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Liberalism or authoritarianism?

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Although today in the West we take democratic government for granted, and as the natural way for humanity to organise itself politically, actual history indicates

Eyeless in Gaza

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The reason that the current war in Gaza is so barbaric by modern standards, and the reason that it is leaving the modern world morally

Why liberal democracy is reverting back to authoritarianism

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Democracy and individual freedom are not natural elements of human government. Authoritarianism, the rule of society by a minority possessing moral or physical authority over

How ideologies are used to capture our minds

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An ideology, religious or political, is a doctrine giving expression to a set of coherent ideas and beliefs that claims both to represent the objective

Why the problem of racism is never resolved

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Despite the highly negative moral perception of racism in the West, the possibility exists that everybody on earth is in fact naturally racist, and that

The masters of mankind

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The political freedom and the high material standard of living enjoyed today in the West are very much taken for granted, but are in fact

The role of fiat currency in the rise of the state

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Throughout recorded history, humans have used a commodity as their money. From approximately 500 BC in the West, the chosen commodities were gold, silver, and

It’s not capitalism failing, but liberal democracy

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Today’s popular call for capitalism to be replaced with another economic system is driven by a common misunderstanding of what capitalism essentially is. Long confusingly

The political exploitation of empathy and altruism 

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Empathy and altruism are two qualities that humans believe that our species possesses to a significant degree. While both qualities certainly play a vital role

How the Holocaust prevents a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem

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The most significant fact arising from the Holocaust is that the unspeakable barbarity and depravity wrought upon the Jews was perpetrated, not by a society