Tag: super-rich interest groups
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The political background
So you think when you see a politician’s face it is everything you can possibly see. Yes, you are right, there are so-called lobbyists, advisors, and shadow eminences. But the truth is there is a face (the very politician), mover-and-shaker (the brain), crook (stealing public funds or monetize the influence he exerts over the politician).…
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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…
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Unbelievable and preposterous Joe Biden rates Polish intelligence. How dare you!
“Well, look what’s happened. Look what started to seep in, beginning and probably even with candidates during our administration. We stopped showing up at the Polish American club. We stopped showing up, and we all went to you, the really smart people. We had a new kind of coalition we were putting together. College-educated women…
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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…
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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…
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Global government
We have global inter-connected economy, yet no global government. There are thousands of global issues needed to be addressed globally but we don’t have any global government. I am for current countries to be preserved while their law-making bodies would be voted in global elections. There is what I am imagining when writing about global…
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The global formal educational system
There are tens of thousands of geniuses in developing countries. I believe there are people with brains as John von Neumann possessed. Yet their education system makes it impossible to attain such positions where they would capitalize on their talent. Or look at countries like the Czech Republic. The smartest ones go to the business,…