Going back to why people don't vote, I presume the main reason is because they understand without reading political science texts that it doesn't make any difference how they vote. It's not going to affect policy, so why bother?

A basic principle of modern state capitalism is that costs and risks are socialized to the extent possible, while profit is privatized.

Maybe the science is uncertain, maybe we don't have to worry about it. Climate change is the worst, but there's others.

Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military actions, and - together with other criminal states - for supporting Saddam Hussein through his worst atrocities and beyond. That is the minimum that honesty requires.

Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.

The literature is like that - they [unions] are constantly talking about the masses, the danger they pose, and how to control them. They understand what they're doing, and they're very class conscious. They press policies which work for their interests.

If you accept the institutional lunacy, then the policies are rational.