Here, Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith presents one reason that guilty people need to be punished for their crimes. 250 years later, the United States faces this dilemma: Either try, convict, and incarcerate Donald Trump for the numerous felonies …
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Lots of Americans Love Trump
In response to the meme here, Shawn M. Phares writes: Especially since he’s a criminal, seditionist, who attacked his own capitol, showed top secret government to normal citizens, and committed espionage. And on top of that he’s a pathological liar, …
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Wealth Tax
I believe what the people are talking about in this meme is the top marginal income tax rates. Obviously, it would be good if there were no loopholes by which our top earners could avoid income tax, but what we …
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Living as Brothers
I would love to cite evidence that we’re on the way to “living together as brothers” rather than “perishing together as fools,” but I struggle to find it. I see too much (and perhaps an irreversible amount of) greed, tribalism, …
Philosophy Isn’t What it Once Was
I studied philosophy for a few years as a younger man, and I recall a graduate course on metaphysics, delivered by Henry B. Veatch (pictured), one of the most widely published and decorated American philosophers of his time (the mid/late …
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Anthony Fauci, COVID-19, and Ultra-Right-Wing Lunacy
If you’re going to be a part of the cult that is far-right-wing U.S. politics, you need to buy into at least some part (preferably all) of the story surrounding this country’s “corrupt” reaction to COVID-19. This includes: Our government …
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Civics and the Proper Role of Government
Myth 1: Traditionally, Americans have opted for small government, focusing the public sector only on absolute necessities, and privatizing most societal functions. Myth 2: The subject known as “civics” has been removed from our high schools in order to make …
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“Collective Fear” and U.S. Politics
Demagogues like Trump are highly skilled at creating fear in their constituents, and, as Bertrand Russell points out here, this tends to make us more tribal, and more suspicious of and hateful to people who do not share our religion, …
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Sir, Please Don’t Praise Hitler
Here we have dialogue between Trump and one of his top aides, retired Marine Corps general John Kelly, in which we see Kelly trying to explain to the former president why it’s improper to praise Adolph Hitler. 2GreenEnergy supporter Gary …
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Some of America’s More Conservative “Think Tanks”
The clever meme here depicts a harsh reality of life in the U.S. There are groups, heavily funded by billionaires, whose aims are to convince congress to dismantle all aspects of the federal government that serve the common American. I’m …
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