We live in a broken system, that’s not to say it is beyond repair or utterly dysfunctional, but it does not work for the majority of people. We have massive wealth and income inequality here in the UK and even greater wealth and income inequality in the US. These problems have been exacerbated significantly…
Tag: Politics
Internet Censorship Is Not The Way To Combat Terrorism
During the lead-up to the 2017 General Election, the Conservatives mentioned proposals to heavily censor the internet in order to curb terrorism. They had already been vocal about their desires to prevent encryption on services like WhatsApp in an attempt to stop terrorists sending untraceable messages and in the wake of the Manchester…
Chatter Episode 11 – Luke Pollard On The Philosophy Of Life, Rick and Morty, and Game of Thrones
Philosophical YouTuber Luke Pollard of The Cogito was our guest on today’s show. We got to cover the philosophy of life, death, political polarisation, mass incarceration, mass surveillance, as well as Rick and Morty and Game of Thrones (SPOILERS). SPONSORS Beer52 £10 Off Win A £500 Amazon Voucher Earn Money From YouGov Surveys…
Chatter Episode 10 – Elizabeth Vos On The DNC Lawsuit, Clinton, Trump, and Russia
Elizabeth Vos of Disobedient Media is our guest on today’s show. Disobedient media have been doing a lot of fantastic coverage of the DNC hack, the DNC lawsuit, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz in general, so we highly recommend checking out their page if you want to read more from them! Below you’ll find our…
How The Conservatives Are Trying To Win Back Young Voters
The results of the 2017 election made it very clear to even the upper echelons of the Conservative Party that the youth vote was abandoning their party in droves. The Conservative vote share in the 2015 General Election amongst 18-29-year-olds was a respectable 32% to Labour’s 36%, but by 2017, that share had…
The Dismissed DNC Fraud Lawsuit Explained
Over the past year, there has been a group of Bernie Sander’s supporters fighting a class action lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC), alleging that the DNC had committed fraud by taking donations in a “rigged” primary battle. Part of the lawsuit claimed that the DNC illegally favored Democratic presidential nominee Hillary…
