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Flat Earth Philosophy
Wordism cannot allow freedom of speech because Wordism is based on a particular set of opinions. That is what Wordism IS. Discussion of differing opinions makes a Wordist society unstable. A society based on loyalty to race can allow freedom speech. But it cannot allow freedom of LOYALTY. In America before the Read more
What the Declaration Was Written For
Jefferson’s intent in drafting the Declaration was to write something all thirteen delegations could agree to. At the same time it had to appeal to the world in general. Historians always assume he was writing in a peaceful atmosphere about his abstract philosophical world view. No one ever mentions that there was Read more
Damn It, A Prison is a Prison is a Prison, PERIOD!
When he died in 2011, Christopher Hitchens was a recovering Marxist. In a society where people don’t like to commit themselves to being “atheists,”Hitchens declared himself an “antitheist.” Hitchens declared not only that he was an atheist, but that religion itself was a bad thing. His book on this subject was Read more
It is Written
The word “progressive” means that one has accomplished what Merlin did, but in more detail and over a longer period. The English language allows to you to “move” in any direction, but “progress,” by definition, is toward a very specific goal. In the literal sense, to be progressive means you are accepted as a Read more
Location
Everybody knows the old restaurant joke: “the three things you need for a successful restaurant are location, location, and location, in that order.” Everybody has HEARD of it, but nobody THINKS about it. As usual. When I was coming up the most obvious thing that affected wages was location. In 1960 the per capita Read more