Tag: politics
-
The former politicians give lectures and are generously paid for it. Here is the real reason
You invite a former president to lecture the super-bright students at some prestigious university. And the amount of money he receives is stunning. Is he about to reveal how to make the atomic bomb, or reveal deep secrets of politics? None of it. Shallow sentences at best. You cannot be a politician when not listening…
-
Cardinal Richelieu and the Big Bang in the USA
Cardinal Richelieu is considered as one of the most skilled politician of all times. They gave him little power, he suddenly commenced to rule all of them. And with severely messy American politics, they would need somebody like Cardinal Richelieu who would teach a lesson to the super-rich interest groups. The US needs to settle…
-
The US debacle: The majority of the world population lives in countries with robust systemic torture in prisons
The USA always says they do things only to improve human rights all around the whole world. But it is business as usual. There isn’t a prison system that wouldn’t be abusing human rights anywhere in the world. However, there are systems where torture and wrongdoings are much more prevalent. Denailing, bone-breaking, waterboarding, tooth extraction,…
-
Ukraine definitely doesn’t possess even Central European political culture
Some European highly-ranked politician boasted a long time ago that Kyiv is still Europe while Moscow is Asia. It was a political statement and it should be treated as such. The Russians have been treated as aggressors and rightfully so, however, Ukraine is nearly on par with Russian when it comes to human rights. Prevalent…
-
How can an ordinary man fight corruption
Corruption not only costs us trillions of dollars a year, but it also distorts the political process to an extreme degree (the very ability to conduct things in favor of citizens). You say the Iron law of oligarchy still prevails, so there is no need to be an ordinary member when the shadow eminence will…