Economics
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Speaking so as NOT to be understood
If we reckon that the goal of good communication is to be understood by those we are communicating with, then what could possibly be the goal of bad communication? In this piece I will refer to the person giving information as the communicator, and the person getting as the receiver, if that makes it seem… Continue reading
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Explaining a Fundamental of Econ
I studied Economics at degree level, but I wouldn’t claim to be an economist. I did, however, learn a few basic things that have stuck with me, and changed the way I see the world. That’s what studying is supposed to do, change your perspective, if you study and don’t change at least a little… Continue reading
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Societal Safety Boat
“Take a man out into the ocean many miles from land and drop him off the boat, then sail away. When you come back the next day he will almost certainly be dead. But take a man out into the same ocean and drop him off the boat, but this time tell him you’ll be… Continue reading
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Judgement
One problem is percentages, another is totals, but the major fault is the human inability to judge what is fair. I sat in a large gathering of co-workers a few years ago where the boss gave everyone a 1% pay rise, the people in the room thought that was fair. In truth the boss gave… Continue reading
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Many children, no salad
That woman’s ass is far too big to be crammed into the faux leather trousers she has on, they maybe fitted her well once but now she is spilling out of them where the forces of the material are overstrained. I’ll bet she didn’t look like this before she had those children. It’s nearly as… Continue reading
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Excuse me but I don’t actually work here…
The street has one person working on it, it’s the same story that plays out on every long street in the City of Eastmere. The year is 2035 and the shoppers, as they always do, have descended upon the high streets on a Saturday morning in early September, the weather is fine and the boutiques… Continue reading
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The problem with winning…
The Hunt for Red October is a film about how a submarine captain decides to act when he realises that one side, his side, may have just gained a massive tactical advantage in the standoff between the superpowers by developing a stealth weapon. To restore the balance, and therefore the relative ongoing peace that has… Continue reading
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Batman (capitalism) is the Problem, not the Solution..
The problem in the west can be reduced to batman, bear with me…Batman is no hero, he’s a privileged-by-birth man of vast inherited wealth who grants to himself the dictatorial right to define moral justice within a society where, the lawful, but not moral, actions of his class have caused, with impunity, a historical mass… Continue reading
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I’m better than liberals
Every other advert on TV is for some childrens, adult, or animal charity that needs my, and your, cash URGENTLY!. Cancer care, donkeys, cats, dogs, orphans, fresh water, eye care, cleft palette, the list is endless… What the fuck is/was all that tax we pay/paid used for? Funding illegal war, bailing out reckless banks, MPs… Continue reading
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Luck egalitarianism
Introduction Egalitarianism is the idea that there can be made fairness, not the idea that there is fairness. “Life is not fair” a statement that may come from parent to child when explaining why they must put up with a situation just because that’s the way it is. In this essay I will focus on… Continue reading
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