Posted on December 1st, 2020
The following is an excerpt from a larger work in progress, tentatively titled Intelligence Hath No Party. I plan to post a working draft at IntelHathNoParty.com in the near future.Who Shall We Hang Today? (Or, Why Bad Solutions Lead to Bigger Problems)
"the basis of popular government during a revolution is both virtue and terror; virtue, without which terror is baneful; terror, without which virtue is powerless. Terror is nothing m...
Posted on December 1st, 2020
Clip source: Monopoly I: (Re)Normalizing Bad Arguments —USA v. Google
Monopoly I: (Re)Normalizing Bad Arguments —USA v. Google
Neither I nor my firm own shares in Google. I do not have any ties to (nor do I desire to be an apologist for) Google.
This piece is the first in a series which uses the topic of monopolies to discuss consequences of faulty and often partisan arguments. Foremost, when you use bad arguments for your purposes...
Posted on December 1st, 2020
Imagine for a moment the following faux conversation between a political master strategist and his operative.
From: [The Operative] To: [Guru Strategist] Mr.[redacted], Our multi-year, diversionary bait-and-switch tactic has proven effective. The launch of Project Q was, above all, the masterstroke. Key columnunists at the Post and Times have shown exceptionally useful, particularly due to their rapid acceptance of the message. ...