pretense. It's an affirmation of reality, one that is both fun and effective in making other people aware of the same realization.
Corrupt is an influential thinktank & civilization watchdog that believe a better future for humans will come by embracing reality and not silly bureaucratic, academic or emotional abstractions. Our goal is to critique the society of our current time and get human civilization back on track with sorting out our actual problems.
You must have seen the kind of newspaper columns telling you the various ways in which you can be greener and save the planet. Well, if you're cutting down on paper consumption, you'll have read all that spiel online at any rate.
Some of this advice is of use: recycling your plastic bags; driving a more fuel-economic car - and some of it is worse than useless. In particular I am thinking of the big push towards eco light bulbs. Those things crack faster than the ice at a Billy Connolly show - particularly the swirly sort. I have had three of the buggers smash in my house in the past year. Environmentally friendly? That's so inaccurate anyone saying so should be prosecuted under the sales descriptions act. They are not environmentally friendly, they are environmentally lethal.
Victoria McMagnus describes the usefulness in giving up modern lifestyle patterns we don't need in her latest column:
"Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality." Living a life of utter misery, enduring his parents' death at an early age, numerous love affairs shattered and torn, and maintaining no substantial and consistent income, Edgar Allan Poe committed his life to writing. While everyone else was not paying him much attention, Poe continued to write new, provocative and different pieces than what the public and literary elite was used to. Synthesizing the macabre of the Gothic tale with the personal will to power of the emotive Romanticist movement, we are delighted by a blend of prose and verse talent that can be best described as the dark Romanticism that this American poet creatively spawned.
Our creative contributor Joel Meyer has done it again, this time an engaging, in-depth literary study into the genius mind of American Gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe. Read about the man that evolved the Romantic poetic style, fulfilled the Gothic genre, fused mysticism and occult science with modern psychology, invented the stroll/gadabout novel and basically created the modern crime novel as we know it. We're ever grateful to Mr. Meyer and proud to present yet another brilliant addition to our celebrated profile-section.
While automobile ownership and maintenance has changed over the years, there are basic items we can easily attend to with minimal time spent. Most repairs are maintenance items which are easily diagnosable using OBD-II and other methods. Independent mechanics ("indies") partake in a network of other indies to share ideas when they're stuck, and they update their skill sets regularly whenever manufacturers adopt new technologies. As such, using a qualified indie is preferable to the dealership. For DIY-ers, the full technician's manual for nearly every vehicle can be purchased at a dealership, and the OEM parts referenced within the guide can be purchased online at steep discounts. For the less mechanically inclined, following are some easy steps to ensure your vehicle is properly maintained.
I'd like to thank "Ilija Djur" and "Lupus" for contributing with image collages. You did what most people today seem to be uncapable of: being creative for 5-10 min by producing something.
We hope that more people on the contributors list will participate in the projects we send out; most of them are simple enough so that basically anyone can give it a try.
I thought about this yesterday while playing Monopoly: money never "disappears" or "vanishes" as some people like to think, even if a country is in a severe depression. Money is merely transfered to new hands.
Consider this news item we posted earlier this week:
Poor and middle-class families are entering the recession in a precarious situation due in part to declining or stagnant income growth, a study released Wednesday has found.
Humans have a natural desire to know who they are and where they come from, and advances in genetic biology are allowing people to explore their ancestry in a whole new way. DNA testing is now very accessible and affordable for the consumer. However, there are a lot of companies out there offering different tests, and it can be difficult to find what you're looking for, especially for those with a poor understanding of genetics. This guide attempts to give a comparison of the 2 main types of tests offered and to comment on the usefulness of each.
I just stumbled across Charlie Manson's latest album, apparently released under the Creative Commons license, which has offended some people in the public media (OMFG a murderer is abusing our freedom!11!!).
A friend of mine described the music as "psychedelic sophist folk rock, minus the reactionary pacifist themes."
I think Manson is a misunderstood hippie that reacted to the hollow consumer culture in the US, but didn't really have any solution other than "peace-freedom-liberation." He's not mad, just misinformed.
We've just applied new banner images to four of the five editorial sections, plus the staff blog page.
This is a minor update while we prepare the new design for Corrupt, which is complete and is currently being adapted to our CMS system. We think our readers will be more than satisfied with our new look once it's ready.
Attend, if you feel it appropriate spread corrupt propaganda/tshirts, and then do a 1-paragraph write-up on the meeting for CORRUPT blog.
At these meetings, originally designed for hackers, you'll find the future of the subcultures in america: green-aware, nationalist-aware, technology-aware, overpopulation-aware and desperate for direction.
Submit any questions and/or write-ups to the Editor.
According to most affiliated with Corrupt, which form of government do you promote?:
Philosopher King/Enlightened Autocrat
Aristocracy
National Socialism
Fascism
Other
I think that most people assume that I support Communism or Anarchy after they see my "End Democracy" sticker, which is absurd as I support several of the above as viable options for governing.
After much reading of the site, it is still unclear as to whether or not there is an "official" Corrupt ideology concerning government.
Our staff writer Brett Stevens receives some amusing emails now and then. Brett's the kind of guy who doesn't mince his words. Below is a response he sent to a person who seems to have misunderstood why democracy may not be such a good idea.
howdy,
i would like to suggest to you a lesson in american democracy:
give the people pleasant illusions, not reality. they are voting for an
image, like a television program, not reality. in reality, your advisors
run the country and most of what goes on is beyond your control, thanks
We have now sent out a list of questions to John Feeney and expect to be able to publish the complete interview sometime this weekend or early next week. It will be a text-only interview. Mr Feeney appreciated all questions and we look forward to receive his answers.
Recently we've received a lot of feedback from people, some positive and some negative. Most of the negative criticism seems to stem from a misunderstanding of what Corrupt is all about and what we're trying to achieve. Let's take a closer look at this.
Our Plan
I. Audience cultivation, Internet
We want to reach out to a larger mainstream audience on the Internet and build ourself a reputation; a name; a brand. Corrupt is going to be recognized as an online media source for a dislike of the current society and an inspirational will to build a new, future society.
Corrupt is conducting an interview with environmental writer and activist John Feeney. The topics will range from ecology, environmental politics, individual action to related subjects.
We invite our readers to contribute with questions for this interview. We need them before tuesday this week, and as soon as possible!
We want to make change (if you don't, you're confused). We want allies. There is more that unites us than divides us. We will reach out to these people (Other blog suggestions helpful).
Are you using MySpace? Check out Corrupt's MySpace profile and add us to your friends. We regularly send out campaign information, staff news and answer any inquiries you might have.
The latest commercial activity "Miss Bimbo" aims at young children and encourages them to perform plastic surgeries and go on extreme diet programs to achieve the artificial stereotype of the popular bimbo. While this is not the root cause, it is most certainly a symptom of our rotten society that turns everything into a commodity. When we're willing to use our children to gain shallow profits, we know for sure that our values are corrupt.
A meeting of Massachusetts Corrupt members is to take place on Sunday April 13 in Boston, MA. Plans include lunch and then an afternoon of stimulating conversation in the midst of historical works of art at the M.F.A.
Tory councillor John Ward recently caused outrage in mainstream press, when suggesting that parents on benefits with more than one child should be sterilised. His arguments are based on common sense:
A) There are people in our society that live exclusively on benefits alone and continuously produce children, often with many different partners, that hard-working people indirectly have to sustain
This is democracy in a nutshell: people are so anxious to vote but they don't even know why they're voting in the first place. It's all image politics. What's the point in letting uninformed people vote when we can have smart leaders take care of this on their own?
We just received more good news regarding the Pentti Linkola translation. "Could Life Win - And on What Conditions?" has now been proofread and is ready for publication.
Right now, as previously mentioned here, we're waiting for the Finnish book company to process the deal and establish contact with Integral Tradition, who will be publishing our translation in co-operation with Corrupt.
We received a common but nonetheless interesting question today from a reader:
- Why do you oppose liberalism?
There are basically two approaches to life: atomism and holism. Atomism says we need to look at the parts, and only the parts, to understand a process. Holism says we can only understand a process by looking at it in its entirety.
Some of you have been wondering what's happened with the publication of the Pentti Linkola book. Here's a brief summary of what we know so far:
For those who've missed the original news, part of our staff team has dedicated much time to translate the radical ecophilosopher Pentti Linkola's latest book "Could Life Win - And on What Conditions?" into English.
Video games comprise a soft virtual reality, no wonder people these days become addicted to them. When you play them you feel like you're in a timeless void of entertaining distraction; kind of like sitting at McDonald's and having a burger. You see people pass outside, then take another bite, shrug and go "what the heck..."
Most people don't want hope, they want an excuse for not hoping. Corrupt exists to bring people back to hope and then to action.
There's a lot of talk about emotional intelligence (EI) today. I think most of it comes from people who're trying to denounce intellectual ability and IQ-tests. EI-promoters claim we're all equal since we've got emotions and that makes us "special." Some even talk about "physical intelligence." What does that mean; that we're all capable of breathing?
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