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Tag Archives: capitalism vs. socialism
Auguste Comte’s Law of Three Stages: What It Is, Why the Third Stage is Dying, What Comes Next. (A Major Statement.)
[Note: this may be the longest blog post I have ever made on this site. The result of several weeks of effort, it may be read as a progress report on what may turn into my life’s work: if I … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged abiogenesis, capitalism vs. socialism, Christianity and Human Rights, Comte, Darwin, decline of the West, Dmitry Orlov, Edward Bernays, existentialism, God and philosophy, Law of Three Stages, materialism, meliorism, political economy, R Buckminster Fuller, science and religion, stages of collapse, stop abortion now, sustainability, The Enlightenment, theory of evolution
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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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Leopold Kohr: the Political Philosopher / Economist Who Predicted the Rise of the U.S. Empire & Police State
Who was Leopold Kohr, and does his work matter today? Kohr (1909 – 1994), about whom I’ve written at greater length here, was both a trained economist and political philosopher. His background included obtaining doctorates at the University of Vienna … Continue reading
Posted in Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged capitalism vs. socialism, CIA, economics, Francis Fukuyama, global capitalism criticisms, Guatemala, interventionism, Leopold Kohr, Mossadegh overthrow, predatory corporations, Size Theory of Social Misery, The Breakdown of Nations, The End of History, U.S. Empire, U.S. foreign policy
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Theses on Political Economy (Pre-Meltdown of 2015?)
A borderline-panic has gripped U.S. markets, which experienced their worst two-day drop since 2008 (roughly 890 points). This may be just a prelude of things to come. Before going on: I sincerely hope this analysis is wrong! It may not … Continue reading
Posted in Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged capitalism vs. socialism, central banks, Chinese economy, consumption, corporatism, corporatocracy, Crash of 2015, critical thinking, decentralization, Donald Trump, Dow plunging, economics, Federal Reserve, fiat money, financial crisis, financialization, Greece, Hayek, higher education, Keynes, Leopold Kohr, libertarianism, Meltdown of 2008, Mises, money printing, political class, political economy, production, Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefellers, skills building, superelite, technofeudalism, two-day drop, welfare state
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Lost Generation Philosopher 