Russia is in fact, one of the most non-religious countries in the world. But still, people like Bannon and Vance have persuaded themselves that it is The Third Rome, and Putin is the defender of Whit… (View Post)

If you make life worse for the median worker, you can certainly reduce "poverty", by that measure. (View Post)

Theoretically, you could have a society, where everyone is guaranteed at least 60% of the median income. In practice you could only achieve that by a huge degree of coercion and injustice. (View Post)

There is a lot of us v them, on parts of the left, but it tends to be a self-righteous hatred, rather than a hatred founded upon social snobbery. Oppressor v Oppressed, Gammon v Progressive, Employer… (View Post)

It would work for someone like Bismarck. A Russian Bismarck would have concentrated overwhelming force on taking the land corridor between Donetsk and Crimea, and then offering peace. Putin has persu… (View Post)