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Gerontocracy endangers democracy.
J.D. Thorpe
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An Olive Branch from the Tea Party
The media wants the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street to duke it out because it fits perfectly into our two-party system’s “us-against-them” mentality. While we may have widely divergent views on particular issues, we can agree that the current political system is tilted in favor of rich Americans.
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One pressing question is how the worldwide outrage might, and could, spread to his other business interests, not least his largest interest: SpaceX.
There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
Gerontocracy endangers democracy.
One pressing question is how the worldwide outrage might, and could, spread to his other business interests, not least his largest interest: SpaceX.
There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
In many European countries, the far right holds or shares power. Democracy is in crisis.
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Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
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There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
