The new issue of JOHNSTONE is now available to order in print or download as a pay-what-you-want e-book version. This issue features a painting of Jeff Bezos.
It says so much about how diseased our society has become that the most revered and respected among us are emotionally stunted man-babies who have used monopolistic thuggishness and trickery to become billionaires.
Bezos. Musk. Thiel. Altman. Ellison. These neurotic freaks have no redeeming characteristics and nothing going for them as people beyond a knack for extracting wealth from the working class, and yet they’re the ones calling the shots for the trajectory our species is going to follow into the future. They’re the ones making headlines and receiving groveling softball interviews from sycophantic reporters and podcasters. They’re the ones our warped civilization points to as role models we should all strive to be like.
These men are not wise. They don’t know how to live happy lives. They are ideologically opposed to providing for the common good of everyone. Ask them what major changes they want to see in our society and they’ll say something a twelve year-old child would say, like “I want us to go to Mars!” They are the least qualified people on earth to lead us. And yet they are the ones our corrupt capitalist system has elevated to positions of oligarchic leadership.
This cannot be permitted to continue. When someone is drunk, you take away their keys so they cannot drive their car into innocent people. When someone is an evil idiot, you need to take away the means by which he rules the world so that he cannot drive humanity off a cliff.
The entire system which elevates these bastards to the top of our society has got to go the way of the dinosaur.
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CONTENTS
Using AI Instead Of Writing Turns Your Brain Into Cheez Whiz … 4
When The Gates Of Tech Dystopia Snap Shut … 6
If The Truth Is A Threat To Israel, Then Israel Should Not Exist … 8
Advanced Technology Will Not Save Us … 10
It Took A Live-Streamed Genocide To Punch Through The Wall Of Western Apathy … 12
No One Gives A Fuck About October 7 … 14
You Are Morally Obligated To Oppose Genocide And Apartheid Regardless Of Your Religion … 16
Zionism Is OBVIOUSLY A Racist Ideology … 18
They’re Still Trying To Rehab Biden’s Genocidal Image, And Other Notes … 19
Meditations On The Botched Execution Of Christa Pike … 22
Being Forcefully Pro-Palestine Weeds The Terrible People Out Of Your Life … 23
Saying You Listen To AI Music Is Like Saying You Have An AI Girlfriend … 24
AI Won’t Solve Humanity’s Problems Because Our Problems Aren’t Caused By Lack Of Intelligence … 26
Be Kind To Your Adult Children Or They’ll Stop Talking To You … 28
Empire Psychosis … 30
Tech Plutocrats Cannot Lead Us Into A Healthy Future … 31
Under Capitalism It’s Legal For Employers To Steal From Employees … 32
It’s Good To Bully Celebrities About Palestine … 34
The Real Danger Of AI Is That It Is Run By Evil Warmongers … 36
Some Words About This Whole Caitlin Johnstone Project … 38
I Still Believe Humanity Is Headed For A Mass Awakening … 40
Assange Returns To Public Commentary, And Other Notes … 42
Mike Huckabee Is The Most Evil Person In The Trump Administration … 44
Debunking The Claim That Macklemore Has A “History Of Antisemitism” … 46
Macklemore’s Tour Cancellation Shows Why Celebrities Don’t Criticize Israel … 50
Awakening To The Truth On Every Level … 52
No, We’re Not Having The “It’s Not Genocide” Conversation Anymore … 54
There’s No Good Reason Why Poverty Should Still Exist … 56
Three Major Revelations About The Gaza Holocaust In The Israeli Press … 58
Western Civilization Is A Phony Pop Star … 61
Oh My God Shut The Fuck Up About “Antisemitism” … 62
Israel Is Destroying Evidence Of Genocide In Gaza … 64
Liberal Zionists Are Evil Shitbags … 66
Hey Americans! Escape Debt By Going To War With Iran! … 68
Supporters Of Capitalism Are Victims Of Their Own Cognitive Biases … 70
For A Westerner, Opposing The Empire Is The Only Path To Dignity … 72
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"the most revered and respected among us are emotionally stunted man-babies......yet they’re the ones calling the shots for the trajectory our species is going to follow into the future.......They’re the ones our warped civilization points to as role models we should all strive to be like."
Part of the reason this is happening is because children are taught from kindergarten on that they need to get an education so they can grow up and make a lot of money. Never mind so they will have a lot of knowledge. We, as a society, consider people with big salaries to be successful. We don't go on about all the great people who really work to help other people get out of poverty, find decent housing, live safe lives. Sure we make a few comments about what great work some of those people are doing, but it is having a big car, a big house, designer clothes that really seems to be what impresses people. That is as big a problem as the greedy money grubbers themselves are.
I thought it was a painting of Elmer Fudd on the cover at first! You gotta admit that Bezos and Elmer look (and act) an awful lot alike. :-)