# \#politics **URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/tag/politics/8.md [Latest](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/tags.md) --- ## [Capitalism Means Policing Big Companies](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/capitalism-means-policing-big-companies/1491)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/capitalism-means-policing-big-companies/1491 "2026-09-01T16:15:16Z")
https://www.elliottemple.com/essays/capitalism-means-policing-big-companies --- ## [Immigration; Asmongold; Politics](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/immigration-asmongold-politics/2217)
**Author:** [@anonymous45](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/anonymous45)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/immigration-asmongold-politics/2217 "2026-08-12T17:56:27Z")
@anonymous105 you asked before about why I had been becoming more anti-trump. The campaign against Thomas Massie is an example of things I don’t like (deeply, in this case). Trump and Vance lied about him, slandered him,… --- ## [Roe vs. Wade Overturned](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/roe-vs-wade-overturned/1393)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/roe-vs-wade-overturned/1393 "2026-07-23T14:47:50Z")
--- ## [Non-Tribalist Politics Megathread](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/non-tribalist-politics-megathread/449)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 405\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/non-tribalist-politics-megathread/449 "2026-05-20T17:39:16Z")
Topic for political discussion that follows one rule. When writing a post in this topic, you must consciously keep in mind the goal of not being a tribalist who hates the outgroup. I think being really into politics and… --- ## [AP News: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Tehran retaliates](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ap-news-us-and-israel-launch-attack-on-iran-tehran-retaliates/2153)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ap-news-us-and-israel-launch-attack-on-iran-tehran-retaliates/2153 "2026-03-01T17:34:35Z")
https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-crisis-live-explosions-tehran-israel-announces-strike-2026-02-28/ --- ## [Deplatforming and Censorship Examples](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/deplatforming-and-censorship-examples/211)
**Author:** [@JustinCEO](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/JustinCEO)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/deplatforming-and-censorship-examples/211 "2025-01-05T20:29:22Z")
This topic is a Discourse forum successor to the curi blog topic with tons of deplatforming and censorship examples: Former Republican candidate for Senate had their bank account shut down --- ## [Fraud By Companies That Don’t Serve Consumers](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/fraud-by-companies-that-don-t-serve-consumers/1494)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/fraud-by-companies-that-don-t-serve-consumers/1494 "2022-09-05T04:36:52Z")
--- ## [Predatory Pricing and Amazon](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/predatory-pricing-and-amazon/1465)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/predatory-pricing-and-amazon/1465 "2022-08-07T16:28:06Z")
--- ## [Labor Unions](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/labor-unions/558)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/labor-unions/558 "2022-04-28T15:19:50Z")
Unions are private sector unions actually worse than mega corps? are public sector unions actually worse than politicians and their unelected bureaucrats that lead govt agencies? in theory, a mega corp could be awesome,… --- ## [Using Political Twitter](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/using-political-twitter/350)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/using-political-twitter/350 "2021-10-26T21:00:19Z")
On Oct 17, 2020, at 1:56 PM, ‘Alan Forrester’ via Fallible Ideas fallible-ideas@googlegroups.com wrote: On 17 Oct 2020, at 19:07, Elliot Temple curi@curi.us wrote: \[Alan’s blog post The state is not your friend | C… --- ## [US govt handing out tons of money for not working](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/us-govt-handing-out-tons-of-money-for-not-working/117)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/us-govt-handing-out-tons-of-money-for-not-working/117 "2021-10-24T22:55:39Z")
One of many concretizations of what paying people not to work is/means/does: https://www.tiktok.com/@padi.thomas8/video/6962984760519970054 --- ## [The Canadian Mass Grave Hoax (video for analysis)](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/the-canadian-mass-grave-hoax-video-for-analysis/332)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/the-canadian-mass-grave-hoax-video-for-analysis/332 "2021-10-07T18:22:47Z")
--- ## [US Political Situation](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/us-political-situation/339)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/us-political-situation/339 "2021-10-01T23:01:27Z")
It’s hard to tell if there are actually bad guys in the US. If there are, they are not the Democrats or Republicans. That fight just distracts from fighting against the actual bad guys. If there are bad guys, they are … --- ## [Government doing bad things](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/government-doing-bad-things/213)
**Author:** [@JustinCEO](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/JustinCEO)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/government-doing-bad-things/213 "2021-09-08T21:03:16Z")
I’ll post links to what I regard as examples of government doing unwise/immoral/bad things here. I may comment or not. Others are welcome to post their own examples as well. This is bad. Landlords should be able to s… --- ## [Bias, Racism and Bad Scholarship about Australian Aboriginals](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/bias-racism-and-bad-scholarship-about-australian-aboriginals/295)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/bias-racism-and-bad-scholarship-about-australian-aboriginals/295 "2021-09-06T18:45:52Z")
On Jul 4, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Brett Hall brhalluk@hotmail.com wrote on the Fabric of Reality email list on Yahoo! Groups: Aboriginal land council pushes settlement intervention amid sex abuse allegations HALF the childr… --- ## [NSA Spying on Tucker?](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/nsa-spying-on-tucker/217)
**Author:** [@JustinCEO](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/JustinCEO)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/nsa-spying-on-tucker/217 "2021-07-24T23:31:47Z")
Tucker claims the NSA is spying on him :frowning: --- ## [Reading between the lines in a news article](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/reading-between-the-lines-in-a-news-article/220)
**Author:** [@JustinCEO](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/JustinCEO)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/reading-between-the-lines-in-a-news-article/220 "2021-07-08T01:52:14Z")
Noticed this in a political article: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/561962-trump-promotes-falsehoods-on-jan-6-attack-calls-for-identity-of Trump also said there were no guns in the Capitol. A num… --- ## [2020 census: millions \*fewer\* said they voted compared to number of votes cast](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/2020-census-millions-fewer-said-they-voted-compared-to-number-of-votes-cast/85)
**Author:** [@Alisa](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Alisa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/2020-census-millions-fewer-said-they-voted-compared-to-number-of-votes-cast/85 "2021-05-14T12:12:53Z")
Census reveals weird anomaly: Shows millions less voted in 2020 election than official tally : According to the Census, the recorded number of people voting in 2020 was tallied at 154,628,000. On the other hand, offici… --- ## [2020 Census results manipulated?](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/2020-census-results-manipulated/84)
**Author:** [@Alisa](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Alisa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/2020-census-results-manipulated/84 "2021-05-14T11:40:48Z")
A commenter at https://accordingtohoyt.com/2021/05/12/but-with-a-whimper/#comment-774469 writes: Layers of lies are baked into that 2020 Census, which was released last week. The Census was required by law to be relea…