The Marlboro Man Is a Socialist
Gadzooks. Pretty soon some of those “low income people” will move in and then where will we be?https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/11/14/americas-answer-to-the-serengeti-is-spreading-in-montana
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Sleepwalking into Fascism
I continue to be astonished and appalled at the bizarre attempt by "moderates" to downplay what the Trump GOP is, what's it's doing, and what it's objectives are. Even though they SAY IT and they WRITE IT DOWN, even though it'
The more young people use AI, the more they hate it
While CEOs and executives everywhere instantly fell for Big Tech's gen AI bullshit and believed every word, young people see exactly the horrifically negative impact it's having on basic learning and literacy and intelligence -- as described in this excellent piece from The Verge. It's
Supporting Some Kind of Rent Control Is Not Economically Illiterate
Enlightening piece from Mike Brock at Notes from the Circus about rent control. Often depicted as borderline idiotic by conventional economists, Brock disagrees with typical clarity. We live in an age when fundamental issues about the shape and structure of the US economy are more unsettled in the minds of
The Silver Lining of the Trump Disaster
If you aren't a subscriber to Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic blog, you're missing the most insightful writing on tech and politics from the guy who coined the term, "shitification". Best of all, it's free, no trackers, no ads, just Cory in