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cybernetics

corruption

Corruption begins when reward outpaces responsibility, reflecting the tendency of complex communication systems to abbreviate consequence and concentrate advantage.

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Philosophy

independence day

Freedom is easy to celebrate in theory and much harder to preserve in practice.

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Philosophy

stasis, stasi, status, state

A country does not collapse when it disagrees; it collapses when disagreement becomes the structure that holds it together.

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cybernetics

finger-painting australia into an ideological corner: populism

Just my perspective.
Your mileage may vary.

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politics

australia, please…

Populists tell you they’re going to smash the system for your benefit. Funny how it still always seems to end with the rich getting richer, the government getting worse, and everyone else paying for the repairs.

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politics

political speed-dating down under: the golden bulldozer

Australia’s political speed-dating with One Nation suggests that what has happened in the USA is not an exception, it is a franchised political method.