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Category Archives: Where is Civilization Going?
Coronavirus / COVID-19: What Is Really Going On? And Why?
Coronavirus / COVID-19: What Is Really Going On? And Why? Based on Dr. Erickson’s video message, a look behind the scenes at what may be the real agenda in shutting down the economy.
Posted in Coronavirus, Political Economy, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, Bill Gates vaccines, China coronavirus, China COVID-19, Chinese Communist Party, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump, Dr. Erickson, Dr. Erickson video, epidemiology, Fauci, global elites, globalism, globalist conspiracy, health education, Internet history of, pandemic, political economy, populism, President Trump, Primary Prevention, public health, vaccines
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What the Coronavirus Scare Says About Us
What should this coronovirus scare teach us? Should it teach us how easy it is to lead the masses by their noses through media-induced fear and hysteria? Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged bubble economy, Conspiracy Theories, Coronavirus, coronavirus hysteria, Covid-19, Deep Establishment, economic fragility, financial elites, globalism, globalist psychology, globalists, globalization, globalization criticism, Neoliberalism, populism, The Stand
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I. The Origins of Liberalism.
(Author’s note: beginning a deeper read.) Liberalism, using that term in its classical sense, assumes that most adults are autonomous and rational individuals, or that autonomy and rationality is their ideal state. The term originated from the Latin liber, meaning … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Political Economy, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Auguste Comte, autonomous intellect, autonomous reason, capitalism and modernity, classical economics, classical liberalism, classical liberalism origins, Cogito ergo sum, history of liberalism, history of philosophy, homo economicus, Law of Three Stages, Liberalism, Logic and God, Modernity, René Descartes, secular moral philosophy
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Antinatalism and Our Fourth Stage Condition
First things first. This is not a book review, as I’ve not read The Ahuman Manifesto by Patricia MacCormack, only read about it, and its author. And that, not extensively. What I’ve read about it indicates: it’s very much in … Continue reading
Christianity and Theological Liberalism
Christianity and Theological Liberalism – How, in 1923, J. Gresham Machen exposed how Christianity tried to accommodate itself to modern materialism and contributed to its own marginalization in modern society. Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Christian Worldview, Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Cartesian cogito, Cartesian philosophy, Christian Worldview, Christianity and Liberalism, Descartes, Enlightenment legacy, Harvey Cox, Hegel influence, J. Gresham Machen, liberal theology, Liberalism, materialism and philosophy, materialism vs Christianity, Secular City, secularism, secularization, The Secular City, theological liberalism
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Protests in Chile — October 2019: End of the Neoliberal “Experiment”?
Since October 18 Chile has seen the most serious signs of civil unrest since the end of the Pinochet era, responding to rate hikes especially in transportation and utilities. Does this portend the end of neoliberalism in Chile? Continue reading
Posted in Chile and Its Future, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Chicago Boys, Chile Communism, Chile protests, Chile protests 2019, Communist influence Chile, inequality, Inequality injustice, inequality stability, Milton Friedman, Neoliberalism, Neoliberalism Chile, Neoliberalism effects, Nicolas Maduro, Unrest in Chile, Unrest in Latin America
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The West’s Ongoing Collapse at the Hands of Identity Politics and Neoliberal Ideology: 2019 Update
The free fall of contemporary academia into speech & thought totalitarianism continued … & likely to progress further given the unwillingness of those with resources to use them to oppose this ongoing juggernaut. Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged basket of deplorables, Bret Weinstein, collapse, comfort college, Donald Trump, Evergreen State, Identity Politics, National Association of Scholars, Neoliberalism, political correctness, rural whites, Steven B Gerrard, Trump supporters, white population decline, Williams College
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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
Of Moon Landings, False Rabbit Trails, and Approaching Epistemic Oblivion
It’s the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. “We came in peace for all mankind” reads the plaque left behind by Neil Armstrong & “Buzz” Aldrin. Except that on Earth there is no peace, & some believe the whole thing was faked. Did we really go to the moon? The Lost Generation Philosopher ponders the mystery…. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Media, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged 50th Anniversary, American decline, Apollo 11, changing technology, Conspiracy Theories, July 20 1969, moon landings, moon landings hoax, moonlandings, Neil Armstrong, one giant leap for mankind, The Thing quotations, The Thing quotes, We came in peace for all mankind
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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
Lost Generation Philosopher 