What is your opinion of teens posting "rate me" threads? Stop. You make me cry. Freedom of thought cannot be assessed by others. I suppose “rate me” was intended to help a person get right with the world around them. But it is deeply oppressive. If someone told...
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Who is a bad influence on society today? Only one group: postmodern thinkers writ large (Marxists, Critical Theorists, etc.). Postmodernism argues that people are fundamentally subjective because their unique beliefs and values alter the way they organize factual data. Thus, the narratives they construct around data will also...
Read MoreAre there any ideas for anti-corruption movements that can be done by youth and young professionals? Probably not. You must start one. Call it the self-reliance and self-governance movement to end political corruption, caused by governmental dependency. I’ll join. For an explanation, see: Brian Kenner's answer to Why is the...
Read MoreAs a student, what can you do to stop the spread of fake news and misinformation? Yes. Think for yourself. Learn to reason and reduce its effectiveness. See my answer here on reason: If a future AI is able to detect misinformation and fake news with great accuracy,...
Read MoreWhy is the word "state" usually used for a nationalist/dictatorship country instead of "republic"? In Marxist/Communist/Authoritarian countries, the people exist to serve the state. Whereas, in truly free countries, a government “of the people” exists exclusively to protect the freedoms of the individual. Note: Nationalism is good....
Read MoreWhy is it common for people and media to rag on Taxes? What is their motivation? Because taxes do not uniformly impact and benefit the population. American taxes are redistributive. Some want the benefit, others want the political power to choose the distribution, and still, others want...
Read MoreCan you imagine our country where the government isn't tasked with fixing people’s problems? I can. Definitely. People just need to reason. But crucially, reason is not likely what people think it is. Otherwise, people would not have difficulties solving their own problems. Enabling reason is easy....
Read MoreWhat are the solutions to cyberbullying? There are two basic approaches: Police the bullies;Strengthen the intellectual defenses of the bullied. I say, focus on 2. It can’t be that difficult. See: Brian Kenner's answer to Is the comment "you're a troll" an intelligent rebuttal to an argument you disagree...
Read MoreWhy do some people demand freedom for certain things but don’t mind certain restrictions on others? You should be specific, otherwise, I am left to speculate. Generally, the unrestricted freedoms of one person will almost certainly infringe upon the rights of others. When they do, the people,...
Read MoreIn 100 words or less, can you explain America's current state of dysfunction? Wokeness (identity focus with entitlement) has produced a society of victims. Entitlement has further failed the development of reason. A lack of reason has produced truth programmable (i.e. propagandizable) and rigid (irrational) brains....
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