Maciolekism

sociology

  • Crossing The Bridge

    There is an old saying I heard a few times when I was young. “Everyone has to cross Asshole Bridge.” I had no idea what it meant, but I nodded knowingly the way teenagers do when they want people to… Continue reading

  • The Arthurian Legend All Over Again

    According to the story, there have been three industrial revolutions already, and we are at the beginning of the fourth. The first was steam, the second was electricity, and the third was computing. The fourth will be humans. Like genetically… Continue reading

  • The choice that is posed to every individual when the times shift from feast to famine, is whether they will work to maintain the image of perfect success developed during the feast or if they will work to stay in… Continue reading

  • Always Remember

    Always Remember that it was our negligence that allowed them to become this way. When we see the homeless and thug gangsters on the streets we instinctively know that they have been neglected and have fallen through the cracks. Homelessness… Continue reading

  • The Inverted Beehive

    Over and over again we watch societies collapse in blood and fire because the ruling classes work to create a human community that resembles the structure and efficiency of a beehive. Sadly, it can never work. The reason it can… Continue reading

  • Societies Are Flawed

    Nothing is perfect. All people are flawed, and thus, the families and communities and societies we make are also flawed. Visions of perfection, put forth by religions, philosophers, and fiction writers are just models, reference points. They are never meant… Continue reading