Back in December 2020, NPR tried to debunk the lab leak hypothesis. I immediately suspected this was a false claim. How did I know? My first heuristic for spotting propaganda: Anytime I see a quote that uses the phrases "zero evidence", ‘“scientists say,” and “baseless,” I know it's propaganda.

by Chipit to /s/propaganda from treeofwoe.substack.com

Running on Empty, Part IV: How the War between Russia and Ukraine is Destroying the Petrodollar System. Vladimir Putin is essentially the first world leader to defy the petrodollar successfully. There no longer seems to be any reasonable prospect of returning to the pre-war world order.

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from treeofwoe.substack.com

What most people are missing is that the western central banking system has always known that the petrodollar would fail. The neoliberal design is to replace the petrodollar with a “carbon dollar” system. They’re employing austerity in their target nations by raising food and energy prices.

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from treeofwoe.substack.com

How the Petrodollar System Restored, Then Ruined, America's Economy. America’s global hegemony is based on the petrodollar system and the Russo-Ukraine war is rapidly bringing that system to an end. The end of the petrodollar will be the end of the world order as we have known it since 1945.

by Chipit to /s/WorldNews from treeofwoe.substack.com

“Who are the people most opposed to escapism? Jailors!” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, as quoted by C.S. Lewis. America’s comic books, games, movies, novels, and TV shows were currently undergoing spoliation. Ascendant: Star-Spangled Squadron will not subvert your expectations.

by Chipit to /s/Comics from treeofwoe.substack.com

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has announced plans to establish a state militia called the Florida State Guard. The mainstream media has characterized this as an event of unprecedented villainy. It will come as no surprise media is being dishonest and fraudulent on this issue. What’s the reality?

by Chipit to /s/media_criticism from treeofwoe.substack.com

The update to Superman’s motto is simply another act of spoliation by the winners of the culture war. Spoliation means “incorporating art into a setting culturally or chronologically different from that of its creation.”

by Chipit to /s/politics from treeofwoe.substack.com

Why We Must Lay A New Foundation. Much of contemporary thought — broadly dubbed “postmodernism” — abandons both reason and reality. It is the philosophical universe in which progressivism has flourished, conservatism has failed, and physiocracy must somehow develop.

by Chipit to /s/Philosophy from treeofwoe.substack.com

America today is a dystopia. The ruling class has pilfered the wealth and productivity of three generations of workers, financialized it into securities, and sold it to the globe. Now the factories and infrastructure of the country decay, and with them go our productive capacities.

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from treeofwoe.substack.com

Conservatism is Dead. - by Tree of Woe - Contemplations on the Tree of Woe

by carn0ld03 to /s/USPolitics from treeofwoe.substack.com

Conservative Victories in the Culture Wars. "I’ve recently completed work on an exhaustively-detailed history of the culture wars in the United States. Unlike most academic work today, which is “default liberal,” I’ve written from a right-wing view point, focusing on how the Right has succeeded."

by Chipit to /s/books from treeofwoe.substack.com

Christian Theology According to St. Gygax. Christianity described as an RPG.

by Chipit to /s/Religion from treeofwoe.substack.com

When Orcs were Real

by carn0ld03 to /s/history from treeofwoe.substack.com