https://snarkygherkin.substack.com/p/the-day-we-put-our-politicians-in

Not sure about the historic reasoning, but I can't fault his sentiments.

#auspol

The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation

https://jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-of-the-post-literate-society-aa1

WEALTH CREATION (V)

Alternatives: money acquisition, forced saving.

Only the government mints or reserve banks create money. Investments and transactions always transfer money between parties. When one investment does well, someone else is loosing out.

CONSUMER (N, of media)

Alternatives: audience, reader, viewer, customer.

Electronic media is not consumed. The book, song, movie, webpage continues to exist. Describing media customers or users as "consumers" is justifying the bad behaviour of electronic media companies.