In 1949, sometime after the publication of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World (1931), who was then living in California, wrote to Orwell. Huxley had briefly taught French to Orwell as a student in high school at Eton. Huxley generally praises Orwell’s novel, which to many seemed very similar to Brave New World […]
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Haiti: Black Despots And White Rulers
The horror story in Haiti since 2004 is not really about despotic Black government, but is the consequence and crime of global white rule. “Moïse is the product of a broader system blocking Haiti’s democratic path and sovereignty, a system that is built and maintained by the white rulers of the world.” The past week […]
Despots Dominate the WHO and the UNHRC
The Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room of the Palace of Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland. The room is the meeting place of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Photo: Ludovic Courtès via Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – I understand why Joe Biden wants to rejoin the World Health Organization and the UN Human Rights Council. […]
Waipio Valley: Home of Demons, Demi-Gods, and Despots
Hidden deep in the dark blue heart of the Pacific Ocean drifts the Hawaiian Archipelago. One of the youngest landmasses on the planet, made up of 137 volcanic islands covering an area of 1,500 miles (2,414 km). It is an enchanted crossroads of ancient and modern civilization, eastern and western cultures, and also a place […]
Power Corrupts: A Culture of Compliance Breeds Despots and Predators
Power Corrupts: A Culture of Compliance Breeds Despots and Predators By WashingtonsBlogwashingtonsblog.com By John Whitehead, constitutional and civil rights attorney, the Rutherford Institute. All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. – Frank Herbert Power corrupts. Worse, as 19th-century […]