politics

TL;DR – A proposed system to get 300 million Americans to practice “complete democracy” together in a fast, efficient, and meaningful way without relying on representatives....

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Hey folks. I just want to check in with the community about a post that was recently removed. My intention is absolutely not to create drama or stir anything up, but I’d like to make sure you all understand my reasoning for removing the post. Also, I’m aware that I’m not as good at articulating these kinds of things as...

BBC World Service was covering the US elections and gave a brief blurb to inform non-US listeners on the basic differences between republicans and democrats. They essentially said something like:...

Someone I am very close to has become increasingly isolated. She doesn’t want to do anything except watch “documentaries” like this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfzupXBlrIU She doesn’t want to socialize, because “no one understands what’s really going on.” She mentioned recently that she has a Telegram account, so...

My disenchantment is based on how differently the current administration reacts to 2 conflicts: Ukraine-Russia and Gaza-Israel, in the latter supporting Israel’s indiscriminate war against Palestinian civilians with the excuse to exterminate Hamas. This post summarizes my disappointment after finally accepting that the US is...

a little megathread for this seems useful. what’s on your ballot folks? are you going out to vote today or have you already voted? if you haven’t or are interested in what significant elections are taking place today, Bolts Magazine has its yearly cheat sheet.

Jim Jordan announced his bid this morning: NEWS: Asked if he’s running for speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan replies: “Yes.”. Steve Scalise is expected to later today: NEWSY: Scalise is expected to officially announce his bid for speaker later today, a source familiar tells me. these are the main two serious contenders, although...

The Appropriation of “Rich Men North of Richmond”...

They still have considerable value and power, especially with their mining operations in Africa. Do we know who was second-in-command, or is there going to be a power struggle?

From “the desk of Tim Scott”:...

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How do you argue with someone who’s confused a lack of emotional connection to a topic with objectivity and rationality? Say a topic profoundly affects you and those you care about, but not the other person, so you get angry and flustered and they seem to think this means you’re less objective as a result and it’s an easy...

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If you’re trying to keep track of where we’re at in the Trump prosecutions:...

I’m simply asking this question because of Lemmygrad.ml existing, and that there isn’t a far-right equivalent of it yet. If Lemmygrad has any standing for its right to exist under free speech, where is the line drawn for other extremist political ideologies? If Holodomor skepticism is allowed, then what stops Holocaust...

I don’t have much of a problem either way as I don’t think I’ll be engaging in political discussion on this website past this post but it seems like any sort of non-left wing opinions or posts are immediately trashed on here. That’s fine. There’s clearly a more liberal audience here and that’s okay. I just don’t...

From violations of privacy, to the mainpulation or even maliciousness at its core, I think marketing at it's current state is poison to society. But I also think it might be a necessary evil. What would be a good alternative implementation of advertising look like? Or do we even need it? If the former, how would advertising look...

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