Tag / socialism
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A Costly, Not So Free Market
“Let’s Make This Economy Work for Everyone” was one of the most spoken phrases on the Democratic presidential debate stages on June 26 and 27. Elizabeth Warren kicked off the first debate asking America: “Who is this economy really working for?,” answering her own question: “for those with money.” What do these politicians even mean?…
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Wake Up: The Effects Of Linguistic Convenience On Political Polarization
A recent study finds that 59 percent of links shared on social media weren’t actually clicked by the person sharing them, implying that—six times out of ten—only the article’s headline was read before deciding that “Katie has to see this.” It’s hard to condemn this behavior when headlines like “Birth control makes women unattractive and…
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7 Years of Plenty, 70 Years of Famine: Understanding Venezuela’s Crisis
“I’d have been better off broke.” This is how Abraham Shakespeare, a $30 million American lottery winner, described his windfall. “It’s just upheaval that they’re not ready for,” a financial consultant explained. “People have had terrible things happen.” A common “filler” story for news channels is the “Curse of the Lottery.” These cautionary tales warn…
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Screw the Discourse
For roughly the past six months, I’ve been telling everyone I know to listen to the socialist podcast Chapo Trap House. I’ve done this partially to annoy people, but mostly because it’s great, equal parts incisive and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Many of my more moderate friends—and certainly my conservative ones—will be skeptical. Rapidly increasing partisanship has…
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Authoritarianism and the “Pink Tide”
During the 21st century, popular elections brought many left-wing governments into power in Latin America in a movement known popularly as the “Pink Tide.” The movement rose up in 1999 in response to the demise of decades-long, right-wing governments that were supported by the United States, and gained ground because of popular disillusionment with the…
