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May

If you could become the leader of a country, having all the powers and weaknesses that role has, what country would you choose and what would you do with your power?

May 2, 2022

By B

If you could become the leader of a country, having all the powers and weaknesses that role has, what country would you choose and what would you do with your power? I get these questions all the time. Simply: (1) I want no power over others....

May

How can democracy be at risk due to the height of populism? Is it possible?

May 2, 2022

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By B

How can democracy be at risk due to the height of populism? Is it possible? The form of democracy championed by the ruling elite is an election for representatives (they consider themselves leaders, not public servants) selected (by them) from among the ruling elite. Their control...

May

Why don’t we have the leaders we deserve?

May 1, 2022

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By B

Why don’t we have the leaders we deserve? Here’s the bad news, we do have the leaders we deserve. If we citizens learned to be more self-reliant and self-governing, and thereby become less dependent upon them, we might get the public servants we can respect. ...

May

Does having billions of dollars justify having a proportionally equivalent amount of power over politicians and, directly and indirectly, over Americans, compared to the power of an ordinary person?

May 1, 2022

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By B

Does having billions of dollars justify having a proportionally equivalent amount of power over politicians and, directly and indirectly, over Americans, compared to the power of an ordinary person? If Elon censors content, then I will be on the same page as you. If anybody can make...

May

What is considered hypocritical in today’s war media propaganda?

May 1, 2022

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By B

What is considered hypocritical in today's war media propaganda? To claim to know what is propaganda implies that one absolutely knows the truth. Yet, because the process of reason demands that one cannot claim truth, to claim otherwise (i.e., to know what is absolutely true) is, in...

May

Why have the defenders of democracy failed to counter the poisonous power of post-truth deceit?

May 1, 2022

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By B

Why have the defenders of democracy failed to counter the poisonous power of post-truth deceit? I cannot say that fully I understand your question. However, I think I might disagree with some of the questions' apparent premises. For example: America is not a democracy. It is a Constitutional republic....

May

Do political partisanships divide our (or any) nation into believers in science and denialists?

May 1, 2022

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By B

Do political partisanships divide our (or any) nation into believers in science and denialists? No. The problem is that people can’t reason. See “Free Will is Empowering. Do You Have It?” Denialism is likely closer to reason than those that claim they know (the truth). See also Benjamin Libet...

May

Is politics dirty or not?

May 1, 2022

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By B

Is politics dirty or not? Dirty may not be the right word. It is unfortunate. It is human. Politics are the imposition of subjective truth through majority will, deceit, or some other untruthful means. Yeah, I don’t like it. I prefer reason. ...

May

Is freedom measured financially, mentally, or something else?

May 1, 2022

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By B

Is freedom measured financially, mentally, or something else? Freedom is one thing: freedom of conscious. Ideally, for free people, it is expressed everywhere and in everything. And, so long as the free person does not harm the freedom of another, it must not be constrained. A righteous government will...

May

Can decent democracies beat techno-authoritarianism?

May 1, 2022

In Quick Observations

By B

Can decent democracies beat techno-authoritarianism? No. But Constitutional republics can. The American Constitution preserves the key elements of freedom. It is magical. It takes time to go through the courts, however. In fact, when people use the courts, freedom gets stronger. Now, the authoritarians want to take over...