TOO BIG TO FAIL: WE NEED A RESCUE PLAN FOR DEMOCRACY
Remember 2008, when we were told banks were too big to fail? Even though they were the ultimate culprits for the financial crisis, generous rescue plans were rapidly drawn. So […]
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Trump Is an Ignorant Brute, and He Wants You to Be One Too
The article discusses how Trump’s political style promotes ignorance as a means of governance, contributing to democratic backsliding. By rejecting expertise and complex understanding, he degrades public judgment and normalizes anti-intellectualism. The resulting erosion of shared truths undermines democratic processes, transforming citizenship into mere performance and loyalty to ignorance.
This is not about Freedom of Speech
Friends! I want to wish everyone a wonderful 2025, despite everything. Our world seems to be coming to a reckoning, and I am really apprehensive about what’s to come, but […]
What Europeans Get Wrong About Informal Urbanisation
Europeans often draw parallels between modern informal urbanisation in the Global South and the organic development of their cities in pre-modern times. This comparison overlooks the crucial context in which […]
Roberto Rocco 