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 science, social behavior, morality and history.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Chapter review: The New Right and Racism

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The New Right and Racism is chapter 6 of Sarah Posner's 2020 book, Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump ...

Saturday, August 21, 2021

Racists sabotaged the Afghan federal Special Immigrant Visa program

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In an interview with a former staff person, Olivia Troye, working for Mike Pence when he was Vice President said that the racist Steven Mill...

Friday, August 20, 2021

Chapter review: The Origin Myths of the Christian Right

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The Origins Myths of the Christian Right , is chapter 5 of Sarah Posner's 2020 book Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar ...

Thursday, August 19, 2021

How Afghanistan fell and why chaos ensued

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A stream of articles is coming out that explains how the Taliban caused the army and government to collapse. The New York Times writes : In...

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Here comes the Taliban's alt-reality and social media propaganda war

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We all knew this was happening. But here's some evidence. The Washington Post writes : For a group that espouses ancient moral codes, th...

Worker productivity, spending and the Democrat's big infrastructure bill

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The Washington Post published an interesting article this morning and a possible sustained increase in worker productivity. That might sound...

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