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Limericks

Posted on January 6, 2026 by john

Dear Friends, Yellow journalism is all the rage,Putting political truth in a cage,The good to roast,The Washington Post,Protecting pedophiles is hard to gauge. There once was a man in Plainfield,He stole wood wheeled and dealed,Never worked a day,Frittered time away,And … Continue reading →

Posted in media, Mercy, philosophy | Tagged cultural critique, Dark Humor, Democracy, elite power, fellow, irony, limerick, media criticism, poetry, polemic, political commentary, political satire, press ethics, propaganda, reaction, Satire, Social Criticism, yellow, yellow journalism | Leave a comment

Limericks

Posted on December 23, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, Edward Bernays was crucial to The Man,Teaching girls to smoke doing what he can,Wear that bra,Don’t tell Ma,And follow the Pied Piper into his panel van. I know of a fake Indian from Mass,Full of lies and willing … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, Mercy, philosophy | Tagged academic elitism, accountability, authoritarianism, class critique, communism, Consequences, consumerism, cultural engineering, Dark Humor, dissent, doors, Edward Bernays, elite power, establishment critique, fake authenticity, feminism critique, free thought, government overreach, Harvard, hypocrisy, identity politics, immigration policy, kings vs ideology, limericks, marxism, media manipulation, moral hazard, political hypocrisy, political satire, populism, power concentration, propaganda, protect, public relations, reject, rule of law, Satire, social control | Leave a comment

Double Standards Destroy Civilization

Posted on December 21, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the most efficient way to obliterate a civilization is with double standards. The stronger the double standards, the sooner that civilization will collapse into violence, poverty, and want. The reason is that perverse incentives … Continue reading →

Posted in economy, Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth | Tagged ancient Rome, Bronze Age collapse, civilization, civilization collapse, civilizational decay, corruption, double standards, economic instability, elite power, extractive states, governance failure, historical cycles, inequality before the law, justice and law, moral hazard, political philosophy, regulatory capture, rule of law, social contract, societal cohesion, somalia | Leave a comment

The Race For AI

Posted on November 7, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the claim we have to race ahead with AI is pure Hegelian manipulation at its finest. Brainics created AI, then claim it’s an existential threat in the wrong hands, the CCP. So we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Politics, International Power, philosophy | Tagged ai, artificial intelligence ethics, Brainics, ccp, elite power, espionage, fear politics, freedom of thought, globalism, Hegelian dialectic, manipulation, open source, propaganda, technocratic elite, technological arms race, thought control | Leave a comment

On Trusting The Untrustworthy

Posted on October 24, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, in personal as well as international relations, it’s best not to sign agreements you know the other side won’t live up to. If you’re selling someone a car on credit, and they clearly have … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, polictics of class envy, Societal Myth | Tagged betrayal, bonhoeffer, broken promises, ccp, constitutional norms, diplomacy, elite power, foreign policy, geopolitics, historical patterns, incentive structures, international relations, media trust, narcissists, national interest, Operation Barbarossa, peace agreements, political analysis, rearmament, self-interest, soviet union, stupidity vs evil, trade deals, treaties, trump, trust, untrustworthy leaders, war | Leave a comment

Oversimplification Wealth And Power

Posted on September 10, 2025 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, economics is more complex than the elites would have us believe, or understand themselves. Milton Friedman said inflation is always a function of monetary policy, which I think is an oversimplification. John Maynard Keynes … Continue reading →

Posted in business, economy, philosophy | Tagged aggregate demand, aggregate supply, Austrian economics, banking crisis, boom bust cycle, bubble economy, central banking, central planning, creative destruction, cronyism, economic elites, economic history, economic manipulation, economic orthodoxy, economic oversimplification, economic theory, economics, elite power, federal reserve, fiscal policy, government intervention, great depression, inflation, john maynard keynes, joseph schumpeter, keynesian economics, milton friedman, monetarism, monetary policy, power distribution, progressive era, recession, regulatory policy | Leave a comment

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The Race For AI

On Trusting The Untrustworthy

Oversimplification Wealth And Power

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