Fliggsy Biggs
@Fliggsy
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Geopolitics, football, systems of government, science, urbanism, philosophy. Democracy via sortition is the answer.
Joined July 2013
@RoxieCorleone @gummibear737 The Overton Window in this place is getting pretty small.
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Of all such educational processes, the hardest and apparently the most hopeless is the education of the educated.
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We should definitely give the most political power to those who think they know what is best for the rest of us. Guaranteed to work.
@wilsonmarkc Interestingly, in 1866 John Stuart Mill proposed a weighted vote by education: universal franchise for all then two votes for high school grads, three for college grads, and, of course, lots of votes for profs. Strangely, the proposal didn't get very far in the 2nd reform bill.
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“I learned that you have to evaluate the effects of public policy as opposed to intentions.” — Walter E. Williams
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Excises and Tariffs are primitive 1870s technology. VAT is much better. A simple 5% VAT would fund a 19th century style Federal Government. No income tax, or other direct taxes. Unlike Excises and Tariffs, you can easily boost a VAT to 30% in wartime if you needed to. Income
Good work. I think gold bullion needs to be exempt from a sales tax. But gold jewelry can be taxed as a luxury good. Also, there is a lot to work out on the plan to phase out Social Security, which must be done. It's a huge problem.
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@caitoz "Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number— Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you— Ye are many—they are few." Shelley
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Maybe the greatest political tweet of all time.
Well I suppose you could try to make a case in court, but since the states havent certified their elections, it might be difficult to estsblish standing. After the certification, you might have standing but unfortunately a court cannot overrule an act of the legislature. You
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They still exist, but I see a lot fewer people having this problem.
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Nah, random selection of ordinary folks from the electoral roll is the way to go, plus these steps.
My two-part most controversial opinion: 1) Politicians should be paid at least £1 million a year 2) All financial impropriety, corruption, bribery and so on by politicians should be subject to public caning on first offence and death penalty for second offence
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People have a really strong intuition that if people are allowed to argue whatever they want it will create the opportunity for chaos and destabilizing bad ideas to run rampant and undermine things they value in real ways. And that intuition is totally correct. The explosion in
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I've said it before, I'll say it again. We do not have a federal government in the traditional sense. We have a kleptocracy. This is not a flower: It is an orchid mantis. It looks like a flower so it can eat bees. A kleptocracy is not a government. It looks like a
WESTERN ANTI-DEMOCRACIES The underlying issue is that "democratic" governments are actually wildly democratically unpopular, as you can see from the recent image below: Basically, Washington DC and its Western European satellite states would not retain control — or the ability
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1) Let's do a little review of what the military was like leading up to the USS Liberty event. It puts it all into perspective. JFK's relationship with the military was very turbulent to say the least. They set him up with the finding signed by Eisenhower on Lumumba just as he
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Bruce Jackson says hi from 1996.
In case you’re curious about the unanimous opinion of its democratic neighbors regarding Russia, here is Poland’s foreign minister eloquently breaking down what everyone in Europe already knows NATO expanded only after new members begged to join…they know who their neighbor is
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For every RT this posts get I will double the size of this airship.
I see your solar sail ekranoplane and raise you a mile-long, hydrogen airship
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Tottenham are probably the most depleted team in the Premier League. Nottingham Forest have signed approximately 800 players across the last 3 transfer windows. Tonight… these teams do battle 🫶🏻 #THFC #COYS 🤍💙❤️🩹 #NFOTOT 🌳 https://t.co/mkyvRzNeja
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You’re not wrong. That’s why we shouldn’t have favorites.
@JackPosobiec This conflict showed the darkest sides of some of my favorite people
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I realize American politicians are looking for ways to pander to the anger relating to Israel among key voting constituencies, but the US Constitution is still in effect and censorship remains a forbidden weapon for punishing Americans with bad views. Sorry.
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People ask me all the time if I am "pro-Israel" because I am a Jew who has lived in Israel, and my answer is that being "pro-Israel" or being "pro-Palestine" or being a "Zionist" does not properly capture the nuance of thought most people do or should have about this issue. It
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People Are Dying For Inches In Ukraine, The “World’s Largest Arms Fair” There’s a heartbreaking graphic going around right now showing the almost microscopic changes that have occurred to the frontline of the war in Ukraine this year despite nonstop death and destruction of
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