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Sports as an opiate for the masses
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Sports are like religion: an opiate for the masses. They distract people from political engagement. I don’t understand why people “root” for a team. Why should Seattle’s team be better than any other city’s team? And why should residents here take pride in victories? Sports must exploit some deep-seated need of humans to belong and […]
Meta-news brief #1: poor Seattle P-I
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The home page of the Seattle P-I today is a sad reminder of the decline of a once great newspaper. The main headline today has a photo of a baby tiger, Cute alert! New baby at the zoo (photos). The headlines immediately to the right are: LATEST NEWS 11:18 p.m. Report: Teens’ sex act filmed at […]
Blame government? Or blame corporate takeover of government?
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The Daily Reckoning January 14, 2017 Snippet: “3. Cartel Cronyism You know the drill: regulatory capture, monopolies enforced by the central state, cartels that eliminate competition via absurdly complex regulations imposed by the state, etc. One of my correspondents, a doctor, recently sent me an example of cartel cronyism in the Big Pharma sector: A […]