It's a vicious circle where voters are goaded to make stupid choices that make the country poorer and the voters more angry and cynical and open to further goading... And then one day you wake u… (View Post)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/21/britain-is-much-more-liberal-minded-than-is-was-40-years-ago-study-finds Britain is a liberal country. (View Post)

I thought the Roman Empire was overrun by moody teenagers in black eyeliner. (View Post)

Asylum as a right was created after WW2 in response to the holocaust and the failure of the world to protect the Jews against genocide. By all means advocate for that right to be taken away if you wa… (View Post)

Of course the state has to coerce the market, because climate change is the result of market failure, namely the fact that polluters don't face the cost of the externality they produce. If there… (View Post)