Likes, and the like, undermine the independent thinking of the population. Specifically, social feedback is destroying (has destroyed) civility and citizen problem-solving. "Likes" are a narcotic to the mind of a person aching to make a connection. As a result, social media naturally teaches people...
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For reason, see forms of truth here. Transgenderism is NOT objectively true. Objective truth is obtained when all stakeholders agree. They don't: Transgenederism is only subjectively true; WHY? Because opponents have not proven that it is objectively false, and other subjective truths persist. Biological sex is only subjectively true; WHY?...
Read MoreIs communism a pipe dream? As an application of human utopianism? Yes. Without doubt. Humans do not know the truth absolutely (utopianism). Only the creator does. Our job is to discover creation. If one thinks that they know what is true, then, by definition, they are irrational. Marxists (and...
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On QUORA: According to Karl Marx, the surplus value is bad. Why is Karl Marx wrong? He didn’t believe it was bad. He just wanted it to go to labor. Yet this is both selfish and wrong. The following are the value/cost components of a product or...
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Which are the two or three key issues that define “wokeness” in the United States? Presently: identity group marginalization. Early 20th century: economic class marginalization. But in general: The marginalization of the “oppressed.” This is Marxism, of course. Marxists are oppressed because they fail to comprehend alternative views other than their own. This is, ipso...
Read MoreWhy exactly does communism go against human nature and always fail? I theorize that human thinking comprises two things: habit and reason. In habit, the individual makes decisions in the service of the self. It is driven by a process called operant conditioning. Operant conditioning, sometimes referred to as instrumental conditioning, is...
Read MoreIs the world a matter of "Oppressor" versus "Oppressed"? Or is that paradigm an ideology? Is the world a matter of "Oppressor" versus "Oppressed"? YES—but only for a very specific group. It is a paradigm too. Oppressed status is true for people that do not know how to...
Read MoreIs Karl Marx or Max Weber right in terms of capitalism's future? No. First, it is hard to consider Max Weber. His thoughts involve many, and as far as I am concerned, unrelated topics driving his understanding of capitalism (like religion). As a result, I think his...
Read MoreWhat do communists think of postmodernism? They wouldn’t think. Communists are not rational. Instead, communists would decide such that it improves their lot in life. If they were exposed to postmodernism, they would embrace it because it would justify self-serving decision-making. But they would not THINK about...
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QUORA: Why do so many Americans conflate communism, Marxism, socialism, liberalism, and social democracy? I don’t know about “many” Americans, and I wouldn’t use the term conflate, but I would say that these labels, from my point of view, are all directly and strongly related. As such,...
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