Philosophy
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The evolution of a government is measured by the increasing separation between authority and responsibility. Failure causes the government to become obsolete. Success leads to self-destruction. Death is necessary and unavoidable. Continue reading
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A good sophist instinctively frames their narratives and arguments around the product they are selling. (Lobbyists are modern sophists.) Continue reading
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Leadership, at the national level, is not about keeping a couple hundred thousand people dying from a disease. It is about holding a society together while a couple hundred thousand people die from a disease. Continue reading
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Every time tyrants rise to create a “perfect” society they underestimate how much slave labor is needed to maintain the illusion. Continue reading
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Yin and Yang
Revolutions are fought by reactionaries. Commercialism/capitalism breeds and nurtures reactionaries… depends on them to buy an endless stream of useless products. For every individual that is primed and ready to react in favor of a certain marketing gambit, there is… Continue reading
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National Adolescence
Our society and culture is very immature. It appears that we are at the beginning of a long and brutal learning curve. There is no way to sustainably control nature, or an entire population. Evolution, over millions of years, has… Continue reading
Maciolekism 