Category Archives: Corruption
Indonesia Is a Shithole
Dota writes: I knew that Indonesia was very corrupt, however in its defense, it is a middle income country with a reasonable standard of living. I don’t think so. The poverty is horrible, the workers make almost nothing, and there … Continue reading
Filed under Aceh, Asia, Christianity, Corruption, Endangered Species, Environmentalism, Fascism, Indonesia, Islam, Labor, Regional, Religion, SE Asia
In India, Thievery Is a Way of Life
Here. India is corrupt nearly across the board, from one end to the other, from the lowest local officials to the highest heads of state. I believe at one time it was estimated that almost the entirety of India’s Parliament … Continue reading
Filed under Asia, Conservatism, Corruption, Crime, Economics, Government, Hinduism, India, Neoliberalism, Political Science, Regional, Religion, South Asia
Indian Education: An Overview
Steve is a British man who is unfallibly optimistic about promoting India and its future for unfathomable reasons. In the documentary I linked to, the kids in the slum went to school. The little girl spoke the best English in … Continue reading
Filed under Asia, Corruption, Education, Higher Education, India, Left, Maoism, Marxism, Regional, South Asia
Jacques Lacan: Fraud
Lacan was a famous psychoanalyst. He was also apparently a gigantic fraud. A sociopath, a narcissist sociopath or just a narcissist, he faked his way to a degree when he couldn’t cut it as a neurologist, then rampaged his way … Continue reading
Filed under Corruption, Mental Illness, Psychology, Psychopathology, Psychotherapy
India: Hell on Earth
Here is an excellent piece about India that I got from an internet site. The author is unknown, but he may be a Dalit or low caste Indian. It sums up why India is such a Hellhole – Indians created … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Agricutlure, Asia, Asian, Christianity, Corruption, Crime, Death, Economics, Education, Environmentalism, Fascism, Global Warming, Government, Health, Higher Education, Hinduism, History, Illegal, Illness, Immigration, India, Islam, Journalism, Labor, Law, Law enforcement, Medicine, Military Doctrine, Modern, Mother Nature, Nutrition, Political Science, Politics, Public Health, Regional, Religion, Social Problems, Sociology, South Asia, Terrorism, Weather, Women
The Venus Project
Or the Zietgeist Project, whichever you prefer. Let me know what you think of this. One problem I have with this project, though it is clearly in a Marxist, Communist, socialist and even technocratic vein, is that he attacks Communism … Continue reading
Filed under Capitalism, Capitalists, Corruption, Democrats, Economics, Government, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Scum, US Politics
The Hindu 1-B Dream For America: Calcutta From Sea to Shining Sea
Wade chides me: RL: “The Hindu 1B’s are precisely the kind of immigrants that we do not need in America.” OMG Robert, you want to keep the progressive brown Hindus out of the USA? I am not stupid. I am … Continue reading
Filed under Asia, Corruption, East Indians, Fake Guest Workers, Immigration, India, Race/Ethnicity, Regional, Social Problems, Sociology, South Asia, South Asians
Dickens in Africa: Welcome to Lagos
Amazing article by George Packer about the Hellish city of Lagos, Nigeria. See that guy squatting over the curb? Wonder what he’s doing? With only .4% of the city hooked up to the sewage system, why do you have to … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Corruption, Crime, Nigeria, Regional, Travel, West Africa
Rebellion in Libya
The rebellion in Libya is actually quite a bit different in some ways from the earlier ones in Tunisia and Egypt. I said earlier that the revolts in the latter two countries were against extreme corruption combined with neoliberal reforms … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Asia, Corruption, Economics, Egypt, Europe, Iran, Iraq War, Islam, Libya, Middle East, Neoliberalism, North Africa, Politics, Regional, Religion, Socialism, South Asia, Syria, Terrorism, Tunisia, US Politics, War
On the Revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia
Both Tunisia and Egypt’s regimes are officially socialist, or were theoretically so in practice. However, the regimes were very corrupt, and the people at the top stole a tremendous amount of money and monopolized much of the economy through their … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Arabs, Capitalism, Corruption, Economics, Education, Egypt, Higher Education, Iraq War, Islam, Israel, Middle East, Neoliberalism, North Africa, Palestine, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Regional, Religion, Socialism, Tunisia, US Politics, War
