Who or What Creates Wealth?
The main way governments create wealth is by educating people so that they can become productive members of society. They also build roads and airports and maintain law and order so that honest businesses can thrive.
Anyone living now who believes that Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are creating wealth for anyone but themselves is a total fool.
A ton of people bought into the concept expressed here in the mid-20th Century, but no semi-intelligent person today believes that tax breaks for billionaires/trillionaires generates a nickel for the common person.
I love Emerson, but I don’t get this at all. Is there anything amusing about any of the world religions that existed a generation (or many) ago?
Part of the obscenity of life in the United States right now is the Republicans’ obsession with forcing Christianity down our throats, including bringing the bible back into public schools.
If the situation in the United States weren’t so tragic, this meme would be funny.
Does what Hannah Arendt said at left apply to Donald Trump today?
As we’re learning, declining educational standards leads to ignorance, ignorance leads to Trumpism, and Trumpism leads us to the brink of authoritarianism.
Phasing out fossil fuels in favor of clean energy is one hell of a slow process.
The Republicans are betting the ranch that American voters can be convinced that the Democrats want government ownership of the means of production.
Let’s examine a few facts here. The thin atmosphere of Mars contains almost no oxygen. Its average temperature is -80F. It contains no water, and it doesn’t support agriculture. Colonizing Mars would be virtually impossible, not to mention pointless.
Bertrand Russell reminded us that the primary driver of religion is fear and encouraged us to look at life fairly and honestly. He urged us to try to resolve our mysteries with understanding rather than superstition.
