Tag Archives: Bartolome de las Casas
Columbus Day: Makes as much sense as “Osama bin Laden Day”
…And of course, “Osama bin Laden” day makes absolutely no sense… Yes, that’s a deliberately provocative and not entirely defensible headline. And no, I’m not trying to argue in favor of there being an “Osama bin Laden Day.” But think … Continue reading →
Collapse Is Unnecessary Because All Money Is Fake
So Greece has now “defaulted” on its international “obligations,” thereby becoming the first developed nation to challenge the hegemony of the international system of finance—as opposed to the actual economy—by simply not paying. Russia Today puts it thusly: The International … Continue reading →
RECLAIMING THE ECONOMIC VALUES OF THE “NEW WORLD”
Ah, Columbus Day—the birthday, nay, the Christmas of colonialism in the Americas. And like Christmas, almost nothing about it is factual, i.e., Jesus wasn’t born on December 25th, there is no Santa Claus—in the same way, Columbus didn’t discover anything, … Continue reading →