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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
The Constitution Is A Wishlist
The first thing I learned about politic is that power lies with the people where people think it lies. You can only force someone to follow your orders if the other person thinks…
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politikhos (38)in #philosophy • 6 years ago
The Meaning Of Life Is... Don't Think About It!
When you give a homeless person 50$, that makes him feel pretty good, to a large part because he feels like somebody is watching out for him. But of course that is also based on…
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politikhos (38)in #philosophy • 6 years ago
For Anyone But Ourselves, We Are The "Strange Aliens"
A few years ago, when I was in high school, I was sitting in my physics class. It was early in the morning, the teacher was kind of boring, I was tired, but then suddenly…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
So Poor People Getting Money Makes Them "Dependent", But Politicians Taking Money Doesn't?
In the US, elected Republicans often claim that poor people shouldn't get assistance, because then they become "dependent" on that money. Isn't it interesting that those very…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
Multi-Level Democracy Takes Away The Connection Between The Will Of Voters And Decision Making
In the US, the House of Representatives is elected by a "First Past The Post" system, where whoever gets the most votes wins. So to ensure a majority in the House you only need a…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
You Get More Return On Investments The Richer You Already Are, Which Means Runaway Wealth Inequality
When people invest their money, it is only fair that they get interest on that money. If I worked 1000h at 15$/h, save 1$ each hour, and buy a 1000$ vending machine, then it's…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
You Can Hate A Part Of Your Country's Past Without Hating Your Country
Before and during WWII the country I live in started horrible wars, openly oppressed other peoples, didn't allow much of the population to shape public policy, and the rich…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
The Supreme Court Doesn't Have To Suck: Let's Reform It
Former President Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court by increasing its size from 9 to 15 - in order to pass his economically progressive New Deal - is…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
Why Would We Need Delegates For Nominating A Presidential Candidate?
Now, at face value there are a few obvious reasons why today the Presidential nomination process in both major parties uses delegates. It solves the question of what happens…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
How To Win: Third Party Or Primarying Incumbents?
In case you haven't heard of this yet, there is a divide among progressives as to whether we should try to take over the corrupt Democratic Party through primaries, or whether we…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
The US Basically Has The Same Political System As The UK - In The Late 1700s
Unlike today's Britain, in the 18th century the country was ruled by a King with relatively moderate powers, balanced by a parliament consisting of a lower chamber, the House of…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
Over The Last 60 Years We Have Been Emitting More And More CO2 Into The Atmosphere, Not Less
Most of my content here are long posts, with multiple arguments and different points of view if possible, but I'm literally just posting this because when making this graph I…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
The Importance Of Proportional Representation Electoral Systems
Maybe this is how the House would look like under Proportional Representation If you live in the United States, chances are you think that having an election means you vote…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
Would a mandatory waiting period of 24h to buy stock make the stock market less unstable?
This is just an idea I've had a few minutes ago while thinking about something different: What would happen if there was a mandatory "waiting period" for buying stocks, maybe…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
How To Fix The Undemocratic European Union
When you listen to "Euroskeptics", talking about the European Union being "unelected", you might wonder how they imagine the EU representatives actually come to their positions.…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
Bitcoin Would Be A New Gold Standard. And Maybe That's A Bad Thing
What if somebody started handing out coupons for Bitcoins. It's just a piece of paper, with security measures and all, saying "If you give this back to me, I will give you 0.001…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
You want the state to protect us from criminals, but not from disease?
To everyone who is for a tax-funded army and police, but against single-payer healthcare: So you want everyone to be protected from criminals and other countries, got it. What…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
Free Trade Increases Productivity Because It Kills Jobs, And That Can Be A Good Thing
Alright, let me get one thing straight: The TTP would definetly be bad overall for the US, and NAFTA probably was bad overall for the US. On the other hand, it has to be said…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
Your IQ doesn't matter: If you want to know how the world works you got to take in new information
There was a time when we didn't knew that the weight of an object doesn't impact how fast it falls. If you've been in school, you probably know that - provided you're in a vacuum…
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politikhos (38)in #politics • 6 years ago
If the Constitution only allowed taxes where everyone pays the same amount, how much socialism would we really want?
This isn't a "gotcha" question, I genuinly wonder about this myself: If government programs were constitutionally forbidden to do "wealth redistribution", how much socialism…
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