No. By any meaningful technical definition a democracy consists of a lot more than elections - which in any case need to be free and fair. A democracy requires the rule of law, freedom of the Press, … (View Post)

They're discounting the future value of investment spending by making the claim that it's impossible if day-to-day spending is insufficient. If that link in the argument fails then the whol… (View Post)

Vote early, regret early. (View Post)

In one of the Mars Trilogy books there's an amusing passage where some kids play a game of diverting one of their reluctant scientist-become-teachers from the lesson by getting them to answer a … (View Post)

There's something a bit odd about this story. Something missing. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/29/petition-elite-london-gym-spider-man-tom-holland-trained The East London Gymnasti… (View Post)