One of the tenets of right wing political belief is that the individual is ultimately responsible. The myth of individual responsibility means that...
Tag: America
The Last Slave Freed in America In 1942
Many people think of slavery as something which happened long ago. It isn’t there are enslaved people around the world now. The last slave freed in...
Conspiracy America: Suspicious Minds
You, like me, may have wondered why Americans, in particular, are so susceptible to conspiracy theories and the paranoid thinking that accompanies...
Australia Is Fast Becoming A Nation of Haves and Have Nots
Recent economic data reveals that Australia is fast becoming a nation of haves and have nots. The Australia Institute economic research shows that...
The Trouble With Psychiatry
Would you be surprised if I told you that capitalism has created the medicalisation of normal life? Indeed, it has been so successful that almost 1...
Paul Revere The Real Story
Does the name Paul Revere ring any bells? This figure from history was made large by Henry Longfellow in a celebrated poem about the American...
Stupid People Are The Bread & Butter Of Badness
I could have said ‘of Evil’, but hell, I didn’t want to get all religious sounding. Stupid people are the bread and butter of badness because they...
Is Telling Lies The Remit of The News?
Fox News knowingly spread lies about the 2020 US election being rigged. Is telling lies, the remit of the News? Can you call yourself a News station...
The Inability of The United States of America to End Gun Death Massacres
It is hard to fathom the inability of the United States of America to end gun death massacres via controlling the access to these weapons of mass...
Tunnel Vision On The Presidential Aspect
The midterm elections in America shine a light on the political system there and the focus of the media upon it. The tunnel vision on the...