democracy – Growing the future: ways forward, together

28 March 2025

Most people don’t understand

A reblog from Canadian writer windupmyskirt. What’s something most people don’t understand? That there’s really nothing that hasn’t already happened in this world. Which is why studying history is so important. For instance, what is currently happening between Canada and the USA has happened before. We’ve had trade wars, and we’ve even had literally invasions…

patriarchy, philosophy, politics, state, theory, voting, war

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26 March 2025

‘Fruit of a poisonous tree’

Today I share a timely article on the US situation, by Dan Rodricks.

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26 March 2025

Mitch McConnell, the greatest enabler in U.S. history, kept Trump out of prison

I’ll employ a legal metaphor — “fruit of a poisonous tree” — to trace the path of one of the worst failures in U.S. history: The failure to hold Trump criminally responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Congress, a failure that kept Trump eligible to run for president a third time.…

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3 October 2024

Kari’s letter/ or a paradigm-shifting discussion with ChatGPT

A new theory of everything to help us forward.

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12 September 2024

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras member and community consultation, September 2024: my responses

Should police be allowed to march in the Sydney Mardi Gras? Categorically no! Here’s why.

class, patriarchy, police, politics, protest, queer, state

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27 August 2024

Wisdom from 1940: Charlie Chaplin’s only speech

I’m sharing this post from my poetry blog as it has deep relevance here.

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24 August 2024

Should we lower the voting age … to six?

Listen to the discussion here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/david-runciman-democracy-island-conservation/104135042 Many thanks to Charlotte Dent for bringing this to my notice.

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