HoltesThoughts
Thoughts on politics, economics, life and creative works from the author including poetry
Monday, August 31, 2020
Entertaining hypothesis vs Belief
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Saw a study on "education reduces belief in conspiracy theories." The trouble with the study is that like many recent studies it w...
Monday, August 24, 2020
Tended vs Untended
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Years ago, before internet, I remember reading the article that described what came to be known as "broken glass theory." I went b...
Sunday, August 23, 2020
cruelty is not strong
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Marco Rubio you are wrong. For the authoritarian: “Cruelty is strength” “Truth is what the cruel fabricate.” But calling a lie tr...
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Conservatives, Edmund Burke & despite of workers.
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Edmund Burke: Posted several blog entries on Edmund Burke and his revolt against John Locke. Ostensibly he wrote "Reflectio...
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Incompetence as a terror weapon
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Totalitarianism uses fear to control populations When I looked at Donald Trump back in the Eighties, I saw a psychotic, narcissi...
Subverting Reform In 1893!!
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I frequently talk about monopolies Utilities and the distinction between marketable goods and services and things that should never be priva...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Dogged Determination in the face of Totalitarianism
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In 2016, I saw the reality we were up against authoritarianism and totalitarian tactics. But I didn't want to even concede it m...
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