Some of this just sounds like conspiracist thought processes running wild - similar to the idea that “15 minute cities” meant we were all going to be forcibly imprisoned in 15-minute walkable areas. (View Post)

Nah. IIRC there’s footage of Russian soldiers taking /toilets/ from the early days of the attack on Ukraine. They were grabbing white goods to ship back to their families, not for the Russian war eff… (View Post)

In particular (IIRC) the retired, with their secure pensions were far more likely to vote Leave than the working population. Brexit wasn’t driven by the precariat making a last throw of the dice: It … (View Post)

The Trumpist right’s steadfast belief in everything being the fault of someone else continues unabated. Or maybe Trump has some methods of his own in mind for putting out wildfires of bone-dry brush … (View Post)

Oh absolutely: MMT /is/ just classical economics (well, neo-Keynsian really I guess) with some of the accounting identities made so explicit that not even the slowest of brains can deny them. The pro… (View Post)