Tag: pop culture
Democracy rewards those who lust for power.
March 20, 2017 | Post
The incentives politicians face reward the concentration and consolidation of power.
Here are 10 classic films that will make you question government
March 5, 2017 | Post
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or a diehard cinephile, you will learn a lot about government from watching these ten great movies, all of which are rated as being some of the best of all time by IMDb and the American Film Institute.
When Nazis were Nazis: Katharine Burdekin’s Swastika Night
February 10, 2017 | Post
Swastika Night is one of the first works of fiction to address the question, “What if the Nazis won the war?”
Lunar prisoners fight for freedom in Robert A. Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
February 1, 2017 | Post
My message to you today is simple: don’t miss this book. There is a lot to be learned about liberty here.
Everybody missed the point of Westworld
January 17, 2017 | Post
Westworld is first and foremost a depiction of the corrosive nature of total power — an illustration of Lord Acton’s quote that “absolute power corrupts absolutely” — as seen through the character of Dr. Robert Ford.
Rogue One and the Politics of Star Wars
December 29, 2016 | Post
As Tyler Cowen puts it, in many ways “this is the real Star Wars movie that many of you have been waiting for.”