How Orwellian is a US government Disinformation Governance Board? In a free country, where the citizens decide truth, the government cannot take a position on truth. Yet, that is exactly what the malevolent Disinformation Governance Board is attempting to do. Of course, Orwell parodied this No one believes...
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Should the government allow common-sense limitations on the right to personal autonomy? Not in any country I live in. The American government exists to protect freedoms. The American Constitution is the backstop for these freedoms. But, there is a place already enjoying those common-sense limitations: Anger mounts among locked-down...
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What kind of outcomes will surface if politicians force a country of 330 million people to abide by a bigoted set of ideologies? When a person name-calls, or, especially name-calls without specifics, I can only surmise that they are upset about something. Often, it’s hard to...
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How much danger is our democracy facing in 2022? Why? DANGER? Geez, we may be just turning the corner out of danger. Here’s what was happening: See: Our present political battle is a life or death struggle for the minds of the people. And, all this was happening while...
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Why do politicians of both parties endlessly distract us with social issues, when the economy (for a sizeable majority) is bad? Don't they understand that if people are in economic distress, they are less likely to compromise on social issues? Because our present political battle is...
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It has been said that the purpose of the 2A is to make the government reluctant to impose tyranny on an armed populous. If this were actually true in practice, how would the last two years have looked different? But it has worked for that purpose....
Read MoreCan a highly educated politician appeal to a group of people who do not have much formal education? Why or why not? It all depends. (1A) If the person or group without formal education has elected to do/pursue nothing in their life, in other words, they sit...
Read MoreIs it true that when the government grows, freedom recedes? The job of protecting the people’s freedom is a small but important one. That was once the sole role of the American federal government. What happens, inescapably, is that people begin to ask the government to do...
Read MoreHow much are your thought processes manipulated by the constant barrage of misinformation and information, and why? Most people acquire most of their thoughts from others. Or, said another way, most people do not perform their own individual thinking for most of what they think they...
Read MoreAre people gullible and naive to trust politicians to do the right things for the country? Yes. If we require politicians to do things for us, like provide us with handouts, we will always be disappointed. I don’t. But those that do are deeply gullible … and...
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