corruption
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The Great Depression:
Introduction The Great Depression was a significant and harrowing chapter in American history, reshaping the economy, society, and government. It serves as a stark reminder of how interconnected our financial systems are and how the decisions we make today can echo through time. Alarmingly, many of the factors that contributed to the Great Depression are resurfacing in our current climate. This essay will highlight the causes of the Great Depression and draw parallels to contemporary issues, including government deregulation, corruption, the glorification of wealth, and the rise of exclusionary purity movements. With only 4 years away from the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Depression, it behoves us to take a serious sociopolitical look at the parallels of today that have us headed unavoidably to our next one.
By Meko James 8 months ago in The Swamp
Fines Without Fault: How Albanian Citizens Are Being Penalized by a Silent System
Fined Without Reason — And No One Tells You Imagine waking up one day to find out you've been fined for speeding on a road you've never driven. Or for illegal parking in a city you've never visited. Now imagine that no one ever told you about it—until it’s too late to challenge it.
By E verteta.al8 months ago in The Swamp
Elon Musk and Donald Trump fued: What's real and what's not
Trump and Musk have broken up The recent feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has me remembering sayings that my grandmother used to say. "If you don't eat them up you don't have to spit (vomit) them up" and "The tighter they are the easier they are to pop aloose."
By Cheryl E Preston8 months ago in The Swamp
Poe Vices
Introducing Poe ‘Vices: Life Advice You Definitely Didn’t Ask For or Need. From chaos gremlin to cosmic counsellor, Poe (The infinite, scream-Beam) is now solving your deepest problems with her signature style: shouting, biting things, and chicken, obvs. Fools.
By River and Celia in Underland 8 months ago in The Swamp
The Politics of Compromise, Shall We Dance
Luis Peña stood at the office window; his eyes fixated on the near-perfect lawns of Parliament Hill. Traditional media declared the polls brutal and urged him to quit in shame, while some social media advocated for his public hanging. Every carefully planned policy seemed to go catastrophically wrong and only deepen public hatred of him. Where democracy once felt sacred, now, it was the stage of his undoing. The beloved politician, who once dominated the polls, was crumbling, and his family name was in shambles.
By Bruce Curle `8 months ago in The Swamp
The Dollar Is Falling: What It Really Means for Small Countries
In the global economic theater, the U.S. dollar has long played the leading role — a symbol of stability, strength, and trust. But today, the spotlight is shifting. From the rise of alternative alliances like BRICS to increasing distrust in U.S. global leadership, the fall of the dollar is no longer a conspiracy theory — it's a visible trend. And while the headlines focus on Washington and Wall Street, the real impact is unfolding quietly in small and developing countries.
By Keramatullah Wardak9 months ago in The Swamp
Tax Fraud and Table Service: The Paul Walczak Pardon Dilemma
Justice in America has often been described as blind. But in the case of Paul Walczak, it appears that justice took a seat at the table and glanced at the donation check. In early 2025, President Donald Trump issued a full pardon to Walczak, a Florida healthcare executive convicted of serious tax fraud. Just weeks before the pardon, Walczak’s mother attended a $1 million-per-seat fundraiser dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. The sequence of events has raised fresh questions about influence, privilege, and the ever-blurring line between public office and private access.
By The political Rift9 months ago in The Swamp
Project 2025 Isn’t the Threat—The Unconstitutional Status Quo Is
If bringing power back under the Constitution feels dangerous, maybe the real danger is what we've accepted as "normal." The outrage over Project 2025 says a lot—not about the project, but about how far we've let our government drift from the Constitution. Because if returning power to elected officials and dismantling unelected bureaucracies feels "authoritarian," maybe the system we've accepted isn't as democratic as we think.
By Robert Lacy9 months ago in The Swamp
Silence or Suffer: The True Face of Cancel Culture
We used to say America was the land of free speech. You could speak your mind, challenge authority, and disagree with the majority—without worrying about losing your job, your friends, or your future. But that world is disappearing fast.
By Robert Lacy9 months ago in The Swamp
Drowning in Data, Starving for Truth
We were promised a revolution. The internet, we were told, would democratize knowledge—bring the wisdom of the world to our fingertips and make us more intelligent, more informed, and more connected than any generation before. But something went wrong. Because despite living in the most information-rich era in human history, we're not more informed—we're more distracted, misled, and divided than ever before.
By Robert Lacy9 months ago in The Swamp
