Darwin Gosal·Nov 3, 2025The Vice Annuity: How Big Tobacco Financialized Its Own FuneralHow cigarette makers turned dying into the best investment in capitalism — by monetizing both the addiction and the cure
Charles Hugh Smith·Dec 18, 2024The Economy Has Failed the American People, But It’s Taboo To Say WhyThe economy has failed the American people, but it’s taboo to say why because that would undermine the entire power structure that so…A response icon1A response icon1
Charles Hugh Smith·Nov 20, 2024How Do We Fix the Collapse of Quality?There’s a great uplifting hope swirling around the potential to fix what’s broken, and so here’s my question: how do we fix the collapse of…A response icon2A response icon2
Charles Hugh Smith·Oct 23, 2024All The World’s a Stage: Everything Is FakeEverything is staged, and therefore fake. Given the near-zero cost of posting content in the digital world, everyone discovered that…
Charles Hugh Smith·Oct 18, 2024Isn’t It Obvious?Isn’t it obvious? Of course it is. So what’s obvious? That there are sharply different views on what’s obvious.
Charles Hugh Smith·Oct 16, 2024We’re Told This Is Progress, But It’s Actually Anti-ProgressThere’s a curious disconnect between our glorification of Technological Progress and our real-world experience. If we step outside the tent…
Charles Hugh Smith·Jul 3, 2024Move Over, Disaster Capitalism — Make Room for Addiction CapitalismWe’ve all heard of Disaster Capitalism: the Powers That Be either initiate or amplify a crisis as a means of granting themselves…
