Tag: Socialism
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Authoritarianism Never Works in the Long Run
One of the great battles of the last century has been the fight between societies espousing individual liberty and those with strict authoritarian governments. Of the many attempts since the dawn of the twentieth century to create permanently successful socialist or communist governments, only one has seen any real level of success: China. Of course, […]
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You Have to Fight for Your Right to Be Left Alone
Anyone who knows me personally knows that I tend to be a loner. There is obviously a certain amount of need for me to have contact with other people, and I can’t be alone for extended periods of time without starting to get a bit of loneliness creeping into my space, but much of the […]
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Political Exhaustion
As an older millennial, it took me quite a long time to develop an interest in politics. I’m no expert, and I certainly don’t keep up with nearly as much as I probably should, but I try to stay on top of major developments so I’m at least aware of the broad stroke things that […]
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You Can’t Save People From Themselves
We often believe that we have control over our lives. The world has become much smaller and we have developed the ability to manipulate our environment, shape the events of the world and even begin our spread beyond it, out into the inky blackness of outer space. We have risen to heights our ancestors could […]
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All Government Is Evil
“Men must be governed; often not wisely I’ll grant you, but they must be governed nonetheless.” -Captain Aubrey, Master and Commander One of the biggest debates that has ever raged within human societies is determining which form of government is best suited to provide the kind of environment most of us seem to prefer. Many […]
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Complacency Breeds Vocal Minorities
Society today is pretty funny. We watch as our media promotes these crazy ideas and our politicians capitulate to this group or that and we shake our heads. Most of us have conversations about how we can’t stand how divided our nation has become and how polarizing our discussion makes us. We all agree that […]
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No Vaccine for Me Please
I try not to publish too many articles at one time in the hopes that I can build up a small library of posts that I can count on to cover those days when I’m not inspired to write anything. However, today seems to be one of those days where certain topics feel very time […]
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We Have a Lack of Leadership in America
Yesterday’s presidential press conference was so painful to watch that I simply couldn’t get through it. The aimless and doddering mumbling of the 78 year old Commander in Chief dragged on interminably, and in the end it was just too uncomfortable to sit through. It is a scary thing to think that a man who […]
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Government Can’t Save You
As our society moves forward into higher and higher levels of technological advancement, we are starting to exhibit some very troubling tendencies. In the past, we used to accept a lot of things about life that were simply variables outside of our control, and we adjusted our lives to cope with this reality. Whether it […]
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Avoiding Hate in Politics
One of the biggest problems in our political landscape today is that we all seem to hate each other. The other side is out to get us and we have no choice but to fight against them with all our might. American politics has become a warzone where the bodies of the vanquished are piled […]
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