Interesting angle on the US elections: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/donald-trump-the-left-social-media-rightwing-propaganda-progressives-woke (View Post)

I'm unenthusiastic about subsidising domestic agriculture too, but climate change predictions and the possibility of global transport disruption give me pause about moving towards total dependence on… (View Post)

I'm not sure that broad terms like "left" and "right" help much when we're willing to talk in detail as we are here. I'd like to see more progressive taxation (including higher ta… (View Post)

Scandinavia basically offers the model of social democracy in public spending balanced by private ownership of most utilities and high taxation. It works pretty well, with little demand either for st… (View Post)

Interesting piece by RP, and of course the same applies to voting, which is a small amount of hassle and probably has no effect at all. But if we're interested, why not? What wlould we be doing that … (View Post)