Sanctimania can be defined as the point at which personal opinion encroaches upon the personal liberty of others.
“The Bank Was Saved, and the People Were Ruined.”
History shows us that the present situation is not an accident. It is the repetition of a very successful method by which bankers, with the complicity of governments, create boom-and-bust cycles.
A Question of Timing
Once the warning signs begin to appear, it’s important to remember that, historically, the process never reverses itself. An apathetic population is not one that will suddenly decide to roll up its sleeves and get the country, once again, on a productive footing.
The Odds of Getting a Good Leader
The larger the country, the less the likelihood of getting a leader who can be trusted with the job.
Democracy Is The Ideal Distraction
In the days of yore, there were kings. Everybody could agree to hate the king because he was rich and well-fed, when most of his minions were not.
Promise the Moon
In the 2018 US general election, a spate of liberal candidates appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, each making dramatic promises for a more collectivist US.
Modern Monetary Theory: Economic absurdism enters the mainstream
After the Trump election victory, traditional, conventional politics and politicians have largely fallen out of favor. Middle-of-the-road ideas, proposals crossing party lines and common-ground platforms that once played a prominent role in many campaign playbooks have been replaced with a very different type of strategy.