Three types of elections
There are basically three types of election. (a) The first are the usual ones, which are organised with the aim of confirming the ruling power — and they work. (b)…
Morality and power
One of the misconceptions that prevents us from understanding current social and political events is the belief that there is a universal moral and political order or set of moral…
Dynasties and coalitions
The Trump Revolution Coalition consists of the working class, industrial magnates and other special interest groups. A great deal has already been written about this. It has also been suggested…
Romania and elections
The Romanian elections turned out differently to what the agencies predicted (even though their predictions two weeks ago were quite accurate). At the last minute, a large number of new…
On the verge of an engineer revolution
Political change is looming in the Czech Republic, and it could be significant indeed. Tomáš Březina, the ‘concrete king’, has launched a politics podcast. His videos have been kept under…
Two different competitive struggles
This is an interesting observation by evolutionary psychologists Simler and Hanson. When people compete with each other for power or financial dominance, only one person can win, and this competition…