The first thing I learned about politic is that power lies with the people where people think it lies. You can only force someone to follow your orders if the other person thinks you have the power to

When you give a homeless person 50$, that makes him feel pretty good, to a large part because he feels like somebody is watching out for him. But of course that is also based on the joy he imagines from

A few years ago, when I was in high school, I was sitting in my physics class. It was early in the morning, the teacher was kind of boring, I was tired, but then suddenly something happened and I realized

In the US, elected Republicans often claim that poor people shouldn't get assistance, because then they become "dependent" on that money. Isn't it interesting that those very same people claim

In the US, the House of Representatives is elected by a "First Past The Post" system, where whoever gets the most votes wins. So to ensure a majority in the House you only need a slight majority

When people invest their money, it is only fair that they get interest on that money. If I worked 1000h at 15$/h, save 1$ each hour, and buy a 1000$ vending machine, then it's not "evil" of me

Before and during WWII the country I live in started horrible wars, openly oppressed other peoples, didn't allow much of the population to shape public policy, and the rich owners of society tried to make

Former President Franklin Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court by increasing its size from 9 to 15 - in order to pass his economically progressive New Deal - is often heavily criticized by

Now, at face value there are a few obvious reasons why today the Presidential nomination process in both major parties uses delegates. It solves the question of what happens after candidates with millions

In case you haven't heard of this yet, there is a divide among progressives as to whether we should try to take over the corrupt Democratic Party through primaries, or whether we should start a third party,

Unlike today's Britain, in the 18th century the country was ruled by a King with relatively moderate powers, balanced by a parliament consisting of a lower chamber, the House of Commons, and an upper chamber,

Most of my content here are long posts, with multiple arguments and different points of view if possible, but I'm literally just posting this because when making this graph I realized what I already said

Maybe this is how the House would look like under Proportional Representation If you live in the United States, chances are you think that having an election means you vote between multiple candidates

This is just an idea I've had a few minutes ago while thinking about something different: What would happen if there was a mandatory "waiting period" for buying stocks, maybe 24h? Would that

When you listen to "Euroskeptics", talking about the European Union being "unelected", you might wonder how they imagine the EU representatives actually come to their positions. Are

 What if somebody started handing out coupons for Bitcoins. It's just a piece of paper, with security measures and all, saying "If you give this back to me, I will give you 0.001 Bitcoin". If that

To everyone who is for a tax-funded army and police, but against single-payer healthcare: So you want everyone to be protected from criminals and other countries, got it. What about wild animals attacking

Alright, let me get one thing straight: The TTP would definetly be bad overall for the US, and NAFTA probably was bad overall for the US. On the other hand, it has to be said, that both also undoubtedly

There was a time when we didn't knew that the weight of an object doesn't impact how fast it falls. If you've been in school, you probably know that - provided you're in a vacuum or both objects are heavy

This isn't a "gotcha" question, I genuinly wonder about this myself: If government programs were constitutionally forbidden to do "wealth redistribution", how much socialism would I still want? Now, I