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The Alchemy of Power

Religion always gets used for power purposes. “European colonialism didn’t invent religious capture, but it industrialized it.” https://tantaman.substack.com/p/the-alchemy-of-power

Secularized Worship

Religion in another form is still doing the damage. “A system built on terror produced terrified people who perpetuated terror. A system built on lies produced people who could no longer distinguish truth. A system built on the surveillance of… Read More »Secularized Worship

Economy vs. Ecology

Economy and Ecology come from the same language concept. Both come from oikos, which means “house”. Economy is joined with nemein, which means “to manage”. Ecology is joined with logia, which means “study of”. Nowadays we focus a lot on… Read More »Economy vs. Ecology

Debugging the Confusion: Liberalism vs Leftism

What’s the difference? “And it failed. The proletariat did not revolt. The workers bought cars and televisions and became, in their modest way, bourgeois. The prediction did not come true. History did not end as promised.” https://tantaman.substack.com/p/debugging-the-confusion-liberalism

The New Lords

It is good to define what we are talking about. “The conservative said: society is not a machine to be redesigned but an organism that has evolved. Its customs, hierarchies, and prejudices—yes, even its prejudices—encode wisdom we cannot fully articulate.… Read More »The New Lords

The most brilliant move in corporate history?

If you thought the military spending is high. “Google, $185 billion. Microsoft, $114 billion. Meta, $135 billion. Combined: $650 billion. [Not including OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX/XAI.] That is like buying the US Navy every year. “ https://asymco.com/2026/03/10/the-most-brilliant-move-in-corporate-history/