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Society Needs to Improve the Chances of Equality of Opportunity

Posted on February 10, 2021 by greg

As we live in a society that emphasizes the individual, that is, individual effort, individual morality, individual choice, individual responsibility, individual talent, often makes it difficult to see the way in which life chances are socially structured. The dominant ideological … 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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Libertarian and postmodernist ideas can be used to legitimate political and social inaction

Posted on July 10, 2020 by greg

Postmodernism made it respectable to be cynical about truth and facts and helped create an environment in which there is less pushback against populist ideas – like a body with a depressed immune system. The obsession of the libertarian with … Continue reading →

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Unitarian and Social Anarchist Ideas Could Complement One Another

Posted on February 20, 2020 by greg

More and more people are asking why laissez-faire economics does not appear to work, and are questioning the theories that support the free market system. This brings the neoliberal project under scrutiny, including the necessity for less taxes and regulation. … Continue reading →

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Fear and Uncertainty: the Foundation of Political Power Today

Posted on February 1, 2020 by greg

It is the fear of the nation state as a democratic force that underpins the neoliberal project. In the 21st century the myth of the market hinges on the illusion of a supposedly natural order in the economic realm. For … Continue reading →

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Understanding the History of Lies: Outside the Trump Bubble

Posted on November 1, 2019 by greg

Trump won the nomination as the candidate who lied the most, won the presidency as someone known to lie; has an unshakable base despite ongoing lies. Underlying social issues made this possible. His base is concerned about their place in … Continue reading →

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Seeking an Answer on How to Leave Behind the Decay of Neoliberalism

Posted on September 20, 2019 by greg

The policy-making elite have waved away the notion that they were acting ideologically, rather merely doing what works. But you can only get away with that claim if what you are doing is actually working. Since the crash, central bankers, … Continue reading →

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Emotions Impact Decisions on How to Make a Better World

Posted on July 10, 2019 by greg

Trickle-down economics has never worked and is still not. Many American workers are angry the only thing that has trickled down are wage-cuts, upside-down mortgages, underemployment, personal bankruptcies and disappearing pensions. The 2016 election the Republican Party cloaked the neoliberal … Continue reading →

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Harnessing Politics of Fear to Transform Today’s Market Economy

Posted on July 1, 2019 by greg

Ben Johnson observes, “Fear is implanted in us as a preservation from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize in the imagination, … Continue reading →

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A Need to Shift to Social Determinants: We Can Not Afford Individualism

Posted on April 20, 2019 by greg

Social determinants are systematic social and economic conditions that influence a person’s health. They include income, housing, education, gender and race, and have a greater impact on individual and population health than biological and environmental conditions. Their impact can even … Continue reading →

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