fact or fiction
Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Exploring and debunking conspiracies and the lesser known truths in the world of politics.
Are Mandatory Vaccinations Unconstitutional?
Pew Research Center just released an alarming statistic: “About four-in-ten (39%) say they definitely or probably would not get a coronavirus vaccine.” Participants in this study said their refusal was based on mistrust of science, mistrust of government, and the belief that they are an exception, due to their personal health and hygiene practices.
By The Happy Neuron5 years ago in The Swamp
The Vote
The last thing on his mind was voting. There was a pandemic on and rioting in the streets, he had no desire to risk his life for something that he clearly had no control over, let alone any impact on. November 3rd got closer and closer and he just walled himself off from the political process. He was invisible as far as the politicians were concerned.
By Alex Arbios5 years ago in The Swamp
Isaac Asimov Was Dead Right About Our Cult of Ignorance
Asimov said this in his rarely published 1980 Newsweek piece “The Cult of Ignorance.” Although it was a relatively short essay, it was meant as a warning against the dangers of a growing anti-intellectualism tide in the US, and in the post-Trump era, his words are more poignant today than when he wrote them.
By The Happy Neuron5 years ago in The Swamp
It’s Time to Tune Out
Just shy of twenty-five years ago, The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror VI aired. The Halloween special featured several short horror parodies, including one called “Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores”. In this segment, a freak lightning storm causes giant advertising mascots to come to life.
By Leigh Wynter (she/her)5 years ago in The Swamp
Bitcoin Revolution
Kuo knew he shouldn't have joined the group on the dark web that he did. He was bored one night though and so started perusing the online communities looking for something that caught his interest. He happened on a chat about banks. He lived in China. Communist and oppressive. They watched everything that everyone did. The government had complete control over every part of the Chinese person's life. Their money, financial security, food, prosperity, thoughts. The news was full of propaganda and no one had the freedom to do anything. Everything that wasn't approved of by the state was done in secrecy. So Kuo knew he could get into deep shit. A hole he could never dig himself out of. Perhaps it was the excitement of getting caught is what led him back to the online group over and over again. There they would have open discussions about politics, how things would be so different without the heavy boot of the state. There were other members from different countries of course. Some from the United States, Canada, Mozambique, France, Poland. Many different nationalities but with all the same like minded thoughts. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. He had started to talk to 3 other people regularly. All he knew about their identities were their screen names. LagunaSnizzard289, Yolomarken156, Frakenbrake856. The four of them would have their own chat sessions. Lately they would talk about how it would be great to have a way to make money that no one could trace. They started to punt ideas around. All their backgrounds were in coding and networks. Kuo was the one who came up with the idea of "mining". LagunaSnizzard289 came up with the idea of peer-to-peer networking. Yolomarken156 came up with block-chains. Kuo was the one who started to play around with the code.
By Patricia Krzystek5 years ago in The Swamp
FACELESS
“Totalitarians will hate it,” he said. “Traditionalists will probably hate it too.” “Of course, I don’t doubt that authoritarians will attack, and sooner or later, attempt to destroy what I’ve worked so hard to create. Bitcoin is an opportunity to build a new world—not one that is ruled by force, by autocrats and militarized police. But I know that people who are stuck in the past will fear it.”
By ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR5 years ago in The Swamp
Throw a Rock, It Flies in an Arc
“When Karl Marx began to truly study capitalism, he realized one thing that many others, even over the hundreds of years since, have failed to see. When people act within capitalism, it is only as personifications of economic categories. Do you think that is true?”
By Tristan Meager5 years ago in The Swamp
COLORBLIND
Loss is a painful thing; one that can spur a man to a variety of terrible actions if only to effect even the slightest bit of change. When a man always loses and everything foreseeable shows he can only lose, that man’s perspective on what is or isn’t moral begins to change. He becomes hopeless, detached, and potent. Desperation is dangerous.
By Nathaniel Warren5 years ago in The Swamp
