A message from Bernie

 “So brothers and sisters, that’s where we’re at.  We are at a pivotal moment in American history.  And what we are talking about is something pretty simple.  The status quo.  The current economy.  The current political system which is dominated by billionaires.  It is working very well for the people on top.  They love the status quo.  And they’re going to do everything they can to protect the status quo.  And our job is the very opposite.  What they have nightmares about is that workers stand up and fight back for a nation that works for all of us.  That is their nightmare.  And our job is to make sure that that nightmare takes place.”

Bernie Sanders, UAW CAP conference 1/22/2024

The politics of agrarian tumult, redux

 Nov. 17, 2023

Moody's turns negative on US credit rating, draws Washington ire | Reuters

The ratings agency Moody downgrades the United States’ credit rating, citing “continued political polarization” basically saying to stop the political infighting in Congress.  A voice on the radio says, “the dysfunction is all that is going on right now.”

Taiwan in the Winter of 2023-2024

 Taiwan in the Winter of 2023-2024

Labor movements ushering in the 21st century — and the future

 September 21, 2024

The problematic with current labor organizing is Wall Street greed.  It’s hard to target the owners of the economy because they are insulated behind financialization.  But if we can successfully reframe the narrative — who knows?  The labor movement has stepped up to address the two key questions of the 21st century: information technology and the just transition to green energy.  Welcome to the 21st century: an information revolution powered by green energy.  There is no alternative!  It takes more democracy to operate more advanced technology.  It’s just as simple as that.  When we finally live in the world we would like to see exist, should that day ever come, we will have this organized labor movement to thank for it.  

Post Office data accounts: What if?

 August 24, 2023

It shouldn't be hard, yet, to digitize the Post Office.  By so doing it would mean to bring them into the discourse of the 21st century.  If the Post Office opened up digital data storage accounts for every resident and citizen of the United States of America that would greatly go to more accessibility to information for the general public.  These accounts could host important files and documents under encrypted security -- for the convenience, expedience, and perfect felicity of the public.  

There are several ways to do this and I trust that the best one can be found.  Certainly there exist the security protocols to make a decent start at a program like this which would be a low cost and efficient addition to the Post Office structure.  

Read some of my work!

The following is a sequence of essay collections written by yours truly.  (External links).  

• Map of the Problematique 
• Plan of the Problematique 
• Uncovering the Problematique