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Tag Archives: inequality
Beyond Plutocracy: the Return of Democracy
The Power Elite is a 1956 book by sociologist C. Wright Mills, in which Mills calls attention to the interwoven interests of the military, corporate and political elements of society and suggests that the ordinary citizen is a relatively powerless … Continue reading
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The Poor Must Seize the Charities
It is not enough to mitigate the worst aspects of poverty. We should instead seek to harness the potential of direct aid to create organizations which aim to abolish the conditions which make that aid necessary. Vulnerability has three important … Continue reading
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How the Economy Creates Today’s Cultural Conditions
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) considered nihilism a transitional stage that accompanies human development. It arises from frustration and weariness. When people feel alienated from values, and have lost the foundation of their value system but have not replaced it with anything, … Continue reading
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Tagged collective narcissism, Enlightenment, inequality, Nietzsche
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There Is No Alternative to Austerity: Propping Up the Neoliberal State
Neoliberalism requires a market society achieved through a transformation in social society. Initially this meant welfare states must be slammed down by austerity policies in order to turn over to the market potentially lucrative sectors of the social economy – … Continue reading
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Tagged inequality, neoliberalism, Tea Party
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Nightmare on Main Street: the Neocon and Neoliberal Failures
A nightmare, or bad dream, is an unpleasant experience that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despair, distress, even extreme anxiety. The dream may contain situations of discomfort, psychological or physical terror or … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, inequality, neoliberalism, Steve Bannon
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The Role of Nationalism in Supporting Economic Neoliberalism
Neoliberal (or free market) globalization is merely one type of globalization. The neoliberal variant of globalization is currently dominant causing it to be confused or mistaken with globalization in general. Economic neoliberalism is supportive of economic globalization, but is firmly … Continue reading
A Good News Story: Close the Gap
Richard Wilkinson observes, “we had always regarded classification by social class as simply a proxy for the real determinants of health that we saw that we imagined were material factors – like diet and what you’re working with and what … Continue reading
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Tagged epigenetics, inequality, social mobility, telomeres
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On the Rationalization of Inequality
Voltaire observed, “One day everything will be well. Everything is fine today. That is our illusion.” Illusion is the ability to manipulate how other people perceive reality. What began in September 2011 as a small group of protesters camping out … Continue reading
Part 1 of 2: Dare to Think
When Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire, it had the power to suppress dissention and heretics, and organize wealth. The church took on the authoritarian qualities of the Roman imperial culture – a powerful central hierarchy, a … Continue reading
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Tagged inequality, John Locke, Kant, Occupy Wall Street, Paul Volker, Ronald Reagan
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Individualism and the Social Determinants of Health
Individualism was established as a Western value during the Enlightenment. During the 19th century there was reaction to many of the values of the enlightenment, except individualism. Romanticism appeared which supported the individual listening more intently to his conscience (emotion) … Continue reading
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Tagged Herbert Spencer, inequality, Nietzsche
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