Tag Archives: greed

Iran’s dream of democracy once oil was discovered

Posted on June 27, 2025 by borderslynn

This was the ceremonial and spiritual capital of a vast empire, built by Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, titans whose names still echo through history. Giant statues of winged bulls guard the Gate of All Nations, through which princes from vassal … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC), Democrats, diplomacy v use of force, dominance, early oil exploration, geopolitics, greed, Iran, Iraq, middle east, October Surprise, oil rich, Persia, politics, power, Republicans, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

Growth by negation

Posted on June 23, 2025 by borderslynn

Some extracts from this book: This book will haunt you if you are already perplexed about the pain and suffering in the world. It is an honest realisation of a hopeful young person learning about capitalism, which he ultimately coins … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged capitalism, cowardice, do no harm, greed, growth, hate, innovation, legacy, responsibility, technology, trade | Leave a comment

DOT-COM to AI: Investor hysteria

Posted on June 18, 2025 by borderslynn

Dot – Com began 1995. PSI-net went public. It was one of the first internet providers. Bill Schrader was co founder of PSI-net. By July of that year, he was worth $105 million. By 2001, PSINet had declared bankruptcy. The … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, bankruptcies, betting, dot-com, false dawn, financial mistakes, greed, hype, Internet, investors, naive expectations, overconfidence, quick buck, technology | Leave a comment

Latest from Global Witness

Posted on September 16, 2024 by borderslynn

Global Witness Press release | Sept. 10, 2024 More than 2,100 land and environmental defenders killed globally between 2012 and 2023 Share thisTweetShare FacebookShare LinkedIn Read this content in:FrançaisPortuguêsEspañol Land and environmental defenders Tuesday 10 September 2024, London – At least … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged big business, climate crisis, criminals, deforestation, dictators, environment, greed, human rights, immoral corporates, killing of activists, mining, planet destruction, river pollution, violence | Leave a comment

Boreal Forest (taiga):consequences of permafrost melt

Posted on June 26, 2024 by borderslynn

A starting point for understanding more about the ancient pristine carbon sink boreal forest of the northern hemisphere is to read through the following link: https://www.treehugger.com/fascinating-facts-about-the-boreal-forest-4858782 We humans are now into the final phase of destroying our planet, we are … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Boreal Forest, climate change, climate change denial, destruction, disregard of indigenous, earth, exploitation, freshwater, greed, guardianship, human financial gain, logging, permafrost melt, preservation, protection, respect, soil, taiga, wildlife extinction | Leave a comment

Spyware: Who gets targeted?

Posted on April 19, 2024 by borderslynn

Of the 50,000 phone numbers in the data, we had been able to verify, with multiple sources for each, the identities of more than 1,000 people from fifty countries. The count included more than 600 politicians and government officials, including … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged amnesty international, AWS, capitalism, DarkMatters, data servers, Elbit Systems, greed, human suffering, illegal settlements, imprisoning citizens, israel, Israel vs Palestinians, journalism, Nimbus Project, Palestine, Pegasus, private intrusion as a service industry, profit before people, Security Lab, spyware, UAE, violence, wealth, yemen | Leave a comment

Mexico: targeting journalists

Posted on March 24, 2024 by borderslynn

So many journalists have been murdered since the Mexican government acquired the NSO malware, Pegasus. We were essentially picking up reporting threads left unfinished by a handful of brave Mexican journalists who had been killed, most likely by assassins from … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 20 to 21st century, bribery, corruption, destruction, drug cartels, drug trade history, greed, inside job, israel, kidnapping, Mexico, migrants, murder, NSO, Pegasus malware, people trafficking, poverty, President Bush, Presidents of Mexico, spyware, thugs, violence | Leave a comment

Deforestation and Mining, last gasp of the planet

Posted on December 17, 2023 by borderslynn

Countries that benefit from profits from mining and agricultural produce grown in the deforested Amazon should be prosecuted for Ecocide. But the momentum of destruction goes on to provide a short lived benefit of maintaining quality living standards for those … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amazon, banking, contamination, corporates, destruction, gold, greed, intimidation, land defenders, legality, minining, murder, rainforest, rivers, short term profit | Leave a comment

‘You play with our world, like it’s your little toy’

Posted on March 19, 2022 by borderslynn

Dylan put it into words. I am singing it now. I cannot believe we are seeing a beautiful land and its people being attacked in the 21st century, with the most cruel weapons. The industries that made these weapons are … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged finite resources, greed, sadism, wealth, weapons industry | Leave a comment

Smelting non-ferrous metals: soil and air pollution

Posted on April 29, 2021 by borderslynn

Non-ferrous metals are pure metals, mostly without traces of iron. They are more costly than ferrous metals. They are light in weight, not magnetic, possess high conductivity. The important ones today are aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, titanium, zinc. Mined … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged abuse of powerr, acid rain, climate change, coal-fired energy, coercive strategies, corporate power, electronics, greed, health and safety, hydro power, killing trees, mined ores, non-ferrous metals, poisoned environment, pollution, renewable energy, smelting, toxic soil | 2 Comments

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