Tag: 2022
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Let’s Talk About the Political Spectrum
Throughout my lifetime as a U.S. citizen, one peculiar anomaly that I’ve noticed among most Americans is that they tend to think of political ideas in a black-and-white manner; they are also obsessed with placing ideas in a reductive, arbitrary two-dimensional spectrum (when they should exist in a much more multi-faceted apparatus). Given the two-party…
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The Hypocrisy of the Right
Over the past couple of years, it has come to my attention that the right (i.e. “centrist” Democrats and all Republicans) continues to play a political game of hypocrisy. The centrists act as though they care about social issues, proclaiming oxymoronic “socially liberal, fiscally conservative” identities while Republicans continue to inch their way into corporate…
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The U.S. Is an Oligarchy: Here’s How We Fix It
Over the past few decades in the United States, citizens have spectated as those with power continue to tighten their chokehold on the U.S. political processes. While this has been an extremely negative trend of events over time, it has exposed inherent vulnerabilities in our systems that wouldn’t have otherwise been exposed. To set the…
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Square One: An Opening Synopsis of My Blog’s Mission
Upon starting this blog to share my political convictions, I realized that I needed to share my intentions regarding why. Many may ask, “why this?” And subsequently, “why now?” However, the answers to both questions are intrinsically intertwined and a bit convoluted. Regardless, I will do my best to answer them in this post. Over…