Everybody’s talking about the current French elections, but as far as I can see, no one is talking about the effect these elections could have on the Andorran monarchy. The President of France, whomever it is, automatically becomes a coprince of Andorra; a landlocked microstate in the Pyrenees, situated between Spain and France. The coprince…
I’ve already talked about why democracy works, and its flaws, but I’ve hardly addressed the potential to improve democracy further. In this article I’ll be doing just that! Citizen Journalism: As I talked about in the previous article, the press is extremely important in upholding democracy. While the internet’s contributions to this are often overlooked…
À la lumière de l’invasion de l’Ukraine par Poutine, certains d’entre vous se demandent peut-être ce que vous pouvez faire pour aider l’Ukraine en ce moment crucial. Il est facile de se sentir impuissant lorsque ce conflit se passe si loin de vous, mais vous pouvez aider. Voici quelques façons d’y parvenir : – Faire un…
In light of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, some of you might be wondering what you can do to help Ukraine in this vital moment. It’s easy to feel helpless when this conflict is happening so far away, but you can help. Here are some ways to do just that: -Donate: You can do what our…
How would you describe yourself to someone who’s never heard of you before? I make videos on Youtube about urban planning and politics from a left perspective, and also dunk on Elon Musk a lot. Lately people started calling me the “Giga Chad of Urban Planning”, a moniker I can’t help but accept. Why did…
El 7 de septiembre del año pasado entró en vigor la nueva “Ley Bitcoin” de El Salvador. Esta ley convierte al Bitcoin en moneda de curso legal en El Salvador, junto con el dólar estadounidense. Esta controvertida ley fue presentada a la asamblea legislativa por el presidente Nayib Bukele, líder populista de El Salvador. El…
On the 7th of September last year, El Salvador’s new “Bitcoin Law” went into effect. This law makes Bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador, alongside the US dollar. This controversial law was introduced to the legislative assembly by President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s populist leader. President Bukele is infamous for his “attempted coup” on the…
As objectively great as democracy is, it does have serious flaws. In this article I’ll be looking at some of the biggest flaws in democracy and how to address, or at least reduce, them. Short-termism: One of the biggest criticisms of democracy is that it encourages short-term thinking. With politicians serving short terms and having…
Barbados has just become a republic, stripping the Queen of her few remaining powers. So, what does that mean? Well, the position of Governor-General has been removed, and replaced with a Presidency. The President of Barbados is the head of state and of the armed forces, and is the source of executive power. In practice…
Sometimes it seems that faith in democracy is waning in the West. As countries like China appear to speed ahead, there appears to be an increasing tendency in the West to attribute its own perceived failures to the most obvious difference between it and its rivals: democracy. In this series of articles I’ll talk about…
I recently watched one of the oddest ads I’ve ever been shown. I was about to watch a video, and this really peculiar and completely unrelated ad popped up: it was published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and was talking about the name of the Sea of Japan. The video first makes…
Mr. Hakainde Hichilema recently won the Zambian elections in a landslide victory (he won nearly 60% of the vote, with a 70% voter turnout). He assumed power on the 24th to become the 7th president of Zambia. He has unsuccessfully run for president 5 times (though sometimes on a knife’s edge), starting with the 2006…