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Category Archives: Political Economy
Moon Madness and the Fate of the Liberty Movement
“You look pale.” —Blair to Clay, Less Than Zero (1987) My last article garnered responses I predicted but hoped would not occur: emails from folks who not only believe the moon landings were faked, but think the Earth is flat. … Continue reading
Cycles and Stages of Civilization
Cycles and Stages of Civilization – furthers the statement that the Third Stage is dying, that the Fourth Stage cannot replace it, we cannot simply go back, and so we must pave the way for building a Fifth Stage of civilization. Continue reading
Materialism (Vers. 2.0, Part 5)
Continuing the discussion of how the materialist worldview has left Western civilization & culture morally adrift, & vulnerable to the forces presently destroying it from within. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged 1950s culture, abortion and philosophy, abortions of convenience, Aldous Huxley, Christianity, Death of God, drug abuse, dystopian visions, future of social security and medicare, LSD effects, materialism, materialism and philosophy, materialism vs Christianity, Max Weber iron cage, New Atheism, Peter Watson, Philosophy, Postmodernity, rural communities, secularism, secularization, The Secular City
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Materialism (Vers. 2.0, Part 4)
Materialism (Vers. 2.0, Part 4) continues the discussion begun in Parts 1 – 3, asking whether any secular moral theories are sufficient to thwart modern tendencies toward relativism, nihilism, and abuses of money and power. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Worldview, Culture, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Political Economy, Uncategorized, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Ayn Rand, Bentham, capitalism, categorical imperative, Christianity, Comte, deontology, industrial civilization, Kant, Law of Three Stages, libertarianism, materialism, Mill, philosophy of history, political economy, Rawls, social justice, utilitarianism, veil of ignorance
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Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 2)
Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 2): in “A Free Man’s Worship” (1903) philosopher Bertrand Russell called for a humanist ethic of respect for scientific truth, economic justice, and world peace. How well has this held up? Is its failure just the sign of a civilization’s growing pains, or of something fundamentally wrong with its key assumptions? Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged A Free Man's Worship, Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, Deep Establishment, Huxley Brave New World, materialism, Modernity, Nietzsche, power vs goodness, power vs morality, Russell a Free Mans Worship, Russell the Impact of Science on Society, Russell the Scientific Outlook, Skinner Beyond Freedom and Dignity, social engineering, Technocracy, technocratic elite, technology of behavior
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The Deep Establishment
In the title of his recent Adults in the Room: My Battle with the European and American Deep Establishment (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017) former Greek foreign minister Yanis Varoufakis introduces this phrase: The Deep Establishment. I like it! The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Higher Education Generally, Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Adults in the Room, Big Pharma, big tech, Carroll Quigley, central banks, Conspiracy Theories, David Rockefeller Sr, Deep Establishment, Deep State, fake news, military-security complex, new world order, privished, The Deep Establishment, The Deep State, the one percent, Tragedy and Hope, udo ulfkotte, world government movement, Yanis Varoufakis, Zbigniew Brzezinsky
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