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.

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Thoughts about how to talk about politics in a radicalized, divided society: It is even possible?

Recent criticisms of me have centered on the harshness of criticisms of targets I pick. It is normal for those criticisms to include implici...

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Essentially contested concepts: Adjusting rhetoric to fit the situation

Trigger alert: After the summary, this post gets wonky. 🥺 Summary Thanks to PD pointing it out, I have recently become aware of the fact ...

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

An example of flawed reasoning; Cynicism or sincere?

Jeff Bezos published an explanation ( not paywalled , I think) for him blocking the WaPo's endorsement of Harris, claiming that was nee...

I’m fascinated by the concept of…

…Time. Other than our perception of the “arrow of time” always moving in the “forward” direction, what is time really, other than a concept ...

Monday, October 28, 2024

How the Dems discriminate . . . . against Dems, but in favor of Repubs; How Repubs discriminate

Standard false criticisms that America's authoritarian radical right constantly levels at Dems include constant claims that Dems disresp...

In Canada...............

Is conservatism really on the rise in Canada? (wrong headline btw, should really be asking is extreme rightwing politics on the rise in Ca...

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