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The king of Ponzi schemes was an amateur compared to this
The king of Ponzi schemes was an amateur compared to this Ten years ago, a man was forever separated from his $40,000 slippers. Posing as an investment firm for decades, Bernie Madoff’s company defrauded thousands of investors out of their money. In 2009 Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for running the $64 […]
To Save Lives, We Need More Conflicts. And a Strong Economy Needs More Failure.
To Save Lives, We Need More Conflicts. And a Strong Economy Needs More Failure. How could more conflicts be a good thing? Well, imagine 50 wars among city-states that each kill 30,000. That is a staggering 1.5 million deaths. Or one war among nation-states, say World War II, which killed an estimated 60 million people. Call […]
How do we keep getting dragged into this electoral spectator sport?
How do we keep getting dragged into this electoral spectator sport? Ah, elections… Little more than a bare-knuckle boxing match. If you were to suddenly catch a glimpse of such a fight, you would see real blood, real punches, swollen lips, black eyes, and a final knockout. It looks like a real spontaneous fight. But […]
The Real Reason the Government Won’t Hold Big Tech Accountable
The Real Reason the Government Won’t Hold Big Tech Accountable The villagers are marching with their torches and pitchforks. Big tech companies are in trouble. The government is coming to regulate them. Someone leaked a draft of an executive order from President Trump. It calls on various agencies to use all current laws to look into possible […]
Vicious Cycle: How Government “Solutions” Spiral into Bigger Problems
Vicious Cycle: How Government “Solutions” Spiral into Bigger Problems Government creates a problem. Government becomes more authoritarian to solve that problem. This creates more problems. Government becomes even more authoritarian… This is basically the story of the war on drugs, the oppression of teens, the wars in the middle east, every bubble, burst, and bailout, ad […]
Why the Media is Desperate to Reclaim its “Gatekeeper” Status for News
Why the Media is Desperate to Reclaim its “Gatekeeper” Status for News No one knows what to believe anymore in the age of the internet. Don’t you miss the good old days when you could believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the media reported it? Everything is fake news, except perhaps the […]
Financing Dies in Darkness? The Impact of Newspaper Closures on Public Finance.
Financing Dies in Darkness? The Impact of Newspaper Closures on Public Finance. This study, published in May, shows what happens to local politics when local newspapers close their doors. In short, it’s not good. But that doesn’t mean we need to preserve the relics of a bygone era. When a changing market unearths negative results, that […]
Where the Government Fear-Porn Propaganda Industry is Headed
Where the Government Fear-Porn Propaganda Industry is Headed Sometimes I wish I had no conscience or morals. Then I could go to work for the government writing fear propaganda. Killer robots are the latest terror. But there are so many takes on it! It’s like Josef Goebbels’ dream to have so much material to work with. […]
Survey Find Americans’ Views on Free Speech is a Whole Bunch of Crazy
Survey Find Americans’ Views on Free Speech is a Whole Bunch of Crazy The biggest thing this survey proves is that Orwellian double-speak is working. If you are unfamiliar, doublespeak is a term from the novel 1984. It is speech intentionally meant to confuse, or obscure reality. What does free speech mean? What is hate speech? […]
