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Why Co-operation is Necessary

Posted on January 15, 2017 by greg

Class conflict and struggle occur, according to Karl Marx, because of the economic organization of most societies. Consequently, capitalism due to its internal contradictions, inevitably moves from crisis to crisis. The nature of economic relations in Europe’s industrial societies, Marx … Continue reading →

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Pursuit of Happiness

Posted on January 1, 2017 by greg

The Renaissance rediscovered much of classical culture and revived the notion of humans as creative beings, and the Reformation, more directly but in the long run no less effectively, challenged the monolithic authority of the Roman Catholic Church. For Martin … Continue reading →

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The End of Democracy

Posted on December 15, 2016 by greg

The council of barons established by the Magna Carta grew over the centuries into a parliament representing the church, wealthy noblemen like the barons, commoners and people from the emerging middle class. William signed the English Bill of Rights assuring … Continue reading →

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Potential as a Freedom

Posted on December 1, 2016 by greg

Life is an unstable equilibrium between agency and determinism. Human agency is a collective of systemic thinkers and doers creating conditions where individuals can transform the status quo. Causal determinism is the idea that every event is necessitated by antecedent … Continue reading →

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Today’s Social Fantasy

Posted on November 15, 2016 by greg

A fantasy is something produced by the imagination that might possibly be accomplished, although the chances of its fulfillment are quite remote. Illusions, in contrast, are based on false beliefs, and it is their lack of fruition in the face … Continue reading →

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The Myth of the Market

Posted on November 1, 2016 by greg

A myth is a widely held but false belief or idea that serves to explain the status quo in a society. The function of a myth is to justify an existing social system and to account for its rights and … Continue reading →

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The New Parasitic Bureaucracy

Posted on October 15, 2016 by greg

The Occupy Wall Street movement was a protest against the oligarchy that is responsible for the increasing economic inequality between the rich and the rest of society. The ideology of neoliberalism drives the social agenda and economic goals of the … Continue reading →

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The Best Form of Government

Posted on October 1, 2016 by greg

The divine right of kings is a Christian political doctrine that hereditary monarchy is the system approved by God; monarchs are accountable to God alone for their actions, and rebellion against the lawful sovereign is therefore blasphemous. Ideology of the … Continue reading →

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A Conspiracy of the Rich

Posted on September 15, 2016 by greg

Thomas More’s life spanned a tumultuous era in European history during the Renaissance with many notable changes that included the emergence of the nation state. Europe and England were still founded on the economic models of feudalism, in which virtually … Continue reading →

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How to Fix the Democratic Deficit

Posted on September 1, 2016 by greg
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