It’s bad enough that so much of our lives has become politicized. As Lawrence W. Reed explains, it’s also a problem that the traditional political spectrum we’re taught doesn’t much resemble reality.
A revolutionary fervor seems to be in the air these days. Jeff Thomas has an informative take on revolutions and the danger that always seems to outpace the romanticism.
One of the most vivid examples of a politician gaslighting the people he supposedly serves is found in the Canadian prime minister’s whitewashing of his covid policies. Trevor Tucker reminds us that a threat is not an incentive.
What’s the biggest impediment to free speech? Caitlin Johnstone says, it’s that so many people falsely believe that they still have it. Check out her essay on how propaganda restricts speech even more than censorship does.
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