#Ruling class

Via Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, Virtue-signaling doesn't signal virtue--it signals decline and collapse. There are many reasons why Imperial Rome declined, but two primary causes that get relatively little attention are moral decay and soaring wealth inequality. The two are of course

Submitted by Charles Hugh-SMith via OfTwoMinds blog, In this war of the rising and fading elites, there is no common ground or incentive to compromise. Historian Michael Grant identified profound political disunity in the ruling elite as a key cause of the dissolution of the Roman Empire. Grant

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, ELECTION NOTE: As I write this Tuesday evening, it appears Donald Trump may win the presidency. For those who cannot understand how anyone could possibly vote for Trump, please read the above essay again and ponder what people were voting

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Sadly, our self-serving Ruling Elite is only capable of resisting needed transformation by supporting a corrupt, sclerotic status quo. Though it has been billed as the main event for months, the presidential election has always been a side