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Minneapolis Mayhem Infiltrates Both Streets and Government0
- Culture
- June 1, 2020
In Minneapolis last week, the death of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, in police custody led to days of rioting and looting in Minneapolis and in cities across the nation. Many are saying that this incident is one more sign of American racism. Others have declared the riots are justified, the natural and spontaneous
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These Riots Are Nothing Like the Boston Tea Party0
- Culture
- June 1, 2020
Amid the aftermath of George Floyd’s tragic death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, a lot of misinformation has been spread concerning the riots and their place in history. One particular item I’ve noted is a comparison of the present protesters and looters with the men who engaged in what later became known as the Boston
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Why Socialists Love the Phrase ‘It’s Not Real Socialism’0
- Economics
- June 1, 2020
The main reason that the socialists have had the staying power that has, luckily, eluded the Nazis is the argument that these self-acclaimed socialist regimes were “not real socialism.” One influential intellectual responsible for popularizing this argument is philosopher Noam Chomsky, who postulates that socialist regimes, the USSR specifically, merely pretended to be socialist to
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Epidemiologist: Sweden’s COVID Response Isn’t Unorthodox0
- International
- May 29, 2020
Sweden’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to draw scrutiny, both praise and criticism. One thing critics and supporters agree on is that Sweden’s “lighter touch” approach, which encourages social distancing through softer measures in lieu of mass closures, is unorthodox or exceptional. This is not entirely true, however. As Sweden’s top infectious disease expert
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Notes From the Asylum on the CARES Act0
- Economics
- May 29, 2020
When it comes to economics, I must be dumb as a stump. Like many others, I received a letter from The White House this past week announcing that I would receive $1200 from the Coronavirus, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT). The CARES Act is bringing “this $2.2 trillion
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George Floyd Reveals the Bankruptcy of the Elites0
- Culture
- May 29, 2020
The protests, looting, and fires which have rocked the city of Minneapolis after the tragic death of George Floyd are yet another illustration of the comprehensive failure of our leading institutions, which seem incompetent and unprepared to handle society’s widespread anger and alienation. The concurrent rise of nationalism, socialism, and populism during the twentieth-first century increasingly resembles a tragic recapitulation of the nineteenth. Institutions are
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