The war in Ukraine is less “surprising” to some who’ve seen it raging since 2014. Although it escalated greatly in 2022, the Ukraine war timeline ultimately dates back all the way to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. To understand the backstory — which is now inextricably intertwined with our own presidential history […]
Wealth Cult: The oligarchs influencing American politics from the shadows
A network of exceedingly wealthy individuals and organizations have channeled their vast fortunes into influencing American politics, policy, and public opinion — they’ve formed a wealth cult. And they’ve leveraged that cult and its considerable fortune to influence and in many ways dramatically transform American politics. The term “dark money” refers to political spending meant […]
The GOP is 3 Cults in a Trenchcoat
One of two major parties in our American first-past-the-post voting system of dual-party reality, the Republican Party, has evolved (or devolved…) into a full-throated authoritarian movement seeking to overthrow our democracy, The Constitution, and the rule of law in order to establish a fascist regime in the United States. It’s been a not-so-secret fever dream […]
Hyper Partisanship: How to understand American politics today
- Politics
- 2016 Election
- 2020 Election
- Beliefs
- Cluster B
- Corruption
- Cults
- Culture
- Cybersecurity
- Democracy
- Economics
- Emotion
- Fascism
- Hacking
- History
- Internet
- Kleptocracy
- Media
- Morality
- Narcissism in Politics
- Philosophy
- Power
- Propaganda
- Psychological Warfare
- Psychology
- Religion
- Russia
- Science
- Sexism
- Surveillance
- Technology
Buckle up, we’re in for a wild ride. Many of the serious scholars of political history and authoritarian regimes are sounding the alarm bells that, although it is a very very good thing that we got the Trump crime family out of the Oval Office, it is still a very very bad thing for America […]
King of Trussia: The case for Donald Trump’s involvement with Russia
a. The Alfa Bank pinging server b. Connections in the Trump campaign Β Β Β 1. Paul Manafort — former campaign manager who helped rig elections for Ukrainian pro-Moscow former president Viktor Yanukovich Β Β Β 2.Β Sergei Millian —Β head of the Russian American Chamber of Commerce in the US Β Β Β 3. Ivanka’s friendship […]