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Umberto Eco Defined Fascism and Trump Is One

Applying Eco’s 14 characteristics of ur-fascism to Donald Trump and the Republican Party

Nov 3

Cartoon of Hitler, Trump, and a rat

Nov 3

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Capitalism Uses High Tech To Mire You In Lifetime Debt

An oligarchy of billionaires, corporations, banks, high tech, and the government conspire to take all your wealth

Apr 23

Mother and Child

Apr 23

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Coping with Capitalism

In the Rental Economy, We Won’t Own Anything Anymore

The rentier class will own everything and the rest of us will be poorer

Sep 22

A group of people carrying a house

Sep 22

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Why Capitalism is Dead and Its Heir is Neo-feudalism

The new barons are corporate psychopaths who care not a whit about fairness or social justice

Apr 17

The Gleaners by Millet

Apr 17

I have been studying and writing about communities for a couple of years.

A village is too small for many services. A town is needed for a police department, a fire department, an ambulance service, a clinic a…

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One Number Is Why Harris Lost — NOT

We look at a theory that predicts the exact percentage of votes received in presidential elections

Nov 18

Dewey Defeats Truman Headline

Nov 18

Medium Staff Promoted A Story They Didn’t Understand

A critique of a story where the author cheated and called it Data Science

Nov 15

A croupier dealing cards

Nov 15

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Bouncin’ and Behaving Blogs TOO

The Economy, Jobs, and Inflation Explained

A rebuttal to a borderline unethical article from Pardee RAND

Oct 7

A couple in their kitchen

Oct 7

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Coping with Capitalism

Rental Housing Cooperatives Can Help Solve The Housing Crisis

Rental cooperatives, community land trusts, creative financing, and proactive zoning make a turnaround possible

Sep 18

No vacancy on apartment building

Sep 18

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Coping with Capitalism

AI Reality Distortion in Story Creation

Dissecting an AI generated story to demonstrate the folly of removing the human from the equation

Sep 10

Reality distortion

Sep 10

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