“The Democratic and Republican parties each operates as a necessary counterweight in a partnership designed to keep the pendulum of power swinging in perpetuity from the one set of colluding quislings to the other, and back.” PartyRepublicanDemocraticPartnershipRepublican PartyPendulums Author:Ilana Mercer
“The free flow of people across borders is not to be confused with the free flow of goods across borders. Free trade is a positive-sum game. Contrary to illegal immigration, it is always invited, consensual and hence mutually beneficial to the parties involved.” PeopleGamesPartyInvolvedFlowTradeContraryImmigrationBordersConfusedIllegalGoodsInvitedBeneficialFree TradeIllegal Immigration Author:Ilana Mercer
“Antitrust laws ought to be deployed, not against business, but to bust this two-party monopoly, which subverts competition in government and rewards the colluding quislings with sinecures in perpetuity.” TwoGovernmentLawPartyOughtCompetitionRewardsMonopolyAntitrustAntitrust Laws Author:Ilana Mercer
“Cognitive consonance is what writing in the Age of the idiot is all about. The key to success in the scribbling profession is to strike the right balance of mediocrity in writing and thinking, which invariably entails echoing one of two party lines, poorly.” ThinkingWritingTwoAgeLinesPartyKeysBalanceProfessionStrikesIdiotMediocrityKey To SuccessCognitiveConsonanceWriting And Thinking Author:Ilana Mercer
