Latest articles: Politics
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- YouTube – a creative wasteland
- YouTube is very popular, but it seems to be filled with much dubious content.
- The right to bear arms
- The United States has a distinct aversion to limits on their citizens' ability to bear arms, yet on the international stage, they want some nations to be restricted from having nuclear weapons.
- Australian perspective
- Sometimes, the absurd utterings of politicians and the elephants they ignore have to be called out for what they are.
- Iranian attacks on Israel
- Iran sending drones and missiles to Israel is a direct response to Israel attacking the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria.
- Taiwan is not Ukraine
- Some feel that a successful invasion of Ukraine by Russia may give impetus for China to invade Taiwan. This largely ignores a critical difference between how the world sees the two target countries.
- Suppressing China
- Both the Biden and Trump administrations have been trying to prevent China from growing as an economic power. This is the wrong approach.
- Can have control or equality
- If wanting to be in control, expect to pay for that privilege, otherwise expect to share that control.
- Time for Europe to stand up
- The Trump administration has released its National Security Strategy document sharply criticising Europe.
- Asset-stripping the US
- The Trump administration is overseeing a massive degradation of government services and loss of intrinsic value. Seem familiar?
- Taxing the rich will pay for services
- It seems many think that under a fiat currency, government services are not funded by tax revenue, but they are.