Quick Observations Archives - LearningFramework

September

Quora – Do most Marxists today concede that Marx’s vision of a classless, stateless society in which government “withers away” is hopelessly naive?

September 7, 2026

By B

This question may misunderstand Marxism. If the premise were true, Marxism would have disappeared in failure with the USSR. I think the problem is that Marxists are cognitively oppressed (no free will or rationality). They know the world changes, but they do not know how to...

September

QUORA – Why do some people think redistributing wealth doesn’t really help the average person in the long run?

September 4, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

Helping people creates dependents, furthering their emotional immaturity. When dependents do not get what they need, they become victims. Victims, in their emotional immaturity, tear down the system that once fed them. They feel entitled. Wealth redistribution thus destroys civilization and the system that sustained and...

John Martin’s Illustrations of Paradise Lost (1827)

September

X (Twitter) Christian to me: Yes, I judge what is true and what is false and advocate for the former. The difference between us is you act as though your word is God and advocate for that.

September 4, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

I am sure you feel this way, declaring knowledge of God's truth and all. However, I happen to be knowledgeable about another subject: the brain. Humans, in emotional immaturity (i.e., without free will), are trapped in their cerebral cortex (this is cognitive habit). See image. It...

August

QUORA – Why do people demand “free speech” for their own opinions but often want to silence or dismiss opinions they strongly disagree with?

August 25, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

Most people are lost in dysrationality, and their “demanding” emotions act as the guardians of and soldiers for their irrationally held thoughts. Without reason, individuals lack the capacity to pursue truth, within which free speech participates. Reason explicitly does not involve making a decision or reaching...

August

QUORA – Are you more of a Machiavellian or a Nietzschean? Why do you think so?

August 24, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

Not possible. Machiavelli accepted humanity's dysrationality (AKA the nihilist, last-man nature of humanity, to use Nietzsche’s terms) and conspired to work within it. This is what it means to be Machiavellian. Nietzsche, perceiving insightful facets of the problem, set off prematurely to fix it; this was...

August

Quora — Why do so many plebs believe in ethical subjectivism when that theory is false?

August 24, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

This might be inconceivable to some readers, but the “plebs” lack free will, which is SELF-control. That’s all. The acquisition of self-control is emotional maturity. In essence, these cognitively underdeveloped individuals are in a sealed room. They can see only what they can see — limited...

August

Quora — Why do socialists deny socialism when confronted with examples of it? Do they believe in Schrödinger’s socialism?

August 22, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

Capitalism does not work for Marxists. That’s how they see it. They lack free will and thereby do not have free and independent minds. Consequently, it really doesn’t work for them. Marxists cannot problem-solve. Yet, capitalism is the economic framework for problem-solvers (excess wealth creation)....

August

Quora — Are there any examples in the world of states where communism has worked well?

August 6, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

Wealth creates civilization, which offers the freedom from having to survive through labor. Yet Marxism is the obsession with labor and its “entitlements.” The wealth-creation engine that eliminates labor, which is how it produces wealth, is capitalism. Paradoxically, to prioritize labor, Marxists loathe the wealth-production...

July

Quora — Is China’s economy considered socialist or capitalist? Why does China refer to itself as “the most powerful socialist state”?

July 28, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

It’s faux communist (not collectivist because it embraces markets) or bad capitalist (because it is not problem-solving). The Chinese focus only on making money. In a way, this is a true Marxist: more money for labor. ‘Chinese parents want their children to become Doctors. However, helping people...

July

How naturally do people distinguish subjective claims from objective ones without formal training in philosophy?

July 27, 2026

In Quick Observations

By B

It is natural, but it is so very hard, especially in civilization; i.e., the land of plenty. However, if an individual rejects absolute truth (e.g., atheism), the capacity to contemplate objective truth is impossible. Therefore, I am resolutely anti-atheist. I call this latter state dysrationality...