Category Archives: neoliberalism

Conspiracy Theories: A Threat to Democracy & Freedom

Posted on June 15, 2024 by greg

The populist use of tropes such as conspiracy theories plays an increasingly important role in their politics. Continue reading →

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Responding to a Society Controlled and Manipulated by Lies

Posted on June 1, 2024 by greg

Self-deception can fool us into believing our own lies – and allows us to be more confident in what we are saying, which makes us more persuasive. Continue reading →

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The Rise of the American Oligarchy

Posted on October 1, 2023 by greg

America is on the road to being run by oligarchs: creating a system of government where a small number of elites rule. Continue reading →

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 Authoritarian Capitalism and 1984: How Freedom Dies

Posted on July 1, 2023 by greg

Between the 9th and 15th Centuries, autocratic monarchies and ecclesiastical hierarchies dominated Western society. These systems began to fall away as people increasingly asserted their right to individual liberty. This push for a greater focus on the individual favoured capitalism … Continue reading →

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The Relationship Between Religion and Ideology

Posted on April 1, 2023 by greg

Both religion and ideology are sets of beliefs or ideas which try to explain how things work in the world and society and based on it create a set of rules people may follow. Both espouse world views that are … Continue reading →

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Interpreting Darwin’s Work Today

Posted on May 1, 2022 by greg

The Enlightenment era ushered in revolutionary ways of thinking. Following Issacc Newton’s discovery of universal gravitation, many believed that by applying reason it would be possible to unlock the laws of the universe. Eighteenth century philosophers believed they had discovered … Continue reading →

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The Need to Rebalance Corporate Power in Today’s Democracies

Posted on April 1, 2022 by greg

Democracy is a political system of competition for power. Functional democracy is a form of democracy that functions in the interest of the people. Democracy requires the participation of citizens in public life. Citizens have an obligation to become informed … Continue reading →

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Horizontal Violence, the Gig Economy and Today’s Dystopia

Posted on November 1, 2020 by greg

The term ‘horizontal violence’ was originally coined by Fanon (1963) to describe intergroup conflict (in colonized Africans) as a result of oppression. This conflict leads to aggressive behavior directed horizontally within the oppressed group, even to the point of murder! … Continue reading →

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Individualism and Social Fragmentation Are the Basis of the Social Policy of the Populist Right

Posted on October 10, 2020 by greg

Social policy has served as a powerful magnet for both political rage and mobilization within the contemporary global context of rising right‐wing populist and authoritarian politics. Social policy is also conventionally considered to encompass several related areas such as housing … Continue reading →

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Objective Reality: the Pervasive Atmosphere of Hostility of Neoliberal Narcissism

Posted on July 1, 2020 by greg

Powerful elites always have a justification for their obsessions. In the past emperors, kings, and aristocrats claimed they were God’s chosen. The plutocrats of the modern world have dispensed with God, but they have a philosophy that justifies in their … Continue reading →

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