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Jan 3, 2021

America is Ungovernable

Civil war or Breaking into an EU-Style Union look increasingly inevitable As a fan of American Nations by Colin Woodard (2011) and Nine Nations of America (1981) by Joel Garreau, it is increasingly apparent that culture is the key insight underlying everything in politics in America. Simply put, America no…

Politics

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America is Ungovernable
America is Ungovernable
Politics

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Apr 16, 2020

Conscious Uncoupling: Ending The American Political Death Spiral

It’s really hard to look at the state of the United States Federal Government and conclude that it’s really working for… well… anyone. The Federalist Papers made the original arguments for the need for a strong federal government. In the wake of the Great Depression and World War II, that…

US Politics

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Conscious Uncoupling: Ending The American Political Death Spiral
Conscious Uncoupling: Ending The American Political Death Spiral
US Politics

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Jul 30, 2019

Understanding America’s True Political Parties

One of the rather major mysteries when doing comparative national politics is the extraordinarily obvious emergence of similar patterns. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before — the urban areas, representing a more cosmopolitan, vigorous support of the actions of government for social programs and management of powerful interests…

Politics

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Understanding America’s True Political Parties
Understanding America’s True Political Parties
Politics

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Jul 27, 2019

Oil & War with Iran

Here’s the thing about a potential war involving some (or all) of the oil countries — aside from the dreadful human cost, it would probably spell the end of Middle East oil as a strategic resource. As of this writing, there is tremendous pressure to reduce oil usage by virtually…

Energy

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Oil & War with Iran
Oil & War with Iran
Energy

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May 8, 2019

Trump Tax Theory — Effective Insolvency

It’s possible that the reason that Donald Trump doesn’t want anyone to see his taxes is that it would be instantly clear to any and all analysis that he is effectively bankrupt. Under this theory, he is able to maintain the fiction that he is wealthy only so long as…

Donald Trump

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Trump Tax Theory
Trump Tax Theory
Donald Trump

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Nov 14, 2018

Is Russia Really That Dumb?

CNN is reporting that the Russian military jammed GPS signals during a NATO training exercise. That’s… really weird. The idea that the opposition would take out satellites and other information technologies is pretty much a given in modern warfare. It’s why the Chinese blew up ASAT, generating a ton of…

Russia

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Is Russia Really That Dumb?
Is Russia Really That Dumb?
Russia

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Oct 23, 2018

One Little Trick to Understand Trump

One trick to understanding modern US politics? Forget everything that happened before, say, Carter took office in 1977. All of the stuff from before then is just weird old stuff. NATO. WTO. Great Depression. Actual fascism. Actual, Soviet Union-style communism. World War II, Korea, Vietnam. JFK. It’s all fallen away…

Politics

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One Little Trick to Understand Trump
One Little Trick to Understand Trump
Politics

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Oct 11, 2018

Ware, ware

‘Ware, ‘ware the dangers Watch and be always vigilant Stare and think and avoid surprise The false dichotomy The with us or against us The binary star that tears us apart ‘Ware, ‘ware The lie

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Aug 31, 2018

Trump & Acts of Desperation

The model for understanding today’s events is not an authoritarian with a plan, it’s an increasingly desperate house of cards falling apart. There is no ideology, beyond a casual racism. It’s the Faustian deal with the South made by the Democrats after the civil war, running through LBJ, finally collapsing…

2016 Election

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Trump & Acts of Desperation
Trump & Acts of Desperation
2016 Election

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Aug 9, 2018

How To Fix The Internet

The Internet is in trouble. Big trouble. Some of the problems include… Nation states dealing with foreign agents Personal privacy Balancing the positive aspects of anonymous participation with the potential violence (e.g. swatting, doxing, etc.) This is a cultural problem, a public safety problem, and, frankly, a big problem for…

Privacy

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Privacy

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