The biggest issue in the Anglosphere is the privatization of natural monopolies. We also have the issue of maximum benefit pensions, just like Europe, except we are delayed by a few decades. Europe did not stimulate the economy after the 2008 financial collapse, opting for austerity instead. The average income in Europe has been lower …
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Nigel Farage is the most powerful man in Britain
Part 4 of my series on the British election. Part 1 details Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s politics and how he fits into Labour’s coalition. Part 2 details current Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner‘s ideology and why I believe she will succeed Starmer. Part 3 is a historical analysis of last night’s election. Nigel Farage has …
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United Kingdom 2024 recap
Part 3 of my series on the latest United Kingdom election. Part 1 details Prime Minister Keir Starmer‘s politics and how he fits into Labour’s coalition. Part 2 details current Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner‘s ideology and why I believe she will succeed Starmer. Now, I will go through some historical analysis of this election …
Prime Minister Rayner
Keir Starmer is to the right of Maggie Thatcher on many issues. He is socially aligned with JK Rowling. He will be incapable of keeping his caucus in line because most of Labour is center-left. The UK is looking at a very unstable government while he is prime minister. I think Angela Rayner will be …
Broken Apple Pay fix
I have an iPhone, and I use it to pay for Subway. An Apple update occurred a few weeks ago, and since then, I have been unable to use Apple Pay without Face ID. The problem was that the update made my default card to pay for transit go to None and I needed to …
Prime Minister Starmer
Congratulations, Britain, on defeating the Tories. They are genuinely the worst party of the bunch. Now you can have Labour, a party whose leader: Supports Brexit, despite 65% of Labour voters voting to Remain back in 2015. Opposes proportional representation Supports the Israeli military’s operations in Gaza He equivocates criticism of policies of Netanyahu as …
America is rich, why talk about civil war?
The discussion of civil war primarily comes from groups like Project 2025, which has received considerable press attention over the last couple of years. The issue is, does Project 2025 exist because America is a failed state or because Project 2025 is a profoundly anti-American psyops operation? State of The United States of America The …
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Allen Lichtman’s research
Allen Lichtman’s 13 Keys to the White House is a monumental study that correctly predicts the electoral college in every election since 1984 except 2000. He predicts Biden will win the election this year, with only 2-4 false keys. How can we use this research to dictate policy, both internal party politics and national policy, …
Trends in economic data
I gathered some data on US states. This is not longitudinal yet, but I still think it has some interesting trends. To start, states which vote more democratically have the following trends: more bachelor’s degrees higher incomes both before and after taxes live longer more people have health insurance. Fewer people smoke tobacco. The one …
How to crash your society, or not
Here are policies that are most likely to destroy your country: Nationalized agriculture will quickly cure overpopulation. Concentrate your economy in the hands of a handful of mega-corporations. The rich and powerful get significant benefits paid for by the working class. Increase the cost of housing. If a condo is less than 20 times the …