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  1. Jun 2025
    1. It may be the unanimously expressed will of the people that its parliamentshould prepare a comprehensive economic plan, yet neither the people nor itsrepresentatives need therefore be able to agree on any particular plan, The in-ability of democratic assemblies to carry out what seems to be a clear mandateof the people will inevitably cause dissatisfaction with democratic institutions.

      Problems with democracy


      Is this what America has been facing in the years since roughly Reagan? We have a general direction, but the specifics are difficult to hammer out in an increasingly fractuous political environment thus leading to gridlock.

      This is the benefit of independent agencies like the Fed, the FCC, or the EPA which can worry about how the rubber ought to meet the road.

      (Of course the issue can become a rogue president like DJT dismantling these institutions because he "doesn't like them.")

      How can these institutions be hardened against this sort of whole sale destruction of norms?

  2. Feb 2022
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  6. Apr 2020
    1. Having said all that, I think this is completely absurd that I have to write an entire article justifying the release of this data out of fear of prosecution or legal harassment. I had wanted to write an article about the data itself but I will have to do that later because I had to write this lame thing trying to convince the FBI not to raid me.
    2. I could have released this data anonymously like everyone else does but why should I have to? I clearly have no criminal intent here. It is beyond all reason that any researcher, student, or journalist have to be afraid of law enforcement agencies that are supposed to be protecting us instead of trying to find ways to use the laws against us.
  7. May 2018
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