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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Potential fight

vendredi 9 avril 2021 à 02:00

The US military — or any military — is based on a philosophy of seeing the world as a potential fight and the enemy as dehumanized. This gives it a fundamental similarity to right-wing extremism.

That is the foundation of the US military's vulnerability to right-wing extremism, but other factors add to it.

Carbon Tax Center

vendredi 9 avril 2021 à 02:00

* We at Carbon Tax Center believe that removing climate deniers from the Climate Solutions Caucus could help rehabilitate carbon taxing in the public conversation.*

The overall point is that a revenue-neutral carbon tax, redistributing the tax money to help the poor, would complement programs to invest in renewable energy generation and use. The investments would provide an alternative to fossil fuel use, and the tax would pressure everyone to use the alternative instead of fossil fuel rather than using more energy.

Bitcoin mining empire

vendredi 9 avril 2021 à 02:00

*China’s vast bitcoin mining empire risks derailing its climate targets, says study.*

Genocide suspect

vendredi 9 avril 2021 à 02:00

*Zimbabwe under renewed pressure to give up Rwanda genocide suspect.*

Trickle down

vendredi 9 avril 2021 à 02:00

The US government, and international institutions, have recognized that trickle down only feeds dooH niboR, and have adopted Keynsianism.

The reason why Covid-19 increased inequality is that it caused lots of disasters. So it created lots of opportunities for disaster capitalism. People and institutions that had a habit of searching for such opportunities found them and benefited from them.