It depends. Do you enjoy civilization? If yes, then socialism is the beginning of the end for it. This must be your understanding. Socialism teaches its inhabitants that they are entitled to the wealth and opportunity civilization creates. This is entitlement thinking, and it is SELFISH....
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Not really. I like René Descartes more. He’s the proper beginning, but unfortunately not the rational end. The solipsists actually blew Descartes’ amazing “I think, therefore I am” insight up. This happened because they lack free will. Descartes didn’t. In fact, his famous quote is an...
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That transition is a step toward collapse because it foreshadows the people's cognitive collapse, leading to a decline in problem-solving. This is the cause of economic collapse: increasing dependence and less problem-solving. More self-reliant citizens are the cure, but they are punished as the disease. So no,...
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There are two principal groups of people within society. Those who champion individual freedom and the collectivists (tribal thinkers). The folks who cherish individual freedom are self-reliant. Thus, they know how to problem-solve. Capitalism makes sense to them because capitalism is the means through which their...
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Ideally, nothing. Liberalism is freedom without an expectation of the two foundational behaviors for freedom: Self-reliance; Self-governance. Ideally, (Google def) “liberalism is a modern philosophy emphasizing universal human rights, objective truth, and individualism.” But without (1) and (2) above, freedom narcissistically devolves to permit postmodernism to define the day....
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It’s worse. This insanity has happened many times before, not just in 1935. The problem we see today is success-induced dysrationality. Hardship (suffering) developed our brains through problem-solving. Entitlement undermines this development because, by and large, problems have been momentarily eliminated. This is the Biblical lesson of...
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PROLOGUE The problem is a societal one, not an individual one. Enlightened individuals create civilizations. They are created in suffering, but disappear with the decline in suffering. Here’s a short list: Adam and Eve (Metaphors of the first civilization, the Ubaid, circa 5500 BCE) — Sumer Abraham (2166...
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“A” tribal religion? Maybe. Grace, no. Effective religions develop Grace. Your question’s framing misses the value and purpose of a Creator. You see, reason, or Grace, is only available to those who are entirely humble before the absolute truth, or the Creator’s truth. Any claim to absolute...
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Yes. It’s wishful thinking. Their justification is the widening “wealth gap.” But it is not true, and here’s why: Socialists, progressives, leftists, the woke, and, in general, Marxists, completely misunderstand humanity and its relationship to reality or creation. The widening wealth gap is not the problem; the...
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Modern liberalism is the trailhead to socialism, leading to Marxism. From there, you can still see or experience civilization. It’s like base camp before climbing Everest. Whereas Marxism is like the civilizational death zone above 8,000 meters (26,247 feet), where cognitive flexibility is too low...
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