Tag: clientelism
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Google’s real competitor? The super-rich have their say
When a single company holds the vast majority of the market, they call it a monopoly. And such a phenomenon should be prevented or resolved by various regulatory bodies. In 2014, with all of a sudden AI development, it looked like Google’s real competitor was nowhere to be found. To be honest with you, it…
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The best new political party – get rid of clientelism
Basically, all people around the world are grossly discontent with politics in their respective countries. You often hear: “Why they cannot just enact it? Just do it!” But it is a huge misunderstanding of the current worldwide politics. Do you want a better politics? Then get rid of clientelism in it! Corruption, extreme inequality, conflicts,…
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Why non-fiction authors are politicians?
When I was younger and even more stupid, I always envisioned my favorite non-fiction authors as moral men, not politicians. But these very authors are politicians to their core as I have found later on. When I started to doubt human morality and realized that current and past human morality makes little sense compared to…
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The world without clientelism
We hate our politicians but we are no different. A friend of a friend knows a friend and he or she takes care of you getting a job as a janitor. This is where the clientelism starts. Not only job opportunities, promotions, and stealing from public resources, but the whole political system is based on…
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Start-ups, the super-rich, banking, politics. Why are connections mostly harmful?
Connections can be divided into trust issues (you know well that the person would conduct the desirable way you want) and creating the possibility of anything (given the ability of the contact). Both of these can be attributed to the evolution of homo sapiens and can be useful and detrimental to humankind. After the Czechoslovakia…
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What if Clinton had won? More democracy and a more peaceful world
Don’t get me wrong! The Clintons were political predators who destroyed the careers of tons of politicians. They were (or maybe are) keeping records of enemies they needed to destroy. Needless to say, politics is a cruel discipline, you will get out of the game even though it may be morally completely wrong (from the…
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My view of anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is a terrible scourge. It led to pogroms, the holocaust and other injustices to the Jewish people. However, it is true that Jewish people are extremely able in all aspects of the socioeconomic spectrum. The richest family on this planet is Jewish. They have significant influence based on clientelism over the United States. I…