The reform of the EU regulatory process needs to be reformed
The Farmers are Fighting this One Alone
The real threat to the farmers’ future prosperity lies in the very food chain they form the basis of.
What does a Late-Stage Capitalist World Look Like?
As activists convince us that late-stage capitalism is ending, it’s time for foundation capitalism.
A European Industrial Deal vs Deplorable, Rabid Activism
Industry has offered a positive strategy. Activists reply with the same biased vitriol.
Righteous Risks Part 4: Vaporising e-cigarettes
To put it lightly, the tobacco industry is unloved. The WHO has led a decades-long campaign to denormalise “Big Tobacco” – ostracising these companies and working with activist allies to exclude them from participating in policy, public discourse and societal institutions. There are an army of institutions and NGOs who have one goal and only…
What the Farmers (Should) Want
European leaders have received a symphony of protests over the last couple weeks as their capitals and offices have literally been shat on by angry farmers. It has made for entertaining (and horrifying) footage and wonderfully vague claims from European leaders on how to address the agricultural issues (which for them amounts to throwing more…
Righteous Risks Part 3: The Electric Vehicle Halo
EVs are ethically pure. Dirty, evil petrol and diesel cars never had a chance.
Righteous Risks Part 2: Foundations of Virtue
Foundations pay activists to relentlessly push policymakers into moral quagmires
Righteous Risks: Introduction
A righteous risk is a threat of harm to societal well-being that arises when decisions are based solely on widely-shared moral perceptions, social virtues and ethical ideals. This value-based policy approach does not consider facts or data in a consistent manner with certain actors, reinforced by social media tribes, imposing their ideals upon others. Righteous…
An Ex-Post on the Failed Glyphosate Campaign
Today the European Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF committee) was again unable to get a qualified majority vote for or against extending the authorisation of glyphosate. With the three largest countries (France, Germany and Italy) all “strategically abstaining”, the European Commission exercised its right to move forward and approve the reauthorisation…
Technocratic Consequences
Should we be Putting Scientists back on Top? French translation Winston Churchill once reportedly said “Scientists should be on tap, but not on top.” Now I do understand that nobody likes to be kept in a little box, waiting to be opened when needed … to only give a “Yes/No” answer. I also feel that…
Why Activists Lie
15 reasons to help understand why activists continually lie
The Risk-Monger 