Archive for Category: "Politics"
Lethal Loyalties: Dulce et Decorum Est…
What if the nation-state was not the cure but the cause of the wars that we term “religious”? In other words, what if all that we “know” isn’t so, is in fact a myth used to justify the nation-state and marginalize certain kinds of discourse, most particularly “religious” discourse?
La Grande Illusion
States pour millions each year into a movie industry which is far from going under. But why should Hollywood receive subsidies with worldwide box office receipts and home entertainment sales turning flops into moneymakers, and with 50 of the largest companies accounting for 80 percent of $55 billion in annual estimated returns?
The Market and the Moral Man
When we come to the subject of morality, there is very little cause-effect argumentation which is demonstrated for the market and morals. This is because it is painfully obvious that the market does not of its own workings produce moral men.
Down with the Plutocracy!
It’s ever-increasingly clear that the Republicans and the Democrats are really just two opposing factions within a single plutocratic party. Their official platforms vary considerably, of course, and their favorite dead horses to beat are different dead horses. But in the long run, they both hold the same basic principles.
Big Business Squashes Your Rights
It is common thinking among conservatives that the government getting too big is the only problem, and once that is dealt with our freedom will be secure. However, this view forgets that big business can be just as bureaucratic and invasive as big government.
The Politics of Ingratitude
Here is the great secret of my generation: What our parents gave us as a gift we have received as an entitlement. No one is grateful for an entitlement. Indeed, everyone is resentful that it is not larger. Worse, we are resentful of everybody else’s entitlements because they compete with our own.