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The U.K. Papers www.independent.co.uk and www.guardian.co.uk often have quite interesting stories on Dubai, but their stories aren't really from the standard po
by Ratfish 16y ago
The U.K. Papers www.independent.co.uk and www.guardian.co.uk often have quite interesting stories on Dubai, but their stories aren't really from the standard political perspective.
- andysinclair 16y agoWhat is the "standard political perspective"? The Independent and The Guardian are two fine newspapers. They generally run interesting and intelligent articles, often covering stories that you don't find in other newspapers or media outlets.
- Ratfish 16y agoExactly. They would be considered by some (or all?) to have a leftwing slant and therefore be tainted somehow. They are considerably to the left of most American papers for example.
- MoreMoschops 16y agoBear in mind the U.S. has two main political parties; the right-wing one, and the even more right-wing one. The U.S. papers simply can't afford to be centrist or leftist.
- mmaro 16y agoThe U.S. has two main political parties: the left-wing one in perpetual power, and an incompetent left-wing one that still thinks they can get the outcomes they want through elections (they can't; progressive civil servants run the show). Some introductory reading: "Politics: Comtemporary" in http://moldbuggery.blogspot.com/2009/03/collected-writings-of-mencius-moldbug.html http://moldbuggery.blogspot.com/2009/03/collected-writings-o...
- MoreMoschops 16y agohttp://www.corrupt.org/columns/martin_regnen/condensed_moldbuggery http://www.corrupt.org/columns/martin_regnen/condensed_moldb... To be fair, I didn't need to wear a tinfoil hat when reading _every_ paragraph!
- mmaro 16y agoMost of these are well-justified in his essays; obviously a condensed summary will not be very convincing.