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Hypocracy as a form of government

The imprisonment, torture and slow-motion state-sanctioned murder of truth-telling Australian journalist Julian Assange is a live demonstration of the depths to which Western so-called "democracies" have sunk. Hypocrisy is now such an emblem of their everyday behaviour that I propose renaming their systems of rule as "hypocracy". Today, for example (June 1, 2023) I read in my daily news "feed" that the United States military is so troubled by allegations of war crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan that US forces might be prevented from working with the accused unit - the Australian Special Air…

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Read more about the article A serf’s guide to feudalism
Serfs paying up. From northumberlandarchives.com

A serf’s guide to feudalism

Feudalism is back in fashion. With that in mind, here's a handy rhetorical rough guide for beginner serfs. While nobody can teach you to serf, history can be a guide, showing you what to expect. Once you get started who knows? Maybe it won't seem so strange after all. A serf's role in a feudal system is simple. The serf is granted access to a small piece of somebody else’s productive resource on condition they use it to generate a surplus for the owner. In return they may retain a portion of their production for their…

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Jack and Lily with their adopted daughter - my mother

In praise of family history

In my younger days I couldn't find a reason to be interested in family history. I mean, I listened to the stories my parents and grandparents told about their early lives and usually found them interesting and often surprising, but the general idea of "family history" left me cold. That was, I think, mostly because a lot of people who talked to me about family history were eager for me to know that they were descended from some illustrious famous personage or a convict First-Fleeter and it was clear that I was supposed to be impressed.…

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