Everyone wants someone else to fix their problems. It's the sort of polling that makes Anarchism appealing. If the State exists only to force you to fix someone else's problems, because they're unwil… (View Post)

Tories joint-second on votes. Electoral Calculus would put them fifth on seats. FPTP is such a risible mess of a voting system. (View Post)

The experience with DOGE in the US should be the death of the argument that you can fund large tax cuts with large cuts to wasteful government spending. If you want to cut large amounts of government… (View Post)

We know that people are attracted to long-odds bets, such that bookies can offer shorter odds than warranted and still attract enough bets. The lottery offers very long-odds bets. There's no other op… (View Post)

A UBI would allow you to abolish the minimum wage. That would be one of the benefits. (View Post)