How Trump Exacerbated Corporate Censorship
We can blame Trump for making this worse but real problem, as usual, is the nature of the power structure itself.
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Federal Job Guarantee: Mark Cuban’s Concerns, Answered
It is my hope that this article can provide some of the persuasion Mark Cuban (and others with similar concerns) will need to endorse a Federal Job Guarantee.
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Of Presidents and Precedents
We should not expect representation from our government at this time. We must create justice ourselves in local politics, protests, and direct action.
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Ayn Rand and the Missing Gun
Ayn Rand might be dead wrong, but that hasn’t stopped her ideas from having a profound effect in Congress.
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Capitalism vs The Robots
“It’s not politicians that can solve problems. They have no technical capabilities. They don’t know how to solve problems. Even if they were sincere they don’t know how to solve problems. It’s the technicians that produce the desalination plants. It’s the technicians that give you electricity, that give you motor vehicles, that heat your house
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Peace Is Not the Result of Violent Repression
An entire lifetime ago, Martin Luther King Jr said that “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” This is self-evident: lack of justice creates upheaval, destroying peace; and when there is a lack of peace, injustice is bound to arise. As anger about police brutality has boiled
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Old Narratives Die Hard
It’s time to catch up to where we were 80 years ago and recognize reality. Bernie’s ideas aren’t just possible – they’re a brilliant move economically and a moral imperative.
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COVID-19 Proves Our Point
Now that the government is dishing out money over a healthcare crisis, the “ounce of prevention” that Medicare For All would provide is looking better and better than the “pound of cure” we’re currently employing. In fact, Nathan Locke notes that a Progressive system would ameliorate a gigantic portion of many other problems we’re having as well.
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Are Democrats Over?
Until the election of 1852, everybody understood that only a Whig or a Democrat could be elected. The Whigs, however, were unable to find consensus on the issue of slavery; and their house, divided against itself, could not stand. A similar thing is happening now with the Democrats around the issue of oligarchy – and it might spell the end of the party.
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