Anti-Trump Meme Warfare

It’s been such a long time since we’ve opened the Argument Clinic. But, these times are desperate and many people are upset and agitated, yet they do not have a strategy that will be effective. We

Is this the right room for an argument

are sorry to say this, but simply standing at a march with a sign that says “Trump Is a Pedophile” or whatever, isn’t going to do anything. Why? He already knows he’s a pedophile. He already knows we hate him. None of this will leave a mark. But, according to the principles of Argument Clinic, there are two things we can do, both of which involve “going meta” and telling the truth.

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Another Dead Oligarch: Bernie Madoff

Madoff made it his life’s work to demonstrate the folly of having insiders within an industry (securities exchange) regulate it. Madoff served with distinction on a number of organizations that purported to be helping make the stock market less scammy – little did they know. And Madoff rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous (whose pockets he was picking, while he was doing it) and politicians (whose pockets he was lining, with the money he picked elsewhere).

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Another Dead Oligarch

This inaugurates a category for this blog, titled, “another dead oligarch.” Hopefully it will see a certain amount of activity, since oligarchs tend (by their nature!) to be old. Unless you’re born with the magic god-mode code, you’ve got to spend a few years using daddy’s money to climb over the mounded corpses of your inferiors.

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