- Socialism (as in: actual socialism, not the European / Scandinavian variety that for the most part still builds upon a free-market economy), when implemented, will inevitably fail. In most cases, because it'll devolve into an authoritarian system fairly quickly. Those arguing in favour of socialism often will resort to a True Scotsman argument: "Yes, but this wasn't real socialism."

- The idea of "limits to growth" (as promoted by the Club of Rome) is a fallacy that - although since the time of Thomas Malthus it has been proven wrong time and again - remains bewilderingly popular.

- The EU is a cold war relic that's ridiculously ill-equipped for the challenges of the 21st century. Though motivated by misguided ideas, petty nationalism, and selfishness, given time Brexit might prove to not have been such a bad idea after all.

- Nuclear power at least in the short term should be considered a vital component of combatting climate change.

Regarding software:

- Web standards are actually quite decent. The web and web technologies are great way of providing and distributing applications.

As for more some recent events:

- Lockdowns and civil rights restrictions in general are neither an effective, nor a reasonable or sustainable approach for dealing with a pandemic.

- Zero Covid / No Covid / a Covid elimination strategy is an unsustainable dead end.

- Negative COVID-19 test results, not vaccination passports, should be relied on as an access requirement.