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Federal Land Management Reaches Full Sellout Under Trump

December 18, 2025/3 Comments/in Autocracy, Conservation, Corruption, Economic Policy, Endangered Species, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Governance, Steady State Herald /by Alix Underwood

by Kirsten Stade

While U.S. federal land management agencies have seldom been bastions of conservationist vision, their level of regulatory capture has reached a new high in the Trump era. From opening up protected areas to oil and gas development to efforts to sell public lands outright, the current administration and Congress are looking to turn over public lands to extractive industry for its private profit.

We are in a new era of public lands mismanagement,

Hard-Hit Democratic Party Must Broaden Its Niche, in the Right Direction

November 7, 2024/10 Comments/in Autocracy, Brian Czech, Conservation, Democracy, Economic Growth, Ideology, Politics, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald /by Alix Underwood

by Brian Czech

We are in a brave new world, with an authoritarian as American president, a Senate ruled by his party, and a Supreme Court sidled up to them. This is a crushing defeat for the Democratic Party, immigrants, environmentalists, and women knocking on the glass ceiling. And it is truly bad for anyone concerned about their kids and grandkids, whether they know it or not.

The problem is not so much that our political leadership is Republican,

Is the Election a Civilizational Turning Point? Why Musk is Really Backing Trump

October 24, 2024/10 Comments/in Autocracy, Democracy, Ideology, Politics, Steady State Herald, Technology /by Alix Underwood

by Michael DB Harvey

Has Elon Musk finally lost his mind? Seeing him cavorting on stage with Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, pouring tens of millions of dollars into the convicted felon’s presidential campaign and declaring that the upcoming election could be the last one ever, one might think so. But Musk’s political drift rightwards has long had an air of inevitability about it. And there is much more behind his new support for MAGA politics than meets the eye.

Democracy Trumped at the Limits to Growth

July 3, 2024/11 Comments/in Autocracy, Brian Czech, Democracy, GDP, Governance, Limits to Growth, Politics, Steady State Economy, Steady State Herald /by Gary Gardner

by Brian Czech

Perhaps you’ve heard: Autocracy is on the march. Not just in the obvious places like Russia, China, and North Korea. Democracy has been declining throughout the world for decades, sometimes gradually, sometimes suddenly, but invariably replaced by autocratic tendencies, politicians, and states.

What’s going on in places as far-flung as Hungary, Myanmar, and Nicaragua? Why, after the lessons of world wars, the Cold War,

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