This short essay is written entirely by ChatGPT 4o default settings, inspired by dissidents from history, and a shirt someone wore that said, "Dissent is Patriotic." Prompt: Write a well-written essay that is powerful with strong statements as to why being a dissident is patriotic. Also, include examples from history and today, like from whistleblowers. … Continue reading Why Being a Dissident is Patriotic by ChatGPT.
Cartoon By Signe Wilkinson | Washington Post. First off, I acknowledge and recognize that I will be generalizing in the following piece, which means I’m throwing away many nuances out the window. So forgive my generalization that is only meant for argument's sake. Those who lean left, often referred to as liberals or progressives, believe … Continue reading What Studying the Financial Industry Taught Me About the Left & Right.
Consumer and Worker Protection. Disclaimer: For this piece I've used LLMs like ChatGPT-4 because (AI) machines can be mostly unbiased (when guided correctly) and are tremendously helpful for researchers. At the same time, I’m well aware they can present biases, and hallucinate, thus presenting a false impression of knowledge or factual information. Errors could be … Continue reading The Negative Effects of the Minimum Wage: A Case Study of App-based Delivery Workers.
I read an interesting article that was published in 2021 that gave me a bit of a different nuanced perspective of the housing crisis/bubble of the 2000s. As someone who studied the Great Recession in-depth, I was intrigued. The article was titled: The Housing Boom Was Greatly Exaggerated, Subheading: Almost everyone misunderstood the housing boom — including … Continue reading Central Banks & The Federal Reserve Decisions and Repercussions.
Politics and Power is Synonymous. Overcome them and there will be peace. We Shall overcome Someday. One of the main issues of our day is when institutions live long enough to become the villain, to quote The Dark Knight film. Change is needed from the inside to renew polluted, and corrupted institutions, ranging from local-community-based, … Continue reading The State’s Oppression, & Political Quandaries.
This post was inspired by Zinn's Presentation. Reuploaded from my Substack. Howard Zinn is a famous historian who Donald Trump once said was spreading Marxist or leftist views in American education with his book: A People's History of the United States. Trump wants to blame education for civil disobedience or for civil unrest. If my … Continue reading The Courage of Movements, Individual Choices, & Thinking For Yourself.
There's a huge discrepancy between the wealthy and some states' plans with taxes. I’m reminded once again by the famous economist Milton Friedman’s many spot-on quotes, “people vote with their feet.” Rich people and big corporations aren't stupid, they will go to other places where there are less or no taxes and more especially more … Continue reading Corporate Vs. State, The Mass Exodus, & To Tax or Not To Tax.
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