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Cartel de los Soles: What we can responsibly say about a “state-embedded” trafficking network in Venezuela

CandorIsGoodJanuary 4, 2026January 4, 2026

by CandorIsGoodJanuary 4, 2026January 4, 20260314

The phrase Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns) sits in an awkward category: it is widely used, politically explosive, and partly “real” in...

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Theoretical “pie in the sky” socialism vs. the real socialist regime

CandorIsGoodJanuary 3, 2026January 3, 2026

by CandorIsGoodJanuary 3, 2026January 3, 20260262

The Council in the Sky and the State on the Ground 1) Two different things called “socialism” People argue past each other because the word...

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The Five Gimmicks: How Modern Ideologies Sell Simple Keys to Complicated Locks

CandorIsGoodDecember 20, 2025December 20, 2025

by CandorIsGoodDecember 20, 2025December 20, 20250316

Prologue: The age of easy answers Every big-tent ideology pretends to be a scientific master concept of salvation. Academics spend their lives on these concepts...

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Fractured Standards: The Biggest Disagreements Inside the American Right and How These Fights Weakened Conservatism

CandorIsGoodNovember 8, 2025November 8, 2025

by CandorIsGoodNovember 8, 2025November 8, 20251482

Image: Shutterstock.com The Democrats have been in a panic survival mode ever since Joe Biden faded into a vegetative state, Kamala Harris seemed like the...

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How the Heritage Foundation Has Shaped Republican Agendas Since 1973 — and Where “Project 2025” Fits on the Spectrum

CandorIsGoodOctober 25, 2025October 25, 2025

by CandorIsGoodOctober 25, 2025October 25, 20251573

Introduction: From Pamphlets to Playbooks When the Heritage Foundation opened its doors in 1973, the conservative intellectual project already had magazines, donors, and a few...

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Socialists played the antisemitic conspiracy game first

CandorIsGoodOctober 18, 2025October 18, 2025

by CandorIsGoodOctober 18, 2025October 18, 20251596

The early socialists It was typical for post-serfdom countries with sluggish or simply weak industries to try to build up a flourishing banking industry, because...

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How general opposition to fascism differs from Marxist‑Leninist “Antifascism” and how the laws apply

CandorIsGoodSeptember 27, 2025September 27, 2025

by CandorIsGoodSeptember 27, 2025September 27, 20251718

The buzzword “antifascism” The Trump administration wants to combat leftwing extremism significantly more in the wake of the Charlie Kirk shooting. The term that is...

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Today’s influencers in the age of modern psychometrics and outdated ideologies

CandorIsGoodSeptember 20, 2025September 20, 2025

by CandorIsGoodSeptember 20, 2025September 20, 20250575

Image: Gage Skidmore/CC BY SA 2.0 Introduction Influence in politics has never been spontaneous. The voices that dominate public discourse are rarely the result of...

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Friends & Enemies: The AI subversion matrix forms our thoughts

CandorIsGoodAugust 4, 2025August 4, 2025

by CandorIsGoodAugust 4, 2025August 4, 20250603

Episode published on August 3rd 2025 Alex Benesch and Jeff Nyquist explain how the internet and influencer landscape is fundamentally broken. There are 3 archetype...

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The internet is an original-thought-prevention machine

CandorIsGoodJuly 27, 2025July 27, 2025

by CandorIsGoodJuly 27, 2025July 27, 20250577

The internet has always been a time wasting and original-thought-prevention machine. Silly content keeps you from thinking per se. If you consume too much it...