Politics
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What is to be done with those who dragged their feet?
Reflections on reputation control in the darkest hours of a genocide, and how we move forward in a world ran by those with blood on their hands.
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What Is the ‘Giant Looming Credit Event’ and What Does It Mean for My Klarna Burrito?
In 2008, a financial crisis began in the world’s largest economy — a crisis caused by a speculative asset bubble, predatory lending, excessive leverage, and a lack of regulatory oversight. This crisis rippled across the world, ultimately causing the most severe economic downturn the world had seen since the Great Depression. What did we learn?
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The Biggest Small Thing You Can Do
The month of April is only a little more than half done, yet it’s already showed itself to be a month of particularly bleak news. In the UK, the Supreme Court bowed to the interests of lobbyists and special interest groups by ratifying that the legal definition of ‘woman’ now excludes trans women, clearing the…
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Trump’s Israel Policy: How ‘Bad History’ Shapes Politics
What is ‘bad history’, and what dangers does it pose to international politics? A look at ‘Biblical Rights’, Zionism, the Crusades, and how they all influence the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Anglo-Saxons, Racists, Instagram Reels
The weaponisation of history is nothing novel. It has always been, unfortunately, almost inseparable from history itself. As long as the study of the past has existed, so too have people that will dig up the past and invoke chosen aspects to support their own aims, ideals, or views. Even today we are still shaking…
Telling Time 