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Author: Jason Holland

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Are News Media and Academia Feeding Us a Pseudo-Reality While Ignoring  Big Systemic Questions?
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Are News Media and Academia Feeding Us a Pseudo-Reality While Ignoring Big Systemic Questions?

by Jason HollandJuly 23, 2023July 23, 2023

Only by asking the right questions will we escape old world opportunism “The newsreel is rolling, words are at an all-time cheap The more they …

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Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth Part II
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Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth Part II

by Jason HollandMarch 18, 2023May 24, 2024

By Jason Holland and William Hawes “…the uncontrolled growth of technology destroys the vital sources of our humanity. It creates a culture without a moral …

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Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth
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Enough Science, Gimme Some Truth

by Jason HollandNovember 25, 2022May 19, 2024

A needed critique on scientism that the mainstream press ignores.

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On this July 4th Remember: Patriotism Is But Loyalty to the Dominator Cult De Jour
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On this July 4th Remember: Patriotism Is But Loyalty to the Dominator Cult De Jour

by Jason HollandJuly 4, 2022July 5, 2022

July 4th Is a Celebration of Your Enslavement

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Questioning Covid-19 Pandemic Logic
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Questioning Covid-19 Pandemic Logic

by Jason HollandJanuary 25, 2022January 31, 2022

The narratives of pandemic logic are beginning to unravel somewhat it seems. The UK has dropped its covid restrictions and the US is losing interest …

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Poetry

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by Jason HollandSeptember 27, 2021October 6, 2021

A poem on things not recommended.

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Krishnamurti: Work Is an Intolerable Imprisonment
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Krishnamurti: Work Is an Intolerable Imprisonment

by Jason HollandSeptember 24, 2021September 24, 2021

Wage slavery is slavery. It is unacceptable the people are forced into a monetary system and all the land is held for ransom paid via your slavery.

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How Science Ignores The Living World — An Interview With Vine Deloria
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How Science Ignores The Living World — An Interview With Vine Deloria

by Jason HollandSeptember 13, 2021September 24, 2021

An urgent critique on the industry of science and Westerner’s motivation and pursuit of wanting to know.

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Power Weaponizes Shame
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Power Weaponizes Shame

by Jason HollandSeptember 10, 2021September 10, 2021

Shame within a social hierarchy is the most effective tool known to control human behavior ever.

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It’s a Culture of Fear
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It’s a Culture of Fear

by Jason HollandSeptember 9, 2021September 9, 2021

This song by Thievery Corporation seems apropos for the moment. Enjoy.

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Housing Profiteers
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Housing Profiteers

by Jason HollandJune 23, 2021June 23, 2021

I reside in Orlando, a city laden with socio-economic facades which echo the theme park set pieces for which the city is best known – Shiny on the …

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The Commodification of Art – Part II
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The Commodification of Art – Part II

by Jason HollandJune 20, 2021June 20, 2021

Part I of The Commodification of Art can be found here. “I could always live in my art but never in my life” – a …

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The Sobbing Sound of Trees
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The Sobbing Sound of Trees

by Jason HollandJune 2, 2021June 11, 2021

“Why do humans have to work so hard to destroy every good thing that feeds our life?“ Author, philosopher, Jon Jandai who promotes self reliance …

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The Rule Follower Mentality Is the Primary Threat to Liberty
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The Rule Follower Mentality Is the Primary Threat to Liberty

by Jason HollandMay 24, 2021May 24, 2021

Rule follower mentalities, the lovers of law and order, are the epitome of what Hannah Arendt coined as the banality of evil, and this mentality …

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Slavery and the Age of Ego
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Slavery and the Age of Ego

by Jason HollandApril 18, 2021April 18, 2021

The continual expanse of western enslavement culture has never been directly about race, class, or any other perceived external divisions, rather it’s an ego sickness …

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Henry Miller’s Thoughts on How Much He Loves NYC
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Henry Miller’s Thoughts on How Much He Loves NYC

by Jason HollandApril 6, 2021April 6, 2021

Here’s a short little clip of Henry Miller describing how he remembers New York City and what he thought of it in what I assume …

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The Voters Strike
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The Voters Strike

by Jason HollandNovember 3, 2020November 3, 2020

On this holy day of voting in America I am blasphemer supreme.

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Covid-19: A Series of Unlikely Events
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Covid-19: A Series of Unlikely Events

by Jason HollandOctober 28, 2020December 21, 2020

Covid-19 uses bad data on death certificates which is at the core of the argumentation around covid-19 being the threat it’s claimed to be

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The Riots
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The Riots

by Jason HollandJune 19, 2020June 19, 2020

I came across this Charles Bukowski poem and thought it apropos for our times: The Riots I’ve watched this city burn twicein my lifetimeand the …

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The Implications of Social Hierarchy & Questioning the Right to Rule
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The Implications of Social Hierarchy & Questioning the Right to Rule

by Jason HollandJune 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Wherever there is strict social hierarchy among people or animals inequality, angst, and discord will soon follow.

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“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.”
― Lao Tzu


“They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machine and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it.”

-George Carlin


Spanish proverb: honra y provecho no caben en un saco (Honour and money are not to be found in the same purse)


 

“I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect. And now I am eking out my days in my corner, taunting myself with the bitter and entirely useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot seriously become anything, that only a fool can become something.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes From Underground


 

“A path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you . . . Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself alone, one question . . . Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t it is of no use.” – Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda


Hunter S Thompson on the 60s & Bay area from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:

“There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . .

And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . .

So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”


“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.” – Marcel Proust

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The Commodification of Art – Redux

by Jason HollandFebruary 27, 2025February 27, 20250

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by Jason HollandApril 14, 2024April 14, 20240

I found some quotes in the Bible that I thought were pretty radical to the contemporary mindset. It seems convenient how so many Christians just…

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On Rage and Non-Acceptance

by Jason HollandMarch 26, 2024March 26, 20240

There’s no doubt about it, I’ve struggled with numerous bouts of rage in my life. Those moments have become more rare as I age however…

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Why Peace Is Impossible in Western Society Part III

by Jason HollandJanuary 23, 2024January 23, 20240

  “They're profiting from your worry" - Andrew Bird, Bloodless To read prior installments: Here for Part I. And Part II here. In this series…

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Why Peace Is Impossible in Western Society Part II

by Jason HollandOctober 7, 2023May 1, 20240

In case you missed it, part I can be read here.  There are common patterns in societies that operate like a giant pyramid scheme. They…

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