Mikie

But that will do little good, because the people in power — the wealthy, politicians — make decisions that affect us all, wherever we live. There’s no...

- Chomsky Lucid as ever at 93.

I’d say that’s likely. But regardless of the motivation, how would the US react to China building a few missiles on the border? To dismiss or downplay...

The suspect was 12.

Good. Parts remind me of Hemingway’s style.

Exactly. The pendulum swings towards whichever party isn’t in control, especially when gas prices are up.

And on the backs of slaves, genocide, exploitation, colonialism. You know — the free market.

Further references regarding this atrocious ruling: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/opinion/environment/supreme-court-climate-change-west-virginia-...

Exactly. This goes back, once again, to how important the (original) 350 billion reconciliation bill was last year. Despite having both chambers of co...

The statist-pretending-to-be-anti-statist can start a campaign for office, but he’d rather blame his ills on big government like the snowflake he is. ...

Speaking of bullshit. Don’t like oligarchy? Just become an oligarch. Bam. Impressive logic as always. Just get in the fortune 500. I guess the same ap...

What has been created by this half century of massive corporate propaganda is what's called "anti-politics". So that anything that goes wrong, you bla...

:ok: Sociopathic statist libertarians talking to themselves is sometimes fun to watch.

Let’s all help those in need. Just don’t do anything too big to help those in need. Leave it all up to individuals, not their government. Because the ...

Independents are not breaking for Democrats, so far as I see. Happy to be shown differently. B and D are based on your suspicions. We have no idea if ...

Government has never hurt me. I guess government isn’t the problem after all. Top notch logic. — What a stupid political ideology.

True. But I’d argue it’s happening because the counter forces are stronger and better organized. They have the wealth and resources to create networks...

Lol! I was thinking the exact same thing. Thought I misread it.

Yes indeed. It’s the fundamental branch of natural philosophy. (Perhaps astronomy is older — but physics is still central.) I think this too often get...

Multiple universes seems to push the question back, much like God. Who or what created God? What created the universe or the multiverse? Etc. Human be...

No. If you want to vent, don’t make things up about me in the process.

Pointing out a truism isn’t being dogmatic, nor pompous. The reality is that you’re upset he was banned, and you’re looking for a fight. Also unwise. ...

I saw this coming back in November. So I’m not at all surprised. All the more reason to fight back in the same way the right has for the last few deca...

“Pontificated” is an odd way to interpret me there. It’s just plainly true that he acted unwisely, to the extreme in fact, over and over again and eve...

I’m not sure where irony fits in here. Sarcasm, perhaps? In which case all I can say is: I never said *I* was wise. I struggle with my temper and lack...

We can go back farther than 50 years, in fact. My point about ‘14 and ‘16 was specific to this slate of rulings. Had the Senate not been taken by the ...

I’d argue if a philosopher isn’t thinking about politics, he’s hardly a philosopher at all. Here I echo (and agree with) Aristotle.

Yes— but couldn’t help himself. He contributed to the forum, and it’s unfortunate. On the other hand, how one conducts oneself is equally (if not more...

This has little to do with anything Heidegger has written, ever. In fact he rejects the notion of subjective and objective— over and over again. I wis...

What makes you say this? Because of a potential reaction to Dobbs? The Republicans have done a fine job making the country ungovernable —and here I me...

No.

That which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

Cassidy Hutchinson Changes Everything :rofl: There’s almost no chance that Trump will be prosecuted for anything. “X changes everything” has been said...

This is nonsense.

Nope. Already way too much baggage here.

Which is an interpretation. If you want to interpret life that way, you’ll find plenty of evidence. Just as if you interpret human beings are inherent...

Human existence isn’t meaningless, so there’s no need to deal with it.

Anything that involves meaning and nuance and flexibility. I hold the belief that there are limits to logic and mathematics in the sense that there ar...

Yes, and that’s who I was and am talking about. Corporate America. Since about 1971, there was a collective, deliberate push against New Deal policies...

Right— and it’s complete nonsense. Anyone who buys into that really just hasn’t looked into the matter closely enough.

No, I didn’t say inflation is a talking point— I said attributing inflation to raising wages and handing out stimulus checks is a talking point. Oligo...

This is a story. But the fact remains that it was predicted at the time, and it didn’t happen. Furthermore— stimulus was given and QE was implemented....

When did I claim otherwise?

Then you really haven’t looked into this much. There was, for decades, a powerful network of people who despised the New Deal efforts. Google the “Old...

How long are you going to believe the demand-side argument? Apparently it’s unfalsifiable. Again— inflation was predicted after all the spending in 20...

There was a concerted effort from the owners of the country, and they banded together very well indeed. One outline is given by Powell in his early 70...

This is saying very little. What I mentioned has been fairly well studied. When concentrations of power feel threatened, you bet there will be some ch...

Hence “back” in quotation marks. They believe they lost power during the New Deal era, and were under threat in the 60s. There’s some truth in that.

Never.

Reflects what I mentioned above. Further evidence. https://apple.news/A5WfqI89ZRU2GyhQmpDHSOg