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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When a society's laws feel wrong to you, what helps you decide whether to speak up, work within the system, or just live around it?”
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construed from the individual’s perspective and assuming death is the end of the road in some materialist sense; but from the collective point of view i’m not so sure. I really haven’t thought about it a lot so i’m not taking a big stand here.... - JustJacki...
Absolute Power and its Relationship to Corruption
I love today's alchemy post: “When a leader profits hugely while in power, what would actually change your mind about whether that is a problem?” We're supposed to think on this together. My gut reaction is it would depend entirely on how that politician made that huge profit.... INTRODUCTION Neither King Nor Mob I first encountered American politics as an argument, not a spectacle. At fifteen, I read The Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist responses.... I appreciate hearing this. I used to be super liberatarian-esque non-interventionism, but a few years ago I read "Prisoners of Geography", (highly recommend) written by a British veteran global journalist, and between the lines I kept being grateful that Team America really was... - Lesakisses...
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"No, I don't think I'd choose my own legal code entirely. Laws exist because human beings are capable of incredible kindness and breathtaking stupidity before breakfast. A society needs a framework bigger than any one person's preferences.... - Sassiebrat67...
Neither King Nor Mob
INTRODUCTION Neither King Nor Mob I first encountered American politics as an argument, not a spectacle. At fifteen, I read The Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist responses.... - dr_jefe13...
My Introduction
I am a husband, father, and grandfather. I teach Criminology and Criminal Justice, and American National Politics at University, my second career. I am retired after almost three and a half decades in government.... - tsears...
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What is social justice? The problem is that it is very subjective. It’s like saying what is fair. If you treat everybody the same then you are not treating everybody fairly. The term can be traced to an Italian Jesuit and it appeared in 1840 and was based in natural law.... - [deleted]...
Countries were swathes of land claimed by groups or individuals, then conquered and taken by others. So to answer the question of who are they for... historically they were for the settlers and conquerors. Sources of resource and power. Kept through coercion or power.... - onToday I was listening to Cinderella and thinking about Prince Charming as an unconscious archetype/rolemodel for young boys. There are lots of stories about how a girl becomes a princess and worthy queen, lots about how a ruffian boy becomes worthy of being a king.by
Additionally, after I finished Zizek's Absolute Recoil today, a somewhat cynical perspective might be: dialectics leads to an absolute reflection or turning point: Thesis: Tyrant Antithesis: Rebell Turning Point: Rebell King Antithesis: Absorption of Power New Identity:... - Serpardum...
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