I have been debating with a few people about capitalism and they all seem to have very fascist views. The basis of their arguments are: Socialism (welfare, communal land etc) is theft and slavery of the minority of capitalists Homeless people are lazy Remittance is great Augusto Pinochet has bought growth to Chile, he killed […]
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Neoliberalism – Economics over Politics A political spectrum is a system of classifying different political positions upon one or more geometric axes that symbolize independent political dimensions. Commonly we use the terms “left and right” to distinguish between political ideals and practices. Neoliberalism’s ideological axiom is: Greed is good and that we all have to […]
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This is a much simpler game compared to the surrealist word game on the forum and guaranteed to bring about some laughs! Just post a short five line limerick – simple as that. My turn(s): There was a young fellow from manchester, he looked just like a gay uncle fester, in the gay bars, he […]
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What a maniac! First picture of London terror attack suspect
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This is just a few notes I have made looking at a few texts, it’s by no means complete, but I thought I would share it anyway. This term has a number of interesting meanings. γοητεία (anglicanised: goiteía) is a Greek term for charm and attractiveness. In other expressions that speak of this term in […]
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When a guy I was debating with saw the stats for Hispanic crime, he then claimed that only illegal immigrants were commiting crimes and being released under the catch and release policy. Also, that ‘more immigrants=more crime’. This is what I said: Do you have any sources to show the magnitude of this problem? I […]
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In the same debate I was having about ‘Hispanics and immigrants getting special treatment’, the same Trump supporter came out with this claim. Here is what I said: (I have removed his username) The bottom line is that immigrants do drain resources and break the law. So do all humans. As for the claim that […]
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So I was in a debate a few weeks ago on another forum, it was a thread about the various issues that are raging in US politics and one of the guys in the debate claimed that Hispanics and immigrants were given preferential treatment, so I looked into it – the results were surprising. Regarding […]
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Faust is perhaps my favorite play and story. I have uploaded the script to the ‘The Tragical Hisory of Docktor Faustus’ by Christopher Marlowe and also the Goethe version ‘Faust’ parts one and two. I will be reading these texts soon and making threads about them.
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Who was Herbert Spencer? Herbert Spencer’s ashes are buried in Highgate Cemetary (I took this picture myself) Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. As a polymath, he contributed to a wide range of subjects, including […]