J. B. Shurk – Americans are pessimistic about the future. They also view past decades more favorably than they do the present one. The “land of opportunity” is gone. The “American dream” is gone. What remains is a fading memory of what America used to be without an underlying promise that its erstwhile preeminence can be restored.
This pessimism is not peculiar to those living inside the United States. A growing body of research shows that national populations around the world are depressed about the future. Billions of smartphones, exponentially multiplying digital entertainments, and social media platforms connecting millions each minute are evidently not creating sufficient conditions for human optimism or happiness. Continue reading
Brandon Smith – In July of last year as the hype surrounding the covid pandemic was finally dying out I published an article about a barely publicized project called the “Council For Inclusive Capitalism.”
Richard Poe – Most Patriots agree that we’re fighting something called “globalism.”