politics
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What crisis?
The successive Tory governments of the last 14 years are the sole reason the NHS is in crisis. People are living longer yes, but healthier safer lives, the demand is not the issue. The destruction of this incredible socialist institution is deliberate, it is no coincidence that these former corporate capitalists, who have business relationships Continue reading
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Stop Celebrating!
People would rather be told a lie by those they like than a truth by those they do not. This is our new power, in modernity, granted to us by the mechanisms of social media, to make us feel like we are significant and the things we feel are valid. Used to be that if Continue reading
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The worst of us
We have politicians, and unfortunately they are the worst of us, often the worst people they could be. Just take a sample of them and ask yourself if they possess the courage of their convictions, if they serve their own interests or others. Ask if you could do better, think better, act more morally, if Continue reading
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Intelligence my ass !
It’s called Artificial Intelligence and it’s supposed to be the next big thing, impressive for sure yes, but intelligence no. In the following piece I intend to poke a hole in the claim… So, with the intention of testing it, and with an open mind, I decided to ask AI, specifically Bing, a question that Continue reading
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From above, from below
The leaders chosen from below are almost always better than the leaders chosen from above, and there’s got to be a good reason… From above… Sycophancy, the powerful will notice who laughs the most, and the loudest, at their usually unfunny jokes and quips. They notice who stays behind after the bell goes to go Continue reading
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Faith and Knowledge
I was wondering what your thought were on this and that, but I can probably already guess because I know you well, and I know the way you would like things to be…. Marx had a theory that one day in the future, his future and possibly our now, there would be a time where Continue reading
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Newspeak
It strikes me, that there is a particular problem with the way that we speak to each other, and I wish to examine it. I think I know why this phenomenon happens, but is it useful? My friend is fat, really fat, colossally fat, I simply cannot state how fat the fucker is in strong Continue reading
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Consensus of conformity
It would seem that, by first limiting the range of contributors to only those that are willing to stick to a pre-agreed narrative, then measuring the narrow range of their output, one can create the illusion of blanket agreement in any discipline, and quite simply state that measure as a proof of the validity of Continue reading
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Lynch, Mick
Mick Lynch has made mincemeat of newscasters and the lying politicians they keep getting on TV to challenge him, but still they in media land push the narrative that those hard working folks who are trying, by the only means they have available, to get a fair wage, are just money grabbing troublemakers. Where were Continue reading
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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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