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Anarchy – Mission, Feasibility, and Implimentation

• November 24, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in General Philosophies
Tags: anarchy, building codes, capitalism, chomsky, democracy, democratic republic, direct democracy, economics, freedom, fundamentalist, fundamentals, government, Hobbes, ideal, liberterian socialism, liberty, Locke, loyalty, malatesta, morality, morals, nationalism, Noam Chomsky, politics, republic, socialism, solutions, spirituality, system, thought, Virginia Wolfe

Why Obama Matters

• August 12, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Current Events
Tags: obama, politics, capitalism, freedom, economics, president, war, diplomacy, Islam, the other, terrorism, geopolitics, egypt, free speech, treason, Qaradawi, middle east, extremism, strife, animosity

The Verifiably Impossible

• July 6, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Quick Ideas
Tags: better world, causality, cause and effect, consequences, countries, dialectics, empiricism, ethics, history, Ideas, impossible, institutions, Kant, logical positivism, nations, notions, noumena, politics, power, state, wealth

North Korea

• July 4, 2009 • 6 Comments

Posted in Current Events
Tags: crisis, destruction, fireworks, fourth of july, Georgia, gunpowder, invasion, Kim Jong-Il, Medvedev, missiles, north korea, nuclear, obama, peace, politics, president, Putin, russia, state, terrorism, treaty, war

Malatesta – Anarchy Part III

• July 2, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Quotes
Tags: agriculture, america, anarchism, anarchy, body politic, capitalism, control, economics, government, habits, history, life, malatesta, needs, parliament, politics, poverty, power, primitive, private power, private wealth, production, relationships, social relations, society, sociology

The Future of the American Dream

• May 11, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Current Events
Tags: american dream, article, community, decision, direct democracy, direction, economics, elite, family, future, happiness, journalism, liberty, life, obama, participation, policy, politics, poor, recession, sacrifice, segregation, socio-economic, The Nation, trade-off, wealth, wealthy

Errico Malatesta – Anarchy Part II

• April 24, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Quotes
Tags: anarchy, authority, crime, disease, duties, errors, existence, facts, faults, government, Ideas, independence, interest, Italy, liberty, malatesta, metaphysics, politics, power, privilege, public service, regulations, repression, revolution, rights, science, socialism, state, theory, victims

Century of the Self

• March 25, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Current Events, Documentary Ideas
Tags: 20th century, advertising, america, american, Anna, capitalism, century, Century of the Self, Documentary, focus groups, Freud, government, history, Hitler, identity, individuals, institutions, mob mentality, politics, psychology, public relations, self, Sigmund, World War

On Fear of One Another II

• March 20, 2009 • 7 Comments

Posted in General Philosophies
Tags: active, america, capitalism, choice, church, contradiction, crisis, ethics, existence, faith, freedom, God, hope, humanity, Ideas, knowledge, life, meaning, motivation, perception, Philosophy, politics, questions, reality, religion, revolution, school, science, society, Spinoza, truth, vs., Wittgenstein, work, Zen

We are not alone

• March 3, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Active Philosophy
Tags: 20th century, 21st century, active, control, democrat, destiny, freedom, governemnt, human spirit, humanity, Ideas, individual, insecurities, liberal, libery, lies, love fest, Philosophy, politics, propaganda, religion, republican, resistance, slavery, submission, Syd Gris