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Covid lockdowns and freedom

7 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

The Covid inquiry has begun with a focus on WhatsApp messages. Still, it is essential not to lose sight of the more critical questions surrounding the unprecedented experiment in public health during the pandemic. A study by the Institute of...

A Glance at my 24h Twitter Time Line: No Wonder I’m Going Crazy!

7 Jun 2023 1 minute read 3 comments Melina Mehr

The videos received by Iran International show that young people in the Razmian city of Qazvin province set government banners with pictures of Khomeini and Khamenei (former and current leaders of the regime) on fire.   Raha Anari, a 17-year-old pr...

What is socialism? Arguments by classical liberal thinkers

6 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

A definition of socialism is that socialism is about the prohibition of free entry into markets. This definition, via the Econlab article, focuses on what socialism does rather than its aims or motives. By emphasizing the restriction on market entry,...

The power of the Powerless

4 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Lochard

Sincerely suggest you to read the essay if you haven't already.   Having read one-fifth of The power of the Powerless, I can't see much of a difference between the world today and the one Václav Havel described. We don't put slogans on grocery window...

The horrors of national(ist) conservatism

4 Jun 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic

The ideology of National Conservatism is about a connection to Meir Kahane, a controversial figure in Jewish politics. Meir Kahane, a Brooklyn-born Orthodox Jew, founded the Jewish Defense League in the US and later set up the Israeli political party...

Kenan Malik about politics in the UK

4 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

In his book "Values, Voice and Virtue," political scientist Matthew Goodwin discusses the concept of the "new elite" in Britain. This dominant class has captured institutions and imposes progressive cultural values on the rest of society. Goodwin arg...

Kenan Malik about social housing

4 Jun 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Vladan Lausevic

The idea of working-class people owning their own homes has been widely promoted, but it is a complex issue with a historical context. Margaret Thatcher's "property-owning" revolution in the 1980s popularized the concept of a "property-owning democra...

EU and India

4 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

The relationship between the European Union (EU) and India is polite but lacks substance. Both sides face challenges in understanding each other, despite sharing similar temperaments and sensibilities. The EU and India are complex entities that value...

Reflections about Russia's war against Ukraine

4 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

Russian protestors who oppose Putin's war in Ukraine have shown great courage despite facing arrests and human rights abuses. The circumstances surrounding the war and protests are similar to the Mexican-American War of the 1840s when the United Stat...

Debts , BRICS and drones

4 Jun 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

The US House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan debt limit bill to avoid a government default. The bill received support from more Democrats than Republicans, and it will now go to the Senate for a vote before the deadline set by the US Treas...