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dictatorship

  1. Helmut-WK

    The coming world dictator?

    This morning (CET) I did something I almost never do: I looked whether a man's name adds up to 666. Since the name of Jesus adds up to 888 in ancient Greek (medieval and modern Greek: 694, due to a rather insignificant change of letters), I am convinced that we should do such computation (Rev...
  2. AlexB23

    War Fiction preview (not for those under 15)

    Hello folks. Here is the preview of my war fiction. Have never done this before. The story is set on a pre-space age alien planet with 1940s level tech in the 1910s. This entire war fiction plot covers the issues with populist leaders, propaganda in media, as well as more fictional issues such...
  3. JustSomeBloke

    The United Kingdom Appears to be on the Verge of Medical Apartheid

    Here in the UK we appear to be edging ever closer to a system of medical apartheid. If you're unvaccinated for any reason, this new system will categorise you as a second class citizen. Government is accused of introducing Covid passports 'by stealth' as NHS App is updated to include 'domestic'...
  4. 2PhiloVoid

    My pessimism about our Social-Techno Future, OR: ...Enihcam Eht Ot Emoclew...

    Once upon a time, we dreamed and confessed our fears about the future: [clip from George Lucas' old movie, THX-1138] Now, the "future" dreams and confesses its fears about us, or it will shortly seem to: [clip from the recent World Economic Forum of 2018, featuring historian, Yuval Noah...