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As I argue in my piece, “The End of American Democracy,” multiparty democracy depends on the willingness of different factions to trade political power. In effect, one has to be willing to hand a loaded gun to one’s political opponents every few years. Obviously, though, you would not do that if you thought you would be immediately shot with it. (more…)
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When it comes to assessing the economy, there’s a huge generation gap these days. Older generations who have had time to accumulate wealth are feeling optimistic. Their green lines have been going up. Meanwhile, younger people are being left behind due to suppressed wages and inflation. They neither have the wealth nor opportunity to catch a ride on the all-time stock market highs. (more…)
Satellite view of Los Angeles fires from the Copernicus Sentinel-3
Satellite view of Los Angeles fires from the Copernicus Sentinel-3
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Fiery the angels fell; deep thunder rolled around their shores; burning with the fires of Orc.
-Roy Batty, Blade Runner.
Los Angeles is burning. The ongoing conflagration in California’s largest city is a testament to the destructive nature of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. (more…)
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To understand the arch of Donald Trump’s political career so far, he should be seen as a Machiavellian and monarchical figure without any concrete political ideology or ideals beyond his own self-aggrandizement. Trump has switched party loyalty on many occasions, even spending most of the 2000s as a registered Democrat. (more…)
Sriram Krishnan, Senior Policy Advisor for AI at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Sriram Krishnan, Senior Policy Advisor for AI at the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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This year, my best Christmas present was a war over legal, high-skilled immigration on X. On December 23, Laura Loomer tweeted:
Deeply disturbing to see the appointment of Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for AI at the Office of Science and Technology Policy. . . . How will [we] control immigration in our country and promote America First innovation when Trump appointed this guy who wants to REMOVE all restrictions on green card caps in the United States so that foreign students (which makes up 78% of the employees in Silicon Valley) can come to the US and take jobs that should be given to American STEM students. . . . This is not America First policy. (more…)
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Advertising is considered an extension of show business.
Sir Martin Sorrell, Chairman of marketing group WPP
Advertising seems a very modern phenomenon but it has been with us for millennia. A Roman tavern with a painting of a vine over the door was advertising for customers. A piece of papyrus found in Egypt and dated to around 3000 BC was written by a weaver wishing to persuade his fellow citizens to use his services rather than those of his competitors. (more…)
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If Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the armed forces was so crucial, references to its importance should be everywhere in the work of military theorists, historians, and soldiers from the past, right? I mean how could it be that Carl von Clausewitz missed the inherent value of having 400-pound transgender gorillas in the ranks? (more…)
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This year, a quota system by the Academy Awards took effect for the benefit of disadvantaged minorities, and you know what that means. If a film doesn’t check the right intersectionality boxes, it’s ineligible to be nominated for any golden dildos. (more…)
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Molti nemici, molto onore.
Many enemies, much honor.
Benito Mussolini
The 2024 Presidential election and its aftermath set me to thinking about this apothegm of Il Duce, captured in a mosaic somewhere in Rome, and what could be made of it for Counter-Currents’ regular readers. I think it should serve as a maxim to bolster our sense of pride and purpose. (more…)
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Several days ago, in an article titled “Restoring the White Voice on College Campuses,” I proposed that we should reconsider forming European-American student groups on university campuses. (more…)
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In my lecture “What’s Wrong with Diversity,” I lay out some basic arguments for why it is a bad idea to make one’s society racially and ethnically diverse. Here I want to expand upon a problem that starts as soon as diversity becomes a goal that institutions must promote.
Promoting diversity corrupts every institution, one institution at a time. (more…)
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This year, the Trump train has been more like an emotional roller-coaster. My decision to vote for Trump has flip-flopped almost as much as Trump has. Recently, I re-read my endorsement of Trump from four years ago, “Trump: Without Illusions or Apologies.” I feared that I would want to eat my words. But, much to my surprise, I ended up convincing myself to vote once again for Orange Man. (more…)
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The most processed, stage-managed, and synthetic candidate in political history may just be the Frankensteinian perfection that America’s machine politics deserve. The cackle of Hillary, the tan of Obama, and the perspicacity of Biden, have all managed to reincarnate their way into the political avatar of DEI anointed-one, Kamala Harris. And yet she’s the odds-on favorite to move her tote tray to the West Wing come January. (more…)