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‘Voto Segreto’ – the ‘Secret Vote’

Roleigh Martin0
We came across Roleigh Martin a few days ago, on X, with this long and interesting read on an old voting system the 'Voto Segreto' - the 'Secret Vote', that apparently originated in Italy and was used with some success for 70 odd years between 1848 and 1922. I confess a long lasting and ongoing desire to build a truly democratic society, a citizens society, free of vested interests and
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A Developing Evil

Paul Cudenec0
Another piece by Paul Cudanec, written last year (2022), asking some pertinent questions about development and what it really means. Like most things these days there are meanings....and there are alternative meanings. Development is progress, advancement a way forward with our lives and generally good for everyone, at least that was what I thought some time ago...well 60 years ago maybe. But then I saw the money involved in "Development",
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BBC: The Propaganda Prostitutes Part 1

Tony Broomfield0
Introduction In the last 15 years of my working life I found myself reading books again, after a bookless half century. It was my work schedule that I have to thank for it. I became a consultant in the geophysical industry travelling worldwide, to places very remote, living in caravans, portacabins, ships and tents. Long hours in the evening needed filling. Passing through Amsterdams Schiphol airport, sometimes 4 times a
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Our society is sick but here's the cure
Mind Plague News Politics

ANTIVIRAL SOFTWARE FOR THE MIND

Luke Andreski0
The attack You are under attack. We all are. This isn’t conspiracy theory. It’s plain common sense. Why else would political parties and corporations spend tens of millions on political and commercial advertising? Why else would the PR industry exist? It’s an extended brain hack – and the brain they’re hacking into is yours.   Universality Advertising, the news media, social and political commentators, television celebrities, influencers, politicians – they’re
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The Truth Grenade - Luke Andreski
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Mind Plague 7: The Truth Grenade

Luke Andreski2
We are fighting an asymmetric comms war – a war which, if lost, jeopardises not only our society but the biological world on which all life depends. Dangerous Globe is featuring a series of ‘short conversations’ by Luke Andreski, looking at the weapons needed to win this war. Luke began by looking at weapons of defence – a shield of values, a wall of truth – and now turns his
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