Tag Archives: Political Philosophy

Pandemic Re-Triggers the Perpetual Decline of the US

Posted on 6 May, 2020 by alfin2101

Resurrecting the Idea of the Perpetual Decline of the US? For much of the world, the decline of the United States was desired to clear the way for their own emergence. In other cases, it was schadenfreude. In yet other … Continue reading →

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Dystopian Fiction, Dystopian Reality

Posted on 16 June, 2019 by alfin2101

WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU __ Orwell, 1984, Chapter 1 Dystopian societies bend the meanings of words and natural human emotions badly out of shape. This is done to make it … Continue reading →

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Another Perspective on New Zealand Mosque Shootings

Posted on 15 March, 2019 by alfin2101

Note: In the west, everyone is protected by the rule of law. The confessed perpetrators of the Christchurch outrages should be prosecuted and punished, promptly and as thoroughly as New Zealand law allows. A Cultural Immune System The media is … Continue reading →

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Flee the Cult: Sad Radicals of Inbred Intellectualism

Posted on 12 December, 2018 by alfin2101

Excerpted from “Sad Radicals” by Conor Barnes (Quillette Dec 2018) …The ideology and norms of radicalism have evolved to produce toxic, paranoid, depressed subjects. What follows is a picture of what happens in communities that are passionately, sincerely, radically woke, … Continue reading →

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Maximum Impact: How One Man Could Change the World

Posted on 27 March, 2018 by alfin2101

Global Change via Religion/Philosophy Looking at Moses, Jesus, the Buddha, Mohamed, and the Hindu legacies, one sees many long-term impacts of a global and quasi-global nature. Religion represents a deep and archetypal philosophy, which acts on multiple layers of the … Continue reading →

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Trump & Media Clown Show Obscures Frantic Movement Behind Scenes

Posted on 2 April, 2017 by alfin2101

Note: Donald Trump has been US President for fewer than 3 months. During this time the news and entertainment media have attacked Trump for what he has done, for what he has promised but failed yet to do, for things … Continue reading →

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Bernie Sanders Praised Fidel Castro, the Sandinistas, the Venezuelan System . . .

Posted on 12 March, 2017 by alfin2101

Bernie Sanders’ admiration for revolutionary socialism goes back several decades. In 1985 Sanders filmed an interview in which he expressed admiration for Fidel Castro, and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. More recently, he has admired the system of Hugo Chavez’ Venezuela, … Continue reading →

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Can the West Break its Addiction to the Corrupt Nanny State?

Posted on 8 January, 2017 by alfin2101

It Will Take Care of You and Keep You Safe And it will take care of you. Just not in the ways you really need. Big Government Stifles Opportunity and Destroys the Future The fear of big government is near … Continue reading →

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The Government Is Not the Country

Posted on 11 November, 2016 by alfin2101

My kind of loyalty was to one’s country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal … Continue reading →

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Is the Dark Enlightenment in Danger of Becoming Another Ideology?

Posted on 14 September, 2015 by alfin2101

In a very real sense, a philosophy is a way of life which may incorporate but does not embody a political agenda. On the other hand, ideology is usually based in theory, the precepts of which often have little or … Continue reading →

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Some Basic Reading via Nick Land

Posted on 28 March, 2014 by alfin2101

If a person doesn’t understand the background and historical parallels that help clarify current events, he cannot make sense of what is happening or where things are likely to go. Most of the important data is concealed, so that one … Continue reading →

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Biggest Threat: Government and Government-Run Economy

Posted on 17 January, 2014 by alfin2101

“More Americans, 42%, say they are financially worse off now than they were a year ago, reversing the lower levels found over the past two years,” Gallup announced Wednesday. _DC Americans also told Gallup that the government and an economy … Continue reading →

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