Stockholm Syndrome or Stanford Prison Experiment – Interpreting the 2022 Victorian election
Victoria, like many post-democratic societies of the so-called West, is not a victim of Stockholm Syndrome. It is trapped in a Stanford Prison Experiment.
On human frailty in governing
Today I am reposting this piece from July 2019, following the 2019 Australian election. It is…
America’s Hispanic Past and its Hispanic Future Proves it is not Exceptional
“even well-educated, amiable, open-minded people in the United States do not realize that their country has…
The Time of Troubles to come in America
“There always is this fallacious belief: ‘It would not be thesame here; here such things are…
Six asides on the USA 2020 election
This long post contains my reflections on the election in America. There are six reflections: One….
Waiting for the crisis to unveil
Events threaten to overwhelm my mind. The world stands on the brink of a crisis, and…
Updated 2020 USA Election Prediction: the fall of America’s Brezhnev
In August this year I predicted that Donald Trump would win the 2020 USA election. The…
My prediction of the 2020 USA Presidential election
Four years ago, in the wake of the American party Conventions, I predicted that Donald Trump…
On human frailty in governing
Once ten years ago I gave answers to one of those personal profile questionnaires that aimed…