Australia Day open thread
Your thoughts on the national day.
Articles from John Quiggin
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Sandpit
A new sandpit for long side discussions, conspiracy theories, idees fixes and so on.
To be clear, the sandpit is for regular commenters to pursue points that distract from regular discussion, including conspiracy-theoretic takes on the issues at hand. It’s not meant as a forum for visiting conspiracy theorists, or trolls posing as such.
Mitigated disaster
How can we respond to a world of cascading disasters?
Australia (Act) Day (annual repost)
As usual, 26 January has been marked by protests, denunciations of those protests, and further iterations. Even apart from the fact that it marks an invasion, the foundation of a colony that later became one of Australia’s states isn’t much of a basis for a national day.
The Voice to Parliament referendum is in danger of defeat
Why it’s vital to present a model before we vote
Shorter JQ: Albanese should release draft legislation before the Voice referendum if it is to succeed. Not doing so is a recipe for failure based in part on a mistaken analysis of the 1990s Republic referendum, which I shared for a long time.
Open thread on Brazil
An open thread on the insurrection in Brazil. I’d particularly be interested in comments from a Latin American perspective.
Dasein and Der Fuhrer
Back in the Paleolithic days of blogging, I got interested in the relationship between philosophical thought and political action, particularly in the cases of Hayek and Heidegger and their support for Pinochet and Hitler respectively.