August 17, 2021

The problem of “what-about-ism” in our politics.

Whataboutism degrades the level of discourse from rational criticism to petty bickering. I suppose it is natural to find forms of whataboutism in many domestic arguments. But notice how Vladimir Putin, Raul Castro, Nicolas Maduro and other heads of illiberal regimes use whataboutism as their default answer to any criticism.

Those Pesky Distractions

Transnational Organized Crime penetration has proceeded slowly but steadily not only in Asia where Myanmar and Afghanistan are the opium and heroin leaders but in Latin America it has managed to initiate phagocytosis of the institutional frameworks of Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Paraguay.