Would There Be a Lottery In a Sustainable World?
The lottery is a product of a winner take all society No more money troubles. No more worrying about bills. No more getting up early for a job that offers little meaning.…
Why No One In the Free World is Really All That Free
Freedom of the capitalist variety is a little overrated Take away someone’s freedom and you suck the air out of their lungs — you blind their eyes, cut out their tongues, block their…
Why Homelessness is Solvable, but Governments Don’t Want to Solve It
The homeless serve an important social purpose There’s a common perception that the homeless are to blame for their situation. They haven’t worked hard enough; they have the wrong attitude; they’re failures.…
Why Every Job Lost to Automation Brings Us One Step Closer to a Universal Basic Income
Automation has always been something to fear, but it should be something to celebrate During the nineteenth century, the Luddites, a radical group of textile workers, did all they could to…
Why You Should be More Like Mr Pink and Stop Tipping Waiting Staff
Tipping is nothing more than a subsidy that allows restaurants to pay low wages “I don’t tip because society says I have to.” So starts the “I don’t tip” scene of Quentin…
Putin’s Fatal Mistake? He f*cked With White European Christians Underlying the support for Ukraine lies wicked double standards
Putin has always been a willing advocate of brutal violence. It was that willingness that got him into power in the first place. Putin's successful invasion of Chechnya in 1999 did…