As an outsider (Brit/naturalised Aussie) in Ireland, Ireland still appears - or did appear, 20 years ago, less so now - very tribal. "Kin groups" and "hereditary constituencies" still dominate even national politics to an extent I found astonishing coming from Australia (only other country I've voted in). My reading informs me that some recent Irish tragedies e.g. Magdalen laundries (still not fully acknowledged by the whole community or full restitution given, if it ever will be) were in reality motivated by the concept of keeping land inheritance 'within the (legitimately acknowledged) family' rather than Catholic prudery, which is the official 'explanation'.
The modern Left has forgotten about class. No, I have never been a Marxist - when my father explained it to me when I was 8, I said, “People don’t work like that. Even chickens and cows don’t work like that.” Also I know too many ex-Soviets to have a bar of Marxism! But I do think class is really important in analysing social dynamics.
Question (and I don't see an email to ask it). You linked to a Free Speech Union briefing listing things like payment processors, and I'm currently looking into options. However the document you linked to does *not* rate "Buy Me a Coffee”, and I don't seem to find it in a search. Are you sure that one is problematic, or was it Kofi that is listed that is problematic? One problem with most options is they don't protect anonymity for those who wish to use pen names, but Buy Me a Coffee does which is why I'm wondering about it. Even if someone creates a DBA name or a business entity: in most locations the owners of those are public information (and there is often not a way to create an anonymous entity elsewhere without needing to also register it locally in those locations). Thanks.
Very interesting analysis! But one thing confused me: I've always heard that (in American cities) most police presence and most stops/arrests are in gang-ridden (mostly black, single mother) neighborhoods. I don't know if "defund the police" may have changed this in some places, but that was the conventional wisdom for as long as I can recall. This seems to conflict with your position that less revenue = less policing. Was it never actually true that police spent disproportionate time policing the gang neighborhoods?
Is slavery in Virginia an accident or an expected event in its economic development?
As an outsider (Brit/naturalised Aussie) in Ireland, Ireland still appears - or did appear, 20 years ago, less so now - very tribal. "Kin groups" and "hereditary constituencies" still dominate even national politics to an extent I found astonishing coming from Australia (only other country I've voted in). My reading informs me that some recent Irish tragedies e.g. Magdalen laundries (still not fully acknowledged by the whole community or full restitution given, if it ever will be) were in reality motivated by the concept of keeping land inheritance 'within the (legitimately acknowledged) family' rather than Catholic prudery, which is the official 'explanation'.
The modern Left has forgotten about class. No, I have never been a Marxist - when my father explained it to me when I was 8, I said, “People don’t work like that. Even chickens and cows don’t work like that.” Also I know too many ex-Soviets to have a bar of Marxism! But I do think class is really important in analysing social dynamics.
Question (and I don't see an email to ask it). You linked to a Free Speech Union briefing listing things like payment processors, and I'm currently looking into options. However the document you linked to does *not* rate "Buy Me a Coffee”, and I don't seem to find it in a search. Are you sure that one is problematic, or was it Kofi that is listed that is problematic? One problem with most options is they don't protect anonymity for those who wish to use pen names, but Buy Me a Coffee does which is why I'm wondering about it. Even if someone creates a DBA name or a business entity: in most locations the owners of those are public information (and there is often not a way to create an anonymous entity elsewhere without needing to also register it locally in those locations). Thanks.
Very interesting analysis! But one thing confused me: I've always heard that (in American cities) most police presence and most stops/arrests are in gang-ridden (mostly black, single mother) neighborhoods. I don't know if "defund the police" may have changed this in some places, but that was the conventional wisdom for as long as I can recall. This seems to conflict with your position that less revenue = less policing. Was it never actually true that police spent disproportionate time policing the gang neighborhoods?
Ahh I understand, that makes sense. Thank you!