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How to stop the plutocracy game: index the top 1%’s tax rates to decreasing inequality

Another way to use the tax system to attack inequality and the incentives for wage suppression: index the tax rates on the top 1% of…

Jun 25, 2020

How to stop the plutocracy game: index the top 1%’s tax rates to decreasing inequality

Jun 25, 2020

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Curated Newsletters

What West Bank Arabs* Really Mean

When they say from the river to the sea

Nov 11, 2023

What West Bank Arabs* Really Mean

Nov 11, 2023

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Palestinians’ Wish Granted. Israelis Return to Where They Came From

Palestine free, from the river to the sea, but faces financial Nakba

Dec 18, 2023

Palestinians’ Wish Granted. Israelis Return to Where They Came From

Dec 18, 2023

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Israeli Brain Wave Reading Chip Disarms Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran

Phones, GPS, RPGs, rockets using Einsteinian physics fail fanatics’ faith in 72 virgins, the archangel Gabriel and creationism.

Jan 28

Israeli Brain Wave Reading Chip Disarms Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran

Jan 28

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Israel vs Palestine: Which Side Needs Delusion Demolition?

Here we downsize the choice to Tik-Tok attention spans

Feb 5

Israel vs Palestine: Which Side Needs Delusion Demolition?

Feb 5

So you know fascism better than Umberto Eco, the Italian semiotician and philosopher who grew up…

"Ur-Fascism can come back under the most innocent of disguises."

Nov 12

Nov 12

When I taught history I told my students, "history is fascinating, but stay out of the way.

This is possible in theory, but not in practice. As Yogi Berra once said, "in theory there's no difference between theory and practice. But…

Nov 11

Nov 11

Of course the 2020s aren't the 1930s or 1970s-80s Latin America.

1. "The cult of tradition", characterized by cultural syncretism, even at the risk of internal contradiction. When all truth has already…

Nov 10

Nov 10

Los ultimos que entran en el club quieren mas que nadie cerrar la puerta detras para asegurar su…

The converts are always worse than the originals.

Nov 10

Nov 10

All fascists are right-wing authoritarians, but not all right-wing authoritarians are fascists.

On the other hand, Trump ticks lots of Nazi boxes…

Nov 9

Nov 9

Lester Golden

Lester Golden

From Latvia & Porto I write to share learning from an academic&business life in 8 languages in 5 countries & seeing fascism die in Portugal&Spain in1974 & 1976.

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