The world struggle between democracy and repression has been going oppression's way for ten years. The influence of repressive powers, China and Russia plays an important role, and so do the supporters of the bullshitter.

The existence of a powerful antidemocratic party in the US undermines its influence for democracy in several ways: it makes the US a disappointing example of democracy's functioning; it encourages repressive and aggressive US policies, which set bad examples themselves; its support for plutocracy weakens the US and thus undermines its ability to do anything inspiring.

Win Without War's campaign to end the arming of US thug departments with military weapons.

*Who's Controlling the COVID Vaccine: 10 Myths and Misdirections.*

I posted this link because overall the points are valid. However, talking about the concept of "intellectual property" inevitably spreads confusion through overgeneralization and putting scare quotes around the term does nothing to undo that confusion. Each use of that term inherently misinforms.

The way to avoid that misinformation is to talk about patents and about trade secrecy as two separate issues which are legally unrelated.

Pressure for people to study for careers in science and technology is leading universities to stop teaching history.

Delete your social media accounts, because sooner or later the algorithm will figure out how to trigger you and start changing you so you can't get away.