Dissident Politics

Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive biology, social behavior, morality and history.

Monday, March 9, 2026

Dealing with MAGA supporters & their empty demagoguery

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The metaphor: We get empty, cynical demagoguery, slanders   and drivel from  authoritarian leaders  in response to huge, real threats and pr...

Thoughts about the complex problem of consciousness

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For whatever reasons consciousness fascinates me but also always confuses me. That makes me frustrated. An expert commenting here suggested ...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Wearing down the defenders of the environment

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Context Most Americans don't know it but MAGA elite and bigoted, Christian nationalist theocrat Russell Vought is arguably the 2nd most ...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

Pardons for Sale: Trump’s Vision of Justice for the Right Kind of Criminals

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Trump has turned his presidential pardon power into a sleazy, cash‑drenched patronage machine. This shows cynical indifference to law and ha...
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