Author: Butler Shaffer

    The human failing I would most like to correct is     aggression. It may have had survival advantage in     caveman days, to get more food, territory or partner     with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to     destroy us all.   – Stephen Hawking The central premise of much of my writing over the years has been that the psychopathic nature of the political establishment has reached a critical mass. Like the nuclear weapons that so represent the state’s war against life, this critical mass threatens the very existence of mankind. The collective madness implicit in every … Continue reading →

I have come to the conclusion that imperialism and exploitation are forms of cannibalism and, in fact, are precisely those forms of cannibalism which are most diabolical or evil.                                  – Jack D. Forbes It is an unavoidable fact of nature that living beings can survive only by consuming other forms of life. Neither dirt, sand, nor rocks, nor other lifeless matter, can provide nourishment to maintain the continuing renewal of energy upon which living things depend. It is the mark of civilized people to reject the consumption … Continue reading →