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Another example of Outsider Art, the curious "art" created by people for reasons unbeknownst to others, for no reason other than the simple joy of creation.
I rather love the creepy doll...
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The Mechanics of History...
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An excellent long read that looks at the rise of anti-depressants as treatments for chemical imbalances in the brain.
Spoiler, the short answer is they don't. But it doesn't stop us for looking for quick fixes and all the quacks in Western Medicine are far too happy to oblige.
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(Above: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly)
Thought I'd written up before, but apparently not. James Hampton, Outsider artist and author of the as of yet undeciphered Book of the 7 Dispensation.
More Batshit brilliance, art for it's own (or otherwise unfathomed) sake.
Outsider artist James Hampton, Wiki, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hampton_(artist), and on the Smithsonian: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/throne-third-heaven-nations-millennium-general-assembly-9897 and https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/book-7-dispensation-9898
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From Boing-Boing, following yet another officer shooting:
It's about being trained to see yourself as a warrior at war with the public. It's about being trained to escalate to lethal force at the first sign of armed noncompliance. It's about being trained that lack of control justifies violence to take it irrespective of rights or risks. It's about having one of the safest public service jobs in America while maintaining the thrilling fantasy of danger. It's about being trained to expect the best sex of your life after you kill someone.
Link: https://boingboing.net/2017/09/21/oklahoma-cops-yell-orders-at-d.html
The problems are written right into the rulebook by the police themselves. Questions: Why do police carry guns? The job isn't listed on any list of "Most Dangerous Professions", yet we arm them with Kevlar, Hummers and Guns like it was the apocalypse. Police should be allowed to carry guns only after a career that spans a spotless 20 years. 90% of policing does not require firearms, yet every single cop gets a gun. I could go on here, like why do we allow the police to hire police (they should be elected by the community they serve), we've long begun the slippery slope down an independent police state wherein the police justify their existence through punitive fines, create criminals and provide 0 value to the populace. Time to rethink the police - without the police.