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August

What are some examples of social problems in our society?

August 19, 2022

By B

What are some examples of social problems in our society? An increasing lack of self-reliance (resulting in dependency) and self-governance (resulting in lawlessness). In America, one party (democrats) sabotages the above, and the other party (republicans) fails to champion them. ...

August

Is China switching to renewable energy?

August 19, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Is China switching to renewable energy? No. They want the West too. Why would China, without plentiful domestic energy, not act to become completely green energy self-sufficient? Another Setback for John Kerry | National ReviewHaving failed to get China and now India on board with his agenda, our...

August

Why are you so convicted individualism is the answer when our species only got where it is through millennia of collectivism?

August 19, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Why are you so convicted individualism is the answer when our species only got where it is through millennia of collectivism? Collaboration and community problem solving is helpful, not collectivism (the practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it). Individual independent...

August

Is the peace movement a philosophy?

August 18, 2022

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By B

Is the peace movement a philosophy? If we were being accurate, no. True philosophy is the search for truth and understanding. However, since Marxism (and thinkers like those affiliated with the Frankfurt School), philosophy has become associated with change: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point,...

August

Is the average American citizen patriotic or nationalist?

August 18, 2022

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By B

Is the average American citizen patriotic or nationalist? I believe America First Americans are nationalistic. Other’s Americans ungratefully despise America. America Firsters enthusiastically express their nationalism with patriotism. America First Americans are also populist. Recently, they have discovered that the ruling uni-party’s (establishment republican and democrat) interests...

August

When capitalists debate communists, why don’t they say things like, “you obviously haven’t read Henry Hazlitt’s “Economics in One Lesson”, while communists tend to say things like, “you obviously haven’t read Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital?””?

August 18, 2022

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By B

When capitalists debate communists, why don't they say things like, "you obviously haven't read Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson", while communists tend to say things like, "you obviously haven't read Karl Marx's "Das Kapital?""? Because the Marxists (or communists) are not really interested in finding...

August

Does the left think ad hominem is appropriate for a rebuttal because the politicians they vote for encourage that kind of ignorance?

August 17, 2022

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By B

Does the left think ad hominem is appropriate for a rebuttal because the politicians they vote for encourage that kind of ignorance? The left, and its political leaders, are irrational. They do not make arguments. Irrational people shame and praise. This is what you do to a...

August

What are all the advantages of the whole truth and what are the full advantages of the truth?

August 16, 2022

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By B

What are all the advantages of the whole truth and what are the full advantages of the truth? The whole truth? That is not the distinction I hope to drive. Consider instead this chart: The above chart identifies three forms of truth: subjective, objective, and absolute (some are identified in grey subtext). If...

August

Did the COVID response cause you to lose trust in your government?

August 15, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Did the COVID response cause you to lose trust in your government? No. That happened a long time ago. However, my distrust of the government grows as it grows. "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason...

August

If all truth is merely a social construct, isn’t the claim that everything is a social construction just another social construct in and of itself?

August 13, 2022

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By B

If all truth is merely a social construct, isn't the claim that everything is a social construction just another social construct in and of itself? Ha. Yeah, it is. Beware them. These social construct folks are dangerously irrational. See quadrant 1 mostly and 2 in part. This is postmodernism. It...