The left-of-centre parties in Western democracies are failing because both their economic policies and their social policies have alienated the majority of middle-class voters.   By embracing globalization and deregulation of financial markets they ...
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  1. The failure of the Left
  2. The “Sad Truths” Dept., from H. L. Mencken et al
  3. The Canada Post strike
  4. 500 years, two technologies, similar chaos
  5. The most pernicious race of little odious vermin
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The failure of the Left

The left-of-centre parties in Western democracies are failing because both their economic policies and their social policies have alienated the majority of middle-class voters.  By embracing globalization and deregulation of financial markets they have spiked […]
   

The “Sad Truths” Dept., from H. L. Mencken et al

No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of […]
   

The Canada Post strike

As Adam King has explained in his article in The Conversation, here— https://theconversation.com/canada-post-strike-highlights-labour-struggle-over-gig-economy-and-precarious-work-244469 —the strike by Canada Post workers results largely from the proliferation of “gig economy” businesses that to date have successfully evaded the […]
   

500 years, two technologies, similar chaos

1520s In Germany, respect for traditional authority figures—the Pope, the Emperor, and other nobles—has broken down under an assault led by Martin Luther. Into that vacuum of authority hundreds of voices arise, each contending with […]
   

The most pernicious race of little odious vermin

“. . . As for yourself,” continued the king, “who have spent the greatest part of your life in travelling, I am well disposed to hope you may hitherto have escaped many vices of your […]
   

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