Thoughts and not beliefs, with the occasional wild speculation
Tragically, we speak not a pop band but another senseless massacre by gun and, as nearly always, in the USA, this time in Texas. Disingenuously, gun lobbyists declare it has nothing to do with guns. Gun control advocates; that it has everything to do with it. The latter position might seem to be the most …
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Climate change can be viewed as a handy, planetary scale, natural experiment whose outcome will cast new light on the politics of left and right. In amongst the gathering climate disaster and impending catastrophe of unchecked climate change there is an uncounted blessing. Small comfort though it is, we might finally have a test that …
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Here I share the raw insight into how carrots make capitalism work and look bad all at the same time. In a nutshell, the whole edifice of the capitalist system rests on carrots, with all the embarrassing implications this brings with it. The kernel of insight in this observation – which I have to admit …
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