Tag: democracy

  • Wishing a safe journey to the yellow vests

    Wishing a safe journey to the yellow vests

    The movement began because many people were outraged by the sharp rise in fuel prices. Let’s welcome their first popular success on Saturday, November 17, 2018 when they blocked access to supermarkets. Do you think they will turn to other less dangerous means of action such as boycotting these same consumer temples? Behind industrial products…

  • License on the Red Planet – A science fiction story

    License on the Red Planet – A science fiction story

    Clementine woke up suddenly. She had dreamt that she was on the Red planet again, the planet where she was born. She was still considered a citizen of this planet, not of the Planet Brown for which she had left everything. As she couldn’t pay for extra luggage, she had arrived five years ago now…

  • Basic Income is possible

    Basic Income is possible

    A basic income is simply a sum of money paid every month to everyone to provide decent food and housing. The Instrument of freedom – Philippe Van Parijs – TeD-xTalks: https://youtu.be/GP4sBGbeF8w – Poverty isn’t a lack of character; it’s a lack of cash…- Rutger Bretman – TeDTalks: https://youtu.be/ydKcaIE6O1k Spain’s UBI Is A Wake-Up Call For Americans, Current…

  • Trump’s shadows

    Trump’s shadows

      Elections – The Electoral College Was Designed To Prevent Trump. You Can Make This Happen – The Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-anthony-cooper/the-electoral-college-was_b_12897066.html Elections – What has happened – Status threat, not economic hardship, explains the 2016 presidential vote – Academy of science: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/04/18/1718155115 Elections – Recounting a day of rage, hate, violence and death – How a rally…

  • Voix

    Voix

    One person one vote, not one dollar one vote Démocratie : Une personne = Une voix Ne laissez pas la politique aux politiciens, la politique c’est l’organisation de notre société et chacun de nos actes, comme la consommation par exemple, compte. Finance : J’ai de l’argent, j’ai plus de voix que toi. Ne laissez pas…

  • “A multitude is a better judge of many things than any individual”

    “A multitude is a better judge of many things than any individual”

    –  Politics by Aristotle Sommes-nous plus intelligents à plusieurs ?: https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/les-rencontres-de-petrarque/sommes-nous-plus-intelligents-a-plusieurs-1352240

  • Why Are Their Bribes So Small?

    Why Are Their Bribes So Small?

    Why Are Their Bribes So Small? The Rate of Return on Bribery in Democracies. – NewsClick:https://www.newsclick.in/why-are-their-bribes-so-small-rate-return-bribery-democracies Why Are Their Bribes So Small? “Bribery is the most rational way to operate in a capitalist democracy, where for a small political fee massive profits can be generated (…) Attention is correctly focused on politicians. They betray the public…

  • Sheeps who did not jump off the cliff

    Sheeps who did not jump off the cliff

    The wolf scared the sheep. To escape him, the sheep jumped spontaneously from the top of the cliff. The wolf was eating the sheep at the bottom of the cliff. Simple technique, efficient, Known since the beginning of time. What most of the flock did not see, Were these few sheep that did not jump…

  • “Capitalism will eat democracy; unless we speak up”

    “Capitalism will eat democracy; unless we speak up”

    Yanis Varoufakis – Capitalism will eat democracy – unless we speak up: https://youtu.be/GB4s5b9NL3I Yanis Varoufakis – Future of Work, Basic Income is a Necessity: https://youtu.be/7Zr-n92IB8Q Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yánis_Varoufákis

  • Tomorrow – Chap 5: L’éducation

    Tomorrow – Chap 5: L’éducation

    #demainlefilm: https://www.demain-lefilm.com/en/filmThe award-winning globally acclaimed film, Tomorrow, by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent.