The cynical “tough on crime” political strategy combined with rampant over-criminalization has led to a country where more than one in four people has a criminal record.
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It’s a Favor to be Excluded from the Military
Of all the things that people could complain about when it comes to discrimination, it seems to me that not being allowed to be an unthinking mercenary (and/or cannon fodder) for some of the evilest people on the planet … is not exactly the worst thing that could happen to someone.
Hypocritical Bullshit That Lacks Perspective
I think it is highly problematic to allow hypocrites and intellectual frauds to capture the perception of moral authority over such minutia while they ignored hundreds of thousands of deaths and the other tragedies caused by government in the recent past.
Healthcare: A House Divided Cannot Stand
I predict that the US government will adopt a “single-payer” healthcare system no later than 2030, and probably sooner. And while I oppose that outcome and believe its results will be far worse than a real free-market system would produce, I also suspect that those results will be better than the current half-fish, half-fowl, largely socialized but with fake “private” players sucking it dry, system.
What The Deep State Is
You’ll never walk into a hotel and see a sign in the lobby announcing “Welcome Deep State, Conference Room 3A.” The Deep State isn’t a conscious conspiracy, even if there are conscious conspirators within it. The Deep State is a large mass with no guiding intellect. Its inertia tends to hold it in one place and/or to carry most of its members in the same direction.
Mere Anarchy: The Center Cannot Hold
The political class and its cronies have effectively lost the war to save the centralized “intellectual property” monopolies, and are now losing their grip on money as cryptocurrencies begin to limit their ability to regulate and tax commerce.
How to Spite Putin
I have an idea. It’s so clever and foolproof that I’m surprised no one in the ruling elite and its mass media has thought of it. We can yank the rug out from under that dastardly Putin, and he’ll never bother us again.
The American Way of War
Contrary to popular misconception, the war state did not begin in 1945. From the start, war was an acceptable means to national policy ends, whether to open markets or to install friendly regimes. It’s a gross understatement to call this record shameful.
Late Night Horror Movie of Your Own Making
Dilbert’s Scott Adams says everyone sees the world as a sort of “movie” playing on a screen in their mind. Different people see the same events differently, depending on the specific “movie” they are watching.
Protecting the Delusion of “Good Government”
I find it disgusting when someone is so dishonest they advocate “good government,” as if such a contradiction were even possible.