Author: justinbeach
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I’m Back (or a version of me is)
It’s been a very long time since I wrote anything. First, for a time, I wasn’t really sure what to say about the world. Then I didn’t have a lot of time and then I wasn’t really sure what to say. The latter is still somewhat true and is made worse by the likelihood that…
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Don’t be fooled, conservatives love cancel culture
The term “cancel culture” now features prominently in conservative talking points. They’d like for you to think that it’s a bad thing, that it is a new thing and that it is only practiced by the left. All of these assertions are false. If you are somehow unfamiliar, “cancel culture” is used by politicians when…
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Instead of running himself, Mike Bloomberg should have started a party
It seems unlikely at this point that despite, or maybe because of, his lavish spending Michael Bloomberg is going to become president or even the Democratic nominee. For the same price, he could have, and should have, started a 3rd political party. I know that third parties do poorly in the United States. The last…
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What if we respected copyrights and patents but denied owners exclusive rights?
Intellectual Property (IP) is, in 2019, what a gold mine was in 1918. Technology companies of all stripes, pharmaceutical companies, media companies, and many others live or die by their intellectual property. Because of this it has become a litigeious business. Companies constantly sue other companies and individuals for IP theft, patent infringement, copyright infringement…
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How Media Bias Works in 2019 : The problem isn’t the MSM, it’s you
In 2019, and really for a long time now, people all over the political spectrum complain about the Main Stream Media (or MSM) and their bias. According to various individuals, the MSM is controlled by big business, the wealthy, the deep state, the Illuminati or some other bogey man. The truth is that most of…
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The Liberals are still the only progressive vote
Since Justin Trudeau’s blackface photos emerged I’ve seen a lot of people debating how they’re going to vote but, whatever baggage Trudeau may be carrying, the Liberals are the only option if people want to return to the Harper years. The NDP isn’t an option, they are dying. They do not have enough support to…
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It is too late to regulate gene editing
The scientific community is shocked and outraged this week over the announcement that a Chinese doctor has gene edited two children to make them more resistant to HIV. Much of the scientific community believes that we are still decades away from being able to safely and accurately edit the genetics of embryos, that there are…
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In 2018, conservatives love deficits
Once upon a time, liberals (small l) supported social progress and conservatives (small c) supported fiscal responsibility. In 2018, it is the left that supports both of these things, while the right represents short term economic benefits for the few, at the expense of long term deficits for everyone. This is most pronounced in the…
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Will data vs magic replace right vs left in politics?
For most of the 20th century politics was defined by a left vs right paradigm. The left generally representing more socialist and collective policies, the right generally representing more individualist and capitalist policies. However, that fight is sort of played out. Most people now recognize that some combination of the above is needed, that neither…