Say the wrong things and you might get kicked off of your favorite social media platform. Tech titans Apple, Facebook, and YouTube have wiped out talk-show host Alex Jones’s social media presence on the Internet. But the social media crusades weren’t over. Facebook recently took down popular pages like Liberty Memes and hundreds of other prominent
Count Venezuela among the victims of hyperinflation. Economist Steve Hanke has done a meticulous job over the years raising awareness on troubled world currencies , with Venezuela’s Bolivar receiving the bulk of his focus. Hanke’s recent findings place inflation rates at 60,324 percent — rendering the Bolivar practically worthless. The Bolívar’s
International analysts are not giving us the full story on Venezuela. Political commentators have given their spin on the topic of Venezuela’s economic crisis. To their credit, some of them get the surface level details correct on the contributing factors to Venezuela’s collapse — destruction of civil liberties and property rights. However, the
Among issues in American politics, public education remains a sacred cow for many voters. Political elites incessantly remind us that public education is a fundamental pillar of civilization. Without public education, we would continue to be uneducated savages. All the innovations we see before us like the Internet would not be possible if it
Arguably one of the rights that has seen less government encroachment in the US — in contrast to other activities such as commerce — gun rights are now witnessing unprecedented attacks at the state level and even from politically-connected corporate entities . Although gun control laws are not created equally in terms of overall impact, gun
As discussed previously, gun-control regulation has a track record of facilitating repressive political regimes. Countries like the Soviet Union , Nazi Germany , Cuba , and present-day Venezuela have witnessed how gun control has given their respective governments a significant advantage in dishing out violence. In recent decades states have acted
From endorsing Brazil’s military regime to fashioning himself as the Brazilian Donald Trump , Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has a flair for generating controversy. According to a report from Reuters , Bolsonaro is considering the relaxation of Brazil’s strict gun laws. For a country besieged by street violence, Bolsonaro’s
Leftist political commentators continue to be in denial about Venezuela. On his show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, comedian John Oliver recently covered Venezuela’s current economic crisis. Like any leftist analysis of Venezuela’s economic disaster, Oliver’s segment completely misses the mark. To rationalize Venezuela’s catastrophic state,
Is enacting anti-discrimination legislation the answer to social media de-platforming? Many right-wing commentators are justifiably concerned about social media censorship of controversial content creators. Unfortunately, they advocate for state-based solutions promoting equal access and anti-discrimination measures. Ironically, these conservative
The images of Venezuela’s economic collapse — long lines, shortages, and street protests — have quickly become a cliché of our increasingly connected internet experience. Even more played out are the simplistic arguments of why Venezuela is in ruins. In his late night TV show , leftist comedian John Oliver famously alluded to declining oil prices
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