# The Polis — David Israel > Analytical essays on political economy, hierarchy, automation, and history. > Every essay below is split into raw Markdown parts guaranteed to be <= 8,500 characters so AI web-browsing tools can read 100% of every post without truncation. ## Essays - **The real meaning of conservative** (2026-10-29, 21,864 chars) - [Part 1/4](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-meaning-of-conservative.part1.md) - [Part 2/4](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-meaning-of-conservative.part2.md) - [Part 3/4](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-meaning-of-conservative.part3.md) - [Part 4/4](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-meaning-of-conservative.part4.md) - **Sure I'm forced to strawman you since you haven't stated a single policy or concrete idea.** (2026-10-23, 715 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/sure-i-m-forced-to-strawman-you-since-you-haven-t-stated-a-single-policy-or-concrete-idea.md) - **Is the god of productivity dead?** (2026-10-19, 7,982 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/is-the-god-of-productivity-dead.md) - **We're definitely not on the same side.** (2026-10-16, 677 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/we-re-definitely-not-on-the-same-side.md) - **Is this like if you throw enough nonsense logic at the wall something will stick? Okay** (2026-10-16, 1,026 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/is-this-like-if-you-throw-enough-nonsense-logic-at-the-wall-something-will-stick-okay.md) - **Are you even slightly familiar with American history?** (2026-10-16, 1,669 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/are-you-even-slightly-familiar-with-american-history.md) - **Again no evidence just hyperbole.** (2026-10-13, 752 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/again-no-evidence-just-hyperbole.md) - **Why AI is a nothing burger — it’s the writing stupid** (2026-10-10, 7,766 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-ai-is-a-nothing-burger-it-s-the-writing-stupid.md) - **Divisionmaxxing** (2026-10-01, 11,427 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/divisionmaxxing.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/divisionmaxxing.part2.md) - **We’re using AI all wrong** (2026-09-10, 5,335 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/we-re-using-ai-all-wrong.md) - **Can we at least stop pretending we have an operational democratic system?** (2026-08-28, 10,390 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/can-we-at-least-stop-pretending-we-have-an-operational-democratic-system.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/can-we-at-least-stop-pretending-we-have-an-operational-democratic-system.part2.md) - **Why idiotic drill baby drill doesn’t work** (2026-07-29, 8,267 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-idiotic-drill-baby-drill-doesn-t-work.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-idiotic-drill-baby-drill-doesn-t-work.part2.md) - **Norms and rules only matter if they can survive being tested** (2026-07-21, 5,138 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/norms-and-rules-only-matter-if-they-can-survive-being-tested.md) - **I have a blog on it but not linking it here might be bad etiquette.** (2026-07-11, 1,220 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-have-a-blog-on-it-but-not-linking-it-here-might-be-bad-etiquette.md) - **There is no middle way** (2026-07-05, 7,064 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/there-is-no-middle-way.md) - **People keep talking about how great a coder AI is as if bespoke apps everywhere is a business model.** (2026-07-02, 698 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/people-keep-talking-about-how-great-a-coder-ai-is-as-if-bespoke-apps-everywhere-is-a-business-model.md) - **The Four Apologists of Tech Bullshit** (2026-06-29, 1,063 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-four-apologists-of-tech-bullshit.md) - **High pay over the future of humanity?** (2026-06-28, 7,679 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/high-pay-over-the-future-of-humanity.md) - **This is really well put and get's to the heart of Obama's politics.** (2026-06-26, 1,219 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/this-is-really-well-put-and-get-s-to-the-heart-of-obama-s-politics.md) - **Read this speech https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/06/remarks-president-** (2026-06-26, 2,208 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/read-this-speech-https-obamawhitehouse-archives-gov-the-press-office-2011-12-06-remarks-president.md) - **I don't think FDR's New Deal, which cut out non-whites and women from the deal - see welfare…** (2026-06-26, 770 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-don-t-think-fdr-s-new-deal-which-cut-out-non-whites-and-women-from-the-deal-see-welfare.md) - **Correct me if I'm wrong but I can't find anything on those reading lists that really challenges the…** (2026-06-26, 1,081 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/correct-me-if-i-m-wrong-but-i-can-t-find-anything-on-those-reading-lists-that-really-challenges-the.md) - **Baldwin and The British East India Company - real complaints but also distant past.** (2026-06-26, 2,261 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/baldwin-and-the-british-east-india-company-real-complaints-but-also-distant-past.md) - **The try before you buy has been a thing for many, many years.** (2026-06-25, 917 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-try-before-you-buy-has-been-a-thing-for-many-many-years.md) - **Performing guilt for racism was the very least someone benefiting from it could do, but apparently…** (2026-06-25, 790 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/performing-guilt-for-racism-was-the-very-least-someone-benefiting-from-it-could-do-but-apparently.md) - **None but he's a Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.** (2026-06-25, 1,703 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/none-but-he-s-a-senior-fellow-at-stanford-university-s-hoover-institution.md) - **It has to have been before he was elected if it happened.** (2026-06-25, 1,549 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/it-has-to-have-been-before-he-was-elected-if-it-happened.md) - **In the mind of MAGA** (2026-06-24, 5,965 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/in-the-mind-of-maga.md) - **Talking with you is making me more anti-semitic and I'm Jewish.** (2026-06-20, 784 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/talking-with-you-is-making-me-more-anti-semitic-and-i-m-jewish.md) - **Just a reminder — Trump is not our first predator president** (2026-06-16, 9,026 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/just-a-reminder-trump-is-not-our-first-predator-president.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/just-a-reminder-trump-is-not-our-first-predator-president.part2.md) - **Economics is not a science** (2026-06-13, 11,084 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/economics-is-not-a-science.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/economics-is-not-a-science.part2.md) - **Grievance politics are center stage all over the world.** (2026-06-10, 2,002 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/grievance-politics-are-center-stage-all-over-the-world.md) - **Educational gates in California** (2026-06-06, 3,889 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/educational-gates-in-california.md) - **Again basic logic:** (2026-06-06, 1,151 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/again-basic-logic.md) - **Let me summarize the article because it is a bit all over the place:** (2026-06-03, 2,029 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/let-me-summarize-the-article-because-it-is-a-bit-all-over-the-place.md) - **The real problem with liberalism** (2026-05-29, 7,374 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-problem-with-liberalism.md) - **The Federation is post capitalism but only by leaning very heavily into hierarchy.** (2026-05-25, 728 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-federation-is-post-capitalism-but-only-by-leaning-very-heavily-into-hierarchy.md) - **Greg LOLing doesn't prove anything about Prop.** (2026-05-22, 685 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/greg-loling-doesn-t-prove-anything-about-prop.md) - **Do Americans lack the brain hardware necessary to run a democracy?** (2026-05-20, 13,903 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/do-americans-lack-the-brain-hardware-necessary-to-run-a-democracy.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/do-americans-lack-the-brain-hardware-necessary-to-run-a-democracy.part2.md) - **"I do not know the process of rationalization he uses for his opinions, but those opinions are…** (2026-05-20, 766 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-do-not-know-the-process-of-rationalization-he-uses-for-his-opinions-but-those-opinions-are.md) - **Are impoverished Americans a caste?** (2026-05-15, 6,858 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/are-impoverished-americans-a-caste.md) - **The childbirth crisis being among educated women is something almost everyone is saying - not that…** (2026-05-13, 1,259 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-childbirth-crisis-being-among-educated-women-is-something-almost-everyone-is-saying-not-that.md) - **Uggh so in your mind if someone poor with the "right culture" escapes the effects of systemic…** (2026-05-11, 1,471 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/uggh-so-in-your-mind-if-someone-poor-with-the-right-culture-escapes-the-effects-of-systemic.md) - **So now you are into what is called argument in the alternative - you just throw so much at the wall…** (2026-05-11, 3,834 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/so-now-you-are-into-what-is-called-argument-in-the-alternative-you-just-throw-so-much-at-the-wall.md) - **A young black women could have a child before the age of 19, because of systemic racism from the…** (2026-05-11, 1,599 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/a-young-black-women-could-have-a-child-before-the-age-of-19-because-of-systemic-racism-from-the.md) - **I don't see anything in your studies about "not due to racism". Plus your first paper says:** (2026-05-10, 1,216 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-don-t-see-anything-in-your-studies-about-not-due-to-racism-plus-your-first-paper-says.md) - **Trump now has a $100,000 dollar charge for a new H1B application.** (2026-05-07, 610 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/trump-now-has-a-100-000-dollar-charge-for-a-new-h1b-application.md) - **Trump is giving us an opportunity we can’t afford to waste** (2026-05-06, 6,431 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/trump-is-giving-us-an-opportunity-we-can-t-afford-to-waste.md) - **Online world is different from IRL** (2026-05-03, 9,719 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/online-world-is-different-from-irl.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/online-world-is-different-from-irl.part2.md) - **How would a Bernie type do now?** (2026-05-03, 3,571 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/how-would-a-bernie-type-do-now.md) - **I'm not certain of that - look up High School Us History: Student Edition 2018 1st Edition** (2026-04-26, 1,252 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-m-not-certain-of-that-look-up-high-school-us-history-student-edition-2018-1st-edition.md) - **The automation apocalypse is the existential event — not Trump** (2026-04-22, 14,384 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-automation-apocalypse-is-the-existential-event-not-trump.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-automation-apocalypse-is-the-existential-event-not-trump.part2.md) - **As much as I dislike the boomers the article about the me movement you linked is heavily biased and…** (2026-04-16, 1,361 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/as-much-as-i-dislike-the-boomers-the-article-about-the-me-movement-you-linked-is-heavily-biased-and.md) - **Explaining a system different from capitalism (not communism which is just a variant)** (2026-04-12, 8,591 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/explaining-a-system-different-from-capitalism-not-communism-which-is-just-a-variant.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/explaining-a-system-different-from-capitalism-not-communism-which-is-just-a-variant.part2.md) - **The rise of China is bullshit** (2026-04-09, 3,540 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-rise-of-china-is-bullshit.md) - **Hmm I guess if surrounding yourself with books and schools made you an intellectual then you would…** (2026-04-01, 668 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/hmm-i-guess-if-surrounding-yourself-with-books-and-schools-made-you-an-intellectual-then-you-would.md) - **Gabriel Zucman —wrong about how much CA taxes ultra wealthy pay** (2026-04-01, 8,346 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/gabriel-zucman-wrong-about-how-much-ca-taxes-ultra-wealthy-pay.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/gabriel-zucman-wrong-about-how-much-ca-taxes-ultra-wealthy-pay.part2.md) - **If by social animals you mean ones that participate in groups then yes dominance hierarchies…** (2026-03-31, 1,118 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/if-by-social-animals-you-mean-ones-that-participate-in-groups-then-yes-dominance-hierarchies.md) - **Dominance hierarchies are not more prevalent or more stable in animals either.** (2026-03-30, 652 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/dominance-hierarchies-are-not-more-prevalent-or-more-stable-in-animals-either.md) - **I want to stress the "organized" in organized religion.** (2026-03-27, 904 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-want-to-stress-the-organized-in-organized-religion.md) - **The Diverse Body Politic Excuse for America’s Failures** (2026-03-25, 8,492 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-diverse-body-politic-excuse-for-america-s-failures.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-diverse-body-politic-excuse-for-america-s-failures.part2.md) - **Linking an actual poll - for instance** (2026-03-25, 1,437 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/linking-an-actual-poll-for-instance.md) - **The rise of "agile" in tech is mostly myth.** (2026-03-22, 1,107 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-rise-of-agile-in-tech-is-mostly-myth.md) - **As I explained in the blog, the primary is affected by saying our only qualification for a…** (2026-03-22, 666 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/as-i-explained-in-the-blog-the-primary-is-affected-by-saying-our-only-qualification-for-a.md) - **Well for instance Newsom is out there right now defending billionaires from a one time wealth tax…** (2026-03-21, 765 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/well-for-instance-newsom-is-out-there-right-now-defending-billionaires-from-a-one-time-wealth-tax.md) - **The Many Problems with Lesser Evil Voting** (2026-03-21, 4,485 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-many-problems-with-lesser-evil-voting.md) - **Let’s get past the lie that patriarchy and rat race economy aren’t to blame for American birth rate** (2026-03-16, 5,050 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/let-s-get-past-the-lie-that-patriarchy-and-rat-race-economy-aren-t-to-blame-for-american-birth-rate.md) - **The offensive assault that is the new Scrubs** (2026-03-09, 3,308 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-offensive-assault-that-is-the-new-scrubs.md) - **No Left and Right — just Somewhat Rational and Completely Irrational** (2026-03-09, 5,738 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/no-left-and-right-just-somewhat-rational-and-completely-irrational.md) - **As sad as what you describe is (for me it’s my parents) the full situation is worse.** (2026-03-03, 863 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/as-sad-as-what-you-describe-is-for-me-it-s-my-parents-the-full-situation-is-worse.md) - **The Rise of Glory Tech** (2026-02-27, 9,592 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-rise-of-glory-tech.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-rise-of-glory-tech.part2.md) - **Critiquing billionaire fan fiction** (2026-02-19, 7,827 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/critiquing-billionaire-fan-fiction.md) - **No here you are just straw manning people with different views than your naturalist ones.** (2026-02-06, 1,103 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/no-here-you-are-just-straw-manning-people-with-different-views-than-your-naturalist-ones.md) - **Here is another quote of yours from one of those articles:** (2026-02-06, 646 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/here-is-another-quote-of-yours-from-one-of-those-articles.md) - **The novelty (in a bad way) of Trump** (2026-02-01, 4,759 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-novelty-in-a-bad-way-of-trump.md) - **Can decent people and anti-intellectuals form a society together?** (2026-01-28, 16,112 chars) - [Part 1/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/can-decent-people-and-anti-intellectuals-form-a-society-together.part1.md) - [Part 2/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/can-decent-people-and-anti-intellectuals-form-a-society-together.part2.md) - [Part 3/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/can-decent-people-and-anti-intellectuals-form-a-society-together.part3.md) - **We are debating three questions simultaneously.** (2026-01-23, 1,986 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/we-are-debating-three-questions-simultaneously.md) - **Preposterous and coherent are two different things.** (2026-01-22, 840 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/preposterous-and-coherent-are-two-different-things.md) - **Conservatism that meets 1 - 3 can be defined and lived - for instance the Amish are doing so.** (2026-01-21, 959 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/conservatism-that-meets-1-3-can-be-defined-and-lived-for-instance-the-amish-are-doing-so.md) - **Review of No Other Choice — Spoilers** (2026-01-18, 3,745 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/review-of-no-other-choice-spoilers.md) - **The more egalitarian a society the more it makes progress.** (2026-01-16, 1,058 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-more-egalitarian-a-society-the-more-it-makes-progress.md) - **Shooting an unarmed mother of three isn’t any form of masculinity** (2026-01-12, 8,829 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/shooting-an-unarmed-mother-of-three-isn-t-any-form-of-masculinity.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/shooting-an-unarmed-mother-of-three-isn-t-any-form-of-masculinity.part2.md) - **The Sinister Case for Conservatism** (2025-12-26, 6,922 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-sinister-case-for-conservatism.md) - **Granting Buffet a "wasted life" is way too generous.** (2025-12-23, 811 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/granting-buffet-a-wasted-life-is-way-too-generous.md) - **Thanks for your very long response without a single shred of evidence that merit is not broken.** (2025-12-05, 1,123 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/thanks-for-your-very-long-response-without-a-single-shred-of-evidence-that-merit-is-not-broken.md) - **Interesting as it turns out I'm also a software systems designer (currently founder at uclusion.com)** (2025-12-05, 891 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/interesting-as-it-turns-out-i-m-also-a-software-systems-designer-currently-founder-at-uclusion-com.md) - **Yes but in this article even you are not willing to name the harm.** (2025-12-04, 2,051 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/yes-but-in-this-article-even-you-are-not-willing-to-name-the-harm.md) - **Democrats winning in 2028 have less than 2 years to prevent another round of authoritarianism** (2025-11-16, 6,929 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/democrats-winning-in-2028-have-less-than-2-years-to-prevent-another-round-of-authoritarianism.md) - **Woke is alive and well — status without critique isn’t coming back** (2025-10-29, 5,717 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/woke-is-alive-and-well-status-without-critique-isn-t-coming-back.md) - **So the claim is that the number of artisans is a smaller percentage of the population?** (2025-10-26, 607 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/so-the-claim-is-that-the-number-of-artisans-is-a-smaller-percentage-of-the-population.md) - **ICE is just War on Drugs with extra fascism** (2025-10-19, 3,472 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/ice-is-just-war-on-drugs-with-extra-fascism.md) - **White America is not waking up and has always been this way.** (2025-10-14, 1,043 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/white-america-is-not-waking-up-and-has-always-been-this-way.md) - **"California's Proposition 209 is a 1996 ballot initiative that amended the state constitution to…** (2025-10-14, 704 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/california-s-proposition-209-is-a-1996-ballot-initiative-that-amended-the-state-constitution-to.md) - **The problem with poverty in America** (2025-10-08, 8,590 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-problem-with-poverty-in-america.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-problem-with-poverty-in-america.part2.md) - **The Patriarchy Scam** (2025-09-24, 17,114 chars) - [Part 1/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-patriarchy-scam.part1.md) - [Part 2/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-patriarchy-scam.part2.md) - [Part 3/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-patriarchy-scam.part3.md) - **Trump’s health is an existential threat** (2025-09-10, 3,946 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/trump-s-health-is-an-existential-threat.md) - **The bigger issue with merit is that many and possibly most good jobs are either worth much less to…** (2025-09-10, 745 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-bigger-issue-with-merit-is-that-many-and-possibly-most-good-jobs-are-either-worth-much-less-to.md) - **You are completely ignoring the Christian nationalists in this analysis.** (2025-09-06, 974 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/you-are-completely-ignoring-the-christian-nationalists-in-this-analysis.md) - **I don't see that article addresses any of the points I am making.** (2025-09-06, 668 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-don-t-see-that-article-addresses-any-of-the-points-i-am-making.md) - **Fascist history helps us understand where this country is going if we continue this way.** (2025-09-06, 741 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/fascist-history-helps-us-understand-where-this-country-is-going-if-we-continue-this-way.md) - **Is a return to capitalism possible?** (2025-08-30, 3,270 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/is-a-return-to-capitalism-possible.md) - **There is not a lot of difference in agendas between privatize everything and destroy the civil…** (2025-08-25, 618 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/there-is-not-a-lot-of-difference-in-agendas-between-privatize-everything-and-destroy-the-civil.md) - **The collapse started with George W.** (2025-08-25, 743 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-collapse-started-with-george-w.md) - **Strongly disagree.** (2025-08-25, 1,305 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/strongly-disagree.md) - **Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine was not provoked** (2025-08-20, 7,987 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/putin-s-invasion-of-the-ukraine-was-not-provoked.md) - **Why we can’t grow our way out of this** (2025-08-16, 14,810 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-we-can-t-grow-our-way-out-of-this.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-we-can-t-grow-our-way-out-of-this.part2.md) - **Unfortunately I'm not very familiar with dystopian fiction of other cultures.** (2025-08-04, 1,491 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/unfortunately-i-m-not-very-familiar-with-dystopian-fiction-of-other-cultures.md) - **We didn't stop dreaming of a better future - dystopia is for many that better future.** (2025-08-03, 1,191 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/we-didn-t-stop-dreaming-of-a-better-future-dystopia-is-for-many-that-better-future.md) - **Principle of explosion** (2025-08-02, 5,221 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/principle-of-explosion.md) - **America already has a three party system but still no real choice** (2025-07-24, 6,251 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/america-already-has-a-three-party-system-but-still-no-real-choice.md) - **America’s Religious Problem** (2025-07-15, 4,742 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/america-s-religious-problem.md) - **Understanding Mamdani** (2025-07-12, 4,544 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/understanding-mamdani.md) - **What Democracy can learn from Silicon Valley** (2025-07-07, 3,572 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/what-democracy-can-learn-from-silicon-valley.md) - **Godless prosperity theology isn’t secular or better than godded** (2025-06-23, 8,720 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/godless-prosperity-theology-isn-t-secular-or-better-than-godded.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/godless-prosperity-theology-isn-t-secular-or-better-than-godded.part2.md) - **5 easy ways to protect our politicians from billionaire violence, now, before more happens** (2025-06-20, 6,250 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/5-easy-ways-to-protect-our-politicians-from-billionaire-violence-now-before-more-happens.md) - **The Status Quo and Switch Political Trope** (2025-06-11, 5,741 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-status-quo-and-switch-political-trope.md) - **Ezra Klein is an anti-intellectual** (2025-06-06, 20,567 chars) - [Part 1/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/ezra-klein-is-an-anti-intellectual.part1.md) - [Part 2/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/ezra-klein-is-an-anti-intellectual.part2.md) - [Part 3/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/ezra-klein-is-an-anti-intellectual.part3.md) - **Anti-intellectualism is a byproduct of meritocracy** (2025-06-04, 5,261 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/anti-intellectualism-is-a-byproduct-of-meritocracy.md) - **"The only difference is that religions are upfront about this; humanists act like theirs is just…** (2025-05-29, 1,429 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-only-difference-is-that-religions-are-upfront-about-this-humanists-act-like-theirs-is-just.md) - **Political Change Deniers Should Reconsider** (2025-05-28, 8,526 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/political-change-deniers-should-reconsider.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/political-change-deniers-should-reconsider.part2.md) - **"And whether you agree with it or not, it’s given us everything from Dante to the Declaration of…** (2025-05-28, 2,268 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/and-whether-you-agree-with-it-or-not-it-s-given-us-everything-from-dante-to-the-declaration-of.md) - **No actually we need education to be less tied to employment / survival and this sounds like it…** (2025-05-25, 695 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/no-actually-we-need-education-to-be-less-tied-to-employment-survival-and-this-sounds-like-it.md) - **Limitarianism or Fascism — Your Choice Mr. Billionaire** (2025-05-24, 4,848 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/limitarianism-or-fascism-your-choice-mr-billionaire.md) - **They can identify as whatever they want but what they are is neoliberals and neoliberals are…** (2025-05-22, 743 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/they-can-identify-as-whatever-they-want-but-what-they-are-is-neoliberals-and-neoliberals-are.md) - **Are you sure you can handle the anti-social checkout line?** (2025-05-21, 658 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/are-you-sure-you-can-handle-the-anti-social-checkout-line.md) - **What Go and AI tells us about revolution** (2025-05-19, 3,538 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/what-go-and-ai-tells-us-about-revolution.md) - **The Vampires in Sinners are Trumpers** (2025-05-06, 6,167 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-vampires-in-sinners-are-trumpers.md) - **The Democratic Party’s Best Strategy is to Stop Lying** (2025-05-05, 5,115 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-democratic-party-s-best-strategy-is-to-stop-lying.md) - **How are billionaires getting away with it?** (2025-04-28, 11,502 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/how-are-billionaires-getting-away-with-it.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/how-are-billionaires-getting-away-with-it.part2.md) - **If top universities want to be trusted now is the time to earn it** (2025-04-21, 5,062 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/if-top-universities-want-to-be-trusted-now-is-the-time-to-earn-it.md) - **There is nothing wrong with STEM for developing critical thinking.** (2025-04-19, 706 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/there-is-nothing-wrong-with-stem-for-developing-critical-thinking.md) - **It’s the stupid, stupid** (2025-04-12, 8,630 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/it-s-the-stupid-stupid.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/it-s-the-stupid-stupid.part2.md) - **Having a billion dollars is the moral equivalent of being a slave owner** (2025-03-28, 7,333 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/having-a-billion-dollars-is-the-moral-equivalent-of-being-a-slave-owner.md) - **Why Trump Can’t Restore Andrew Jackson’s America** (2025-03-24, 4,558 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-trump-can-t-restore-andrew-jackson-s-america.md) - **It’s time to admit this is WWIII** (2025-03-10, 6,141 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/it-s-time-to-admit-this-is-wwiii.md) - **Thank god for this article - I had to pay to get past the firewall just to restore my sanity.** (2025-03-06, 1,108 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/thank-god-for-this-article-i-had-to-pay-to-get-past-the-firewall-just-to-restore-my-sanity.md) - **Why death by lack of merit cannot be part of a modern democracy** (2025-02-21, 6,615 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-death-by-lack-of-merit-cannot-be-part-of-a-modern-democracy.md) - **The US constitution is stuck in beta** (2025-02-11, 13,625 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-us-constitution-is-stuck-in-beta.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-us-constitution-is-stuck-in-beta.part2.md) - **Why Democracies are Stuck — The Big Man Problem** (2025-02-02, 10,508 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-democracies-are-stuck-the-big-man-problem.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-democracies-are-stuck-the-big-man-problem.part2.md) - **Jon Stewart is an enabler of fascism** (2025-01-28, 3,294 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/jon-stewart-is-an-enabler-of-fascism.md) - **The One and Only Thing MAGA Gets Right** (2025-01-05, 5,043 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-one-and-only-thing-maga-gets-right.md) - **Where Ayn Rand went wrong — It’s the big men stupid** (2024-12-27, 5,235 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/where-ayn-rand-went-wrong-it-s-the-big-men-stupid.md) - **Why certain billionaires are lionized (how patriarchy works)** (2024-12-06, 9,149 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-certain-billionaires-are-lionized-how-patriarchy-works.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-certain-billionaires-are-lionized-how-patriarchy-works.part2.md) - **Could fascism have been avoided and what can we do now** (2024-11-19, 17,996 chars) - [Part 1/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/could-fascism-have-been-avoided-and-what-can-we-do-now.part1.md) - [Part 2/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/could-fascism-have-been-avoided-and-what-can-we-do-now.part2.md) - [Part 3/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/could-fascism-have-been-avoided-and-what-can-we-do-now.part3.md) - **On the election: the vision problem goes deeper than you think** (2024-11-13, 4,209 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/on-the-election-the-vision-problem-goes-deeper-than-you-think.md) - **No David Brooks it’s not a college education divide, it’s a failure of leadership** (2024-11-13, 5,540 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/no-david-brooks-it-s-not-a-college-education-divide-it-s-a-failure-of-leadership.md) - **A Spectrum of Sociopaths** (2024-10-30, 5,201 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/a-spectrum-of-sociopaths.md) - **AI and the end of understanding** (2024-10-27, 3,823 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/ai-and-the-end-of-understanding.md) - **How America pays for its misogyny** (2024-09-24, 5,168 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/how-america-pays-for-its-misogyny.md) - **I lost my hat and sunglasses — why the rich should call off Jerome Powell** (2024-08-26, 6,946 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-lost-my-hat-and-sunglasses-why-the-rich-should-call-off-jerome-powell.md) - **The real appeal of American fascism** (2024-08-11, 5,635 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-appeal-of-american-fascism.md) - **Conservatism — a revolutionary, misguided coalition for the unpopular** (2024-07-29, 9,124 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/conservatism-a-revolutionary-misguided-coalition-for-the-unpopular.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/conservatism-a-revolutionary-misguided-coalition-for-the-unpopular.part2.md) - **Strange goings on at the Euro Cup show you how conservatives operate** (2024-07-15, 4,124 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/strange-goings-on-at-the-euro-cup-show-you-how-conservatives-operate.md) - **Adam Kirsch gets transhumanism all wrong** (2024-05-22, 6,857 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/adam-kirsch-gets-transhumanism-all-wrong.md) - **Conservative culture doesn’t conserve anything** (2024-05-16, 9,365 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/conservative-culture-doesn-t-conserve-anything.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/conservative-culture-doesn-t-conserve-anything.part2.md) - **Saving politics with new religions** (2024-04-30, 2,698 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/saving-politics-with-new-religions.md) - **What happens when technology creates real differences?** (2024-04-23, 5,716 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/what-happens-when-technology-creates-real-differences.md) - **To put your Fordist and Neoliberal in** (2024-04-22, 799 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/to-put-your-fordist-and-neoliberal-in.md) - **This is brilliant but I think it would be even more useful as a spectrum: The more a society relies…** (2024-04-22, 1,090 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/this-is-brilliant-but-i-think-it-would-be-even-more-useful-as-a-spectrum-the-more-a-society-relies.md) - **3 Body Problem (Netflix) doesn’t understand sentience — contains 2nd episode spoilers** (2024-03-26, 4,260 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/3-body-problem-netflix-doesn-t-understand-sentience-contains-2nd-episode-spoilers.md) - **Why Capitalist Corporations are Failing and What’s Next** (2024-02-28, 21,000 chars) - [Part 1/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-capitalist-corporations-are-failing-and-what-s-next.part1.md) - [Part 2/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-capitalist-corporations-are-failing-and-what-s-next.part2.md) - [Part 3/3](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-capitalist-corporations-are-failing-and-what-s-next.part3.md) - **Benefits of the end of certainty** (2024-02-15, 8,497 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/benefits-of-the-end-of-certainty.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/benefits-of-the-end-of-certainty.part2.md) - **Humanity is not that simple — a response to Mitch Trachtenburg** (2024-02-10, 3,825 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/humanity-is-not-that-simple-a-response-to-mitch-trachtenburg.md) - **Humans must choose between freedom and sentience and our world hangs in the balance** (2024-02-07, 4,792 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/humans-must-choose-between-freedom-and-sentience-and-our-world-hangs-in-the-balance.md) - **It might be humanity that is failing — a response to Michael Steinberg** (2024-02-01, 4,721 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/it-might-be-humanity-that-is-failing-a-response-to-michael-steinberg.md) - **“I am useful” is the modern battle cry of human failure and suffering** (2024-01-16, 7,557 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/i-am-useful-is-the-modern-battle-cry-of-human-failure-and-suffering.md) - **The real reason meritocracy should be discarded** (2024-01-03, 7,012 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-reason-meritocracy-should-be-discarded.md) - **The Real Philosophical Underpinnings of Conservatism** (2023-12-09, 10,265 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-philosophical-underpinnings-of-conservatism.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-real-philosophical-underpinnings-of-conservatism.part2.md) - **Even my dog is complaining about late stage capitalism now** (2023-11-03, 2,417 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/even-my-dog-is-complaining-about-late-stage-capitalism-now.md) - **Blame individual humans not corporations or systems — why our media needs to admit companies and…** (2023-08-16, 5,557 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/blame-individual-humans-not-corporations-or-systems-why-our-media-needs-to-admit-companies-and.md) - **Fixing climate change requires a new form of excommunication** (2023-08-13, 5,921 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/fixing-climate-change-requires-a-new-form-of-excommunication.md) - **Original programming and climate change** (2023-08-05, 4,402 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/original-programming-and-climate-change.md) - **Sentience and fairness** (2023-08-01, 3,234 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/sentience-and-fairness.md) - **The Case for Ken — Barbie Doesn’t Understand Sentience** (2023-07-23, 5,444 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/the-case-for-ken-barbie-doesn-t-understand-sentience.md) - **Dr. K doesn’t understand sentience** (2023-07-17, 4,633 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/dr-k-doesn-t-understand-sentience.md) - **Interesting Video on Sentience (IE going beyond original programming)** (2023-07-15, 4,489 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/interesting-video-on-sentience-ie-going-beyond-original-programming.md) - **Sentience and Disputing the Right to Cruelty Part II — Indecency Law** (2023-07-06, 7,693 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/sentience-and-disputing-the-right-to-cruelty-part-ii-indecency-law.md) - **Why Sentience Matters — Disputing the Right to Cruelty** (2023-07-05, 6,110 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-sentience-matters-disputing-the-right-to-cruelty.md) - **"Now we begin to see why the intentional stance is a legitimate source of explanation, even if its…** (2023-06-26, 1,672 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/now-we-begin-to-see-why-the-intentional-stance-is-a-legitimate-source-of-explanation-even-if-its.md) - **Why Organized Religion Doesn’t Lead to Sentience** (2023-06-22, 5,212 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-organized-religion-doesn-t-lead-to-sentience.md) - **Corg are Sentient** (2023-06-12, 5,793 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/corg-are-sentient.md) - **Spider-Verse has a multiverse beyond capitalism** (2023-06-08, 8,311 chars) - [Part 1/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/spider-verse-has-a-multiverse-beyond-capitalism.part1.md) - [Part 2/2](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/spider-verse-has-a-multiverse-beyond-capitalism.part2.md) - **Search for Sentience on Earth — Identity** (2023-06-05, 3,934 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/search-for-sentience-on-earth-identity.md) - **Why an AI driven LieNet might be the key to human happiness / sentience** (2023-05-22, 6,733 chars) - [Full Markdown](https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-an-ai-driven-lienet-might-be-the-key-to-human-happiness-sentience.md) - 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