Category: Politics (page 2)

Solarpunk

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What started as pure aesthetic has become social underground with books and manifestos building an optimistic ideological movement providing much needed hope for the future.

What started as pure aesthetic has become social underground with books and manifestos building an ideological movement that is picking up speed and inspiring many across generations. But what spurred this movement? How does it provide that much needed hope as an antidote to the trials and tribulations of the current day?

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AILS: Capitalism

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Assumptions Before I began my quest to learn about one of (if not the) most prevalent economic systems in the world, I had some very specific ideas about what capitalism was. Firstly, I thought that capitalism’s main aim was to redistribute wealth amongst the population. Secondly, I thought it was the only market based economic…

Scotty Can’t Market

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Pork-barrelling has become a new addition to the everyday Australian vernacular. This term, to break it right down, basically means throwing money at a constituency to ensure their votes go one way or the other. The issue is this is exactly not what governments are suppose to do, the budget should be spread relatively evenly…

Knowledge is Power – Society is Weak

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Never more true than today, knowledge is power. Or more aptly in today’s world the ability to provide & control the flow of knowledge is power. Recently there’s been several large course corrections occur, several years too late but hey, better late than never as the saying goes. This highlights one of the biggest and…