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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

daniel September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 Independent Voters, Independent Voters: the Most Destructive Myth in American Politics, There are No Independent Voters, Why Independence hate politicians, Why the Myth of the Independent Voter Exists

Independent Voters: the Most Destructive Myth in American Politics

There are no “independent voters.” Instead, the 38% of American voters pollsters label independent are people the two major parties and mainstream politicians ignore.

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daniel September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Change Two: Abolish or Reform Primaries, Final Thoughts, Solution Five: Proportional Representation, Solution Four: End Gerrymandering, Solution Six: Fix the US Senate, Solution Three: Abolish Midterm Elections, Structural Changes that could Fix the System, Structural Changes to American Politics, The Real Cause of the Culture War

Structural Changes to American Politics

Hypocritically, voters blame politicians for behavior the system encourages. Worse, politicians criticize ordinary people for lacking patriotism or civic spirit when they refuse to participate in a corrupt system that is rigged against them.

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daniel August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 A Brief History of Voter Suppression in America, A War against voter suppression, gerrymander and gerrymandering, gerrymandering, So what is Voter Suppression Anyway?, The 15th Amendment and Jim Crow, Voter Suppression, Voter Suppression Begins

A Brief History of Voter Suppression in America

Voter suppression is an old problem in America that is getting worse, not a new concept.

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daniel August 7, 2021August 7, 2021 Blame the Voters not the System, Congress Fears the People, Dysfunctional Politics, Fox News Nation vs MSNBC Nation, How Political Structure Breeds Apathy, How Sore Loser Laws Explain Dysfunctional Politics, How Sore Loser Laws Help Extremist Minorities, How Sore Loser Laws help Trump, Sore Loser Laws

How Sore Loser Laws Explain Dysfunctional Politics

Sore Loser Laws help extremist minorities obtain and retain power because only a small percentage of Americans vote in primaries.

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daniel July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 Can the Supreme Court Survive?, FDR vs the Supreme Court, Fear of the Supreme Court, How the Supreme Court dominates our democracy, Is the Supreme Court Antidemocratic and Unconstitutional?, Is the Supreme Court UnAmerican?, Nikolas Bowie, The Case Against the Supreme Court, The US Supreme Court vs Democracy

The US Supreme Court vs Democracy

“This is precisely what the Declaration of Independence protested,” Bowie writes of the Supreme Court. “As absurd as it was then for a continent to be perpetually-governed by an island, it is equally absurd now for a nation of 300 million to be perpetually-governed by five Harvard and Yale alumni.”

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daniel July 10, 2021May 30, 2022 Boss Pelosi, How Boss Pelosi explains Modern American Politics, How to Get Rid of the Congressional Bosses, Jim Crow and Big Business, Tammany Hall’s Empire, The Boss System, The Congressional Bosses, The Politics of Weakness

How Boss Pelosi explains Modern American Politics

Pelosi has become a feminist icon because of this hyperbole. However, there is a more sinister interpretation of Boss Pelosi. I believe Pelosi is an old-fashioned political boss who has taken over the United States House of Representatives.

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daniel July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 A Wealth Tax is Better than an Estate Tax, Charitable Deductions Make the Estate Tax even stupider, How the Wealth Tax could prevent Plutocracy, Inherited Wealth is Not the Problem], Life Expectancy Makes the Estate Tax Stupid, Why the Inheritance Tax is Dumb

Why the Inheritance Tax is Dumb

The greatest problem with the estate tax is modern life expectancy. It could be several decades before the government can get many billionaires’ and millionaires’ money through the estate tax.

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daniel June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Biden’s deadly silence, How Biden’s Silences Drives Voter Suppression, Is Biden Incapable of Governing?, Is Biden Living in 1981?, Silence leads to Violence, Why is Biden Silent?

Biden’s Deadly Silence

Is the president unaware of these problems or has no opinions about them? I cannot believe that. Instead, I think Biden’s silence is a deliberate communications strategy.

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daniel May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Examples of Disruptors, How to Spot the Disruptors, Meet the Disruptors, Stephen A. Douglas (D-Illinois), The Disruptors, The Disruptors: the People who Make American Politics, Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York) the Disruptor in Chief

The Disruptors: the People who Make American Politics

Most Disruptors claim to be loyal party members and defenders of the status quo. Conversely, disruptors usually have private contempt for the status quo. The contempt manifests itself as a willingness to violate norms, bend rules, and hack the system to achieve their goals.

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daniel May 14, 2021June 26, 2021 Basic Income, Basic Income is about Power, Basic Income is Power to the People, Could a Basic Income protect people from Domestic Violence?, Enforcing Social Norms, How Basic Income could save people from Domestic Violence, How Poverty Drives Domestic Violence, Money is Power, The High Cost of Domestic Violence, Why They Want us to Go Back to Work

Could a Basic Income protect people from Domestic Violence?

Many women stay with violent men because they lack the money to leave. Our sick society gives these women the horrible choice of “stay with the violent guy or sleep in the streets.”