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Dave Volek<p>My Viral Articles for 2023</p><p>Here are the Medium articles that went way above my usual average:</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=325" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=325</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/viral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viral</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>My First Case of Writer's Block</p><p>OR "The writing project from hell,"</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=408" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=408</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>Bashing vs. Building</p><p>Collectively, do we like reading stories about bashing people or things? </p><p>Or do we liking reading articles that build new ways? </p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=409" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=409</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/build" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>build</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/critic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>critic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticism</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>To Cannabis or Not to Cannabis</p><p>I got flamed! For the wrong reason! </p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=411" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=411</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cannabis</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>A Debating Society on Medium</p><p>To help raise the level of civil discourse, I tried to put together a debating society on this internet forum: </p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=422" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=422</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debate</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>Do Medium Pubs Enhance Readership? </p><p>The forum Medium is organized into "publications" (pubs) where writers and publishers can help each other out.</p><p>Here is my statistical analysis of my work on four pubs: </p><p> <a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=432" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=432</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medium</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>The Republicans Won</p><p>Time for a new Medium strategy:</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=439" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=439</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>Building a New Democracy is Still Unpopular</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=466" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=23&amp;id=466</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/popculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popculture</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>I Used to a Libertarian</p><p>Then I made the connection . . .</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=16" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=16</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libertarian</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>The Late Great Planet Earth</p><p>Evangelist Hal Lyndsey passed away last November. He made a killing telling us how Jesus was coming back in 1988. </p><p>Mr. Lyndsey influenced my "spiritual development."</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=30" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=30</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evangelical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>Pascal's Wager &amp; the TDG</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=97" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=97</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>Book Review: The Yugas</p><p>Self Realization Fellowship--a sect of Hinduism--casts humanity going through four cosmic stages. Each stage, we get better. We are starting the second stage: </p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=219" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=219</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hindu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yuga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yuga</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>Blessed are the Meek . . . .</p><p>A unique interpretation of this Christian scripture. </p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=274" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=274</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>"1984" vs. "Foundation"</p><p>Bringing these two books together:</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=276" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=276</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dystopia</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>Rethinking the Red &amp; Blue Pill Paradigm</p><p>We need black, orange, purple, and green pills:</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=300" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=300</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>The Philosophy of Project 2025</p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=406" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=24&amp;id=406</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>project2025</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>If you are a socially conscious consumer, you would prefer to shop at a spolu than a regular business: </p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=19&amp;id=387" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=19&amp;id=387</span></a></p><p>BTW: Spolus pay their corporate taxes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commerce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooperative</span></a></p>
Dave Volek<p>Rationality &amp; Poverty</p><p>Are poor people poor because they make bad decisions? </p><p>Or do they make bad decisions because they are poor? </p><p><a href="https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&amp;id=52" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tiereddemocraticgovernance.org</span><span class="invisible">/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=25&amp;id=52</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiereddemocraticgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiereddemocraticgovernance</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a></p>