Jim Mason
@jimmasonauo.bsky.social
Author. Retired lawyer. Vegan. Student of anthropology and history, especially of the ancient Middle East and the origins and evolution of agriculture and the agrarian culture that built our Western worldview…
Which created the climate collapse
Which created the climate collapse
“A Goliath is a collection of hierarchies in which some individuals dominate others to control energy and labour.”
You ought to read this book. All about our glorified, overrated, and misnamed civilization.
You ought to read this book. All about our glorified, overrated, and misnamed civilization.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“A Goliath is a collection of hierarchies in which some individuals dominate others to control energy and labour.”
You ought to read this book. All about our glorified, overrated, and misnamed civilization.
You ought to read this book. All about our glorified, overrated, and misnamed civilization.
I was just thinking… When are you humans gonna wake up to your crimes against nature?
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was just thinking… When are you humans gonna wake up to your crimes against nature?
We’re living in an age of madness for sure. But it’s only the tip of the iceberg.
(Yeah, I know, Amazon. WTF. Launched a year ago before the boycott.)
(Yeah, I know, Amazon. WTF. Launched a year ago before the boycott.)
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We’re living in an age of madness for sure. But it’s only the tip of the iceberg.
(Yeah, I know, Amazon. WTF. Launched a year ago before the boycott.)
(Yeah, I know, Amazon. WTF. Launched a year ago before the boycott.)
You humans are so full of yourselves.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You humans are so full of yourselves.
2/2
Human beings are maintaining this cruelty on all continents.
Human beings are maintaining a belief system that deems this OK, even necessary.
This is the biggest piece of the worldview that is driving us into a climate crisis.
Human beings are maintaining this cruelty on all continents.
Human beings are maintaining a belief system that deems this OK, even necessary.
This is the biggest piece of the worldview that is driving us into a climate crisis.
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Human beings are maintaining this cruelty on all continents.
Human beings are maintaining a belief system that deems this OK, even necessary.
This is the biggest piece of the worldview that is driving us into a climate crisis.
Human beings are maintaining this cruelty on all continents.
Human beings are maintaining a belief system that deems this OK, even necessary.
This is the biggest piece of the worldview that is driving us into a climate crisis.
My contribution to this caturday…
Roly-poly 16 (??) years old.
Uncertain because rescued from a junkyard.
Roly-poly 16 (??) years old.
Uncertain because rescued from a junkyard.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
My contribution to this caturday…
Roly-poly 16 (??) years old.
Uncertain because rescued from a junkyard.
Roly-poly 16 (??) years old.
Uncertain because rescued from a junkyard.
The rise of so many far-right authoritarian leaders these days is because a vibe of fear creeps like fog around the world.
People sense — without being even moderately informed— that we are killing the living world with our madness.
People sense — without being even moderately informed— that we are killing the living world with our madness.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The rise of so many far-right authoritarian leaders these days is because a vibe of fear creeps like fog around the world.
People sense — without being even moderately informed— that we are killing the living world with our madness.
People sense — without being even moderately informed— that we are killing the living world with our madness.
“A Goliath is a collection of hierarchies in which some individuals dominate others to control, energy and labor.“
Human history so far is a succession of these violent systems.
And we have mistaken for civilizations.
Human history so far is a succession of these violent systems.
And we have mistaken for civilizations.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“A Goliath is a collection of hierarchies in which some individuals dominate others to control, energy and labor.“
Human history so far is a succession of these violent systems.
And we have mistaken for civilizations.
Human history so far is a succession of these violent systems.
And we have mistaken for civilizations.
This is probably a good time to recommend this new book.
(Just imagine! An author who plugs another author’s book!)
(Just imagine! An author who plugs another author’s book!)
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is probably a good time to recommend this new book.
(Just imagine! An author who plugs another author’s book!)
(Just imagine! An author who plugs another author’s book!)
Here’s a really good new book. An overview of our species—building, civilizations, wealth, power structures, etc., and how they collapse.
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Here’s a really good new book. An overview of our species—building, civilizations, wealth, power structures, etc., and how they collapse.
Check out this program June into July 2026
join in the discussion for a better humanity and future on the planet.
join in the discussion for a better humanity and future on the planet.
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Check out this program June into July 2026
join in the discussion for a better humanity and future on the planet.
join in the discussion for a better humanity and future on the planet.
In a nutshell…
1. Domestication of animals.
2. Animal husbandry.
3. Humans learn male role in reproduction.
4. Men get chauvinistic/entitled.
5. Girls/women=
sexual property of men.
6. First slavery and sex trafficking.
7. Patriarchy, monotheism, history begins.
1. Domestication of animals.
2. Animal husbandry.
3. Humans learn male role in reproduction.
4. Men get chauvinistic/entitled.
5. Girls/women=
sexual property of men.
6. First slavery and sex trafficking.
7. Patriarchy, monotheism, history begins.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In a nutshell…
1. Domestication of animals.
2. Animal husbandry.
3. Humans learn male role in reproduction.
4. Men get chauvinistic/entitled.
5. Girls/women=
sexual property of men.
6. First slavery and sex trafficking.
7. Patriarchy, monotheism, history begins.
1. Domestication of animals.
2. Animal husbandry.
3. Humans learn male role in reproduction.
4. Men get chauvinistic/entitled.
5. Girls/women=
sexual property of men.
6. First slavery and sex trafficking.
7. Patriarchy, monotheism, history begins.
Definitely evil, but this raping underage girls goes way back. Safe to say it’s at the foundation of monism and western culture.
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Definitely evil, but this raping underage girls goes way back. Safe to say it’s at the foundation of monism and western culture.
This might be a good time to plug my new book.
I look at the building blocks of our old agrarian culture.
You know, the one where God gives us dominion over the living world.
I look at the building blocks of our old agrarian culture.
You know, the one where God gives us dominion over the living world.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This might be a good time to plug my new book.
I look at the building blocks of our old agrarian culture.
You know, the one where God gives us dominion over the living world.
I look at the building blocks of our old agrarian culture.
You know, the one where God gives us dominion over the living world.
Maybe it’s because we have a pretty badly fucked up world view. It tells us that we are special, a replica of God, and entitled to dominate everything.
This is dishonest.
This is delusional
This is inscientific.
This is dishonest.
This is delusional
This is inscientific.
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Maybe it’s because we have a pretty badly fucked up world view. It tells us that we are special, a replica of God, and entitled to dominate everything.
This is dishonest.
This is delusional
This is inscientific.
This is dishonest.
This is delusional
This is inscientific.
A society that embraces this as normal is a society gone mad.
And now it is a global society
And now it is a global society
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A society that embraces this as normal is a society gone mad.
And now it is a global society
And now it is a global society
Homo sapiens, people, have been thrilled, awestruck, inspired by sights like this for a couple hundred thousand years or more. This is why animals were regarded as having powers. For more on this. See the late Joseph Campbell’s book, The Way of the Animal Powers.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Homo sapiens, people, have been thrilled, awestruck, inspired by sights like this for a couple hundred thousand years or more. This is why animals were regarded as having powers. For more on this. See the late Joseph Campbell’s book, The Way of the Animal Powers.
Gee whiz. Seems like ethicist Peter Singer and I exposed this 45 years ago in our ground/breaking book.
Find 1990 revised edition on used book sites.
Find 1990 revised edition on used book sites.
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Gee whiz. Seems like ethicist Peter Singer and I exposed this 45 years ago in our ground/breaking book.
Find 1990 revised edition on used book sites.
Find 1990 revised edition on used book sites.
A society that normalizes this under the lie of “necessity” is a dishonest society. And so the world has gone crazy.
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A society that normalizes this under the lie of “necessity” is a dishonest society. And so the world has gone crazy.
So true. My childhood on a rural Missouri farm forced me into routine cruelties of animal farming.
And that was the “good old-fashioned“ kind.
In my 30s, I toured dozens of factory farms, took photographs, and wrote a book with ethicist Peter Singer.
Get 1990 rev ed on used book sites.
And that was the “good old-fashioned“ kind.
In my 30s, I toured dozens of factory farms, took photographs, and wrote a book with ethicist Peter Singer.
Get 1990 rev ed on used book sites.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
So true. My childhood on a rural Missouri farm forced me into routine cruelties of animal farming.
And that was the “good old-fashioned“ kind.
In my 30s, I toured dozens of factory farms, took photographs, and wrote a book with ethicist Peter Singer.
Get 1990 rev ed on used book sites.
And that was the “good old-fashioned“ kind.
In my 30s, I toured dozens of factory farms, took photographs, and wrote a book with ethicist Peter Singer.
Get 1990 rev ed on used book sites.
So progressives extend compassion/inclusion to black, brown, disabled, trans, queer, and all sorts of persons physically and behaviorally different.
But no regard for “different” other animals?
Why?
Hint: an ancient ideology of human supremacy.
Our world view.
The one making our climate crisis.
But no regard for “different” other animals?
Why?
Hint: an ancient ideology of human supremacy.
Our world view.
The one making our climate crisis.
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
So progressives extend compassion/inclusion to black, brown, disabled, trans, queer, and all sorts of persons physically and behaviorally different.
But no regard for “different” other animals?
Why?
Hint: an ancient ideology of human supremacy.
Our world view.
The one making our climate crisis.
But no regard for “different” other animals?
Why?
Hint: an ancient ideology of human supremacy.
Our world view.
The one making our climate crisis.