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The term "Libertarian" was first coined in 1857 to summarise opposition to the authoritarian relations generated by the state, capitalism and patriarchy – and the desire to end them.

From PM press I think
May 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Beyond. Parody.
February 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Cloud capital is in a league of its own, beyond market competition from DeepSeek-like upstarts, because its power lies in its capacity to modify our behaviour and remove us from any market... www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/28/c...
Cloud Capital vs AI: What DeepSeek means for technofeudalism & the New Cold War - Yanis Varoufakis
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, this week changed the global AI landscape, not to mention caused $1 trillion losses in the New York stock exchange and the NASDAC. In the proc...
www.yanisvaroufakis.eu
January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor." Voltaire

Merry Christmas New Zealand
#nzpol #dystopia #luxon #christmas #luxon
December 26, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Its Sunday. Step away from the Zombie Box and wrap your ears around this.
#music #lute #TrondBengtson

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Francesco da Milano - Ricercare 51
YouTube video by Trond Bengtson
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November 30, 2024 at 10:44 PM
From “An Idiots Guide to Right Wing Communication”: A counter manual
#nz #pol #nzpol #atlas #National #government #racist #NZNWR #whataboutism

Part 1: Whataboutism

Activity: Can you spot an example of Whataboutism in politician or political commentator near you?
November 30, 2024 at 9:43 PM
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He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.
I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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The dangerous alliance between the criminal Kushner and Netanyahu families goes back decades. An excerpt from my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT:
November 21, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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An audit of OceanaGold's Macraes mine by Otago Regional Council, completed in October, found "continued or repeated non-compliances" with several resource consent environmental monitoring conditions between 2019 and 2024. #NZPol www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...
Fast-tracked gold mine has shaky compliance history, audit reveals
Otago Regional Council found OceanaGold's Macraes mine did not always comply with monitoring conditions, but has stopped short of taking enforcement action.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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As literally everyone except possibly Hobson's Pledge knows, these principles are not remotely connected to Te Tiriti or to the decades of Tribunal and court jurisprudence on the principles of the Treaty.

It's an ahistorical whitewash and Crown power grab. It cannot be allowes to pass.
November 7, 2024 at 6:00 AM