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Why Do Humans Oppose Human Rights?
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Why Do Humans Oppose Human Rights?

Posted on June, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

What is the point of freedoms if one feels he can’t use them? Continue reading →

Let’s Not Talk About the Dragon!
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Let’s Not Talk About the Dragon!

Posted on August, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

There is no good way to address populist fearmongering. The good news is that you shouldn’t do it anyway Continue reading →

How Many Protesters Do You Think Are Enough?
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How Many Protesters Do You Think Are Enough?

Posted on June, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

When protests, outrage, public opinion and voting results are all ignored Continue reading →

The sense of legal helplessness prepares the way for autocracy
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The sense of legal helplessness prepares the way for autocracy

Posted on June, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Understanding legal helplessness Continue reading →

“Just hand it in and see what happens!”
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“Just hand it in and see what happens!”

Posted on May, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

The painfully familiar feeling of regulatory helplessness is a sign of something more sinister Continue reading →

An authoritarian regime must never retreat
How it feels like

An authoritarian regime must never retreat

Posted on April, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Inducing the sense of helplessness in the victims makes autocracy cheaper and easier than outright open violence ever could Continue reading →

Orbán Supporters Who Claim to Hate Healthcare Anyway
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Orbán Supporters Who Claim to Hate Healthcare Anyway

Posted on February, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

“Hospitals are not hotels. Period.” Continue reading →

#O1G – Anti-regime protests in Hungary
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#O1G – Anti-regime protests in Hungary

Posted on January, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Can 2019 really be the year of resistance? Continue reading →

What Would Life Under AI Rule Really Look Like?
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What Would Life Under AI Rule Really Look Like?

Posted on November, 2018 by MwBp • 2 Comments

Machine rule would start out as a ‘totalitarian nudge regime’ – then it can afford to shed the pretense altogether Continue reading →

The Second Most Sexist Society in Europe
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The Second Most Sexist Society in Europe

Posted on January, 2018 by MwBp • Leave a comment

80% agree that the role of women is domestic and reproductive service. Continue reading →

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