The hidden key to Sanders’ amazing success in 2020
Here is the key to Sanders’ rise to power in the Democratic Party. Understanding it changes everything.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals herself in Maine
She is the new face of the Democratic Party, a success in NYC. How well will she play in the rest of America? We get clues from her visit to Maine.
Beware advice from those who prefer fantasy to history
Here James Bowman looks at people who prefer warm fantasy to harsh history. Taking their advice seldom ends well.
A guaranteed minimum income: faux solution for the new industrial revolution
Summary: Solutions are proposed as the shockwave of the new industrial revolution becomes visible on the horizon. Naturally, we first get small and comfortable ones — such as a guaranteed minimum income, which guarantee high and growing levels of inequality. We might even implement these, leaving the resulting social turmoil for the next generation. First …
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DoD’s next challenge: managing the fall of our military welfare state
Summary: The military is often described as a test tube for American social science, running experiments such as integration of race, sex, and gender in its relatively controlled society. But the largest social science experiment in the military — perhaps the largest in US history — is DoD’s socialism. We close our eyes, preferring not …
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