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How Rich Assholes Use Private Foundations
It’s a simple bargain: The rich get huge tax breaks by donating art, property and company shares to benefit the public. But some donors collect millions while offering little or no public access.
The Insidious Truth Behind Free School Meals
Maybe free school meals will one day be tied to accepting universal basic income payments, or conditional on your digital ID or your social credit score.
The Mortal God Drops Its Mask
Such ‘gods’ always overreach and are never as omnipotent and omniscient as they believe. While history may be littered with failed rebellions, it is no less littered with failed empires, totalitarianisms, tyrannies, despotisms, and other would be pseudo-deities.
The Next Phase of the Government’s War on Thought Crimes
In communities across the nation, police are being empowered to forcibly detain individuals they believe might be mentally ill, based solely on their own judgment, even if those individuals pose no danger to others.
Are We Slipping Toward Dictatorship?
History teaches us that dictatorial power is rarely if ever achieved all at once. The aspiring dictator invariably begins with censorship. By controlling the flow of information to the public, he shapes public perceptions in his favor, and against his critics.
The Revolt of the Pawns
Society does not require a top-down order imposed by an authoritarian elitist class who, by virtue of some magical political ritual, is able to impose its will on others without their consent.
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