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Journalism Is Never Objective: News-Media Objectivity Is Ideology

Analysis of the major news-media’s declining credibility tends to revolve around the idea that objective journalism is being drowned out…

11 min readDec 4, 2018

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Economics of Climate Change: How to Stop Global Warming by 2030

With the urgent findings of last month’s IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C — an assessment of the scientific, technical, and…

13 min readNov 23, 2018

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Economics of Climate Change: How to Stop Global Warming by 2030

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VAP vs VEP Voter Turnout Calculation & the Dark Side of Statistical Figures

Democracy, by definition, is a popular concept and, in the theater of politics, a popular concept is an important one. States usually take…

6 min readOct 15, 2018

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VAP vs VEP Voter Turnout Calculation & the Dark Side of Statistical Figures

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A History of Landlords: Rent & the Feudal Origins of a Non-Working Class

In 2015, studies estimate that US renters paid $535 billion to landlords in residential rents. To put this in perspective, $535 billion is…

11 min readOct 2, 2018

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A History of Landlords: Rent & the Feudal Origins of a Non-Working Class

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On the State Theory of Money, Social Power, & Taxes: Modern Money Systems 3

The following is part-3 in an open series meant to introduce the basics of modern monetary theory (MMT) and to explore the potential for…

14 min readAug 10, 2018

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Media Hits North Korea w/ Flurry of Pro-War Articles All Citing Shady NBC Report

Today is July 2nd 2018 and Googling “North Korea news” is likely to bring up a heap of news stories with titles like The Guardian’s North…

6 min readJul 3, 2018

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Media Hits North Korea w/ Flurry of Pro-War Articles All Citing Shady NBC Report

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Brand Marketing a Political Party: Inside the Democrats’ Fake Opposition

For the past 17 months or so, much of the US has been steeped in a continual ebb-and-flow of outrage over whatever mess was made most…

7 min readJun 15, 2018

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In Defense of Political Extremism: ‘Us Versus Them’ Versus Neoliberal Ideology

The term ‘black and white’ is often used to label ways of thinking that are considered dismissive, narrow-minded, or simplistic. Informing…

10 min readMay 25, 2018

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In Defense of Political Extremism: ‘Us Versus Them’ Versus Neoliberal Ideology

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Voter Registration Is Voter Suppression: Low Turnout by Design in the USA

During 2016’s nominally democratic primaries, the voter-rolls — i.e. the lists of people who get to vote — were afflicted by a slew of…

8 min readMay 10, 2018

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Voter Registration Is Voter Suppression: Low Turnout by Design in the USA

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The Russia Narrative Is Nonsense: Anti-Social Media Censorship & McCarthyist Democrats

The article you are about to read is 100% pure Russian propaganda, written by some shill to deliberately mislead you with false information…

9 min readApr 29, 2018

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The Russia Narrative Is Nonsense: Anti-Social Media Censorship & McCarthyist Democrats

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John Laurits

John Laurits

John Laurits is not an award-winning journalist. Follow to enjoy the comic futility of his quest to defeat capitalism w/ art and math www.JohnLaurits.com

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