“Of all the issues that have emerged in the last years, murder has been the most divisive. From police brutality, to vigilante killings, mass murders, shooting of cops and terror attacks. All these cases were really about who has the right to kill whom, and at what price.”
Category: democracy
The Death Of Political Norms In America
“Civility is a lot harder to maintain when you try to give the other side its due and get nothing in return. And it only aggravates already existing policy differences when one side regularly moves the goal posts.”
Monday Humor: Americans Are The Only People On The Planet Using Less Toothpaste
“US per capita consumption of toothpaste has actually declined over the last 15 years.”
Guest Post: A Hole In The Head Or, The Fetishism Of A Failed State
“It is not difficult to recognize shades of this pattern in the political life of the developed world of the last year. The tide is coming in.”
“You’re Pure Evil”: NY Times Indicts An America That’s Lost Its Mind
“For more and more Americans, the other side isn’t merely misguided in the extreme. It’s evil in the absolute, and virtue is measured by the starkness with which that evil is labeled and reviled. There are emotional satisfactions to this. There is also a terrible price.”
Dear America: “Something Is Not Right!”
In the middle of one night
Miss Clavel turned on the light
And said, “Something is not right!â€
Guest Post: The Mindfuck
“One should think of wealth as an instrument that enhances the persuasive power and influence of an individual. Being able to convince poor people to vote against their direct interests and in favor of the oligarchs, and to convert these things into laws and tax codes.”
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