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Microsoft’s ElectionGuard a Trojan Horse for a Military-Industrial Takeover of US Elections
Microsoft’s ElectionGuard a Trojan Horse for a Military-Industrial Takeover of US Elections “The fact that we are handing over the keys of American democracy to the military-industrial complex — it’s like giving the keys to the henhouse to a fox and saying, ‘here come in and take whatever you want.’ It’s obviously dangerous.” — Investigative […]
In Praise of Hayek’s Masterwork
IN PRAISE OF HAYEK’S MASTERWORK Friedrich von Hayek first published The Road to Serfdom in 1944. His book was subsequently popularised by a condensed version in The Reader’s Digest. This article re-examines Hayek’s theme in the context of today’s economics and politics to see what lessons we can learn from it, and whether personal freedom […]
America, You Are Fired!
America, You Are Fired! Some ironies are just too precious to pass by. The 2016 US presidential elections gave us Donald Trump, a reality TV star whose famous tag line from his show “The Apprentice” was “You are fired!” Focus on this tag line; it is all that is important to this story. Some Trump […]
D Is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy
D Is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds […]
Beware the ‘Weaponized’ Web, Says Guy Who Helped Elect Trump
Beware the ‘Weaponized’ Web, Says Guy Who Helped Elect Trump Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie on Facebook, democracy and hope. Christopher Wylie, of highlighter hair and Cambridge Analytica fame, was in Vancouver this week to talk about “Confronting the Disinformation Age.” In 2018, Wylie blew the whistle on Facebook and consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica, cofounded […]
Empire Versus Democracy and Freedom. Will The Espionage Act Displace the US Constitution?
5Empire Versus Democracy and Freedom. Will The Espionage Act Displace the US Constitution? The public interest, and democratic political economies, both domestic and internationally, are poison to Empire. But this must be hidden from view, hence war propaganda/fake news is protected by legislation, while Constitutionally-protected, evidence-based real journalism, a dying phenomenon, continues to be attacked. […]
Beneath the Surface of Brexit
Beneath the Surface of Brexit Geography matters, the balance of power matters, and democracy–it’s not yet clear if democracy matters or not. I’ve been asked to comment on Brexit. I’m happy to do so, but not by promoting a position yes or no, or by attempting to unravel the political machinations, as I have neither the knowledge nor the […]
The Demise of Democracy
The Demise of Democracy Leonardo wrote: “Vitruvius, architect, writes in his work on architecture that the measurements of man are distributed in this manner”: The length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of a man.From the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of the height of a man.From below […]
Electoral College: Why We Must Decentralize Democracy
Electoral College: Why We Must Decentralize Democracy Although it was long assumed that the electoral college favored Democrats — and this assumption continued right up to election night 2016 — Democrats in the United States have now decided the electoral college is a bad thing. Thus, we continue to see legislative efforts to do away with the […]
“Toto, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore”
“Toto, I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore” Recently, an American colleague commented to me, “We no longer live in a democracy but a dictatorship disguised as a democracy.” Is he correct? Well, a dictatorship may be defined as “a form of government in which absolute authority is exercised by a dictator.” The US today […]
Chapter 6: American, Won and Lost
CHAPTER 6: AMERICA, WON AND LOST. After the United States gained its independence from Britain, it became powerful in the world in two very different ways: as an idea, and as a reality. ‘America the idea’ is a land of freedom and democracy, equality and opportunity, promoting these aspirations and values across the world. ‘America […]
The Revolution Has No Hollywood Ending
The Revolution Has No Hollywood Ending After struggling against our own self-destructive tendencies throughout the entirety of recorded history, humanity is now at a point where that struggle is probably going to be resolved, one way or another, within the lifetime of most people reading this. The movie about this struggle has been written with […]
10 reasons the Gilets Jaunes are the real deal
10 reasons the Gilets Jaunes are the real deal Image soiurce here. We live in a world where democracy is a threat and freedom is a punishment, where you can’t tell a turd from a diamond, where 5G is trumpeted even as it threatens to kill us, where the prevailing ethos is buyer-beware and where anyone […]
People Who Care About Democracy Don’t Plot Coups Abroad
People Who Care About Democracy Don’t Plot Coups Abroad Illustration by Nathaniel St. Clair For some months now, Venezuela’s socialist government has lurched through a series of escalating crises — hyperinflation, mass protests, political violence — while both the government and its opposition have flirted with authoritarianism. It isn’t pretty — and to hear the […]
Flash-Balls, Pitchforks And A Backstop
Flash-Balls, Pitchforks And A Backstop It’s educational and even somewhat entertaining to observe the role of the western press in the ongoing erosion and demise of democracy in Europe. But while it’s entertaining, it also means their readers and viewers don’t get informed on what is actually happening. The media paints a picture that pleases […]
