Archive - Opinions of a Capitalist

A government afraid to stand up to aggression

A recipe for never-ending war and death

Jan 25

December 2023

Accelerating Fear of AI

The end is nigh?

Dec 4, 2023

August 2023

Are Facebook and Google Stealing... Revisited

And no, they are still not stealing

Aug 5, 2023

April 2022

Two Kinds of Speech?

Is there speech that should be protected by law and speech that should not?

Apr 28, 2022

March 2022

If we do not stop Putin now, then when?

If we won't act for fear of nuclear retaliation now, then we will remain forever paralyzed.

Mar 17, 2022

Putin's Unjust Justifications for Invading Ukraine

His equivocations may fool some, let's try to fix that

Mar 5, 2022

February 2022

Trains versus Trucks

Who will build the rails?

Feb 21, 2022

December 2021

The Annual End of Programming as a Profession

I just read another article by another programmer predicting our demise because anyone will be able to create applications (web or otherwise) without…

Dec 2, 2021

July 2021

My Objections to Cryptocurrencies

I rebut an article that attempts to "prove" Bitcoin and others are the "best" money

Jul 9, 2021

May 2021

Google vs Oracle

My view of the copyright suit won by Google

May 16, 2021

March 2021

Too Much Choice

To be burdened with such risk!

Mar 16, 2021

Venezuela – A Full Basket to a Basket Case in a Single Generation

Originally written in November 2015. They are still a basket case.

Mar 4, 2021

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