I just deactivated my twitter account. I’m not going back. Here’s why: I am pretty sure they are hiding my posts. I had over 2800 followers and I got maybe 100 impressions per tweet. It clearly didn’t show my tweets to the people who actually interacted with me. I had time off work and I …
Author Archives: stidmatt
Marx on Trade Unions
A common misconception is that trade unions are a critical part of Marx’s theory of revolution. I’m here to convince you that is not the case, and the presence of unions in the First International was merely a temporary and doomed-to-fail alliance of convenience. The First and Second Internationals The International was formed on 28 …
What really happened in 1968
The 1968 election is one of the most misunderstood elections in the history of the United States. The common narrative is that Hubert Humphrey lost because he supported the Vietnam War and those radical hippies didn’t vote for him. I’m here to prove that that is not what actually happened. Plus, Nixon didn’t truly oppose …
The Beginning of Modern Western history
Pretty much everyone knows about the beginning of civilization. Around 4000 BCE different civilizations started to pop up in a few river valleys in Africa and Asia. Sumer was organized as an early dynasty around 4500 BCE. The Indus valley civilization appeared around 3300 BCE. It remained stable for 2000 years. China was established as …
The end of privacy
Abortion is now illegal in at least some cases in all but 6 states. Miranda Rights have been effectively repealed. Voter ID laws have been upheld. Public money must be given to private religious schools if parents request it. Clarence Thomas has stated that they might repeal Obergefell v. Hodges. All of this paints a …
Successful leadership
A trick to leadership is to under promise and over deliver. Don’t promise something and then fall through, that’s when people become disappointed. Promise something you know you can and will accomplish, just enough to get elected, and then do more than you promised. Another important part of leadership is to try to fire up …
Almost every police shooting is a crime
This is a very simple argument. In the United States, people are innocent until proven guilty. The only way to prove guilt in our legal system is in a court of law. Self-defense is a right as well. As long as a person under arrest does not try to attack a police officer, under which …
The End of Legal Abortion, How We Got Here
In 2000 Al Gore probably won the Presidential election, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 majority stopped the vote counting in Florida, handing Bush the presidency. Bush would be reelected in 2004 which is how John Roberts and Alito got onto the Supreme Court. This was one opportunity to create a liberal majority that was …
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Thoughts while sitting at a hotel
My life is going through a massive transition right now as I go through a sad breakup, and I’m sitting in a hotel right now which is owned by the Marriott family. I read through the Wikipedia page of Bill Marriott and I learned that he is a leader of the LDS church. Which made …
How to get banned from twitter
Source the Holocaust museum. Bootlicking tankies will get really upset and Twitter will ban you from the website forcing you to appeal. But if you are a Republican you can spread lies about how the election was stolen (it wasn’t) and they won’t do anything. Fuck Twitter.