[on Climate Change:] What If It's All

It (the Chinese Move To Embrace Capitalism In 1989) Is A Mirror Of The Corporatist State First Pioneered In Chile Under Pinochet: A Revolving Door Between Corporate And Political Elites Who Combine Their Power To Eliminate Workers As An Organized Political Force. The Creation Of Today's Market Society Was Not The Result Of A Sequence Of Spontaneous Events But Rather Of State Interference And Violence.

Politics Hates A Vacuum. If It Isn't Filled With Hope, Someone Will Fill It With Fear.

There Are Lots Of Incredible People Who Are Working In Very Flawed Structures That Are Designed To Keep Us Apart, So We're Going To Have To Figure This Out. The First Stage Is Just Talking About It Openly: We Are All Working Within Structures Where There Is A Disincentive To Do What We Most Need To Do, Which Is Come Together. I Don't Know What The Answer Is But I Definitely Think That That First Stage Is Just Being Honest About It And Trying To Speak About It In A Way That Is Not Just Accusatory.

Africa Is Poor Because Its Investors And Its Creditors Are Unspeakably Rich.

There's A Property In Panama Where Trump Has Collected Somewhere Around $30 Million Just From Selling His Name To This Property - It's Somewhere Between $30 Million And $50 Million. It Would Be So Easy For A Developer To Slap On An Extra $6 Million To A Trump Licensing Deal And Have That Be A Backdoor Bribe. Who Are We To Say What That Is Worth? It's So Ephemeral. And This Is The Appeal Of Selling Something As Ephemeral As A Brand Name, Is That It Can Be Inflated Beyond All Reason.