As we celebrate MLK day and ponder what he dreamt for America, we remain mired […]
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Consumerism and Addiction
The whole point of consumer culture is to incentivize people to buy things or frequent […]
The De-Evolution into Idiocracy, Pt I
Though Biden won and the insurrection on the Capitol did not succeed in giving the […]
Right and Left Wing
If we look at the origins of the political terms “left(wing)” and “right(wing)” they come […]
Socialism: Reform’s Better than Revolution
Socialism can be defined as the social or community-based control over the means of production […]
The Bolshevik Betrayal of Socialism and Creation of Totalitarianism
LENIN’S EXILE YEARS In the summer of 1914, the socialist movement suffered the worst […]
The Origins of Social Democracy
Social democracy came about as a synthesis of socialism and parliamentary democracy beginning in the […]
The Strange “Morphing” of Marxism into Fascism
Definitions of Fascism Fascism is a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and […]
Capitalism Crushes Democracy, Pt I
Private profit over public welfare is the core principle of capitalism. This enables big corporations […]
The History of Fascism, Pt I
This is the first installment of essays on the huge complex topic of fascism. I […]