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Is Higher Education Undergoing a Long-Term Structural Collapse?
Is higher education in the U.S., and almost surely in the West generally, undergoing a long-term structural collapse? The question sounds histrionic, perhaps even hysterical and would be treated as such in many (most?) mainstream academic circles. But if we … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Higher Education Generally, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged #MeToo feminism, Adjunct faculty, Black Lives Matter, black professors, corporatization, Frankfurt School, Griggs decision, Herbert Marcuse, higher education collapse, higher education decline, Kevin Carey, neoconservatism, Neoliberalism, neoliberalism neoconservatism, part-time faculty, political correctness, Powell Memo, Powell Memorandum, precarity, racial discrimination, student loan debt, student loan debt crisis, Udemy.com, why teachers leave, YouTube
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Why Marx Now? Part 2
[Author’s Note: I received complaints that Part 1 was too long. “TLDR,” said one person: Too Long Didn’t Read. Part of me is saddened by this. I wonder if essayists such as Albert Jay Nock, or James T. Farrell, or … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Worldview, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged abolish the state, capitalism inequality, capitalism irrational, capitalism vs. socialism, Communist Manifesto, crony capitalism, EU problems, global capitalism, globalism, globalization problems, Karl Marx, Karl Marx Yanis Varoufakis, Libertarian economics, Marx new interest, Marx political economy, Marx Varoufakis, Marxism and Christianity, Marxism today, Neoliberalism, planned obsolescence, power elite, Syriza Party, technofeudalism, technological unemployment, Varoufakis economist, Yanis Varoufakis
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Why Marx Now? Part 1
Recent years have seen a surge of renewed interest in Karl Marx’s political-economic thought. For those not living in a cave somewhere, this has been hard to miss. This interest is not coming primarily from the “cultural Marxists” of academic … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged capitalism irrational, Christianity and Marxism, Communist Manifesto, Cultural Marxism, economic Marxism, Identity Politics, inequality, Karl Marx, Marx and Engels, Marx at 200, Marxism, Marxism today, power elite, Thomas Piketty
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Truth Teller’s Dilemma, Part 1
[Author’s note: this was previously posted elsewhere, but it strikes me that all three parts of this extended essay should be available on the same site. This will render them out of order, but I think my readers are smart … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Media, Political Economy
Tagged Alex Jones, Alex Jones lawsuit, Brennan Gilmore, censorship of conservatives, censorship on social media, Charlottesville, Conspiracy Theories, culture wars, free market evangelism, free press myth, free speech on social media, inverted totalitarianism, James Damore, Jeff Bezos billionaire, PropOrNot, Sheldon Wolin, The Matrix, The Real Matrix, Washington Post, YouTube censorship
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Truth-Teller’s Dilemma, Part 3
“Truth-Teller’s Dilemma” concluded: if you care about the truth or those trying to tell it, support them (us)! Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Libertarianism, Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged absolute advantage, comparative advantage, Donald Trump, Donald Trump compromised, free trade, globalism, Identity Politics, inverted totalitarianism, kleptocrats, mainstream media, mass migrations, official narratives, Paul Craig Roberts, PropOrNot, Russian collusion hoax, Sheldon Wolin, Syria, Syria false flag attack, The Real Matrix, truthers, truthiness, Washington Post, world government
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Truth-Teller’s Dilemma, Part 2
Truth-Teller’s Dilemma, Part 2, continued from Part 1: what reason is there for believing mainstream (corporate) institutions care about the truth? Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Political Economy
Tagged censorship of conservatives, Charlottesville, Conspiracy Theories, David Hogg, economic left cultural left, Emma González, Facebook controversy, Facebook jail, fake news, flat earth, flat earth idiocy, gun violence, Identity Politics, official narratives, repeal the Second Amendment, Russian interference, Russian spy
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